Greetings all; I just bought and installed one of those Saitek illuminated keyboards, and it shows up in dmesg as: usb 3-3.3: new low speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 10 usb 3-3.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice input: Chicony Saitek Eclipse II Keyboard as /class/input/input5 input: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Chicony Saitek Eclipse II Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:02.2-3.3 input: Chicony Saitek Eclipse II Keyboard as /class/input/input6 input,hiddev96: USB HID v1.11 Device [Chicony Saitek Eclipse II Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:02.2-3.3 The default background illumination is blue, but it apparently takes a winderz utility of some kind to make it switch to green or red. Is there such a utility for linux yet? I just checked the KDE control panel and it knows nothing about this. Thanks for any assistance here. - Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Laughing at you is like drop-kicking a wounded humming bird.