Linux-Hardware Digest #21, Volume #9 Thu, 24 Dec 98 20:13:31 EST
Contents:
Re: Dell loves Linux! (sean)
Re: Modem setup wont work (sean)
UMAX Astra 610S Scanner support... (Patrick Mayer)
Re: SCSI Recommendations? (Peter Robinson)
Re: WinModems - any work being done for Linux? (sean)
Re: Sound card side-effects (Daniel Bair)
Re: Problem: drivers for a Diamond video card (Richard Bumby)
Re: iiyama Vision Master Pro 450 (model A901GT)
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Re: iiyama Vision Master Pro 450 (model A901GT) (Jasper Janssen)
Re: SB-128bit-PCI Problems HELP NEEDED (Mike Thoreson)
Re: Getting soundcard work (Mike Thoreson)
Re: Unix hardware (Nico Kadel-Garcia)
Re: 3DFX voodoo AGP 16mb with redhat 5.2 help (Erik Kaffehr)
DAT compression on Sony SDT 7000 disappeared from RH 5.2? OK with 5.0 (Erik Kaffehr)
Problem burning audio cds with cdrecord1.6.1 (Kristian Slavov)
Re: zip detected as cdrom (Dan Conti)
Re: Ugent: Which ATI video Cards Linux (X server) supports? (Leonard Evens)
Re: things I'd pay to have developed for Linux... (John R. Campbell)
Fibre Channel and Linux? (Srcan Osmanagich)
Re: DLink 530TX (Ying Zhang)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (sean)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Dell loves Linux!
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 16:14:01 -0500
Dell's machines aren't all that. I'm sure there is a local company that
builds better hardware, has better support and a happy, linux friendly
technician who would love to load linux onto your machine for you in any
configuration that you desire. The company that I work for has been
doing so (only when people ask) for years. Support your local computer
stores, they are a valuable resource and I would much rather deal with
them than stupid, slow moving giant companies.
Sean
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, spmccann
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Scott Palmer wrote:
> >
> > What opportunity is Dell "missing out" on?
> >
> I believe it was Micheal Dell who said that "Windows is an operating
> system not a religion"
> My piont being like any other OEM Microsoft has you by the short and
> curleys,
> this is not a good position to be in.
>
> on the other pionts,
>
> Yes I would be willing to pay for Linux support.
>
> I have a dell optiplex rinning Suse 5.2 and win95(games) and its a
> dream.
> Dell have a reputation for building solid well priced machines, hence I
> bought one.
>
> Dell tech support are competant, friendly and knowledgable.
>
> I would like to be able to buy a machine with just linux on it,
> prefrabley from Dell based on past experience.
>
> In Europe use Suse it has a more European bias probably because its
> German.
>
> the main problem dell is going to run into id driver suport for Linux.
> But Dell
> is a big company with plenty of bargaining power to deal with h/w
> manufacturers.
>
> Sean.
--
Sean Harper [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Technician/Programmer www.cgallery.com
Computer Gallery Redhat Hardware Partner
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (sean)
Subject: Re: Modem setup wont work
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 16:15:32 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dane Mohammed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm using Red Hat 5.0 and am kinda new to Linux.
> I was trying to setup my modem which is a Compaq Persario 28.8
> Data.Fax.Voice modem.
>
> i first tried to find the serial port
> #ls /dev/cua* /dev/ttyS*
>
> and it displayes the serial ports my modem is on the COM2 port
> /dev/cua1, /dev/ttyS1
>
> then I checked to see if there were enabled
>
> # dmesg
>
> Serial Driver version 4.12 with no serial options enabled
>
> so I tested the modem... # echo "ATDTXXX-XXX/n" >/dev/cuaN
>
> and nothing happens.. not even a dail tone.... can anyone help this
> bewildered fool ... thanks Dane...
you need to disable com2 in the bios of your computer, or change it to a
different io address.
Sean
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Sean Harper [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Technician/Programmer www.cgallery.com
Computer Gallery Redhat Hardware Partner
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Patrick Mayer)
Subject: UMAX Astra 610S Scanner support...
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 22:16:51 GMT
Hi,
I'm currently running linux on my computer (Red-Hat 5.2 distribution. Kernel
2.xxx: I'm new at this!) and I would like to know if it is possible to use a
UMAX 610S scanner with it (that's the SCSI version). Any guesses of where I
should look for a driver?
Thanks in advance!
Another guy slowly getting addicted to AfterStep!
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From: Peter Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: SCSI Recommendations?
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 16:40:16 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robert C. Paulsen, Jr.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>
>
>Peter Robinson wrote:
>>
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robert C. Paulsen, Jr.
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>> >But, before I plunk down anything for another narrow drive, I wanted to
>> >think about upgrading to a wide SCSI controller.
>> >
>> Why not get a wide drive with an adapter to terminate the wide bus &
>> hang it on the narrow cable. Then when you do upgrade the controller you
>> will get the benefit straight away.
>I didn't know that could be done. This is what I will do.
>
>Does the adapter go onto the drive and present a narrow connection for
>my existing narrow cable? Are these adapters widely available?
Exactly that. Not sure how common they are but my supplier had them on
the shelf. I was a bit unsure if this was going to work but its fine. I
think I paid around 5GBP for mine. Still it was cheaper to buy a wide
drive and converter than the 'real' narrow drive.
--
Peter Robinson
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (sean)
Subject: Re: WinModems - any work being done for Linux?
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 16:17:10 -0500
the internal usr non-winmodems work great. No problem with these!
Sean
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bernd Harries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gordy wrote:
> >
> > Ok, folks - does anyone have some chip numbers from the board? Any
> > schematics for them?
>
> Sure! They are sold as toiletpaper. Plus all Winmodems are identical...
> ;-))
>
> > CompUsa is selling 56K HiVal PCI bus Winmodems for $19 (after $30 rebate).
>
> Better buy a bag of Nachos. They are cheaper plus they stop hunger.
>
>
> Seriously: Only buy external modems with RS232 interfaces and AT
> interpreter!!
>
> --
> Bernd Harries
>
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Computer Gallery Redhat Hardware Partner
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Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 10:15:00 -0500
From: Daniel Bair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound card side-effects
Mike Grant wrote:
> I have a Crystal based PnP sound card that works almost fine under
> Linux. The first problem is that when my processor is really working
> hard or when the CD-ROM is reading I can sometimes hear it in the
> speakers. A kind of buzzing noise. I booted to Windoze and I do not
> experience this side-effect. Any ideas about this?
>
> Also, there is a pop at the beginning and the end of any sound file i
> play. It seems to me like this is because the sound card is pretty low
> on the IRQ priority list, but again, there is no pop in Windoze, and it
> is using the same IRQ settings. What do you think?
>
> Thanx.
> Mike Grant
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hmmm. I am expierencing the same thing with my Yamaha OPL3-SAx (Crystal
drivers)
and my AMD Interwave (GUS drivers). Seems like the sound card is
continously on
and picking up interference from the system. It's very anoying.
I hope someone has an answer for this.
Daniel Bair
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Bumby)
Subject: Re: Problem: drivers for a Diamond video card
Date: 23 Dec 1998 12:14:29 -0500
"Def Tiger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>...I am having trouble setting up my Diamand Stealth 2001 series
>video card. There are no drivers for it for X Windows! ...
Does this group have a FAQ? I think I have seen this question
before. If I recall correctly, this is a Permedia2 card -- like my
ELSA Gloria Synergy -- and you should go to SuSE
<http://www.suse.de/XSuSE/XSuSE_E.html> for what you need.
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: misc.forsale.computers.monitors
Subject: Re: iiyama Vision Master Pro 450 (model A901GT)
Date: 24 Dec 1998 23:21:47 GMT
Daniel Joyce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have the 502, it is ok for a cheap monitor
> >
> > Text isn't as crisp as on a Sony but the price is not the same...
> >
[clip]
> I have an older 17" Iiyama Vision Master pro, and I love it! Wonderful
> brightness, color, etc. I'm home, using my parents Sony, and it pales in
> comparison.
> Don't know much about the newer models...
The new ones are still beautiful. You pay more for the Master pros, so they
have the nice tubes. The lower end ones are going to look paler because-
well, they're cheaper.
-b
--
SAVE FERRIS
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jasper Janssen)
Crossposted-To: misc.forsale.computers.monitors
Subject: Re: iiyama Vision Master Pro 450 (model A901GT)
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 23:50:15 GMT
On 24 Dec 1998 23:21:47 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>The new ones are still beautiful. You pay more for the Master pros, so they
>have the nice tubes. The lower end ones are going to look paler because-
>well, they're cheaper.
I'm writing this one a pro 17 diamondtron etc. a 9017T model. Of
course two - four weeks after I bought it, the a701GT was available
for $100 less.
Jasper
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From: Mike Thoreson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SB-128bit-PCI Problems HELP NEEDED
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 00:54:23 +0900
"Stephen C. Nabet" wrote:
> Does anyone know how to make my brand new Sound Blaster 128 bit PCI
> sound card work under linux REDHAT 5.2
>
> Thanks
#1 Commercial Version of OSS/Linux (Open Sound Solution for Linux)
http://www.opensound.com/linux.html
Try the demo before you choose to buy it.
#2 ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) Driver http://alsa.jcu.cz
You'll need the driver, libs, and utilities. Has to be compiled
for your system.
#3 Get the latest Kernel 2.1.131. It has support for the chip set on the
PCI 64 and 128 sound cards.
You'll have to compile and install the new kernel. You also have
to determine which chip set your card has.
Unless you can find an rpm all the above come as tar.gz files. After
they've been uziped and untared you'll find the necessary documentation
in the new directory thats been created. Please read it all before you
do anything.
I've tried all 3 ways and IMO #2 works the best. To play midi files
you'll need a software midi player. OSS/Linux come with a driver called
softoss. Another option is a program called Timidity. It works as it is
with #1 and #2. If you go the kernel route, you need to get a software
patch for timidity and recompile it. The rpm for timidity should be on
your distribution cd under contrib/libc6/i386/timidity-0.2i-6.i386.rpm
Hope this is of use. I use the Debian Package, so you could wait and see
if anyone else has a better solution.
Mike
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From: Mike Thoreson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Getting soundcard work
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 02:14:17 +0900
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi, folks!
>
> I've got a Ensoniq PCI Audio card.
> Could you please give me any further advise ?
>
> -- Ernest.
>
> P.S. Please, duplicate all messages by e-mail when replying - I have to use
> DejaNews to access Usenet.
>
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I have a Creative PCI 64 which for all practical purposes is the same card. If
you go the kernel route, you need one of the recent kernels that have support
for that card. I've tried 2.1.119, 2.1.124, 2.1.128 and 2.1.131. I would
recommend 2.1.131. The most recent stable kernel 2.0.36 doesn't have support for
that card. I've read in the newsgroups that some have made it work as a sound
blaster, but I had no success. I did get it to work with the developmental
kernels. I tried the OSS\Linux (Open Sound Solution for Linux) demo and it
worked also. What I settled on and would recommend is the ALSA (Advanced Linux
Sound Architecture) Driver available from http://alsa.jcu.cz. You need the most
recent driver, libs, and utilities. Hope this helps.
Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nico Kadel-Garcia)
Subject: Re: Unix hardware
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 16:32:32 GMT
On Wed, 23 Dec 1998 10:21:03 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am looking to add a Unix box to my network to ask as a ip and ipx
>router along with hosting a few servers, WWW, database, uake, etc.. as
>well as being a file server and possible running X over the network in a
>
>windows X client program... How much power should I get... I only want
>to spend $400 but have a video card and the network cards. I have see
>some p200 with 32 megs for about my price, will that surfice? Thanks.
Save the money on X-server programs (X windows reverses the meaning
of server and client, since X considers the local display to be the
"X server", even if you are using it to run programs from what everyone
else in the universe would call the server....)
Try the Virtual Networking Computing tool from www.orl.co.uk/vnc, and
let your PC's and UNIX boxes be both X servers *AND* clients. Useful
stuff, single use licenses are free. A P200 should run that just fine.
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From: Erik Kaffehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3DFX voodoo AGP 16mb with redhat 5.2 help
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 00:41:19 +0000
louis wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> 3DFX voodoo AGP 16mb with redhat 5.2 help,
> anyone know how to install the video card or to configur it please help
>
> louis
Hi!
I don't know, but this ste gives much info on Vodoo stuff...
http://glide.xxedgexx.com/
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From: Erik Kaffehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DAT compression on Sony SDT 7000 disappeared from RH 5.2? OK with 5.0
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 00:47:29 +0000
Hi!
I use a SONY SDT 7000 (DDS 2) for backup, after upgrading to RH 5.2 I
have found that
mt -f /dev/st0 compression 1
now longer works
Any ideas, or anyone having a similar experience?
Yours sincerely
Erik Kaffehr
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kristian Slavov)
Subject: Problem burning audio cds with cdrecord1.6.1
Date: 23 Dec 1998 17:59:34 GMT
I burned an audio cd and the result was odd:
I was able to listen the cd on my stereo allmost perfectly. I burned 12
songs, but the stereo reported that I had 13 songs on the cd.
The first track couldn't be played, all others are fine.
Now the real mystery is that neither my cd-rom nor HP cd-rw are able to
read that cd!
The cd-rw is a parallel version of HP 7200 (I'm using pg). Kernel 2.0.36.
The commandline I used was:
cdrecord dev=0,0 -v -speed=2 -pad -audio /mnt/dee/*.wav
I did that on an empty disc. No buffer underruns occured.
Can someone tell me, what am I doing wrong?
=====================================================================
Kristian 'Hwmagic' Slavov Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Vieraskuja 5 c 31 WWWeb: http://www.hut.fi/~kslavov
02770 Espoo, Finland Phone: 050-5831970
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From: Dan Conti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: zip detected as cdrom
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 08:39:09 -0800
Yeah, upgrade to a newer kernel version. The drivers in 2.0.27 detect it
as an atapi cd rom and from my experience wont let you mount the drive or
anything. I was having the same issues with 2.0.29, i picked up 2.0.36 and
it seems to be working fine now.
Also, from my understanding, you need to build in atapi floppy support
when you build the newer kernel..
-Dan
On Wed, 23 Dec 1998, Joey Morris wrote:
> I have an IDE, internal zip drive connected as the secondary master. (My
> hard drive and CDROM are primary master and slave, resp.) For some reason, the
> zip drive is detected by linux (2.0.27) as an ATAPI CDROM drive instead of an
> ATAPI Floppy. I had another internal zip drive that was detected fine, but it
> was attacked by the Click of Death so I had to get this new one. Does anyone
> know why this is happening and how I can fix it?
>
> Thanks,
> Joey
>
>
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Ugent: Which ATI video Cards Linux (X server) supports?
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 11:40:11 -0600
Zhu, Shan (EXCHANGE:RICH2:2S11) wrote:
> Hi, there,
>
> I will buy a PC today and I'd like to know whether the following video
> cards are supported
> before I buy.
>
> ATI Xpert 98 2X Rage Pro, AGP
> ATI Xpert@work 98 8MB AGP 2X
> ATI Xpert@play 98 8MB AGP 2X
>
> Do you have any idea, for linux, which one is better. Their prices are
> fairly close.
>
> Thanks a lot in advance.
>
> -SZ
I know of two machines in which the first card you name is working. The
first was purchased
from Penguin, which installed Linux, so one can't be sure they didn't do
some
fiddling. The second, my son purchased from a local vendor with
Windows 98
on it and some space left for installing Linux. I installed Redhat 5.2
from CD.
The installation script (and afterwards Xconfigurator) recognized the
card
without difficulty. However, I had a little trouble getting X to
work. I think
the problem may have been the monitor. (I have encountered similar
problems
with other cards on other machines. Exactly the same card could be
configured
by the standard process with one monitor but not with another ) When
running Xconfigurator,
I chose
custom for the monitor and made the best guess I could. If your monitor
is
actually listed as being supported, you may not have to do this. There
was also
one other twist. Namely, I had to avoid probing. With probing I ran
into
problems, but if I skipped it, I got a configuration which I could set
to 1024 x 768
at 24 bit color, and it works fine. There is probably some ideal
XF86Config
for that card with your monitor which someone out there has. In
principle,
I could have chosen an even higher resolution, at 16 bit color, but 1024
x768
is more than adequate for our purposes, so I didn't bother exploring
further.
If you look on the RedHat web page for supported hardware, you may not
find
it too helpful. They list all sorts of cards, but the card
manufacturers will
use similar names for different cards and different names for what is
basically
the same card. I have yet to find exactly the same name in the Redhat
list
as the name the card is sold under. If you buy the card with the right
to
return it if it doesn't work for your configuration, it should not be too
hard
to decide quickly if Linux can support it. At least under Redhat 5.2,
Xconfigurator seems to recognize the card immediately if it supports it.
So there is less fiddling that you have to do with the configuration
file.
Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be too much stability in the market
for display cards with new and improved versions coming out daily and
XFree remaining usually at least 6 months behind.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John R. Campbell)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: things I'd pay to have developed for Linux...
Date: 23 Dec 1998 18:12:13 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 22 Dec 1998 21:57:17 -0500, DJ Delorie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Bruce Barnett wrote:
>> I still don't understand. Why do you want a daemon that doesn't use
>> sockets, but uses STDIO?
>
>So that he can do this (somehow from within the kernel):
>
> ssh remotemachine smbd -stdio ...
>
>Then mount the directory locally. Later, umount it and Ctrl-C the
>ssh. That provides an encrypted session for the mounted filesystem.
>
>Basically, he wants a way to securely mount filesystems from remote
>machines he doesn't have root to, that are efficient on modem lines.
>His current choice is a mix of ssh and samba, but that means that
>samba would have to let ssh manage the network connection, rather
>than doing it itself.
This sounds like...
...running the slirp program to access the network from another
point via a telnet session.
Hmmmm...
How's about Kermit? Won't kermit run over a telnet virtual
circuit? It seems that this is more what you'd like.
Now, a good question, what's the client like? Are you sure you
can't run kermit?
Note: UUCP can talk over TCP/IP (heck, this is how my home
system exchanges mail, so I can have as many mailboxes on my
home system as I want).
Of course, this is just a means to ensure some kind of secure
service. Finding a way to secure it via (for instance) PGP
(to negotiate a session key, for instance) might be a better
approach.
--
John R. Campbell Speaker to Machines [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- As a SysAdmin, yes, I CAN read your e-mail, but I DON'T get that bored!
Disclaimer: All opinions expressed are those of John Campbell alone and
do not reflect the opinions of his employer(s) or lackeys
thereof. Anyone who says differently is itching for a fight!
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From: Srcan Osmanagich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Fibre Channel and Linux?
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 12:13:23 -0500
Does the Linux support FC adapter cards like Emulex LC7000 or any FC
adapter card for that matter?
Couldn't find any reference about Linux and fibre channel?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ying Zhang)
Subject: Re: DLink 530TX
Date: 25 Dec 1998 00:46:42 GMT
thanks for the tip. hmm... too bad about the Dlink, i don't think i've
seen any kingston cards in my area (you're referring to the EtheRX VP
10/100BASE-TX?). i've heard netgear cards weren't bad either..
the search continues :)
David Fox ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: By the way, you can't install Redhat through a DLinux DFE-530TX. The
: via-rhine module is not included on the boot/supp disk set.
: --
: David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
: UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
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