Linux-Setup Digest #923, Volume #19 Sat, 28 Oct 00 13:13:09 EDT
Contents:
uninstalling... (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=B5L=A6W=A4p=A4l?=)
Re: Going to try Linux (Dog Meat)
Re: uninstalling... ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: How can conect a Text Console to serial port? (Andrew Purugganan)
Re: Home user mail server setup (Matthew Haley)
Re: Going to try Linux (C. L. Lewis)
Re: XFree86 4.0.1 / RPM unusual error ("Mick")
XFree 4.0.1 & NVidia TNT2 - wont boot properly ("Mick")
Re: uninstalling... (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=B5L=A6W=A4p=A4l?=)
Re: ALSA sound modules (root)
Re: uninstalling... ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: viewing Chinese. (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=B5L=A6W=A4p=A4l?=)
X-windows install problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: XFree86 4.0.1 (Douglas Bollinger)
Modem Setup ("Cosmo")
Re: XFree86 font path questions (Dr H. T. Leung)
Slackware Symbios 53C1010-33 SCSI bootdisk needed... ("NCKCN")
DSL help (Joseph Lee Pereira)
Re: Fdisk does not see part of my disk!!!!!!! (E J)
I/O address of PCMCIA Ethernet Card ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=B5L=A6W=A4p=A4l?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,hk.comp.os.linux,it.comp.linux,linux.help
Subject: uninstalling...
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 19:36:17 +0800
Is there any way to uninstall a program after make install??
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From: Dog Meat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Going to try Linux
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 11:44:54 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Philo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> for example if your disk has just a c: drive you will need to also
create a
> D: drive which will be reserved for linux (and the D designation
wiped out)
So, it will install itself on the D: drive, then remove the "D:" so I
can't access it by way of typing "D:" [for instance]??????
> if you use dos fdisk to do it...it will destroy all your data... that
is why
> i suggested partition magic.
>
> once you get to the linux install...it will further partition...
> but be sure you do not wipe out your windows C: partition.
How big should the Linux partition (D: drive) be? Is 400 or 500 megs
big enough? Will it take only 100 megs? Do I need to free up more
than the 1 gig I have left and make it a gig?
Sorry for the stupid, seemingly repetitive questions, Philo, but I'm
just trying to get a clear understanding of what's needed. Linux is a
little different animal than WinDUHs/DOS - thank God!
-- DM
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,hk.comp.os.linux,it.comp.linux,linux.help
Subject: Re: uninstalling...
Date: 28 Oct 2000 11:59:55 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc uLiWopol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Is there any way to uninstall a program after make install??
Sure. Remove the files it installed and replace them with the backup
copies you made of the originals. Read its README.
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: How can conect a Text Console to serial port?
Date: 28 Oct 2000 12:02:39 GMT
Falcon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
[ Hi .
[ I have a text console and I interesting to attach it to my RedHat in the
[ seria port.
[ HardWare :
[ VISA Text Console
[ HP PC Vectra VE
[ DB 25 to DB 9 serial cable.
check the serial port HOWTO in linuxdoc.org
--
jazz
Registered linux user no. 164098 +--+--+--+ Litestep user no. 386
Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
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From: Matthew Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Home user mail server setup
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 05:14:55 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
root wrote:
> Hi. This is my first attempt at configuring some sort of network (2
> computers, 2 OS on each), and I'm having tons of problems. This is one
> of them (probably the easiest).
>
> What I'm trying to do is to setup some kind of mail server (RedHat 7).
> These are my requirements:
>
> 1) I'm only going to use one account on my ISP's pop server, but with
> two aliases. The server needs to be able to check the To: headers and
> place the mail in the correct mailbox. I'm guessing that this will
> probably done with a combination of fetchmail and procmail, but I really
> don't know how.
>
> 2) The mail will stay on the server, in the mailboxes. The client
> computer will read all his mail (new and old) from the server, and old
> mail will not be removed from the server, so that the mail will be
> accessible from the server and the client.
>
> My question is simple: how do I do that? I've looked at thousands of
> HOWTOs and FAQs, but I really couldn't find a way to bind all the
> different programs together so that they do what I want them to do. If
> you can point me to some info related to this case (which I couldn't
> find) or simply hint me on how to do that, I'd be glad.
>
> Thanks a lot!
What mail daemon are you planning on using?
For sendmail:
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/howto/RH-sendmail-HOWTO/book1.html
For postfix:
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/howto/RH-postfix-HOWTO/book1.html
I think one of those should help. BTW, you're probably interested in
sections 9.1 and 9.2.
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1 out of 6,000,000,000 CAN be wrong!
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From: C. L. Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Going to try Linux
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 12:14:51 GMT
In article <8ta2ko$227$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Dog Meat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Any advice or suggestions before I take the
> plunge would be appreciated.
> TIA...
Don't ;-)
I decided three years ago when I was happily plugging along with a
386/25 and Win95, to install a copy of RH 5 and see just what this Linux
stuff was all about.
Now today, with an AMD K-6 2/550 3D, 160 meg ram, 16 meg video, 19 in
monitor, triple booted with that other OS, an install of Deb 2.2 and a
souped up RH 6.1 w/2.4-test9 kernel XF86 4.01, and just finished a six
hour compile and installation of KDE2 and can only sleep about three
hours at a time before I wake up shaking with Linux withdrawals.
But then your experience could differ and your mileage may vary. ;-)
Charles
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Laughter is the best laxative there is for a constipated mind. Humor is
an ideal spoon to dose it.
--Chronocidal Charlie, 1995-2000, RIP--
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From: "Mick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: XFree86 4.0.1 / RPM unusual error
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 20:52:28 -0700
Thanks....my error I missed the "--nodeps"
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From: "Mick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: XFree 4.0.1 & NVidia TNT2 - wont boot properly
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 21:00:20 -0700
I finally managed to install XFree 4.0.1 bin viar tag.gz (not rpms) and the
NVidia NVIDIA_GLX-0.9-5???.rpm and NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-5.???.rpm - the latest
from NVidia.
The Xfree 4.0.1 somehow complains lots about my XF86Config file which is
working perfectly nicely with XFree 3.?? until I upgraded to 4.0.1 I have
commented out the LeftAlt, RightAlt etc META defs but the problem appers to
be in the Device Section.
Previously (under XFree 3.xx) the DEvice Section:
Device "Generic VGA Card"
etc....etc. does not need a "Driver " entry. As per FAQ (NVidia) I edited
in "nv" as the driver and thats the best I can do for now. But RH6.2 boots
up and keep flashing at the login screen (the screen just before it clears
and popups the Gnome GUI login screen). The whole setup works fine under
XFree 3.xx.
Other changes (while under XFree 3.xx): Editied XFree86Config and changed
FontPath "unix/:-1" to "unix/:7100" per FAQ.
Parts of /var/log/XFree86.0.log as follows:-
II) LoadModule: "nv"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/nv_drv.o
(II) Module nv: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.2
(II) NV: driver for NVIDIA chipsets: RIVA128, RIVATNT, RIVATNT2,
RIVATNT2 (Ultra), RIVATNT2 (Vanta), RIVATNT2 M64,
RIVATNT2 (Integrated), GeForce 256, GeForce DDR, Quadro
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(WW) NV: Chipset "generic" in Device section "Generic VGA Card" isn't valid
for this driver
(EE) No devices detected.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
/var/log/BOOT.LOG contains:
Oct 28 20:24:50 localhost xfs: usage: xfs [-config config_file] [-port
tcp_port]
Oct 28 20:24:50 localhost xfs: xfs startup failed
Thanks.
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=B5L=A6W=A4p=A4l?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,hk.comp.os.linux,it.comp.linux,linux.help
Subject: Re: uninstalling...
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 20:59:22 +0800
must I uninstall manually or is there any other easier methods
"Peter T. Breuer" �g�D�G
> In comp.os.linux.misc uLiWopol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : Is there any way to uninstall a program after make install??
>
> Sure. Remove the files it installed and replace them with the backup
> copies you made of the originals. Read its README.
>
> Peter
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ALSA sound modules
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 16:20:53 +0300
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Oct 2000 17:37:22 +0300, "Dr. Jason J. Hogan-O'Neill"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >/lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/snd.o: unresolved symbol unregister_sound_dsp
> >/lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/snd.o: unresolved symbol register_sound_dsp
> >/lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/snd.o: unresolved symbol unregister_sound_special
> >/lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/snd.o: unresolved symbol register_sound_special
> >snd-mixer: No such file or directory
> >snd-pcm: No such file or directory
>
> Did you call
> ./snddevices
>
> in the Alsa driver directory ?!
>
> --
> Eggert Ehmke
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
Thanks for your reply. I downloaded the tarballs and put them in
/usr/local/sound From there I compiled the driver utils and libs, e.g. I went
into /usr /local/sound/alsa-driver-0.5.9d. After compiling utils drivers and
libs I went back into /usr/local/sound/alsa-driver-0.5.9d and typed
./sndconfig
So what is it I have done wrong? Any ideas?
Cheers,
Jas
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,hk.comp.os.linux,it.comp.linux,linux.help
Subject: Re: uninstalling...
Date: 28 Oct 2000 13:16:34 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc XXXXXXXX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
:> In comp.os.linux.misc uLiWopol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> : Is there any way to uninstall a program after make install??
:>
:> Sure. Remove the files it installed and replace them with the backup
:> copies you made of the originals. Read its README.
: must I uninstall manually or is there any other easier methods
Depends. Read its README and find out.
(and what's hard about removing its files, and where would anything
you happened to overwrite magically reappear from?)
Peter
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=B5L=A6W=A4p=A4l?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,hk.comp.os.linux,linux.help,tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Re: viewing Chinese.
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 21:31:21 +0800
I want to view chinese text, not print chinese text.
"Eric Y. Chang" �g�D�G
> cnprint-2.30.linux.lsm
>
> =?iso-8859-1?Q?=B5L=A6W=A4p=A4l?= ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> : How can I make Linux able to view chinese text in X windows? I don't
> : want to change to a chinese interface.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install
Subject: X-windows install problem
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 14:19:20 GMT
I'm installing RH6.1 on an old Intergraph TD-4 workstation.
It's a P5-100 with 128MB RAM and 4GB SCSI disk.
Everything works _except_ X-windows.
Every time I try to either probe or start X, the system locks up solid
and needs a cold boot.
I've tried 5 different graphics cards using chipsets from Matrox, Orchid,
Tseng, and S3 with the same results every time. Using a different PCI
slot doesn't eliminate the lockups either.
I now believe it must be a setting in CMOS that is causing the lockup,
but I have no idea what to look for or to change. I don't like making
random changes, or trial-and-error troubleshooting.
Any ideas or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
(Win95 and NT4 install and run fine so I KNOW the hardware is okay.)
Paul
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From: Douglas Bollinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: XFree86 4.0.1
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 11:01:20 -0400
Mick at [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Thats great news. Did you install the binaries via tar.gz files? I managed
> to install it also, but the gnome and Xwindows wont run properly as it
> replaces all config files. Can you advise which are the important files that
> must be edited for it to work properly? I only edited the
> /etc/X11/XF86Config and /etc/X11/fs/config files.
Before doing anything, I made tarballs of the default RH 6.2 Xfree
installation, specifically /etc/X11 and /usr/X11R6. This way, I
could revert back to the old installation if something went wrong.
The first time around, I installed XFree4.01 via the binary tarballs
using the install script. When prompted, I just accepted the
default answers. I had to generate a new XF86Config file and then I
cleaned-out all old gnome config files in my home dir (rm -r
.gnome*). Everything worked fine. The install scripts seemed smart
enough not to step on anything vital.
After awhile, I realized I needed a patch to the DGA mouse code to
make Quake3 work correctly, so I d/l the XFree4.01 source, did some
changes and installed it by doing a "make install". I believe I
might have used the tarballs I made to revert to the default XFree
installation, but I did make sure to save my new XF86Config file.
In any event, everything is working fine.
> Also, how do you "fool" of fix Linux RH6.2 so that when you install other
> apps/rps that require XFree 4.0.1 recognises that it is installed. Since the
> other posting told me that installing via binaries will not update the RPM
> installed version number.
You are right, the RPM database isn't updated. This hasn't been a
problem for me; I can't recall installing any rpm files that require
XFree4.01. I tried to uninstall the old XFree RPM's- believe me,
this is a nightmare. The tarball method is much better.
After the XFree4.01 installation, I upgraded to helix-gnome using
their installer (recommended) and that went without a hitch. The
only problem with my current system is that I'm unable to compile
programs that use 3-D, somewhere between XFree4.01 and the voodoo I
needed to perform to get my GeForce 2 working, that was broken.
Games like Quake3 work fine, I just can't compile them (QuakeForge).
--
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From: "Cosmo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Modem Setup
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 12:13:27 -0400
I have a 3com USR Sportster 56k pnp ISA internal modem I have been trying to
get working under Redhat 6.0. Can anyone give me some direction on how to
accomplish this? I have been through all the HOWTO's without any success.
Any help would be appreciated.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dr H. T. Leung)
Subject: Re: XFree86 font path questions
Date: 28 Oct 2000 16:23:22 GMT
That's a lot of cross-posting you had. Anyway, reading the Xwindows documentation
is actually the rather long way of doing it. There are two resources (actually
one) you can use: The linux documentation project. LDP. Have a search around for
it. Most probably if you installed everything, you would have a slightly outdated
copy of everything under your /usr/doc directory, witch a name like
"Linux-HOWTO", "LDP", or something like that.
As for your actual question. The way Redhat and some recent distributions uses a
font server (and external program) to supply font shapes to the X server on
request, instead of just reading disc files like you listed it. So the font path
is either "hostname:portnumber" to contact the font server (may be another
machine, but it is basically a network connection to the local machine if you
want to think of it that way) like what you had, or you just dump all your
local font path in there like this, one line per directory:
localhost/:7100
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/latin2
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local
I think it is probably "localhost" to say "this machine", and what you had
("unix") was wrong, but since I don't use font servers myself, I am not sure.
It is okay not to use a font server and just list all the directories like the
above. People say it doesn't look as good, but it works for me and I had always
had it set up that way in the pre-font-server era and I don't mind
it that much.
|> Got it.
|> FontPath needed 2 lines
|>
|> Gotta say though, that Linux and even Xwindows documentation desperately
|> needs someone to do for it what I did for people with congestive heart
|> failure with The Manual at http://www.jonsplace.org/CHFinfo.htm - pages
|> writtten in layman's terms to lead people gradually and without such
|> frustration to a knowledge of how to COPE WITH or actually USE Linux instead
|> of assuming you are a computer geek to start with who knows how to recompile
|> this or that and already knows how to use the command line like a pro.
|>
|> If I can create and maintain a web site like mine with only self-taught
|> know-how about HTML, CSS and JS, and do it all from a text editor, surely I
|> should be able to pick up Linux more quickly than this.
|>
|> Can anyone point me to such pages? Regardless, I'm in for the long haul with
|> Linux from necessity, since I have to learn how to set up and run my own
|> server and more on a Total Disability pension. Just had to say all that once
|> to get it off my chest ;-)
|>
|> --
|> Jon - I love Jesus Christ
|> http://www.jonsplace.org/
|> "Jon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
|> news:8tdh7q$6s1m$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
|> >
|> > Howdy-doo,
|> >
|> > That gave me one word - "FAILED" in bright red <lol>
|> >
|> > I placed a full copy of my log file at:
|> > http://www.jonsplace.org/linux/XFree86.0.log
|> >
|> > I will continue to read , as always, to learn about font servers,
|> > but any help would be mightily appreciated.
|> >
|> > --
|> > Jon - I love Jesus Christ
|> > http://www.jonsplace.org/
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"What you don't care cannot hurt you." Chap. 7a, AMS-NS
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From: "NCKCN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Slackware Symbios 53C1010-33 SCSI bootdisk needed...
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 11:30:52 -0500
I have a server with a dual SCSI Symbios 53C1010-33 Controller card. There
is no bootdisk available with Slackware 7.1. There is a Symbios 538XX.s
bootdisk available with this release that will not work. Any way I can get
Slackware 7.1 to boot the new Symbios card without waiting on future
releases?
TIA
TKT
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From: Joseph Lee Pereira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DSL help
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 10:56:20 -0600
How do I get DSL to work on my Linux Mandrake box? I configured the
Cisco 675 off of a Win98 box, I should just be able to plug in the
cable to the nic on the Linux box. Linix box has the nic card
configured to dhcp. Still I get no connection to the outside world.
Yes, everything works fine when I plug the 750 to the Win98 box.
Mandrake 7.1
Joseph L. Pereira
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Fdisk does not see part of my disk!!!!!!!
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 09:58:35 -0700
Does it still boot? I would recommend getting Partition Magic 5.0 (also
download the win2k patches) to repartition your
system back together.
You can get "parted" which is on the RH7.0 CD to repartition your system.
ElPato wrote:
> Here is the problem:
> I had win2k on a 10Gig partition, and winme on a 5Gig partition, all on
> one harddrive. Linux was alone on a different drive, LILO installed.
>
> I decided to wipe out win2k altogether, so I fdisk'd and deleted its
> partition. Now fdisk sees only one drive of 5Gigs taken at 100%; in
> other words, the 10 Gig partition is not seen by fdisk.
> BTW, I wiped out Linux also on its own drive.
>
> How can I recover the 10Gig partition without, of course lose my 5Gig
> where all my backup files recide?
>
> Help please!!!!!!!
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: I/O address of PCMCIA Ethernet Card
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 16:49:30 GMT
Dear Linux Setup NG,
I have a new PCMCIA ethernet card. Everything about the card and
network installation seems fine, except identifying the card.
The probe at the end of my "netconfig" on Slackware7 does not find it.
When the card is inserted or "crdctl insert" is run, the beeps are HIGH
then LOW. (From the HOWTO, this indicates an inidentified card).
On boot I get: "eth0 - unknown interface no such device"
I do not completelyunderstand the modules listed output from "lsmod"
but the relevant bits seem to be:
pcnet_cs 10512 0 (unused)
8390 6272 0 [pcnet_cs]
ds 6256 2 [pcnet_cs]
tcic 6688 2
pcmcia_core 43296 0 [pcnet_cs ds tcic]
Will it be good enough to find the ioaddress? Reading "net-
modules.txt" seems to indicate it will be the critical step.
THANKS!
Tim
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