Linux-Hardware Digest #558, Volume #9 Wed, 3 Mar 99 19:13:33 EST
Contents:
Re: Driver for Kingston EtheRX VP 10/100 NIC??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Driver for 3com 3c905b? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Hard drive jumper settings (Jack Bowling)
Re: netgear PCI fast ethernet ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Monitor . . . interference? . . . fuzz? (daniel)
Re: Overclocking (was: Re: K6-2 and Linux, Are there any Bug?) ("Tuomo O.
Vuolteenaho")
What about Turtle Beach Montego under Linux (Christian J�nsson)
Re: Q: tv tuner on a remote xterm? (Chris O'Donovan)
Re: Zoom modem and Linux ("Jeff")
Re: Dual boot NT / Linux ("Tuomo O. Vuolteenaho")
Re: Red Hat 5.2 and Matrox ("Andrew Crowley")
Terratec XLerate under Linux (Dominik Bodi)
HP Colorado 8GB external tape: Solutions! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: running executables from cdrom? ("Francois.Lemaire")
Re: 16bit mode in XWindows (Dave Philips)
Re: ENSONIQ PCI and LINUX (Jeremiah)
Re: Red Hat 5.2 and Matrox ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
How can i boot from system commander (fatkamp)
Re: Hardware to recommend? (Vincent Cunniffe)
Re: Creative Lab 3D Booshee 16M (VGA Acc Card (James McBoyle - Sun Ireland - SunSoft
ELC [Student])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Driver for Kingston EtheRX VP 10/100 NIC???
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 06:50:15 GMT
Thanks, the tulip driver did the trick! I now have my computer using
two net cards. One for my ADSL connection and one to talk to my local
LAN, now i just need to get SAMBA and IP Masq going..... 8-)
On Sun, 28 Feb 1999 22:01:46 +0100, "Andreas Hofmann"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>try to use the tulip driver, probably the chip on your card is compatible
>(most 10/100MBit chips are some sort of Digital clones)
>
>Andreas
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] moray ibm net (Moray) <[EMAIL PROTECTED] moray ibm net (Moray)> schrieb in
>Nachricht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> I'm looking for a driver that supports the Kingston EtheRX VP
>>10/100 PCI ethernet card. I'm trying to get it to work under RedHat
>>5.2 I've tried the generic NE2000-PCI drivers with no luck, any other
>>suggestions??
>> TIA for your input.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Driver for 3com 3c905b?
Date: 03 Mar 1999 14:39:47 -0500
Michael Minnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does anyone know where I can get a device driver for the 3Com 3c905b
> NIC? I just installed Debian 2.0 on a system with this card. The
> Hardware Compatibility HOWTO mentions this card but doesn't say where to
> get a driver.
that card is supported by the 3c59x driver.
--
Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu fsweetser at blee.net | PGP key available
paramount.ind.wpi.edu RedHat 5.2 kernel 2.2.1 i586 | at public servers
Linux! Guerrilla UNIX Development Venimus, Vidimus, Dolavimus.
(By [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mark A. Horton KA4YBR)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jack Bowling)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Hard drive jumper settings
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 07:48:20 GMT
I wish to install an old Micropolis 4221 scsi hard drive on my kernel
2.0.36 system. There is a row of about 15 double pins on the jumper
end of the drive but I have no spec sheet to tell me which are the
ones that select scsi ID. Does anyone know if there is a web page out
there that has jumper specs for older drives? I tried finding
something on altavista but couldn't dig up any hits.
================
Jack Bowling
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: netgear PCI fast ethernet
Date: 03 Mar 1999 15:15:23 -0500
"ex500" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I was recently shopping for a pair of fast ethernet cards for my apartment.
> I ran accross netgear's 310tx card. Great card so far as long as your not
> running redhat. The card came with a driver for SCO and Slackware. I'm new
> to linux and I need help getting the card to run redhat. I already tried the
> PCI ne2000 and apparently that card doesn't support ne2000 standards. Any
> help setting up the card for fast stabile performance in redhat would be
> appreciated. Thanks
the tulip driver supports the netgear cards.
--
Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu fsweetser at blee.net | PGP key available
paramount.ind.wpi.edu RedHat 5.2 kernel 2.2.1 i586 | at public servers
Linux! Guerrilla UNIX Development Venimus, Vidimus, Dolavimus.
(By [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mark A. Horton KA4YBR)
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From: daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Monitor . . . interference? . . . fuzz?
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 02:12:28 -0500
Can anyone point me in a direction on fixing these misterious columns of
lines that I get on my screen when I drag a window on the desktop, or
when a screensaver is on, it's equally horrible? They are small lines
at right angles to one another grouped into loose columns.
I'm tentative to just start playing with settings on my monitor for fear
of burning up hardware and getting useful information on my monitor from
Gateway (ah, was I young and stupid when I bought my first computer) is
like trying to use Windows for more than 15 minutes without crashing it
. . . just damn near impossible.
I have a Gateway EV900 monitor (supposedly made by Toshiba, but I don't
believe it's a model they sell to anyone other than Gateway), driven by
an STB Velocity 128 4Meg Card.
Xgalaga works fine, with a minimum amount of this . . .interference.
But some screen savers, like the one named "laser" that I have seen in
KDE and with fvwm (I guess it came with RH 5.2) is really horrible, and
the lines of interference are the color of the "laser beams" closest to
the area of interference, which is mostly on the far left and right
portions of the screen.
Any help would be appreciated. REALLY appreciated.
RedHat support couldn't help me much, but said it might be my video
card, but that doesn't jive to me since Xgalaga runs fine.
Thanks!
Daniel
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From: "Tuomo O. Vuolteenaho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Overclocking (was: Re: K6-2 and Linux, Are there any Bug?)
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 20:41:44 GMT
I don't get this. Doesn't PIII have a fixed multiplier? Doesn't PIII450
run at 4.5 times the bus speed, and 500 at 5.0 times? How can you get
them to work? (An honest question.)
On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, David wrote:
> i've had a dual pIII 500 machine that was actualy a pIII 500 and a PIII 450
> clocked up that ran fine. exactly the same results as a real dual 500.
> didn't notice the 450 getting any hotter either.
>
> David
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From: Christian J�nsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What about Turtle Beach Montego under Linux
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 07:58:02 GMT
What's the status of development in Linux supporting the Turtle Beach Montego
sound card? Where can I read about it?
TIA,
/ChJ
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris O'Donovan)
Subject: Re: Q: tv tuner on a remote xterm?
Date: 3 Mar 1999 01:09:19 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can someone tell me if a 10mbit ethernet network is fast enough to
>support a pci based tv tuner in a linux server (p233 128 meg) to allow
>running a reasonable tv window on a remote xterminal (tektronix or
>hds) or is the video data so extreme it needs to be hard wired and
>available only on console?
A 640x480 window with three bytes per pixel is just under a megabyte
per frame. A 10Mb/s ethernet will transfer a bit less than a megabyte
per second so if you try this you should, theoretically, get about one
frame per second.
<walks away... logs on to other linux box and starts up xawtv>
Yes, you get about one frame per second and, according to procmeter,
there was about 480 packets per second going over the ethernet (which,
at 1.5kB/packet, is about 0.7MB/s or 7Mb/s). It also used up 95% of
the CPU on the transmitter (PPro200) and about 5% of the CPU on the
receiver (Cyrix686-166). Also, the sound came out of the machine with
the TV tuner card and not the remote machine; this could probably be
fixed but I don't want to bother trying. Anyway, I doubt that the
Xterminals mentioned above have sound hardware.
So the bottom line is: If you want to watch TV even a 100Mb/s wouldn't
be acceptable; if you want a remote camera for a security/monitoring
system this should work. However, you will completely hog the
ethernet.
The reason that this doesn't work so well is because the video is
completely uncompressed. I know of two possible solutions for this. The
first is to get some MPEG compression hardware (see linuxmedialabs.com
for what is available for linux) and the second is to use videophone
software such as vic (see www-nrg.ee.lbl.gov/vic/) which would do the
compression in software.
>ps: can someone recommend a VERY stable tv tuner card to look for for
>linux redhat 5.2?
Any BTTV based card should work. I have a Hauppauge card and it works
flawlessly. See
http://www.thp.uni-koeln.de/~rjkm/linux/bttv.html
for the required software. The driver is now included in the 2.2.x
based kernels.
These BTTV cards can be had for US$50-100 and, since they push the
video over the PCI bus directly to the video card, do not require a
powerful CPU (ie, any old PCI box will do fine). In the above test 95%
of the CPU was used because this ``direct to the video card'' feature
was not being used. (Actually, this 95% CPU seems a bit high to me. I
guess that it is due to the overhead of X. If I turn off this ``direct
to the video card'' feature but use the local display (ie, not over
the ethernet) I get what looks like 10-20 frames/s using about 60% of
the CPU.)
If you want to watch TV I would recommend a cheap PCI box with a BTTV
card used as a replacement for the Xterminal as superior to any of the
above ``over ethernet'' solutions. If you want a security/monitoring
solution I would recommend videophone software (since you get a higher
framerate without hogging the ethernet) or, perhaps even better, a
webcam type solution (which can use the BTTV hardware and any web
browser).
--
Chris O'Donovan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Zoom modem and Linux
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 03:47:34 -0500
Well I wouldn;t try +V90=x any how... I think you would be better off
with -V90=x
and I think the zoom modems usually respond to the ATS commands try
ATS32=38!
I dunno They have websites out there that list em all but I am too lazy to
look one up right now.
Sorry
Jeff
Jonathan D. Oman wrote in message ...
>I have tried to be very careful to insure that all parts of the system are
>pointed to the new modem. I don't think I have missed anything.
>
>Tonight, I put the new Zoom 56k modem on a Win95 box. It had the same
>problems on this box. Never got it into high speed mode. A USRobotics
>modem on this box typically gets 48kb+ without any problems. Maybe I have
a
>bad modem?
>
>The new 56k modem has the Lucent chipset. I went to their site the other
>night, and downloaded their documentation on the AT command set. They
>mentioned a +V90=x command to put it into V90 mode. Tried it, but the
modem
>gave me an error! Also, they did not have the +MS=.... command, and when I
>tried to use it, I got an error. You would think that if it has a Lucent
>chipset, it would understand the Lucent AT command set!
>
>I also tried to update the flash bios with the latest upgrade from Zoomtel.
>No dice.
>
>Someone in this thread suggested that I connect two systems together and
try
>that. Maybe I will.
>
>
>
>
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From: "Tuomo O. Vuolteenaho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual boot NT / Linux
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 08:59:34 GMT
On 3 Mar 1999, Allen wrote:
> >> 6. I want to use my Nokia 445XPro to its full (2d) potential. Video cards?
>
> I vaguely recall the 447 refering to a 17" monitor, and the 445 was a
> 15" model? Just off the top of my head... If that is the case, and the
> Pro models offer smaller dp + higher rez, (why anyone would want to use
> 1600 x 1200 on a 15" screen is beyond me?)--
445Xpro is 21" monitor, the best available. This is the only component I
went nuts with. $1200 (www.buy.com) and well worth it.
"445Xpro is Nokia's flagship monitor. With the 445Xpro, Nokia is proud to
introduce the industry's first 121 kHz monitor capable of 1800 x 1440
resolution at an 80 Hz refresh rate. This 21" monitor enhances work
productivity and efficiency through new, easy-to-use front panel controls,
dual-input switching between two CPUs and an impressive 20" maximum
viewing area with excellent picture clarity. Experience the best that
European engineering and design has to offer with the Nokia 445Xpro."
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From: "Andrew Crowley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat 5.2 and Matrox
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 08:57:34 -0000
Pascal wrote,
>At installation time, I have chosen one of the
>Matrox drivers, and it is not the right one. So, when I boot, I am in a
black
>and
>white very low resolution mode. Is there a way to set the mode to SVGA?
>One way to do it would be to redo the installation from scratch and choose
>SVGA at this time, but reconfiguring a driver may be a matter of editing
>some config file and reboot, right? Any hint?
as far as I know the SVGA server (driver) shipped with the red hat CD will
not work with the G200 card, only the basic VGA server, which will give
640x480 in 8bpp (enough to run glint and install the new server)
it seemed easier to download the newer server and install it than to mess
about with config files!
Andrew
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Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 10:18:05 +0100
From: Dominik Bodi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Terratec XLerate under Linux
Hi,
I am running Linux-Mandrake 5.3 with an Terratec XLerate PCI soundcard. AFAIK
there is still no driver available from Opensound. I discovered that this
soundcard runs well as Soundblaster clone under DOS, the only thing you have to
do is to set the IRQ etc. to SB-like values. Does anyone know if/how I can run
the card as SB-compatible with linux?
Thanks
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: HP Colorado 8GB external tape: Solutions!
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 10:08:18 GMT
Dear all,
As no-one seems to have specifically written in with notes on getting the HP
Colorado 8GB external tape drive (using the parallel port) working, here're
some words of encouragement.
I have successfully gotten mine running (albeit with tar only at this stage)
on kernel 2.2.2. The secret is to use PARIDE, and NOT ftape, as a lot of the
documentation suggests. Thanks to Grant Guenther for his help in getting this
to work as well as, of course, his excellent coding that made it all possible
in the first place!
The best web page to look at is: http://www.torque.net/parport/paride.html
You need to do the following as root:
a) Compile the kernel with parallel port support enabled (general setup).
b) In "block devices" enable
"Include IDE/ATAPI TAPE support",
"Parallel port IDE device support",
"Parallel port ATAPI tapes" and
"Shuttle EPAT/EPEZ protocol"
c) Rebuild your kernel!
d) You may need to create /dev devices, see the above web page for a
really handy script to do this!
e) Plug your tape drive in and make certain that the power is on!
f) Insmod the appropriate modules if you compiled the above kernel features
as modules:
insmod paride
insmod epat
insmod pt (this takes time to insert)
g) Do a test backup. My device for the tape drive is /dev/pt1, so
I would test the tape with the following command:
tar cvf /dev/pt1 /tmp
to backup /tmp
Okay, this should be enough to get you up and playing with the thing!
Have fun!
Bradley Kieser
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From: "Francois.Lemaire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: running executables from cdrom?
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 11:35:01 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi there. I just burned my first cd. I used mkisofs to make the disk image,
> and that program gives all files root group and user ownership. That
> shouldn't be a problem, but anyway, when I mount the cd and try to run a
> program which has these permissions: '-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root', I still get
> a Permission denied error. Does anyone know why this is the case? Thanks for
> any info. BTW, this is how I mount it (from my fstab):
>
> /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,user 0 0
>
> thanks again. please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -David
>
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Hi David
I give you the anwer for linux (don't know on other systems but may be the
same). By default, the cd-rom are mounted with option noexec. I think you have
to force exec by adding the word exec in /etc/fstab.
Bye
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From: Dave Philips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: 16bit mode in XWindows
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 17:43:57 -0500
On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Keith A. Folske wrote:
| How do I force XWindows to start in 16bit mode? It always starts in 8bit
| mode and I know my hardware is capable of 16.
startx -- -bpp 16
dave
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From: Jeremiah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ENSONIQ PCI and LINUX
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 17:53:43 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Can anyone help me? I would like to get my Ensoniq PCI sound card working in
> Linux. Here is my information:
> I am Running Redhat Linux 5.1 and using Window Maker.
> Do I have to recompile my Linux kernel?
You have basically three options:
1. grab the ALSA drivers (http://alsa.jcu.cz). They work fine with my
RH5.2 kernel and Ensoniq AudioPCI.
2. upgrade to kernel 2.2.x... this has support for the AudioPCI that is
supposedly very good.
3. upgrade to RH5.2... this has built in support for the AudioPCI as well,
but the drivers aren't very good. I wouldn't recommend this...
Brian
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Red Hat 5.2 and Matrox
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 23:06:11 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
pascal.icrl.mew.co.jp wrote:
>
>
> Andrew Crowley wrote:
>
> > you need to visit this site download the XFree86 version 3.3.3.1 with server
> > for matrox G200 card, the server you need is "SVGA", download the rpm`s and
> > install them that way.
> >
> > http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/rh52-errata-general.html#XFree86
> >
> > with the the version of XFree86 you have, you will be
> > able to run Xwindows using the VGA16 server installed from your red hat CD,
> > if you get this server running you could use "glint" to install the
> > downloaded packages.
> >
> > Andrew.
>
> Thanks! I will try as soon as I get back home.
> But I have another question: At installation time, I have chosen one of
the
>
> Matrox drivers, and it is not the right one. So, when I boot, I am in a black
> and
> white very low resolution mode. Is there a way to set the mode to SVGA?
> One way to do it would be to redo the installation from scratch and choose
> SVGA at this time, but reconfiguring a driver may be a matter of editing
> some config file and reboot, right? Any hint?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pascal Goguey
> Geometre et Saltimbanque
>
>
Follow the upgrade steps found here
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/XFree86-upgrade/XFree86-upgrade.html
Then run XF86Setup before you try and run Xwindows. This will allow you to
setup your card and resolution properly. I have the G200 AGP card and it
works flawlessly.
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From: fatkamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: hk.comp.os.linux,tw.bbs.comp.linux,comp.os.linux.help,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: How can i boot from system commander
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 23:30:16 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Vincent Cunniffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hardware to recommend?
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 13:21:49 +0000
Hilaire Fernandes wrote:
>
> JT wrote:
> >
> > I am wanting to set-up relatively low cost system (around $550 excluding
> > monitor) and need some advise as to all components:
> >
> > motherboard
> > CPU
>
> Don't use AMDK6.
> If you are lucky you can intall Linux if not your are on your own.
> Actually I have 25 K6AMD and I can't install at all Linux (reset when I
> try installing)
Nonsense... I personally have 4 K6 machines in the house (2xK6, 2xK6-2),
and have had absolutely no problems whatsoever with any of them, on a
wide range of hardware. I have *never* seen a problem with a K6 chip,
nor have I ever heard of a problem with the K6 series and linux.
The K6 series are an excellent, low cost CPU, although they do suffer
a little in floating point performance compared to the more recent
Intel offerings. However, if you are running a server or standard
office machine, they're a perfect solution.
Furthermore, many of the most recent 3d games support the 3dnow
instructions included with the K6-3 and K6-3 CPU's, bringing them
almost back up to parity even with the latest Intel chips.
Regards,
Vin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James McBoyle - Sun Ireland - SunSoft ELC
[Student])
Subject: Re: Creative Lab 3D Booshee 16M (VGA Acc Card
Date: 3 Mar 1999 13:32:23 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Hong-Sen Wu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hi! friends,
>
>Is these anyone know that is any the Xserver's driver available for this PCI
>card (Creative Lab 3D Booshee 16MB Ram)? I got my S3 VGA card working
>properly, I do not know when I use the Creative Lab 3D 16M ram. Which chips
>should I use or what kind of server is required?
>
Well, the Banshee Xserver is in alpha release form, but I have it running on
my system ok... You can get the Xserver from:
http://glide.xxedgexx.com/3DfxRPMS_vb_glic.html
it only works on glibc systems, but it's not too difficult to set up
(the instructions are on the site) the Banshhe server replaces your current SVGA
server, but most of the config can be done by using the example XF86Config file
that can be downloaded from the same page.
Hope this helps
Have Fun
Jim
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James McBoyle
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the world of the idiocy of war. Therefore She invented tacticians...
(Diane Duane, The Door into Shadow)
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