Linux-Setup Digest #268, Volume #19 Fri, 28 Jul 00 23:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Kernel Panic Error ("Terry Chilvers(FreeServe)")
Re: Troubling problem with GNOME and UID. (Madhusudan Singh)
Re: Ripping audio CD's with Linux??? (Scott Beckman)
Re: Changing SCSI Cards - Boot Error Messages - SuSE 6.4 (blowfish)
Re: SuSE 6.4 PATH VARIABLE and TrueType Fonts (blowfish)
apache UserDir question (Scott Beckman)
Re: LILO, again ("Robp2001")
configuring a pci modem....hmm?
Re: apache UserDir question ("ne...")
Re: Help with SENDMAIL (Dan Liston)
Re: help with /dev/agpgart device (Dale Pontius)
Re: configuring a pci modem....hmm? (Rob Clark)
Re: [Help] LILO doesn't boot from SCSI disk ("Steve Wolfe")
Re: rpm crashes my machine ("Lonni J. Friedman")
Q abt Lilo ("Michael")
Re: Q abt Lilo ("Jesus M. Salvo Jr.")
Re: Sound card problem (Gene Wiggins)
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From: "Terry Chilvers(FreeServe)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel Panic Error
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:18:06 +0100
Can anyone help with solving this problem please?
Hardware:
AMD K6/2 500
144MB RAM
Adaptec 2944UW (diff), 4 x HP C2490A hard drives (2GB each)
Adaptec 1542CP SCSI + Seagate 2.7GB drive (Card and drive now removed)
1 x 3Com EtherLink III 3C509 Combo card
1 x TNT2 video card.
IDE 40x CD-ROM
I finally installed Red Hat 6.2 last week after 4 failed attempts, all down
to having 2 SCSI adapters and the device order was being changed between
installation and boot. This meant the the device I thought was to be the
boot device, changed from sda to sde. Fixed that by re-partitioning and
removing the 1542CP card and attached hard drive.
Now after running OK for a few days, I put an extra 128MB memory module in
and it failed to boot, complaining that it could not open the swap
partition.
I've removed the extra module so back to where I was but no joy, but now get
the following at the end of the messages (there are various references to
RAID but I don't remember installing it as an option):
raid 5: measuring checksum speed
raid 5:MMX detected .....
.
.
scsi: 0 hosts
scsi: detected total
md.c:sizeof(mdp_super_t)=4096
Partition Check
RAMDISK:Compressed image found at block 0
autodetecting RAID Arrays
autorun...
...autorun DONE
VFS:Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
autodetecting RAID Arrays
autorun...
...autorun DONE
kmod:failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s-k block-major-8,errno=2
VFS:cannot open root device 08:21
Kernel Panic:VFS:unable to mount root fs on 08:21
I found some help suggesting a boot from the emergency floppy using "linux
rescue" but this seemed to boot from the floppy to start with then finished
from hard disk with the same errors.
Is there a way of trying to check out the partitions without going through
the install and removing/re-installing everything?
Thanks in advance.
Terry Chilvers
Cambridgeshire, UK
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From: Madhusudan Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Troubling problem with GNOME and UID.
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 20:18:56 -0400
Sorry about the binary and thanks for your response. The problem is
certainly more than just the generation of the core file. The menus and
toolbar do not start up and the poor fellow gets a blank screen. I will
look into the rcfiles and ask any further questions.
Madhusudan Singh.
Steve wrote:
> 169K worth of binary is uncalled for in a text only news group.
>
> From your description of what happened, I don't see any problem
> apart from the generation of the core file.
>
> Compare the user profile, .rcfiles with a user who doesn't have
> the problem.
>
> --
> Cheers
> Steve email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> %HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
>
> web http://www.zeropps.uklinux.net/
>
> or http://start.at/zero-pps
>
> 1:51pm up 13 days, 12:17, 2 users, load average: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00
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From: Scott Beckman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ripping audio CD's with Linux???
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 16:21:08 -0500
You can buy Mandrake, or any other linux for around $2 from most
vendors. The official linux distributions aren't really any better than
what you can get for near free.
The documention is included on the CD which you can then print out in
windows.
Scott
dionysis wrote:
>
> I'm unable to iron out driver problems in Win 98 to be able to digitally rip
> audio CD's. Someone suggested I run Linux tandem with Win 98.
>
> Are the Linux CD drivers better at digitally ripping audio CD's to MP3?
>
> I found Caldera Linux 2.2 with documention used for $20.
>
> I also found Linux 6.5 Mandrake used with documentation for $20. Should I
> go
> with that if I decide to try this?
>
> Which Linux is "better"?
--
====================================================
Scott Beckman
University of California at Berkeley
Material Science and Mineral Engineering Department
577 Evans Hall #1760
Berkeley, CA 94720-1760
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Changing SCSI Cards - Boot Error Messages - SuSE 6.4
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 17:22:48 -0700
Kevin Adams wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Creating a new initial ramdisk did the trick. Thanks for the info.
>
> Although I do have one more question - look at my *new* boot messages (below) -
> is "enable_irq() unbalanced" something I should be worried about?
>
In YaST or YaST2. There's an option called add new hardware. ;-)
Alex / blowfish
> .
> .
> .
>
> <5>RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
> <4>Uncompressing........................done.
> <4>VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
> <6>(scsi0) <Adaptec AIC-7850 SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 0/9/0
> <6>(scsi0) Narrow Channel, SCSI ID=7, 3/255 SCBs
> <6>(scsi0) Warning - detected auto-termination
> <6>(scsi0) Please verify driver detected settings are correct.
> <6>(scsi0) If not, then please properly set the device termination
> <6>(scsi0) in the Adaptec SCSI BIOS by hitting CTRL-A when prompted
> <6>(scsi0) during machine bootup.
> <6>(scsi0) Cables present (Int-50 YES, Ext-50 NO)
> <6>(scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 415 instructions downloaded
>
> <4>enable_irq() unbalanced from d000ea36
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> |
> +-------- Should I be worried about this?
>
> <4>scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.25/3.2.4
> <4> <Adaptec AIC-7850 SCSI host adapter>
> <4>scsi : 1 host.
> <6>(scsi0:0:5:0) Synchronous at 10.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
> <4> Vendor: iomega Model: jaz 1GB Rev: J.83
> <4> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> <4>Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 5, lun 0
> <6>(scsi0:0:6:0) Synchronous at 10.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 8.
> <4> Vendor: MATSHITA Model: CD-R CW-7502 Rev: 4.10
> <4> Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> <4>Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
> <4>sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 8x/8x writer xa/form2 cdda tray
> <4>SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 2091050 [1021 MB] [1.0 GB]
> <4>sda: Write Protect is off
> <4> sda: sda4
> <4>VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
>
> .
> .
> .
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Kevin Adams
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Subject: Re: SuSE 6.4 PATH VARIABLE and TrueType Fonts
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 17:24:42 -0700
Cheeby wrote:
>
> Can anyone tell me in which file to set the PATH variables? I need to add a
> directory for Perl files, and can't find where SuSE declares them.
>
Do a 'locate'
Alex / blowfish
> Also - has anyone successfully imported/ftp'd truetype fonts into their
> XConfig86 file and gotten them to work with StarOffice and Netscape? If so,
> I could use a tip or two, it appears.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Cheeby
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From: Scott Beckman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.config
Subject: apache UserDir question
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 16:31:18 -0500
Hello,
I'm new to Apache and am stumped as to how to get the
http://my.compter.com/~user to refer to /home/user/www/index.html
I've set in srm.conf:
UserDir /home/*/www
In access.conf I've set
<Directory /home/*/www>
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from All
Options Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
Then I restarted the server with the command
apachectl restart
and received no warnings
Then I've written a short file for /home/user/index.html and changed the
permissions with
chmod 777 -R /home/user/www
When I try http://my.compter.com/~user
I'm given a page showing, "You are not authorized to view this page"
So what am I forgetting? I've read through the manual several times,
but can't seem to find the mistake in my work.
Thanks for your time,
Scott
--
====================================================
Scott Beckman
University of California at Berkeley
Material Science and Mineral Engineering Department
577 Evans Hall #1760
Berkeley, CA 94720-1760
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Robp2001" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO, again
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:28:04 +0100
k, thanx
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: configuring a pci modem....hmm?
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 00:30:10 GMT
hello.
I am one of the unlucky ones that is an owner of a pci modem.
i have read that it is now possible to set it up in Linux.
I have done the following in an attempt to configure it:
as root in the terminal I typed "setserial /dev/modem uart16550A port
0x1058 irq 9"
Went to file manager in the dir. /etc/rc.d in the file "local" I added
the following line at the bottom "setserial /dev/modem uart16550A port
0x1058 irq 9" then saved. Re-booted and the same old message the "sorry
the device is busy" came up when i went to querry the modem.
some more info:
modem is on com 2 (ttyS1...right?)
the modem shares the irq 9
the modem is a - Conexant
MDP 3880-w-modem (w for win I assume)
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
--
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http://www.help.com/
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Crossposted-To: redhat.config
From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: apache UserDir question
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 00:47:23 GMT
On Jul 28, 2000 at 16:31, Scott Beckman eloquently wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I'm new to Apache and am stumped as to how to get the
>http://my.compter.com/~user to refer to /home/user/www/index.html
>
>I've set in srm.conf:
>
> UserDir /home/*/www
>
>In access.conf I've set
>
> <Directory /home/*/www>
> Order Deny,Allow
> Allow from All
>
> Options Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks
>
> AllowOverride None
>
> order allow,deny
> allow from all
>
> </Directory>
>
>Then I restarted the server with the command
>
> apachectl restart
>
>and received no warnings
>
>Then I've written a short file for /home/user/index.html and changed the
>permissions with
>
> chmod 777 -R /home/user/www
>
>When I try http://my.compter.com/~user
>
>I'm given a page showing, "You are not authorized to view this page"
>
>So what am I forgetting? I've read through the manual several times,
>but can't seem to find the mistake in my work.
Is /home/user world readable and/or executable?
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
A long-forgotten loved one will appear soon.
Buy the negatives at any price.
8:41pm up 18 days, 23:53, 8 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00
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From: Dan Liston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc,redhat.config,redhat.general
Subject: Re: Help with SENDMAIL
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 20:01:17 -0500
I assume you are sending your mail through your home system on a
portable or something while you are on the road. (or just playing around
from work <G>)
Add your email address to the /etc/mail/access file, and as the root
user in that directory do;
`make all` to build your .db files.
This will allow "you" to relay mail through your system from anywhere,
but nobody else can use it to relay spam to the rest of the world. The
format is;
name|host|domain|IP OK|RELAY|REJECT|"RFC821 error message"
example:
localhost RELAY
[EMAIL PROTECTED] RELAY
spammer REJECT
amspay.iglatin.pay 555: Death to spammers
[EMAIL PROTECTED] OK
There are more details and examples on sendmail.org and the sendmail
readme files.
Dan Liston
Chris Myers wrote:
>
> Thanks for all the help I received with this. I can check it now but when I
> try to SEND it bounces and gives me the error "551: we do not relay."
> I'm not sure how to configure this. With the anti-spamming features built
> into this version of Sendmail, what do I need to change to allow mail to
> come from any address into this box? I'm not worried about spam since only
> 4 people with have this ip and address.
>
> Again, my sincere thanks..
>
> Chris
>
> Chris Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:abf35.3580$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hello all!
> >
> > I was wondering if there was a way to configure sendmail on RedHat 6.2
> that
> > would allow me to send a mail to my system with an address like
> > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"? My linux box has a static IP but is assigned
> > through a cable provider. When I tried to set me email program to check
> the
> > mail at this machine, it responded "connection refused." Can this be done
> > or am I wasting my time?
> > I wanted to be able to send and receive email to/from my home network
> while
> > I am at work or travelling.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dale Pontius)
Subject: Re: help with /dev/agpgart device
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 20:35:02 -0400
In article <397f336e$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Servicios de proyectos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi :
> I install the kernel 2.2.14-12, I'm try to run X-Windows over my i810 (
> Intel Chipset ). My problem is when run X is aborted, say " can'not open
> /dev/agpgart".
>
Since you're talking 2.2.14-12, it sounds like you're using RedHat 6.2.
The agpgart code is indeed included in the kernel tree, but it's not
compiled in by default. As a matter of fact, there's a bug in the
kernel config stuff so you CAN'T configure it to compile without a
small fix. It has rolled off my drive by now, but since you're wanting
agpgart, you're using either utah-glx or dri. Go to the source.
Go to utah-glx.sourceforge.net, go to the message archives, and search
for "2.2.14-12" or "RedHat 6.2", or something like that. It's a rather
simple fix - (change a 'N' to 'M') I just forget exactly where it was.
Also on the utah-glx pages you can find out how to create /dev/agpgart
that you're asking about, below.
Dale Pontius
> How I create this device ?
> It's supposed that the 2.2.14-12 version include it.
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Subject: Re: configuring a pci modem....hmm?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:07:51 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>the modem is a - Conexant
> MDP 3880-w-modem (w for win I assume)
Sorry, it's a Conexant HSF (soft) modem-- you need those Windows drivers
:(
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
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From: "Steve Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: [Help] LILO doesn't boot from SCSI disk
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 19:14:11 -0600
Jose Manuel Benitez Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all,
> I cannot get LILO booting from an SCSI disk. Can you give me some
> hints?
>
> This is the situation. I've just installed Linux Red Hat 6.2 on a Dual
> Pentium III machine equipped with:
> Mainboard: SUPERMICRO, SUPER P6DBE
> SCSI controller: Adaptec SCSI Card 29160
> SCSI disk: Seagate ST318436LW (17.5G)
> IDE disk: Seagate STS320430A (20GB)
>
> The IDE disk is only temporally installed, and it is going to be used
> only to hold data, no system files. All the system is installed on the
> SCSI disk. This is the partition table (generated with disk druid):
I just went thorugh something very similar, moving from an IDE drive that
was used for installation/configuration to a RAID array. You simply have to
enable the boot BIOS on the SCSI card, then put these lines in your
lilo.conf:
boot = /dev/sda # overwrite MBR of hdc
disk = /dev/sda # tell how hdc will look like:
bios = 0x80 # the bios will see it as first drive
Then, run "lilo", and you should be set.
steve
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From: "Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rpm crashes my machine
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 20:46:10 -0400
Elliot Williams wrote:
Uh, no i didn't. Learn how to do attributions properly.
>
> : "Lonni J. Friedman" wrote:
>
> : Usually, when you see ABit BP6 w 2 Celerons means OC/ing.
>
> : The root of many crashing and instability problem experienced by mostly
> : gamers
> : who don't want to pay for a pair of faster speed CPUs and a decent SMP
> : mobo like
> : Asus.
>
> : Alex /blowfish.
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From: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Q abt Lilo
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 14:33:58 +0800
How to enable lilo start kernel beyond HD cyl. 1023
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From: "Jesus M. Salvo Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Q abt Lilo
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 01:47:59 +0000
Get the latest release of lilo which overcomes this limit. Dont know the
exact URL, but try a search on slashdot.
John
Michael wrote:
>
> How to enable lilo start kernel beyond HD cyl. 1023
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Homepage: http://homepages.tig.com.au/~jmsalvo/
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From: Gene Wiggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound card problem
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 22:01:23 -0500
When I use manual configuration, (i.e., without PnP) I use this
sequence:
insmod soundlow
insmod soundcore
insmod uart401
insmod sb
insmod mpu401
insmod opl3
and it seems to work. I am using a slightly different version of
SoundBlaster, the VibraX but I would guess that shouldn't make a lot
of difference in the sequence of the drivers.
Good luck.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I'm having a problem getting my sound card (Creative Labs Sound Blaster
> 16C PnP) to work on my system (Debian Linux. Kernel 2.2.14. Dell
> Dimension XPS T550). this machine is a dual boot NT/Linux. Sound works
> perfectly in NT. The soundcard properties that the Audio device in NT
> was set up with indicate that the following ports should be OK for use
> with soundcard: IO=0x330, 0x388; DMA=anything but 03; IRQ=anything but
> 10. Using this information i have been trying to get sound up in Linux.
> After doing a pnpdump into /etc/isapnp.conf, I uncommented what seemed
> to be the appropriate lines for this sound card.
> My /etc/isapnp.conf basically now reads:
>
> ################################
> # (DEBUG)
> (READPORT 0x0273)
> (ISOLATE PRESERVE)
> (IDENTIFY *)
> (VERBOSITY 2)
> (CONFLICT (IO FATAL)(IRQ FATAL)(DMA FATAL)(MEM FATAL)) # or WARNING
>
> # Card 1: (serial identifier e5 ff ff ff ff 70 00 8c 0e)
> # Vendor Id CTL0070, No Serial Number (-1), checksum 0xE5.
> # Version 1.0, Vendor version 1.0
> # ANSI string -->Creative ViBRA16C PnP<--
>
> (CONFIGURE CTL0070/-1 (LD 0
>
> # Start dependent functions: priority preferred
> # IRQ 5.
> # High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
> (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
> # First DMA channel 1.
> (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 1))
> # Next DMA channel 5.
> (DMA 1 (CHANNEL 5))
> # Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
> (IO 2 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0388))
>
> # End dependent functions
> (NAME "CTL0070/-1[0]{Audio }")
> (ACT Y)
> ))
> ################################
>
> I issue 'isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf' and I get the following out:
>
> Board 1 has Identity e5 ff ff ff ff 70 00 8c 0e: CTL0070 Serial No -1
> [checksum e5]
> CTL0070/-1[0]{Audio }: Port 0x388; IRQ5 DMA1 DMA5
> ---Enabled OK
>
> No errors, this is good. But then I issue 'modprobe sb io=0x0388 irq=5
> dma=1 dma16=5' (sb being the driver that I think is most appropriate for
> my card) and I get:
>
> /lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/sb.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
> Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
> including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
> /lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/sb.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/sb.o
> failed
> /lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/sb.o: insmod sb failed
>
> I've tried many many different values for IRQ and DMA following the
> "Hint" advice - but i still get the same damn error mesgs! When I do an
> lsmod I get:
>
> Module Size Used by
> soundcore 2372 0 (autoclean)
> lockd 30632 1 (autoclean)
> sunrpc 51588 1 (autoclean) [lockd]
> ntfs 33640 0 (unused)
> msdos 5276 0 (unused)
> fat 28800 0 [msdos]
> 3c59x 18336 1
>
> No other sound drivers are running as far as i can tell (soundcore
> should not cause a conflict, right?)
>
> What could be the problem?! Any ideas?!?!
>
> Going Insane,
> GG
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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