OK David, I just added that line to /etc/modules meanwhile here are the rest
of the contents.
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.
firewire-sbp2
speakup_dectlk
Back again live: Don't know what firewire is? Anyway, will examin your
suggestions-and-also reboot. By the way, this is my desktop machine. The newer
laptop arrived, we will nuke windows11 pro, but that won't be til next
Saturday. My old laptop won't start.
Chime
