Linux-Setup Digest #23, Volume #21 Tue, 10 Apr 01 11:13:17 EDT
Contents:
Re: [HELP] mount cdrom ("Eric")
can't shutdown monitor (Nevin Wong)
Re: [HELP] mount cdrom ("rolf minder")
"rpm cannot be installed" ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: "rpm cannot be installed" ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
pcmcia wireless LAN card on desktop pc ("Crystal Luo")
Re: pcmcia wireless LAN card on desktop pc (Michael Perry)
wow to get more colors out of X 4.0.2 (John Hunter)
Re: Backup question (Olivier Colliot)
Re: "rpm cannot be installed" (Rex Dieter)
Re: Firestarter firewall experiences? (Rod Smith)
[OT] Testing leafnode ... (Marc Koschewski)
Re: [OT] Testing leafnode ... (Marc Koschewski)
Re: [HELP] mount cdrom ("Kenny@BUI")
problem setting up printer on RedHat (slok)
which distro is most friendly on printer setup...? (slok)
Re: multi boot with linux/winme/win2k (Rod Smith)
Re: Linux Mandrake 6.0 problem (aflinsch)
Re: Suppressing Redhat bootup output ("Gene Heskett")
ipppd and kisdn problem ("Martin Collins")
Re: Firestarter firewall experiences? ("H.A.J. van Niekerk")
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From: "Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: [HELP] mount cdrom
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 12:23:36 +0200
> > try `cat /proc/ide/hd[a-z]/model`
> > Does it show up somewhere here?
>
> ST34321A
That's your HDD
> > Is it detected by the BIOS? Some BIOS'es totally disable
> > an IDE connector when nothing is detected on it.
> > That way linux wouldn't be able to find it either.
> > `cat /proc/devices|grep -i ide` should show ide0 and ide1
> > If not, you should probably change the detection in the BIOS.
>
> 3 ide0
and ide1 (where hdc is connected to is disabled)
> Hmm... when the machine boots up,
> the CD-ROM Drive is not detected!
And that's the problem.
> I installed the RedHat through the CD-ROM Drive last year.
> Now, I would like to install something more from the CD,
> but the CD-ROM Drive just won't open!
> Its little green light never turns on!
Got a loose powerplug?
> In my /etc/fstab file, I have
> /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
pretty irrelevant now. get the hardware going first.
This is okay.
> How can I proceed??
Check why it is failing.
Opening the box would be a good start.
Eric
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From: Nevin Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: can't shutdown monitor
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 18:25:33 +0800
Hello,
I have asked this question before. I'm using RH7 on an i586. Sometime
ago the system stopped from shutting down the monitor after the
screensaver timeout. I have configured the shutdown monitor time in
GNOME control center, but it is not working anymore. I have tried to use
xset but I don't think it is working too. Can anybody help me here? (of
course my monitor supports DPMS, it has worked before) Here's myconfig:
Keyboard Control:
auto repeat: on key click percent: 0 LED mask: 00000000
auto repeat delay: 500 repeat rate: 30
auto repeating keys: 00ffffffdffffbbf
fa9fffffffdffdff
ffffffffffffffff
ffffffffffffffff
bell percent: 6 bell pitch: 400 bell duration: 100
Pointer Control:
acceleration: 3/1 threshold: 4
Screen Saver:
prefer blanking: yes allow exposures: yes
timeout: 0 cycle: 0
Colors:
default colormap: 0x21 BlackPixel: 0 WhitePixel: 16777215
Font Path:
unix/:7100
Bug Mode: compatibility mode is disabled
DPMS (Energy Star):
Standby: 5 Suspend: 10 Off: 20
DPMS is Enabled
Monitor is On
Font cache:
hi-mark (KB): 1024 low-mark (KB): 768 balance (%): 70
Yours,
Nev
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From: "rolf minder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: [HELP] mount cdrom
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 13:20:01 +0200
have you installed the CD-Roast ??
when yes, you have also changed the cd-rom from ide to alias scsi.
is this thru you must change the installation-medium
(yast1 / yast2)
rolf --> from switzerland
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> > try `cat /proc/ide/hd[a-z]/model`
> > Does it show up somewhere here?
>
> ST34321A
>
> > Is it detected by the BIOS? Some BIOS'es totally disable
> > an IDE connector when nothing is detected on it.
> > That way linux wouldn't be able to find it either.
> > `cat /proc/devices|grep -i ide` should show ide0 and ide1
> > If not, you should probably change the detection in the BIOS.
>
> 3 ide0
>
> Hmm... when the machine boots up,
> the CD-ROM Drive is not detected!
>
> I installed the RedHat through the CD-ROM Drive last year.
> Now, I would like to install something more from the CD,
> but the CD-ROM Drive just won't open!
> Its little green light never turns on!
>
> In my /etc/fstab file, I have
> /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
>
> How can I proceed??
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: "rpm cannot be installed"
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 11:24:08 GMT
Aargh!
Spent about two hours' worth of heavy German mark downloading webbuilder
for linux only to have the uninformative error message, "cannot be
installed", when I try to unpack the rpm.
Any insights, brothers and sisters?
F.
===========================================================
Felmon John Davis
Union College / Schenectady, NY
os/2 - ma kauft koi katz em sack
===========================================================
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: "rpm cannot be installed"
Date: 10 Apr 2001 12:06:06 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Spent about two hours' worth of heavy German mark downloading webbuilder
> for linux only to have the uninformative error message, "cannot be
> installed", when I try to unpack the rpm.
Check the dependencies of the RPM, maybe you're missing something
that is necessary.
Davide
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From: "Crystal Luo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: pcmcia wireless LAN card on desktop pc
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 20:30:44 +0800
Dear all,
I installed Redhat Linux 7.0 on both of my laptop and desktop. I get my
laptop connected to office LAN using pcmcia wireless LAN card. However I
cannot get my desktop connected using the same card. The pcmcia wireless LAN
card is slotted into a pcmcia adapter on my desktop. There is a normal 3com
network card on the system too. Are there any necessary settings or changes
to files in order to make the pcmcia card work on desktop? Any hints will be
highly appreciated.
Crystal
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Subject: Re: pcmcia wireless LAN card on desktop pc
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 12:49:44 -0000
On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 20:30:44 +0800, Crystal Luo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I installed Redhat Linux 7.0 on both of my laptop and desktop. I get my
> laptop connected to office LAN using pcmcia wireless LAN card. However I
> cannot get my desktop connected using the same card. The pcmcia wireless LAN
> card is slotted into a pcmcia adapter on my desktop. There is a normal 3com
> network card on the system too. Are there any necessary settings or changes
> to files in order to make the pcmcia card work on desktop? Any hints will be
> highly appreciated.
>
> Crystal
>
>
You could purchase a isa to pcmcia adaptor card that is specifically made to
host the wireless card. I have a wireless network at home which I started
with a Pc I build as a "access point" which had an orinoco silver 11mb pc
card inside a isa to pcmcia adaptor that orinoco sells. When you do this,
you simple compile pcmcia services on the desktop and use either the bundled
wvlan drivers or orinoco's wavelan2_cs drivers which require patching of the
pcmcia sources. I don't specifically know about RH7. I use debian here.
You may need to install the pcmcia_cs rpms from the installation cdrom or
or something close to that.
--
Michael Perry
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: wow to get more colors out of X 4.0.2
From: John Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 10 Apr 2001 07:57:27 -0500
I recently installed X windows 4.0.2 and am only getting the 8 bit
color maps. In the 3.3.6 version that I used to use, I could start X
with
> startx -- -bpp 24
but this no longer works. What is the correct way to start the X
server with more colors? I have a state of the art video card so I
certainly have enough memory etc... to support more colors.
Some config info below.
Thanks,
John Hunter
I am using the livid driver for my Matrox 450 w/ 32mb of RAM and linux
has drivers for my monitor (DJ800) natively.
In my XF86Config, I have lines like:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "G450_1"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768"
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubSection
EndSection
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From: Olivier Colliot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backup question
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 15:05:59 +0200
Berdzi wrote:
> Hello
>
> How to make backup of the linux partition. I mean I want to have an image of
> the system partition from which I could fast recover the system after crash.
> I'd like also record it on CD-R.
> I can only do it remotely as I very seldom have direct access to the server.
> Is there a possibility of doing it with tar or dd? I stress that I'd like to
> have also bootsector in the image, not only files.
> Maybe someone know if Norton Ghost under Windows can do that somehow?
>
In theory it can, but i've experienced many problems with ext2 partitions.
Instead you can use Nero Burning ROM 5 under windows which seems to handle ext2
properly. I'm not sure you can do it remotely
Additionaly there is a program called AMANDA under linux which may do your job
(but it seems pretty complicated to use)
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From: Rex Dieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "rpm cannot be installed"
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 08:43:20 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Aargh!
>
> Spent about two hours' worth of heavy German mark downloading webbuilder
> for linux only to have the uninformative error message, "cannot be
> installed", when I try to unpack the rpm.
That usually means that the rpm file in question has been corrupted
somehow. You'll most likely need to download it again.
-- Rex
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Crossposted-To: redhat.general,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Firestarter firewall experiences?
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 14:00:55 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"H.A.J. van Niekerk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I'm currently running the Firestarter-firewall and I'd like to know if
> there's anyone who has experiences with this firewall. I don't have much
> time to configure the IPCHAINS-firewall (I'm running RH 6.2) so the
> Firestarter seemed OK, but it doesn't stop cookies.
> Does anyone have a URL where I can find an on-line configurator? (I know
> there is one, but I forgot/lost it)
I'm not using Firestarter, but my understanding is that it's a
front-end to ipchains. If that's correct and it doesn't do anything
else, it won't stop cookies; these aren't detectable as such by
ipchains, because they're part of the packet's payload, and ipchains
doesn't examine the payload, just the headers. Think of it in terms of
physical mail. If ipchains were a mail carrier, it could discard mail
based on the return address on the envelope and the like. A cookie is
like a particular type of letter inside the envelope, and ipchains
can't detect that.
There are several ways to deal with cookies (I'm assuming you're talking
about cookies on Web pages), including:
- Tell your Web browser to discard them.
- Delete the cookie file in your Web browser's directory (such as
~/.netscape/cookies) and replace it with a symbolic link to
/dev/null.
- Install and use a cookie-blocking proxy server, like Junkbuster
(http://www.waldherr.org/junkbuster/).
Each option has its plusses and minuses. Post more details about what
you hope to achieve for more guidance.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: Marc Koschewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [OT] Testing leafnode ...
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 16:15:01 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
line 1
line 2
line 3
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From: Marc Koschewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [OT] Testing leafnode ...
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 16:22:37 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Marc Koschewski wrote:
> line 1
> line 2
> line 3
>
It worked ... thank YOU for ignoring this!
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From: "Kenny@BUI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: [HELP] mount cdrom
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 10:26:56 -0400
hello,
i have the same symptoms.
cat /proc/ide/hda/model -> ide/apati cdrom.
cat /proc/devices|grep -i ide -> 3 ide0.
ls -al /dev/cdrom -> /dev/cdrom -> hdc.
when the computer boots it appears that the cdrom is detected at hda.
our HD is SCSI.
thank you,
kenny.
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From: slok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problem setting up printer on RedHat
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 22:25:34 +0800
using RH7.0
HP LaserJet 1100
what's the best way to configure/setup RH7 to print to the printer.
currently, I tried using printtool... but when I do a test print,
the job was send to the queue and later deleted automatically.
apart from this, I need to have this printer be accessible by
win2k users.
any advice ... thanks
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From: slok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: which distro is most friendly on printer setup...?
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 22:26:54 +0800
which distribution is most easy to setup to work with printers?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: multi boot with linux/winme/win2k
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 14:32:45 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <9au7vt$4jp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Daren Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Anyone out there have any ideas on how to configure a linux box (perhaps
> mandrake) so using x-windows I can also run a choice of either windows me or
> windows 2000
There are many ways to do this, but they don't involve X -- at least,
not unless you want to run Windows within VMware, which in Linux is an
X-based program. If your X requirement simply reflects a desire to have
a menu at boot time rather than typing the OS name in LILO, you can
configure recent versions of LILO to support such menus, or you can use
a third-party boot loader like BootMagic or System Commander.
In broad strokes, my preferred solution for this situation is to install
each version of Windows on its own primary partition, and use LILO or a
third-party boot loader to select between them and Linux. Windows
doesn't support this configuration directly, though, so you'll need to
install the boot loader after the first Windows OS, or possibly
temporarily give up the ability to boot one (probably Me) after
installing the other (probably 2K). It's also possible to install both
Windows versions on one partition, or one on C: and the other mostly on
D: or some later partition, but still using boot files on C:. This is
the more popular approach, because it's more directly supported by the
Windows installers, but it seems to cause more problems. If you do it
this way, you might use the Windows OS Loader to select between Windows
versions and Linux.
Please post clarification about precisely what your requirements are,
and/or read some of the dual-boot HOWTO documents at
http://www.linuxdoc.org for more information on how this is often
configured. You might conceivably also be interested in my book, _The
Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook_
(http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/).
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Mandrake 6.0 problem
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 10:19:27 -0400
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>
> Marie Vincent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > We have tried everything we know in order to reconfigure the display
> > settings but have been unsuccessful.
>
> What's wrong with the setting you have? What is it? Plese describe.
>
> > Can someone please guide us through this process with step by step
> > instructions? We are new to Linux.
>
> I presume that if you're running Mandrake, you just rerun the
> configurator. Is it called HardDrake? Drakconf?
It's an old version, still used xconfigurator
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Date: 10 Apr 2001 10:24:29 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Suppressing Redhat bootup output
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Joe Pfeiffer;
JP> "Johnny A. Solbu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> A significant number of Linux users do NOT leave their=20
>> computers powered ON when they are done computing.
>> Also a significant number of Linux users does not run a server
>> or have a 24/7 connection. They don't even have a LAN.
>>
>> So shutting down their boxes is as natural as eating every day.
JP> Dunno... it seems to me that the population of users who are running
JP> systems that go up/down as you describe, but who don't have machines
JP> that do APM, should be getting fairly small by now. The only machine
JP> I've got that gets ``powered down'' on a regular basis is my laptop,
JP> and it justs gets suspended/restored (except for upgrades and failures
JP> to watch the batery level once in a while!). Not many reboots...
JP> And even if we accept that a machine goes down at night and comes up
JP> in the morning, I'm pretty much at a loss to understand somebody not
JP> wanting to see the messages. The general concept of not wanting
JP> information escapes me...
JP> As an aside, the one thing I really miss from RedHat (I switched to
JP> Debian a while ago) is the bootup procedure. I prefer having the
JP> rcX.d scripts linked to subdirectories of /etc/init.d, and the green
JP> [OK] was really reassuring. That's a pretty minor loss, compared to
JP> the ease in upgrades, though. Yes, I've read about RPM upgrade systems
JP> that have come out recently that are described as being as nice as
JP> dselect. Last fall, dselect and the difficulty of keeping the various
JP> RPM variants provided me with a compelling reason to switch to
JP> Debian. RPM will have to improve to the point that there is a
JP> compelling reason to change before I switch back. Maybe kernel
JP> configs?
JP> --
JP> Joseph J. Pfeiffer, Jr., Ph.D. Phone -- (505) 646-1605
JP> Department of Computer Science FAX -- (505) 646-1002
JP> New Mexico State University http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~pfeiffer
JP> SWNMRSEF: http://www.nmsu.edu/~scifair
While there was a period where rpm had a bit of colic, and its diaper
needed changing frequently, that seems to be past tense now and
everything is working rather nicely, and has been for several months.
There was a certain sequence one had to go thru to upgrade it, demanding
that 3.0.5-9 be used as the bridge from old to new. (or at least thats
how it seemed to me)
Cheers, Gene
--
Gene Heskett, CET, UHK |Amiga A2k Zeus040, Linux @ 500mhz
email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
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<http://www.thirdwave.net/~jimlucia/amigahomeauto>
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From: "Martin Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: de.alt.comm.isdn4linux
Subject: ipppd and kisdn problem
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 16:32:28 +0200
Hallo,
I've go a Calder Linux System. I've installed kisdn and configured the isdn
card and the
isp details. However one program seems to be missing - ipppd. I can't locate
it anywhere
on the system. When I run kisdn it complains that it can't build a
connection to ipppd whenever
I try to get to the internet. So it's obviously neccessary and the program
pppd won't do in
its place.
Can anyone give me a hint what I've got to do to get things going?
Thanks,
Martin.
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From: "H.A.J. van Niekerk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.general,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Firestarter firewall experiences?
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 16:56:23 +0200
Hi,
Thank you for the cookies remark.
Huub
Rod Smith wrote:
> [Posted and mailed]
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "H.A.J. van Niekerk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm currently running the Firestarter-firewall and I'd like to know if
> > there's anyone who has experiences with this firewall. I don't have much
> > time to configure the IPCHAINS-firewall (I'm running RH 6.2) so the
> > Firestarter seemed OK, but it doesn't stop cookies.
> > Does anyone have a URL where I can find an on-line configurator? (I know
> > there is one, but I forgot/lost it)
>
> I'm not using Firestarter, but my understanding is that it's a
> front-end to ipchains. If that's correct and it doesn't do anything
> else, it won't stop cookies; these aren't detectable as such by
> ipchains, because they're part of the packet's payload, and ipchains
> doesn't examine the payload, just the headers. Think of it in terms of
> physical mail. If ipchains were a mail carrier, it could discard mail
> based on the return address on the envelope and the like. A cookie is
> like a particular type of letter inside the envelope, and ipchains
> can't detect that.
>
> There are several ways to deal with cookies (I'm assuming you're talking
> about cookies on Web pages), including:
>
> - Tell your Web browser to discard them.
> - Delete the cookie file in your Web browser's directory (such as
> ~/.netscape/cookies) and replace it with a symbolic link to
> /dev/null.
> - Install and use a cookie-blocking proxy server, like Junkbuster
> (http://www.waldherr.org/junkbuster/).
>
> Each option has its plusses and minuses. Post more details about what
> you hope to achieve for more guidance.
>
> --
> Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.rodsbooks.com
> Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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