Hy Jason, My Ubuntu 12.04 system the ls -l /etc/brlapi.key command shows following result, this system Brltty works perfect: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33 márc 27 2012 /etc/brlapi.key My Ubuntu 12.10 system this command result is following: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33 okt 17 17:00 /etc/brlapi.key The two files binary are different. Attila