Linux-Misc Digest #407, Volume #26 Mon, 27 Nov 00 13:13:01 EST
Contents:
Re: Can't mount or dd nonstandard floppy ("Tauno Voipio")
Re: Packet sniffer? ("Mourad K")
Re: Cross Plstform File Sharing (Rod Smith)
Re: Problems booting RH7 after install ("Cheryl Freeman")
insmod via82cxxx failed (Doug Angus)
Re: Software RAID (Warren Young)
Re: sendmail logging (Kari Hurtta)
Re: problem with tcsh and bksp key (Robert Wiegand)
Re: Where can I get a pre-built POSE for Linux ? (Stuart Bell)
Re: optimizing kernelbuild (Dirk Groeneveld)
Re: Gnome Desktop Status Bar Missing ("Gerald Pollack")
XTI o TLI ("Massimiliano Caovilla")
Re: REQ: DreamWeaver like program for Linux (Dirk Groeneveld)
Re: Ideas for install script? (Stefano Ghirlanda)
Cdrecord. ("Federico Baraldi")
Re: Cross Plstform File Sharing (Gregory Spath)
Re: brooktree BT848 capture card ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
gnome main menu gone? ("Saender A. Clark")
dual monitor (Joseph Holland King)
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From: "Tauno Voipio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Can't mount or dd nonstandard floppy
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 14:11:13 GMT
"Tim Allen, www.timallen.org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8vtbht$fj6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> I get the following:
> standard input: x86 boot sector, system MSDOS5.0, FAT (12
bit)
> floppy0: sector not found: track 0, head 0, sector 3, size 2
> floppy0: sector not found: track 0, head 0, sector 3, size 2
> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 2
Can you read the boot sector OK?
Some of the earlier systems had weird sector numberings. What is needed here
is a raw track reader. In the DOS world there was a program called 'Disk
Explorer' which did the job.
Tauno Voipio
tauno voipio @ iki fi
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From: "Mourad K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Packet sniffer?
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 14:50:06 GMT
Unfortunately, this is a very common scenario and usually means nothing.
I've experienced it way too many times and learned that even a faulty driver
or BIOS configuration (very likely problem) can cause your card to behave
this way. I suggest playing with your BIOS PnP options, ensure you have
Plug & Play OS set to 'yes' and that all your IRQs are not reserved for
Legacy ISA (ie: they are free to be used by PCI & PnP).
With your card, I highly doubt it's a driver problem to be honest.
Good luck John
> Thanks to Paul and the others who responded. I'm getting a bit further
> forward as a result; using tcpdump, I can see ARP packets on the Linux
> box when I ping from the Windows box, but no echo requests after that.
> Going the other way, the Windows box responds to the ARP packets but
> then doesn't respond to the echo requests. I presume this means there's
> something wrong with the TCP stack at the Windows end?
>
> This is what I see on the Linux box using tcpdump:
>
> ------------------------
> 10.0.0.2 : ping 10.0.0.1
> ------------------------
> 22:57:24.598406 eth0 B arp who-has 10.0.0.1 tell 10.0.0.2
> 22:57:24.598454 eth0 > arp reply 10.0.0.1 (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx) is-at
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> (yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy)
>
> ------------------------
> 10.0.0.1 : ping 10.0.0.2
> ------------------------
> 22:57:37.279679 eth0 > 10.0.0.1 > 10.0.0.2: icmp: echo request
> 22:57:38.275894 eth0 > 10.0.0.1 > 10.0.0.2: icmp: echo request
> 22:57:39.275883 eth0 > 10.0.0.1 > 10.0.0.2: icmp: echo request
> 22:57:40.275886 eth0 > 10.0.0.1 > 10.0.0.2: icmp: echo request
> 22:57:41.275880 eth0 > 10.0.0.1 > 10.0.0.2: icmp: echo request
> 22:57:42.275858 eth0 > arp who-has 10.0.0.2 tell 10.0.0.1
(xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx)
> 22:57:42.276177 eth0 < arp reply 10.0.0.2 is-at yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy
(xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx)
>
> Can anyone see what the problem might be here?
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> John English | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Senior Lecturer | http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/je
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Cross Plstform File Sharing
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 14:55:18 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is there a way to have Windows 95/98/NT machines log into and use Linux as
> an email, File server, and Firewall Serers??
Yes.
> If there is please let me know I am most interested in how to do this.
Each of those topics is potentially quite complex; in fact, there are
entire books devoted to each. Fortunately, there are also shorter
documents. I suggest you start browsing at http://www.linuxdoc.org for
the Linux HOWTO documents. Read the Mail-Administrator, SMB, Firewall,
ipchains, and IP-Masquerading HOWTOs, plus anything you need for more
basic configuration. Alternatively, you could buy one or two books to
get the same information in printed (and possibly better written,
although that's variable) form. My own _Linux: Networking for Your
Office_ covers file sharing and basic firewall topics, but not e-mail.
Craig Hunt's _Linux Network Servers 24seven_ seems to be well-liked,
and covers all three topics, although there's less detail on file
serving than in my book. There are other choices, too. I've got a bit
of information on several at
http://www.rodsbooks.com/books/books-network.html.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: "Cheryl Freeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Problems booting RH7 after install
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 09:44:30 -0500
Thanks Eric, I was finally able to get the system booted and after checking
/etc/lilo.conf, /sbin/lilo did the trick.
More on the boot problem...
Every time I tried to boot from the boot floppy the
system would hang during the SCSI initialization. I
tried running loadlin from DOS and had the same
problem. I even tried booting from a Debian 2.1 boot
disk. Same problem.
Finally I did one last installation of RH7 using the
text mode install. I rebooted and left to do some
things around the house. Came back about an hour later
and lo and behold there was the RH login screen!!
It now appears that the initial SCSI reset takes a
VERY long time (either that or I'm VERY impatient). Subsequent reboots don't
take nearly as long. Don't know why, but it worked.
Eric wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Cheryl Freeman wrote:
>>
>> I just upgraded to RH7 from RH6.0. The install went clean but the system
>> will not boot from floppy or disk.
>>
>
>I've seen more messages like this, appearantly the LILO suplied with
>RH7.0 is broken
>(Yes it works on some systems, I know, but it may be a specific setup or
>something)
>
>Try using a bootfloppy from RH6.x, update LILO and rerun `/sbin/lilo`
>
>Eric
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From: Doug Angus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: insmod via82cxxx failed
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 10:29:34 -0500
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I'm trying to get sound for my K7V MB via82cxxx and when I enter
/sbin/modprobe via82cxxx I get
this:
/lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/misc/sb.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
/lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/misc/sb.o: insmod
/lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/misc/sb.o failed
/lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/misc/sb.o: insmod via82cxxx failed
Without out being able to load this sound module I can't continue with
my Alsa installation. Any
clues as to how I can get this working.
Thanks
--
Doug Angus
Department of Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering
Queen's University, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada
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<br>I'm trying to get sound for my K7V MB via82cxxx and when I enter /sbin/modprobe
via82cxxx I get
<br>this:
<p>/lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/misc/sb.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
<br>/lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/misc/sb.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/misc/sb.o
failed
<br>/lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/misc/sb.o: insmod via82cxxx failed
<p>Without out being able to load this sound module I can't continue with
my Alsa installation. Any
<br>clues as to how I can get this working.
<p>Thanks
<pre>--
Doug Angus
Department of Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering
Queen's University, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada
[EMAIL PROTECTED]</pre>
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Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 08:46:53 -0700
From: Warren Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.linux
Subject: Re: Software RAID
John Nelson wrote:
>
> > Tut tut. No, it doesn't slow it appreciably, provided the disk writes
> > are on two separate controllers (ide). Yes, two commands will be
>
> This is the only "right" way to do RAID1 on IDE/ATA disk drives. Otherwise, if you
>put
> both drives on the same channel and the master dies, the array dies. Rather defeats
>the
> purpose.
...Not to mention that RAID 1 with two drives on a single controller
will make your write speed N/2, instead of merely the same as a lone
drive (N). And read performance will be N at best, and probably a
little less. Properly set up RAID 1 gives you 2N read speed and N write
speed, even with IDE disks.
--
= Warren -- ICBM Address: 36.8274040 N, 108.0204086 W, alt. 1714m
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From: Kari Hurtta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.mail.sendmail
Subject: Re: sendmail logging
Date: 27 Nov 2000 18:10:17 +0200
"Joe Terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes in comp.mail.sendmail:
> Sendmail is building a log using syslog. The log is supposed to be
> generated in /var/log/maillog. I am running linux and there are cron jobs
> that change the logs by appending 1, 2, 3 etc. to the names of the logfiles
> and then building a new log file. Example maillog would become maillog.1
> and a new maillog would be built. This has taken place, but the logging
> information continues to be written in maillog.1, while maillog is empty.
> Has anyone seen this? Is there a fix?
Ypu are asking from wrong newsgroup :-)
These logs are written by syslogd (or equivalent) -- not sendmail.
(hint: you perhaps want restart syslogd)
--
/"\ | Kari
\ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Hurtta
X Against HTML Mail |
/ \ |
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From: Robert Wiegand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problem with tcsh and bksp key
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 09:54:37 -0600
Jean-Yves Simon wrote:
{message trimmed]
> I compiled for my linux box tcsh because it is my fav shell.
> Everything seems to work good except that with some softwares
> I have problem with my bksp key. If I make an error on the
> shell line command, I can erase characters using this key.
> But if I start, say, ftp and make a mistake on the ftp command
> line, my bksp doesn't work at all and garbage is generated on
> the screen
> ftp> cd /dir/^?^?^?
> ^
> Starting this position, I typed the bksp key
> and ^? is echoed on the screen.
Linux is set up so that by default the backspace key sends Control-? (^?).
Many programs expect Control-H (^H) for backspace.
I'm not sure about the best way to work around this.
--
Regards,
Bob Wiegand [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart Bell)
Crossposted-To:
comp.sys.palmtops.pilot,alt.comp.sys.palmtops.pilot,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Where can I get a pre-built POSE for Linux ?
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 16:22:42 +0000
Peter da Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Children, children, stop fighting!
>
> Look, the bloke made a mistake, but geeze, why are you all jumping on him
> like a bunch of wannabe Alpha Geeks.
beacuse he won't admit it was a mistake, but clings to a 'right' to do
what he wants?
--
Macaddict at Tesco dot net:
Looking for a slot-load iMac service manual!
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From: Dirk Groeneveld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: optimizing kernelbuild
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 17:32:21 +0100
David .. wrote:
[using -O for gcc]
> I use the "-O9" setting for an i686-smp kernel compile and have no
> troubles with it.
Honestly I didn't know that there was anything beyond -O3. Does -O9ing
of frequently used packages, like X, KDE or certain libaries like glibc
or qt pay off? What are the drawbacks? Compile time? Size?
Dirk
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From: "Gerald Pollack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Gnome Desktop Status Bar Missing
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 16:32:07 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi,
> I am running Redhat 6.1. I believe that there was
> a status bar on the bottom of the screen that gave an indication that a
> window was minimized or open. Not it is not there, so when I minimize a
> window, maybe the term is hide, I have no indication on the desktop that
> the window is available to be opened.
>
> Thanks
> Mike
>
Sounds like you've lost the tasklist. To restore it, right-click on the
panel, navigate to applets/utility, and select tasklist.
--
G. Pollack
Dept. of Biology, McGill Univ.
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From: "Massimiliano Caovilla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: XTI o TLI
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 17:55:47 +0100
Hi
The question is simple this time:
XTI: where do I find them???
I'm porting a BIG project that make heavy use of them from solaris,
please, please, please don't tell me they are not available for linux!
Please, tell me I'm stupid enought not to find them while I have them in
front of my face...
Ciao
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From: Dirk Groeneveld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: REQ: DreamWeaver like program for Linux
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 17:35:06 +0100
Referring to the problem, what about QuantaPlus (dunno where, but it's
listed in sourceforge) or Bluefish (dunno where either, it's part of suse).
OK, they're more like Homesite, but still better than vi.
Dr Aldo Medina wrote:
> David Dorward wrote:
>
>> "Stephen J. Thompson" wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone know of the above?
>>
>> You might be able to get Dreamweaver itself to run using WINE, I've had
>> some success with Flash.
>>
>> Or you could use <http://www.webmiffinlite.com>
>>
>> --
>> David Dorward
>> http://www.dorward.co.uk/
>
>
> The host doesn't exist
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From: Stefano Ghirlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ideas for install script?
Date: 27 Nov 2000 18:12:43 +0100
Kyle Parfrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> #gcc -O4 -I/usr/include -L/usr/lib -R/usr/X11R6/lib "$1".c -o "$1"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Couldn't that be -L instead of -R?
--
Stefano
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From: "Federico Baraldi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,de.comp.periph.cdrom
Subject: Cdrecord.
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 18:14:36 +0100
Hi all, I've a Mandrake 7.2 and a problem using my ATAPI cd-recorder.
Here what's happening ....
[root@fred root]# cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 1.9 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg
Schilling
Linux sg driver version: 2.1.39
Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'MITSUMI ' 'CR-2801TE ' '1.07' Removable CD-ROM
0,1,0 1) '_NEC ' 'DV-5700A ' '1.91' Removable CD-ROM
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *
[root@fred root]# cdrecord speed=2 dev=0,0,0 -isosize /dev/scd1
Cdrecord 1.9 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg
Schilling
scsidev: '0,0,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
Linux sg driver version: 2.1.39
Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 0
Response Format: 1
Vendor_info : 'MITSUMI '
Identifikation : 'CR-2801TE '
Revision : '1.07'
Device seems to be: Philips CDD-522.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags : SWABAUDIO
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 2 in write mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write in 9 seconds, ecc.
cdrecord: Errore di input/output. write_g1: scsi sendcmd: retryable error
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
CDB: 2A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1F 00
Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 30 08 00 00
Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x30 Qual 0x08 (cannot write - application code mismatch) Fru
0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cdrecord: Errore di input/output. close track/session: scsi sendcmd:
retryable error
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
write track data: error after 0 bytes
Sense Bytes: 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
CDB: 5B 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 30 08 00 00
Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x30 Qual 0x08 (cannot write - application code mismatch) Fru
0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 0.001s timeout 480s
cdrecord: Errore di input/output. mode select g1: scsi sendcmd: retryable
error
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
CDB: 55 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00
Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 26 00 00 00
Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x26 Qual 0x00 (invalid field in parameter list) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 0.001s timeout 40s
Any help/hint would be appreciated !!
Thank you .... Bye.
Federico.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gregory Spath)
Subject: Re: Cross Plstform File Sharing
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 17:18:28 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
>Is there a way to have Windows 95/98/NT machines log into and use Linux as
>an email, File server, and Firewall Serers??
yes.
>
>If there is please let me know I am most interested in how to do this.
You'll need to study pop/imap, sendmail, samba, and ipchains. In addition, you
may want to read the howto's on DHCP and named (bind) to run on your server to
make management of your network easier.
Go here:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/
>
>Thank you very much,
>
>Daniel
>
>--
>Posted via CNET Help.com
>http://www.help.com/
--
Gregory Spath
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://freefall.homeip.net/
SCHeckler on IRC ----------> http://freefall.homeip.net/javairc/
Team YBR ------------------> http://www.yellowbreechesracing.org/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: brooktree BT848 capture card
Date: 27 Nov 2000 09:32:57 -0800
"Anson Ho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I have just installed a BT848 capture card in my PC. When I startup my
> RH6.2, my card is found on 'Checking new hardware'. Now I want to know that
> what driver & software I need to install so that I can play video capturing
> and video conferecing.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Anson
I have video working with an STB TV card, which uses a brooktree chipset.
I watch TV using xtvscreen because I'm used to that, but I've also gotten
xawtv to work. Years ago, when I first got a bttv version that worked,
it came with a script called update, a makefile, and a script called
MAKEDEV, and you were supposed to set a number in the script update for
the tuner in your particular card. The script would then use xinsmod
to insert the appropriate drivers as binaries. You were not supposed to
use the normal methods of insmoding drivers or compile them into the
kernel. What I found over the years was that the bttv code and the kernel
versions were very volatile, and rather than compiling the binaries from
the makefile, I would copy them into that directory from the kernel tree
after building them as regular modules in the kernel tree. For example,
if I had this in the directory /opt/bttv/driver, I would copy
/usr/src/linux/drivers/char/bttv.o to that directory, ditto i2c.o, tuner.o,
whatever else I needed. For sound you sometimes have to do a kernel build
that includes the low-level sound drivers (select OSS modules for this),
to build the msp3400 module.
MAKEDEV would make the nodes for the video devices.
I actually have better luck with some of the older versions, as the newer
versions seem to be for cutting edge, and unstable, kernels.
If this all sounds kind of hairy, well, it is, or has been, for me, but
I find it's a great way to watch TV.
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From: "Saender A. Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: gnome main menu gone?
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 12:31:57 -0500
I seem to have lost the gnome main menu (footprint)
how do I get it back?
Also, when I try to minimize a window, it closes. How do I reset this?
sandy
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From: Joseph Holland King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dual monitor
Date: 27 Nov 2000 17:51:47 GMT
what do i need to do to get dual monitors to work under linux. any suggestions or
references to good documentation would be greatly appreciated.
--
Joseph Holland King | "God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our
| conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His
| megaphone to rouse a deaf world." C. S. Lewis
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