No. You use the print screen key to kill speakup in the X console to keep it from giving useless info. Speakup is still running. Kenny On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 09:55:12AM -0700, Sean McMahon wrote: > This really doesn't relate, but how do you folks who use gnome unload speakup > and start gnome with speech? Do you have to unload speakup first? > Sean