Linux-Hardware Digest #622, Volume #14 Sat, 14 Apr 01 00:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: hdc: lost interrupt (Rinaldi J. Montessi)
Re: Sandisk SDDR31 USB Help needed (Dances With Crows)
Re: today's harddrives will surely fail before dialup users manage to fill them up?
(B'ichela)
Controlling network printer ("Victor")
Looking for RedHat Linux PC ("David Ehrens")
Re: today's harddrives will surely fail before dialup users manage to fill them up?
(SammyTheSnake)
Re: today's harddrives will surely fail before dialup users manage to fill them up?
(SammyTheSnake)
Re: Motherboard problems ("Zhefu Fan")
I got problem install Redhat 6.2 with Asus cuv4x-e + Ati xpert 98 + 3com 3c905b
("Zhefu Fan")
Re: Looking for a linux book (Frank Miller)
Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video? (Keith R. Williams)
Anyone used Dickson Sx100 Temp/Humidity devices? (John Westerdale)
I2c with Hardware sensors and BT878/BT848 card (John Westerdale)
RedHat 7.0 QuickCam 2 installation woes (Phil Voris)
Re: xawtv sound problem (John Westerdale)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rinaldi J. Montessi)
Subject: Re: hdc: lost interrupt
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 19:21:25 -0400
Colin and Julie Boyan wrote:
> I have been searching all over the place for the solution to this problem. I
> have seen the same question asked many times but haven't yet seen an answer
> ....
>
> I have installed RH7.0 on a PIII-933 with intel 815 chipset.
>
> I have 2x IDE drives on the first controller port and a panasonic CD-ROM by
> itself (with the appropriate jumper set) on the second port. I am running
> kernel version 2.2.16-22 and looking at the boot messages I see that the
> CD-ROM is recognised and configured correctly. I have checked
> /proc/interrupts and there does not appear to be any conflict there. I also
> tried turning off DMA access to this device but it was already off and
> cannot be changed it would seem.
>
> The CD-ROM can be mounted and I can read data off it using dd but it these
> operations both take a long time (3-5 minutes to mount) and there is a
> stream of hdc: lost interrupt messages in the log.
>
> Can anyone help ??
I had a similar situation. Take the case cover off and wiggle the power
source to the device. In my case it was a bad splitter.
Rinaldi
--
We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds.
--Linus Torvalds
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Sandisk SDDR31 USB Help needed
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 13 Apr 2001 23:34:19 GMT
On Fri, 13 Apr 2001 16:13:13 +0200, Schubert staggered into the Black
Sun and said:
>I want to access my compactflash memory card via the sandisk SDDR31
>Reader (USB) to the linux system. I'm using SuSE Distr.+ Kernel 2.2.16
>and compiled the USB-modules (Besemodule and the Mass Storage Module).
USB support did not fully stabilize in the 2.2.x series until kernel
2.2.18. SuSE's 2.2.16 with USB patches isn't quite up to snuff; for
instance, I have a USB gamepad that doesn't work at all with their
kernel yet works on a 2.4.3 kernel.
>Something is wrong. Basiscally the usb-port is recognized( see following
>excerpt from /var/log/messages)
>
>linux kernel: usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number 2
>linux kernel: usb.c: This device is not recognized by any installed USB
>driver.
>linux kernel: hub.c: already running port 2 disabled by hub (EMI?),
>re-enabling...
>linux kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 2
>linux kernel: usb.c: USB new device connect, assigned device number 2
>linux kernel: usb.c: This device is not recognized by any installed USB
>driver.
Did you "modprobe usb-storage"? This message is telling you that the
USB base system found a device, but said base system doesn't take care
of auto-loading the appropriate module for that device. A user-space
utility called "hotplug" is supposed to take care of that, but from the
hotplug project site, it's not quite all there yet for 2.2.x kernels.
Try loading usb-storage , plugging in the device, and then attempting to
access /dev/sdX or /dev/sdX1 , where X will be "a" unless you have other
SCSI devices attached. HTH, bonne chance....
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
=============================/ I hit a seg fault....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B'ichela)
Crossposted-To: comp.arch.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: today's harddrives will surely fail before dialup users manage to fill
them up?
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 16:03:44 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 12 Apr 2001 22:46:22 +0200, Christian Garms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Don't forget the amount of modern OS'es (WindowsXP ~1.5GB, a full
>Mandrake7.2 -install 2GB). And with more Highspeed-Internetaccess the
>HDs will more quickly (no problem download *.avi's anymore!).
>
>Anyway: Who use his/her personal computer longer then four years?
I am still using my 486DX2/66mhz machine for eight (thats
right EIGHT YEARS) this is my only computer.
As for Hard drive sizes. Jesus! I still cannot find a
realistic use for all of my 3 GB of SCSI storage! Never mind 30GB! I
am not a "neat freak" but I do try to keep things tidy here. I can
smush Slackware 3.9 Linux into a 540MB Scsi HD. The other drives hold
the newsserver spool and the FTP downloads area (its inhouse only) as
well as the PCNFS directory that gets mounted on my TCP/IP equipped
NFS Msdos Client which runs Opus 1.73a bbs! (not yet availible to
public). I had two 380MB Maxtor Scsi drives from the 80s that the two
1gb quantums replaced. One of the two old full hight geezers is dead.
(bearings shot, replaced it before it gave out).
Biggest file sucker for me is the FTP area. as well as the
/root partition as I upgrade my system weekly with "do it your own
compiles". Heres some of my specs
/dev/sdd1 981131 550012 380432 59% /
/dev/sda4 519920 33824 486096 7% /msdos
/dev/sda1 1963 501 1361 27% /boot
/dev/sdb1 505583 186548 292924 39% /home
/dev/sdc1 396500 222642 153377 59% /root
/dev/sdc2 621980 26884 562966 5% /home/opus
BTW it looks like I can remerge the /home/opus path back into
the /home tree as it only takes 26MB!
I am going to buy more backup tapes soon and digital "house
clean (spring you know)"
--
B'ichela
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From: "Victor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux.redhat,alt.linux
Subject: Controlling network printer
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 11:01:34 +1000
G'day Folks
I have an old Xerox 4219/MRP laser printer that has the capability to run as
a network printer. Xerox does apparently have some TCP/IP software for it
for Unix.
The printer itself has an rj-45 and aui connector on the back but says the
networking is not configured when the configuration tests are run.
Does anybody know of similar software for Linux (Redhat 7.0).
It would be interesting to see it working.
cheers
/Victor
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From: "David Ehrens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Looking for RedHat Linux PC
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 01:06:46 GMT
I am running Redhat 7.x on an old junker with 64 mb of memory and it's
time to upgrade to something a bit more luxurious. This time around, I
want all the features I have on my Wintel platform. There are a number
of vendors who sell preconfigured Linux systems at:
http://www.linuxlinks.com/Companies/Hardware_Retailers/
Dell also sells pre-configured Linux systems, as well.
Are there any companies on (or off) this list that are especially good
(or bad)? I want sound, writeable CD, high-resolution video, and decent
sound, 256k of memory for Java development, and a reputable company with
a fair return policy. I don't need a server-class machine or inflated
prices.
Regards,
David Ehrens
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (SammyTheSnake)
Crossposted-To: comp.arch.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: today's harddrives will surely fail before dialup users manage to fill
them up?
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 10:49:55 +0100
In article <8FjB6.388105$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dave wrote:
>Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> It seems that at least for a home dialup user, today's PC hard disks
>> would surely fail before he could manage to fill it all up via say,
>> browsing, even with caching proxies, etc. Therefore it seems deleting
>> unneeded files might become a routine of the past? Hmm, 30 GB /(20
>> MB/day)=4 years
>> --
>> http://www.geocities.com/jidanni Tel886-4-25854780 e-mail:restore .com.
>
>Nope, a heavily laden cache will eventually make the browser to slow to use.
>Still got to get rid of the dead weight.
>Dave
(post at the bottom please)
if that's the case then your cache software needs a rewrite, HTH.
Cheers & God bless
SammyTheSnake
--
Sam.Penny @ Ntlworld.com | Looking for a computer related
Linux, Hardware & Juggling specialist :-) | job, if you can help, e-mail me :)
Wheels: bike, 'ickle bike, and unicycle. | /o \/
Boxen: K6-266@300, dual Celery500 & Nx486 | \__/\
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (SammyTheSnake)
Crossposted-To: comp.arch.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: today's harddrives will surely fail before dialup users manage to fill
them up?
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 10:48:00 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Christian Garms wrote:
>Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> It seems that at least for a home dialup user, today's PC hard disks
>> would surely fail before he could manage to fill it all up via say,
>> browsing, even with caching proxies, etc. Therefore it seems deleting
>> unneeded files might become a routine of the past? Hmm, 30 GB /(20
>> MB/day)=4 years
>
>Don't forget the amount of modern OS'es (WindowsXP ~1.5GB, a full
>Mandrake7.2 -install 2GB). And with more Highspeed-Internetaccess the
>HDs will more quickly (no problem download *.avi's anymore!).
>
>Anyway: Who use his/her personal computer longer then four years?
depends how you define 'computer' but I've been using some parts of this
here computer here wot I'm using right now for about 6 years (and, yes, that
includes the hard drive)
Cheers & God bless(and it's still working, and it's v. v. full :/ )
--
Sam.Penny @ Ntlworld.com | Looking for a computer related
Linux, Hardware & Juggling specialist :-) | job, if you can help, e-mail me :)
Wheels: bike, 'ickle bike, and unicycle. | /o \/
Boxen: K6-266@300, dual Celery500 & Nx486 | \__/\
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From: "Zhefu Fan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Motherboard problems
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 14:50:26 -0400
I got problem install Redhat 6.2 with Asus cuvx-e + Ati xpert 98 + 3com
3c905b
Zhefu Fan
"Philip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I was just informed that there are problems with some ASUS motherboards
> and the Athlon processor running Linux. Can anyone tell me which boards
> are the problem.
> And just out of curiosity why is Linux affected by this problem and not
> Windows.
>
> Then again this may be bogus information. I'm trying to get
> confirmation.
>
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From: "Zhefu Fan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I got problem install Redhat 6.2 with Asus cuv4x-e + Ati xpert 98 + 3com
3c905b
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 14:55:43 -0400
after system copy selected packages, computer no respond. anybody has
experience with install
Redhat 6.2 with Asus cuv4x-e + Ati xpert 98 + 3com 3c905b
Zheufu Fan
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From: Frank Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
ahn.tech.linux,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Looking for a linux book
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 02:16:25 GMT
Andrew Diaczyk wrote:
>
> I want to learn linux. I want a book that has labs that you do on a actual
> computer configuring linux. For red hat
Running Linux - O'Reilly Books
Linux for Windows Addicts by Miller - Osbourne
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith R. Williams)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Subject: Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video?
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 02:18:17 GMT
On Fri, 13 Apr 2001 04:11:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab
the Unsightly One) wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith R. Williams) wrote:
>
> > Again, dual displays are a big help.
>
> That would be nice. If I had a dual display, I could keep
> Emacs permanently on the one display and put everything else
> on the other monitor. That'd be distinctly cool.
I do the opposite. I keep my schematic/waveforms/[whatever
reference] on my secondary display. I do all my work on the
primary. The secondary is there as reference. ...and what
a productivity enhancement that is!
My primary display is where I do all editing. ...and that is
the ThinkPad A21p.
> > Interrupts are bad. When I'm thinking I throw the
> > headphones on and do a tune or two (likely not your style of
> > music ;-).
>
> Probably not. I listen mostly to baroque music, especially
> late baroque. (Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Purcell, Teleman,
> Pachelbel, ...) I also like one romantic composer (Chopin),
> the occasional classical (e.g., Dvorak), and even a little
> modern music on occasion (Glad (www.glad-pro.com), and
> occasionally some techno; I even don't mind the music
> from Descent every now and again).
I can get with some of the above. Most bore me though. The
amazing thing I've found is what is useful as background and
what is distracting. I would never have guessed. I like
classical music, but find it distracting. ...maybe because
it demands attention. Anyway...
> > Many studies have shown that it takes 15 minutes
> > to get into a deep concentration state and only one phone
> > call to lose it. ...then we get into the performance of the
> > system. Dean, that's your cue. ;-)
Dean is sleeping. ;-)
> For *most* of what I do, RAM is the big performance
> issue. I keep lots of processes open at once, but
> most of them are not CPU-intensive. I do occasionally
> do some raytracing, and that *is* CPU-intensive, but
> I tend to preview at 320x200 or so (and without the
> nicer things like antialiasing and focal blur) while
> I'm working on the scene and then when I get it like
> I want it I set it to render while I'm away at work
> or, if that's not long enough, while I sleep.
I do some pretty serious stuff on my system. I was never
convinced that a laptop could do my stuff. I always had a
desktop system to do the real work. That changed with this
beast. My desktop system rarely runs (at work). I had
several systems where I could rung background place-n-route
stuff. That's all gone away since I can carry my "desktop"
with me. ...even more so since I can plug the thing into a
dock and get the secondary display.
> If I were getting a new system today, it'd be
> probably a Duron system, on the theory that the
> decent FSB would probably be nice a few years
> down the line.
Wrong attitude. There is nothing salvagable down the line.
Motherboards go with processors. The days of a motherboard
lasting generations went away with socket-7.
> I'd load it down with RAM, though,
> and I'd definitely be thinking hard about DDR
> despite the extra cost -- like I said, RAM makes
> a big difference for what I do.
Maybe. Maybe not.
> I tend to have
> so many background processes that I *have* to
> have my taskbar set to autohide because it's
> enlarged to literally half the screen just to
> give every window enough real estate there that
> I can read its full title.
With a puny 800x600 display this is no surprise. This is
why I run at 3200x1600. I prefer resolution to size.
> Plus I tend to do
> a lot with quick-and-dirty scripts that are
> not terribly efficient with RAM, because it
> takes less time to write them that way.
> (Think: slurping a multi-megabyte text file
> and storing parts of it multiple times in
> different associative arrays hashed on
> different fields...)
Sure. Efficiency is in the eye of the beholder. Efficient
and low resolution don't match, IMHO.
Today I gave a presentation (forced) at work. I was rather
surprised that the overhead display worked at 1600x1200.
Neat! It sure beats making transparencies!
----
Keith
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From: John Westerdale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Anyone used Dickson Sx100 Temp/Humidity devices?
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 02:41:08 GMT
Hello All,
My brother showed me a really spiffy Pack-Of-Cards sized
module that records Temps every (say) 30 Minutes, and
records them for 7000+ data points. Serial interface to
(windows s/w at this point) PC does the downloading.
Have other env. monitoring devices too.
Looks like a great match for embedded or remote devices.
Mfr Home Site: http://www.dicksonweb.com/
The Sx100 Site:
http://www.dicksonweb.com/db/q.cgi?req_type=product_details&product_id=333
Cool stuff
(Yes I did contact the Engr staff about Linux / Unix drivers)
JDW
# Humans wont give up a freedom, once savored #
# Export hope, eschew obfuscation, Build on everything #
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From: John Westerdale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I2c with Hardware sensors and BT878/BT848 card
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 02:46:48 GMT
Hello All,
Is there a conflict that arises when I rm LM_Sensors
and BT878/BT848 at the same time? Seems a trick to get
them to /proc/bus/i2c-0, i2c-1, i2c-2. Have yet to
see them all on at the same time.
Would this require entries in Modules.conf to steer or
preload the tvmixer ( I think thats one I2c device),
or the lm78?
RHL 7.1beta, PIII on WS440BX Intel Board, 600E, 192 MB,
Thanks! JDW
--
# Humans wont give up a freedom, once savored #
# Export hope, eschew obfuscation, Build on Everything #
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From: Phil Voris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.hardware.arch.intel,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat
Subject: RedHat 7.0 QuickCam 2 installation woes
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 20:32:24 -0700
Alas, I have a bit of a problem that may be simple enough to solve - I'm
not sure. I have the following relevant drivers:
/lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/videodev.o
/lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/bw-qcam.o
/lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/c-qcam.o
However, when I follow gqcam basic instructions, I get:
/home/pvoris/Downloads/Install/Cam/gqcam-0.9
root@twiggy $ /sbin/modprobe -a videodev
/home/pvoris/Downloads/Install/Cam/gqcam-0.9
root@twiggy $ /sbin/modprobe -a c-qcam
/lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/c-qcam.o: init_module: Device or resource
busy
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/c-qcam.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/c-qcam.o failed
/lib/modules/2.2.17-14/misc/c-qcam.o: insmod c-qcam failed
I cannot see what would be the problem with the IRQ/IO. I had been
running a printer on the parallel port. I removed that device via the
'printtool' prior to starting the machine this evening. Is this pretty
common / easily solvable? For what it's worth, I've kept up to date
on the os patches (including kernal - though the older kernel gets the
same results). I run a system using a KT7-Raid motherboard.
Thank you for your time,
## pvoris hates spam at onebox.com ##
Phil
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From: John Westerdale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: xawtv sound problem
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 03:42:56 GMT
Brian wrote:
>
> Hello Gurus: I'm running Mandrake 7.2. I have an Avermedia bt848 TV card and
> xawtv shows me all the channels fine but I can't get any sound. I have the
> TV out plugged into the S/Blaster 16 input with and external cable. Works
> fine in WinMe. Linux just gives me a sort of humming sound. Same noise if
> the volume of xawtv is 0 or 100%. If there's no channel selected there's
> more of a hiss, with any channel, any volume that hum. Some one in this
> group said to move tes6300 from bttv-076/driver/old to bttv-076/driver.dir.
> But I don't have any of those on my whole system - no tes6300 or any
> bttv-076*anything. I'm really new - I have most of everything working
> finally but I don't know where to go from here with this one.
> Thanks for any pointers.
> brian
Still a few miles from Guru.. But here goes!
First get magnifying glass or Scanning Microscope and read the TEA and
TDA chip names off the DIP IC's, as well as the Tuner type off the metal
can. Good to know up front!
Get latest Bttv and XAWTV things from
http://www.strusel007.de/linux/xawtv/index.html
Compile a new kernel (2.4.3 or so?) and include modular Video4Linux
support,
and 'support for BT848 TVMixer' (Modular!!!).
Now, reboot that kernel... To be safe you can make boot floppy with
'make zdisk'
if you are new to kernel fun. (READ everything twice!).
Then, once booted into 2.4.3 kernel, put your bttv and xawtv in
/usr/local/
Unzip and Untar both. One uses ./configure ; make ; make install, the
other
just make ; make install.
This should put good/new things in
/lib/modules/2.4.3/kernel/drivers/media/video
or somesuch...
depmod -a
lsmod
Check whats loaded
Monkey with /etc/modules.conf
rmmod bttv
modprobe bttv
Repeat till happiness!
FWIW, my modules.conf (still under construction)....
====================================================
alias char-major-14 soundcore
alias snd-card-0 emu10k1 #sound card
alias snd-card-1 audio #USB vid camera driver
alias snd-card-2 tvaudio #TVTunar card
alias snd-slot-0 snd-card-0
alias snd-slot-1 snd-card-1
alias snd-slot-2 snd-card-2
post-install sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L
pre-remove sound-slot-0 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S
post-install sound-slot-1 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -L
pre-remove sound-slot-1 /bin/aumix-minimal -f /etc/.aumixrc -S
alias usb-controller usb-uhci
# I2C module options
alias char-major-89 i2c-dev
alias char-major-81 videodev
alias char-major-81-0 bttv
alias char-major-81-1 usb-pwc-6.2-p6-up
# TV options
options bttv card=3
options tvaudio tda9850=1 tda9855=0 tea6300=1
options tuner type=2
post-install tvaudio /sbin/modprobe -k tvmixer
==============================================
Add chip specifics under tvaudio options as shown above.
Try also running gmix... that seems to automagically fix things at
times....
Bttv and XAWTV are under constant evolution (a good thing), so
read lots!
JDW
--
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# Export Hope, Eschew Obfuscation, Build on Everything #
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