Linux-Hardware Digest #410, Volume #10 Fri, 4 Jun 99 16:13:38 EDT
Contents:
Re: ali chipset ("R. Tolga Korkunckaya")
Re: Toshiba T2105 & Floppy Drive Errors (Dick Repasky)
Re: SoundBlaster 16/PCI ("Jose M. Urena")
RipTide driver support? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Deleted /dev/sd* by mistake!!! How to remake them? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: about ASUS V3400 Agp! (Thomas Ruge)
Re: Linux support for WD8003E/A? (PS/2 NIC) (Raine M. Ekman)
Re: IBM 0669 ESDI hard disk parameters? (Ed Avis)
Re: Modem initial string (Vladimir Florinski)
Zip Plus + 2.2.9 (digitalklown)
Re: Zip Plus + 2.2.9 (Joe Manojlovich)
Re: 3Com 3CXEM556 and pppd: working but sloooooow... (David Hinds)
problem install linux in a old packard bell computer (ZuoDong Zheng)
Re: Attempted RedHat install kills HDD (Clarence Riddle)
Re: Sony 17" SE II problem (Clarence Riddle)
Re: Linux program to exercise Dual-CPU system? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 2.2.5-15 kernel eats memory! (Clarence Riddle)
Re: Booting from a LS-120 (Henrik Carlqvist)
Re: ATAPI ZIP + RH 6.0 problems (Clarence Riddle)
Re: Disable Modem's Speaker (Joe Manojlovich)
Re: Upgrade from 2.0 to 2.2! How will it affect the user? ("Gen. Sisyphus")
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From: "R. Tolga Korkunckaya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ali chipset
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 10:51:01 -0800
Phil DeBecker wrote:
> Oliver Hach wrote:
>
> > Thomas Mikkelsen wrote:
> >
> > > Is there a driver for the ali m1542 chipset
> > >
> > > Its comes with the ASUS P5A-B motherboard
> >
> > The m1542 is supported by Kernel 2.3.x.....
> > There is another way: 2_2_9_uniform-ide-6_19_hotel_patch
> >
> > might work....
> >
> > olli
>
> Yes, the uniform IDE patch works. You can get it here:
>
> http://www.dyer.vanderbilt.edu/server/udma/
>
> I run kernel 2.2.9 with this patch on my AMD K6/2-350 on an Asus P5A-B.
> Works well, I get about 12.90 MB/sec with hdparm -t (with a Western
> Digital 6.4GB UDMA drive).
>
> Phil D.
I'm new at Linux. i use the same motherboard with Maxtor 8,4 hdd on an
AMDK6 II 350 @400 mhz with 160mb ram.
What is the use of the driver you are talkin abt? I mean, do i need to
install it for a faster pc? or what?
I use Slackware40...
I had some problems compiling the kernel. It gave me some errors and the
zImage did not exist, can it be related to the problem you are talkin abt?
thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dick Repasky)
Subject: Re: Toshiba T2105 & Floppy Drive Errors
Date: 4 Jun 1999 17:35:54 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 02 Jun 1999 16:27:47 -0400, Hugh McCurdy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Toshiba Satellite T2105.
>I was wondering if anyone had a clue or is using Linux on
>a T2105. Or have any idea of what I should tell this guy.
>I could say the computer is broken, but I can't resolve
>the fact that it works fine in NW-DOS 7.
>
>
>--
>Hugh McCurdy
I have one that I bought used, and it works fine. I have no experience
with DOS on them machine, other than deleting it to install linux.
I guess the only information I can provide is that T2105's can run linux.
Dick
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From: "Jose M. Urena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SoundBlaster 16/PCI
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 13:20:19 -0400
Honestly, I think that the SB 16 PCI is the SB PCI64 under a new name.
Probably to distance themselves from the Audio PCI name
both are 16 bit sound cards for the PCI BUS
both use a soft file for MIDI instruments
and the creative site makes no mention of a SB16 PCI under the SB 16 family of
cards
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Tony B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Do you mean the pci64 ? That's what was the original Ensoniq AudioPCI with
>
> There _is_ a PCI version of the Sound Blaster 16, so I think he means
> what he said :-)
>
> Greg H.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RipTide driver support?
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 16:15:40 GMT
Hi Braniacs,
I'm using a friend's HP Pavilion 4440 (AMD K-2 333MHz) that has a
RipTide modem/sound chip (Rockwell Semiconductor Systems), and I'm
having difficulty getting Linux to recognize it. From what I gather
from my 'net searching, RipTide's Linux driver may or may not be
supported at the alpha or beta stage.
Other pertinent factors:
The kernels I've tried are 2.0.35 and 2.2.9.
RipTide is supposedly 100% SB compatible, has WaveStream 64, HRTF-3D
(A3D), MPU-401 interface, and I2S support.
Thanks y'all,
--Alan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Deleted /dev/sd* by mistake!!! How to remake them?
Date: 04 Jun 1999 13:50:13 -0400
"Gen. Sisyphus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In an ongoing effort to get my zip and cdrw working, I managed to delete
> /dev/sd*.
> How do I recreate these files?
The tool you will need is 'mknod', which creates special files.
The major number for /dev/sd* is 8, and the minor follows the following
formula:
(16 * char) + val
char == 0 if /dev/sda, 1 if /dev/sdb, etc
val == 1 if /dev/sda1, 2 if /dev/sda2, etc
val will be 0 for the /dev/sda device.
So, figure out how to use mknod ('man mknod'). Then, for example, to
create /dev/sda1, type 'mknod /dev/sda1 b 8 1'.
Also, look at the /dev/MAKEDEV script. I think this script automates this
whole process and will do whole groups of devices.
Toodles,
Jimmy
reply to jimmy at linuxstart dot com
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From: Thomas Ruge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: about ASUS V3400 Agp!
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 01:24:10 +0200
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chunfuyu wrote:
> Hi guys:
> I am planning to but a ASUS V3400 AGP video card!
> Now I have a question ... is thta the red hat 6.0 can recognize this card?
> Is AGP interface ok?
> Thanks a lot
>
> Peter
i used the agp 3400 before i bought the apg 3800 deluxe, both are working
well under linux ( i use SuSE 6.0 6.1 )
thomas
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<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hi guys:
<br> I am planning to but a ASUS V3400 AGP video card!
<br>Now I have a question ... is thta the red hat 6.0 can recognize this
card?
<br>Is AGP interface ok?
<br>Thanks a lot
<p>Peter</blockquote>
i used the agp 3400 before i bought the apg 3800 deluxe, both are
working well under linux ( i use SuSE 6.0 6.1 )
<p> thomas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Raine M. Ekman)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
Subject: Re: Linux support for WD8003E/A? (PS/2 NIC)
Date: 4 Jun 1999 18:37:20 GMT
Georg Schwarz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Does Linux support the WD8003E/A MCA ethernet card?
I've got an ugly solution for it... it's based on an older (2.0.30) version
of the smc-mca driver (I think, haven't got the machine close to check with)
I was going to clean it up and publish it earlier but then I noticed the
driver I had based it on had been updated and thought I'd work it in there
and then send patches to whomever it may concern (that'd be Chris B, right?)
I can send it you first thing Monday if you want it.
--
This .sig brought to you by a horrible Q&D hack...
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From: Ed Avis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: IBM 0669 ESDI hard disk parameters?
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 19:24:16 +0100
Georg Schwarz wrote:
>
>Does anyone happen to know the specs (heads, sectors, ...) for an IBM
>type 0669 ESDI hard disk (full height)? I'm trying to install Linux on an
>IBM model 80, and it does not recognize it. With DOS, which is still
>running on that hard disk (because fdisk /dev/eda does not work :-)), the
>disk works fine. I'm hoping that spefifing those parameters with lilo
>might help Linux recognize the disk (the ESDI controller is recognized).
How many ESDI disks do you have? The Linux-MCA kernel has a known bug
that stops it recognizing more than one.
--
Ed Avis
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From: Vladimir Florinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem initial string
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 22:11:26 -0700
Frank Yan wrote:
>
> I've got an external us robotics modem, 56K, model 5686. I want to
> use it under RH 5.2, but I cannot find a good initial string for this guy,
> so that I got a very slow modem speed. Does anyone knows about
> what's the initial string for this model of modem?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Frank
Well I've set up three or four of these for PPP servers and such. Init strings
seem to be things of the past. A proper way is to program your modem once and
for all (you could specify 2 different configs) and then forget about it, simply
issue atz1 or atz2 (and this init string is easy to remember, you can use it for
chat, minicom, etc.) You should know your modem commands. Basically, it's always
a good idea to set &b1, &h1, &i0, &k1 and &r2.
--
Vladimir
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From: digitalklown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Zip Plus + 2.2.9
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 04:41:54 GMT
Hey all,
Running 2.2.9 kernel with Zip Plus. I am able to load the driver imm
fine however, I am getting an error that is prohibiting me from any sort
of production with the drive.
this is a c&p of dmesg:
Directory sread (sector 0x1a0) failed
scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:04, sector 416
Directory sread (sector 0x1a0) failed
scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:04, sector 416
Directory sread (sector 0x1a0) failed
FAT: fat_truncate called though fs is read-only, uhh...
VFS: Disk change detected on device sd(8,4)
SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 196608 [96 MB] [0.1
GB]
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: sda4
SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 6 lun 0 return code = 27010000
scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:04, sector 394
SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 6 lun 0 return code = 27010000
scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:04, sector 395
SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 6 lun 0 return code = 27010000
scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:04, sector 396
etc...
the only thing i can do to reset the drive is unplug it...any ideas
thanks jason
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From: Joe Manojlovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Zip Plus + 2.2.9
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 15:19:39 -0400
Either your disk itself is going bad or the format is. I would suggest
reformatting it under a windows machine (the format is very odd, with four
partitions being made) so it can be read by both windows and linux machines,
unless you want to use it only under linux. In that case I would fdisk it,
create one partition, and ext2 format the disk.
Try to reformat it first, that worked for me a few weeks ago when I was
getting the same problem. Then try another disk and see if the same errors
pop up. If all else fails, use kernel 2.2.5, I know the drive works with it
:-)
Joe Manojlovich
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ 4426934
digitalklown wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Running 2.2.9 kernel with Zip Plus. I am able to load the driver imm
> fine however, I am getting an error that is prohibiting me from any sort
> of production with the drive.
>
> this is a c&p of dmesg:
>
> Directory sread (sector 0x1a0) failed
> scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:04, sector 416
> Directory sread (sector 0x1a0) failed
> scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:04, sector 416
> Directory sread (sector 0x1a0) failed
> FAT: fat_truncate called though fs is read-only, uhh...
> VFS: Disk change detected on device sd(8,4)
> SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 196608 [96 MB] [0.1
> GB]
> sda: Write Protect is off
> sda: sda4
> SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 6 lun 0 return code = 27010000
> scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:04, sector 394
> SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 6 lun 0 return code = 27010000
> scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:04, sector 395
> SCSI disk error : host 0 channel 0 id 6 lun 0 return code = 27010000
> scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:04, sector 396
>
> etc...
>
> the only thing i can do to reset the drive is unplug it...any ideas
> thanks jason
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Hinds)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.periphs.pcmcia,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: 3Com 3CXEM556 and pppd: working but sloooooow...
Date: 4 Jun 1999 18:24:49 GMT
Rick Tait ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
:
: So I got my 3Com 3CXEM556 working on my SuSE box. Kernel 2.2.5 with
: pcmcia-cs-3.0.11 modules. Both my eth0 and ttyS2 come up OK. There
: was a few problems with ttyS2 working on te default irq (3) which it
: seems it shares with the eth0 interface, so I changed to the irq to 0
: (setserial /dev/ttyS2 irq 0). That allowed me to use minicom on the
: modem, and of course ppp.
It's a bug in the kernel's serial device driver.
It can be fixed, if you want to rebuild your kernel (and PCMCIA), by
editing linux/drivers/char/serial.c and changing each use of
IRQ_T(info) to IRQ_T(state).
-- Dave Hinds
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From: ZuoDong Zheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problem install linux in a old packard bell computer
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 18:01:45 GMT
Hi,
i have a old PB 630CDT packard bell computer,
(i don't think most of you will know what PB 630CDT is.
it's a old model of packard bell PC, and this one got 32MB memory
around 400MB harddisk, and it has a CD rom driver and floppy
driver. hope that helps) and i want to install redhat linux 6.0 on it.
BUt when i boots it using the linux boot disk, it goes to a point where
it says "RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0" and freezed there.
My question is: is it possible to install linux on my kind system? Have
any body done this before?
Any help is greatly appreciated
zuodong
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From: Clarence Riddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Attempted RedHat install kills HDD
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 14:01:05 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Disconnect the harddrive and see if the floppy will boot. If it boots then, you
may have a problem with your harddrive.
cgr
Robert C McDougle wrote:
> I just tried to install RedHat 5.2 to my Tyan 1563D with 1 p133 processor
> and a WD 2.5g HDD. The drive was recognized fine by the BIOS prior to the
> install and could be hit by FDISK on a win98 boot disk. After attempting
> the Linux install (which seemed to go fine), the boot fails with the message
>
> "not found any [active partition] in HDD
> DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER"
>
> pressing enter just gets me to a repeat of the message.
> Now that this message has occurred, I can't even boot from a floppy. I
> changed the boot sequence in the BIOS to A, C, SCSI but even with a
> previously working boot disk only get to the same message.
>
> Does anyone know what is going on???
>
> --
> R C McDougle
> rcm Arch Design
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From: Clarence Riddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sony 17" SE II problem
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 14:06:26 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Try a different monitor driver. I have two 17" sony monitors on RH 5.2 and RH
6.0 machines. Both types (200sx and 210gs) work find with no problem. If
nothing helps, your graphics card could be the problem.
cgr
bob wrote:
> I installed RH 5.2 and chose this monitor which is the correct one. When
> Xwindows runs the desktop doesn't stretch to the edges of the monitor. The
> raster appears to go to the edges, but the displayed desktop doesn't.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux program to exercise Dual-CPU system?
Date: 4 Jun 1999 18:33:48 GMT
mumford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I actually managed to munge my system up pretty badly (but not unrecoverably)
> using 'make -j'. I was getting all kinds of "can't fork" errors (with 192 MB
> of memory and 256 MB of swap, I should damn well have been able to fork).
> Anyway, less risky way of doing the same test is to use 'make -j 2' or -j 4,
> replacing the number with the number of CPUs you have.
I've never had a problem compiling a kernel with make -j, but I did once
get those can't fork errors when compiling (also w/ make -j) an in-house
FEM code. I've got 512 MB RAM/40 MB swap. The recommendation in smp.txt
is actually #CPU's+1 or no number "if you have tons of memory/swap."
--
====================================
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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From: Clarence Riddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: 2.2.5-15 kernel eats memory!
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 14:40:03 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I had the same problem. I think it is the apps that you are running.
cgr
Joe Robertson wrote:
> I don't get this.. I'm running RedHat 6.0 with a minimum of services.. and
> after a reboot, my free memory is only about 24MB(out of 64). A few hours
> later, I have about 1.7MB free, and my swap starts to become active.. I do
> not have many users, nor memory-eating apps.. it all seems to go into
> "cached" memory.. Now cache is nice, but I don't want all my available
> memory allocated to it! And I want to avoid swap usage... can anyone
> help??
>
> Here is output of "free" command:
> total used free shared buffers cached
> Mem: 62860 60688 2172 36268 1668 42632
> -/+ buffers/cache: 16388 46472
> Swap: 24060 1068 22992
>
> Thanks a bunch..
> Joe
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From: Henrik Carlqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Booting from a LS-120
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 20:30:26 +0200
IT drift wrote:
> 1. copy the kernel directly to the LS-120 device (/dev/hdc) and
> puting an ext2 image after the kernel. When I boot using this setup
> the kernel loads and then I get an error message: "invalid compressed
> format" and "System halted"
You will have to use rdev to tell the kernel where to search for your
root partition. See "man rdev" for more info. Even though you are not
using a ramdisk you might also find some good examples on using rdev in
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/ramdisk.txt
regards Henrik
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From: Clarence Riddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATAPI ZIP + RH 6.0 problems
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 14:26:34 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ZIP uses CDROM mode 4, some cdrom drives are identified as the same. Remove
the cdrom drive and
see if the problem still exists. Also try installing the ZIP as master, then
slave.
cgr
Alan Nash wrote:
> I am trying to get my ATAPI zip 100 drive to work under RH 6.0.
> When I boot, I see the message:
>
> hdc: IOMEGA ZIP 100 ATAPI Floppy ATAPI FLOPPY DRIVE
>
> I tried:
>
> mount /dev/hdc /zip
>
> and it works (I am using a mke2fs-formatted disk), but it gives me the
> message:
>
> The drive reports 100663296 and 100646912 bytes as its capacity
>
> I was able to read portions of an existing zip disk, but I got
> several I/O errors.
>
> I tried to fdisk and mke2fs, but I get:
>
> ide_floppy: hdc I/O error dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 10
>
> and so forth.
>
> The sectors for which errors are reported seem to all fit the pattern:
>
> n*16K + k*128 + 10 (where 0<=n and 0<=k<4)
>
> I seem to be stuck. The same or similar failure happens with other disks
> (which I can read/write perfectly on another zip drive) and even with
> zip disks formatted for DOS.
>
> On any of these disks, fdisk does not see ANY partition but I do see the
> content of the disk and can read portions of it.
>
> I will greatly appreciate any ideas/suggestions/etc.
>
> ========================================================================
> Alan Nash--Chief Scientist, Systran Software [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Joe Manojlovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Disable Modem's Speaker
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 15:24:28 -0400
Set your modem initialization string to ATM0DT. That a zero in there. The string
when the speaker is working should be ATDT, if you need help on finding it.
Try the netcfg tool. There should be a setting for the modem init string in
there somewhere under the ppp device.
Joe Manojlovich
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ 4426934
Tomcat wrote:
> I am running RedHat 6.0 and my modem is USR 56k V.90 Internal ISA Voice/Fax
> modem
> with jumpers. The modem works, but is there a way to turn off the speaker so
> that
> it will do a quiet dial - up?
>
> (in Windows, we can change the properties of modem or dial-up networking)
>
> Thanks for any help~
>
> Tomcat
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Gen. Sisyphus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Upgrade from 2.0 to 2.2! How will it affect the user?
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 19:45:31 +0000
John Thompson wrote:
> "Gen. Sisyphus" wrote:
>
> > How will this upgrade affect anybody who's not root?
>
> Assuming "root" has read the
> "/usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes" file and configured
> things properly, the user shouldn't notice much of anything
> different except perhaps better performance.
>
> --
>
> -John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Thanks for the reply. I guess my major concern is if I have to reinstall
all the RPMs that I have downloaded over the past year!!! Wll this be
necessary if I upgrade to 2.2?
Thanks..
Si
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