<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> I have had no problems on the arch-based distros getting it to work. The process is different in that all I had to do is take out the graphical display manager such as gdm or lightdm and start the system up with console speech, use startx to start my graphical environment after turning off speakup, and then just restarting speakup after I was out of the graphical environment and back into the console. Hope this helps. <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Romans 10 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. </pre> </body> </html>