Linux-Hardware Digest #289, Volume #13 Mon, 24 Jul 00 15:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: Intel 810EAL MBoards (Frank Ch. Eigler)
Re: M$ IntelliMouse ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: VT82C686A south bridge (epox EP-7KXA built on sound card) (Rod Smith)
Re: ESS Maestro, Modem drivers (Edward Lee)
Re: ADR Onstream and Linux? (Rod Smith)
APM & SMP ;^( (Nicola Pedrozzi)
Re: Anyone running Linux on an IBM laptop? ("Mark Langsdorf")
Re: A good IDE (Nix)
Running Linux on an ARM9 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 1GMHz+ PC with Linux to run EDA SW? (Duane)
Re: M$ IntelliMouse (David C.)
Re: [Help:] Shadows on NEC FP950 and S3 Savage4 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [Help:] Shadows on NEC FP950 and S3 Savage4 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Any CD-ROM jukebox driver avalible for Linux? (Jack Zyphur)
Dell Perc 2/si ("Brian Boyd")
Re: I740 (Andrey Vlasov)
Detect a working hardware? (Panny)
sndconfig problems (Victor Davion)
Re: Kudzu Segmentation Fault (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: A good IDE ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
sndconfig problems (Victor Davion)
Re: linux driver for Saitek X86 joystick and throttle? (Andrey Vlasov)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Ch. Eigler)
Subject: Re: Intel 810EAL MBoards
Date: 24 Jul 2000 11:50:53 -0400
Peter Nunn wrote:
> has anyone had any success or otherwise getting Linux to run
> on one of these MB's (with the on board video, sound and lan?).
> [...]
I had several problems with mine. Running Red Hat Linux 6.2 using the
on-board ethernet and video periodically froze the machine during
heavy graphics, and during ethernet interface initialization.
Disappointed, I have purchased separate PCI ethernet and PCI video
cards, and the machine has become very solid.
- FChE
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: M$ IntelliMouse
Date: 24 Jul 2000 12:39:53 -0400
David C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>>
>> That's one thing that bugs me about Linux. So many programmes set up
>> their own ways of doing things (as in old DOS programmes where every
>> programme might have had its own set of commands for doing things and
>> there was no real standard).
> You don't like being able to configure your programs to run the way you
> like them?
I would love it if I could change how to copy/paste in Netscape. And
gnome_pad. And could manage to copy/paste from the xwhois output window.
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: VT82C686A south bridge (epox EP-7KXA built on sound card)
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 16:52:17 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <8lgugu$dpv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Marco Bertotto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi!
> I've a Epox 7KXA motherboard with Via 82C686 built on sound card.
> My problem is simple: I can't heard the sound at all, but the system
> reports: everything ok (sound card detetect, correct loading modules....).
The standard kernel drivers for the VIA 82cxxx sound features don't work
very well. I recommend you ditch them and use the ALSA drivers instead
(http://www.alsa-project.org). The ALSA drivers are a nuisance to
install, but they do work.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: Edward Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ESS Maestro, Modem drivers
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 09:53:18 -0700
Get the ESS1978 for Maestro 2E, ESS1968 for Maestro 2 and Lucent (most
likely for ESS codec) at http://linnix.com.
Armand Rose wrote:
> Where can i get drivers for ESS sound cards and modem drivers
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: ADR Onstream and Linux?
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 16:55:59 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.) writes:
>
> If you aren't running the 2.3 beta kernel, you have no USB support.
> Therefore, you have no support for a USB tape drive. When the 2.4
> kernel is released, there will be USB support. I presume that it will
> include support for standards-conforming USB tape drives. I don't know
> if the OnStream drive conforms to the standard or not.
You can also acquire patches for the 2.2.x kernels to add USB support.
I'm running such patched kernels on two systems, and they work fine.
Check http://www.linux-usb.org for details.
My understanding is that the USB support maps data storage devices onto
the SCSI drivers, so in theory, USB tape drives should look like SCSI
tape drives, once the appropriate support is installed. I don't know if
this actually works with any actual tape drives, though. The USB web
site does include a hardware compatibility listing, so you may luck out
and find some information there. If not, you could try buying a drive
from a place with a good return policy, and then return it if you can't
get it to work.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: Nicola Pedrozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: APM & SMP ;^(
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 16:58:40 +0200
Hy linuxers,
I just found out that I cannot "automatically" power off my dual system.
This seems (to me) related to the following kernel message at boot time:
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.13)
apm: disabled - APM is not SMP safe.
The 'apm' (and apmd) command says:
No APM support in kernel
When I issue a
halt -p
the linux system is correctly shut-ted down but the hardware
is not powered off; and I think this will suck my battery...
I would like to REALLY power off the system (via APM?) whenever my
UPS tells there are power failuers, I don't need the system to
go to "sleep" or some other strange "pause" state. This is
a production machine and I assume it should never rest.
Details:
. Linux 2.2.16 (distribution is Slackware 7.1)
. motherboard ASUS P2B-D
. 2x Intel Pentium III 700 MHz
. 256 MB RAM
. Adaptec AHA-2940UW
. 3x 309170UW IBM SCSI disks
. and some other stuff of course...
I actually don't know what kernel APM feature I need to enable,
I just enabled the following (but the kernel won't care anyway
(see message above):
y -> Advanced Power Management BIOS support
n -> to all the other feature except
y -> Use real mode APM BIOS call to power off
Is there a way to have APM and SMP work together?
Has anybody any clue on this?
Thanks in advance,
Ciao nIc
BTW: for the rest the system looks fine and very fast!
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From: "Mark Langsdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Anyone running Linux on an IBM laptop?
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 12:02:29 -0500
"Eric Lafferty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Is anyone running on Linux on an IBM laptop?
>
> I'm looking to buy a new laptop. My biggest requirement is that it not
> have a touchpad controller, I'd rather use paper than a laptop with a
> touchpad. That pretty much leave my options as an IBM or Toshiba. I've
> used Toshiba in the past and had a terrible experience with them and
> would prefer not to buy their product.
>
> So what about IBM? I'm looking at the i series 1492 model. Anyone use
> it and like it? I need Linux for web work. IBM says the warranty does
> not apply if you load it. Has anyone tried and had good luck?
I have an IBM Thinkpad 600 with Linux on it, from the SuSE 6.3
distribution. The install process was painless, PCMCIA worked
automagically, and SaX correctly configured my video display.
I can't help you with the 1492 model, but at least some of the IBM
stuff works well.
-Mark Langsdorf
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From: Nix <$}xinix{$@esperi.demon.co.uk>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: A good IDE
Date: 24 Jul 2000 14:13:06 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Blake) writes:
> In fact, I cannot remember even
> seeing an experienced Unix programmer using an IDE.
Emacs? ;)
> The command line is very powerful in Unix, and pre-empts
> MOST of the need for an IDE (automatically generated
> Makefile excepted).
All of the need. automake is command-line driven :)
--
`I can guarantee it's no problem in my network, and if I don't get some
sleep soon, I'll guarantee it will become a problem in your network.'
--- Chris `Saundo' Saunderson deals with a late-night phone call
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Running Linux on an ARM9
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 17:07:30 GMT
Hi..
This is one for the Arm / Linux experts out there.
Will linux run slower on an Arm920 than an X86 processor of equivalent
speed. Are there any benchmarks available as to how the Linux OS
performs on an Arm920 processor against how it performs on x86
processor.
Is there a minimum size cache required in order to allow Linux to give
reasonable good performance. I presume that its safe to say the bigger
the cache size the better Linux is likely to perform?
SeАn..
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From: Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.verilog
Subject: Re: 1GMHz+ PC with Linux to run EDA SW?
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 09:42:23 -0700
Hien Pham wrote:
>
> Neko,
>
> What would be the cheapest home set up for design tools/hardware that one
> can have ?
>
> I can get linux to run with two intel 1GHZ CPU's, what tools can I use ? Is
> there any any sysnthesis tool to use with Linux these days ?
I doubt that a dual intel 1GHZ CPU machine would be the cheapest! A
single 700 MHz Athlon (what I use) provides quite a lot of horsepower at
a very reasonable cost. I highly recommend it. Get a high performance
video card that is well supported by Linux; probably a Matrox G400 is
best. Support is even available for the dual head video on them (I'll
get around to adding a second monitor one of these days.
Unfortunately, I believe you are SOL on synthesis tools for Linux. This
appears to be the one remaining hole for EDA. I do all my EDA work under
Linux, and solved the synthesis problem by running a Windoze synthesis
program within VMware under Linux. A bit of extra trouble, but it saves
having a separate machine, or -heaven forbid- rebooting into Windoze,
just for synthesis.
--
My real email is akamail.com@dclark (or something like that).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: M$ IntelliMouse
Date: 24 Jul 2000 13:49:08 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> David C. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >>
> >> That's one thing that bugs me about Linux. So many programmes set up
> >> their own ways of doing things (as in old DOS programmes where every
> >> programme might have had its own set of commands for doing things and
> >> there was no real standard).
>
> > You don't like being able to configure your programs to run the way you
> > like them?
>
> I would love it if I could change how to copy/paste in Netscape.
In the Netscape install directory, there's a file called "Netscape.ad".
This contains all the application defaults - including key/mouse
bindings.
You can either change this (to affect all users) or you can copy/paste
sections of it into your ~/.Xdefaults file (to affect only one user.)
> And gnome_pad. And could manage to copy/paste from the xwhois output
> window.
Don't know about these. I've never used them. A lot of X applications
support extreme amounts of customization via .Xdefaults. Hopefully, the
docs for these apps will tell you how.
-- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: [Help:] Shadows on NEC FP950 and S3 Savage4
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 17:50:49 GMT
it's a known defect on the NEC fp950 monitor. I
have one and have the same problem.... not very
happy aout :(
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jose Manuel Benitez Sanchez
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I've just got a NEC MultiSync FP950 and
an S3 Savage4 Graphics Card
> with 16MB of memory. It was straightforward to
find an stable working
> mode with Xconfigurator, which correctly
recognized the graphics card
> chip and had the monitor in its database. I'm
using it at 1280x1024
> 32bpp color depth. The problem (a persistent
one) is that everything is
> displayed with shadows. For instance, windows
frames appear with several
> low intensity subframes, like a kind
of "visual" echo or wavy effect.
> I've tried all of the Xconfigurator-
generated Video Mode lines for this
> resolution without any success. The problem
persists with other
> resolutions (e.g. 1024x768, 800x600, etc.).
I've also tried to make
> adjustments with xvidtune and Moire canceller
control of the monitor,
> but no luck in getting rid of these upsetting
waves.
> Do you know how can I get a clean image?
> Thanks in advance!
> Cheers!
>
> JosИ Manuel
>
> --
> Jose Manuel Benitez Sanchez e-mail:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Dpto. de Ciencias de la Computacion e
Inteligencia Artificial
> E.T.S. Ingenieria Informatica
> Universidad de Granada
Tel. +34 - 958 - 24 61 43
> 18071 - GRANADA (Spain)
Fax: +34 - 958 - 24 33 17
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: [Help:] Shadows on NEC FP950 and S3 Savage4
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 17:52:48 GMT
it's a known ghosting defect on the NEC fp950 monitors... I have one
and have the same thing, not happy about it :(
Adam
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jose Manuel Benitez Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I've just got a NEC MultiSync FP950 and an S3 Savage4 Graphics
Card
> with 16MB of memory. It was straightforward to find an stable working
> mode with Xconfigurator, which correctly recognized the graphics card
> chip and had the monitor in its database. I'm using it at 1280x1024
> 32bpp color depth. The problem (a persistent one) is that everything
is
> displayed with shadows. For instance, windows frames appear with
several
> low intensity subframes, like a kind of "visual" echo or wavy effect.
> I've tried all of the Xconfigurator-generated Video Mode lines
for this
> resolution without any success. The problem persists with other
> resolutions (e.g. 1024x768, 800x600, etc.). I've also tried to make
> adjustments with xvidtune and Moire canceller control of the monitor,
> but no luck in getting rid of these upsetting waves.
> Do you know how can I get a clean image?
> Thanks in advance!
> Cheers!
>
> JosИ Manuel
>
> --
> Jose Manuel Benitez Sanchez e-mail:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Dpto. de Ciencias de la Computacion e Inteligencia Artificial
> E.T.S. Ingenieria Informatica
> Universidad de Granada Tel. +34 - 958 - 24 61
43
> 18071 - GRANADA (Spain) Fax: +34 - 958 - 24 33
17
>
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From: Jack Zyphur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Any CD-ROM jukebox driver avalible for Linux?
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 11:18:33 -0700
I found a broken NSM "mercury 40" SCSI jukebox surplus and have finally fixed it.
It has 4 SCSI drives, each appearing as a SCSI device (no LUNs) and holds 150
CDs. The CD loading mechanism is controlled by an RS-232 serial interface. I
have no manual for this thing and so, have no idea of the RS-232 command set.
I have the ability (though not yet the knowledge) to write a Linux driver if I can find
the command set (and the time). I would, however, prefer to just find the driver on
the net somewhere. If you know of software (or a method) I can use to get this
thing attached (preferably via my Linux server) to my network please help me out.
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From: "Brian Boyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Dell Perc 2/si
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 11:37:39 -0700
Hello,
I have a Dell poweredge 2400 that I am trying to install Redhat 6.2 on. I
am having a difficult time in trying to get the OS to recognize the Raid
controller I am using.
>From what I have read, there is a way to get the Perc 2/si to be recognized
by Linux. I was wondering if anyone has had success, and if so, where did
they find the boot disk/ drivers for this card?
Thanks in advance,
Brian Boyd
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I740
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 11:37:24 -0700
HI there,
sorry for English in replay but I do not have cyrillic to type in
Russian.
I am in Canada and at work at the moment. So, you can get answer from
next webpage
http://forum.arstechnica.com/forum/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000101.html
and go strait to
ftp://ftp.precisioninsight.com/pub/pi/XBF/
to download drivers
Good luck
Andrey
Gregor Nosko wrote:
> Где взять драйвера к видеокарте I740 под Линукс или без них как ее
> прикрутить к Х Windows.
>
> Извините за беспокойство.
>
> с Уважением Григорий Носко.
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From: Panny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Detect a working hardware?
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 18:33:47 GMT
How can I tell a hardware is proper configured and working correctly?
I have 2 network card but they don't seems response to me.
Is there any way I can tell if a hardware/network card have been
configured and loaded?
Appreciate for any help.
--
Panny
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From: Victor Davion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sndconfig problems
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 14:03:38 -0500
I have a sound card with an Aureal chip. I run sndconfig and it says
that it isn't supported. The card has SBPro emulation, so I tried to set up by
doing sndconfig --noprobe. I picked SBPro, and put in the I/O,IRQ,and DMA
numbers that it says in Windoze. (240, 5, 1) Also according to Windoze, there
are no conflicts with any of them. When it tries to test it, I get:
modprobe error
/lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/sb.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
/lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/sb.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/sb.o failed
/lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/sb.o: insmod sound-slot-0 failed
Also, if I try to connect to the net with KPPP after I do that, it says that
the modem is busy...some kind of conflict that I don't know about? cat
/proc/pci shows nothing on IRQ5. So...can anyone tell me how or get me started
on getting sound in Linux? One less thing that I will have to go into Windoze
for if its fixed. Thanks for any help.
Victor
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Kudzu Segmentation Fault
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 11:56:03 -0700
hi Rob,
I guess that you can have somekind hardware conflickt - check IRQ, DMA and IO
setting for network card and Sound card. I guess that they can not live on same
IRQ or can be configured to use same IO.
Check, and may be it will help to solve problem
Try to pull out sound card and if you NIC become alive - it will point this
issue of hardware conflict.
Andrey
Rob F wrote:
> Any ideas what I can do to fix? I had my ethernet card set up and
> communicating with my Win98 box, even accessing the proxyserver to get to
> the Internet. After a fail install of an Aztech Waverunner Platinum sound
> card, and an attempt to set up Samba, I can no longer even ping the Win98 PC
> nor myself. Under netconfig, the screen lists my Compaq Netelligent 10/100
> correctly, with -1 for io and irq. I understand this means that it is not
> needed, but now when I boot, I get a Segmentation Falt (core dumped) during
> kudzu init. I have tried editing the /etc/conf.modules file, with no avail.
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Have a good one.
> Rob Frischauf
> mcfrisch<ANTISPAM>@hotmail.com
> --remove <ANTISPAM> before emailing
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: A good IDE
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 19:28:47 +0100
In comp.os.linux.development.apps cLIeNUX user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Didn't the term IDE in this context come from somewhere other than unix?
> The "IDE" feature I use the most is "+", which is supported by Pico and
> the "most" pager. When gcc says
If by '+' you mean compile, parse errors and edit, then joe can do that
quite easily.
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From: Victor Davion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sndconfig problems
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 14:10:10 -0500
I have a sound card with an Aureal chip. I run sndconfig and it says
that it isn't supported. The card has SBPro emulation, so I tried to set up by
doing sndconfig --noprobe. I picked SBPro, and put in the I/O,IRQ,and DMA
numbers that it says in Windoze. (240, 5, 1) Also according to Windoze, there
are no conflicts with any of them. When it tries to test it, I get:
modprobe error
/lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/sb.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
/lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/sb.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/sb.o failed
/lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/sb.o: insmod sound-slot-0 failed
Also, if I try to connect to the net with KPPP after I do that, it says that
the modem is busy...some kind of conflict that I don't know about? cat
/proc/pci shows nothing on IRQ5. So...can anyone tell me how or get me started
on getting sound in Linux? One less thing that I will have to go into Windoze
for if its fixed. Thanks for any help.
Kyle
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux driver for Saitek X86 joystick and throttle?
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 12:05:54 -0700
Hi Mike,
although I did not find your joystick in the list but you will get
information about supported joysticks and may be you compatible with one
of them
http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~vojtech/joystick/
Andrey
Mike Martin wrote:
> Hi all-
> I just picked up the new Heavy Gear for Linux - looks really good! I
> would like
> to use my old Saitek X86 joystick/throttle combo with this game - does
> anyone
> know of a driver for it? The Saitek website seems to 100% win95...
>
> TIA
>
> Mike Martin
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