Linux-Hardware Digest #112, Volume #11 Fri, 27 Aug 99 14:13:33 EDT
Contents:
dittomax ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Yamaha CRW4416S ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Multipoint protocol? (Pablo Yaggi)
Problem with Yamaha opl3-sa3 sound card ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Flashpath and Linux? (Joe Pfeiffer)
Re: Compressed Files (David Ripton)
Re: Avoid ATI Graphics like the plague (David C.)
Re: cost of leased line in notting hill, London England (Laurie Robert Young)
Linux on DECpc 425 Help needed (G. Dimitoglou)
Re: [Q] Installing linux with CD-RW (Andy Johnstone)
Re: how to setup SoundBlaster 64 PCI PnP ("Jose M. Urena")
Re: K7 Athlon! ("Stu Tilley")
Re: dittomax (fulton)
Re: Linux on Toshiba 2595xDVD ?? ("Horton")
Re: Yamaha CRW4416S (Peter Stein)
Re: Sound Card: Best Linux supported make/model? (David A. Rogers)
Re: Avoid ATI Graphics like the plague (Michel Catudal)
Re: how to setup SoundBlaster 64 PCI PnP (Dr. Oook)
Re: how to setup SoundBlaster 64 PCI PnP (Dr. Oook)
Re: Sound card setings for Thinkpad 600 (2645-51U)? (John Stile)
S3 Inc. Trio3D (Jesse Singh)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: dittomax
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 14:08:47 GMT
Does anyone know how to configure a Dittomax tape drive to run on
linux? what device will it be listed as? any suggestions are greatly
appreciated!!!!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Yamaha CRW4416S
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 14:37:10 GMT
Anyone had any experience getting this SCSI CD-R to work with Linux?
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From: Pablo Yaggi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Multipoint protocol?
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 11:12:09 -0300
> I wonder how you want to identify the sender or receiver of the data
> without MAC addresses. It looks like a "broadcast-only" network. If
> you
> give IP numbers to your PCs, you will have to translate them to
> addresses understandable to the data-link layer. How are you going to
> do
> it?
>
I could assign each board a mac address, but in that case I will have to
program
my own interface, the question was if there any way to avoid it, because
I don't
have information about how to do it right now.
Instead of that, I thought if I do a "broadcast-only" network betwen the
3 pc,
and they're working as gateways (ipfwd, etc..), there's no problem on
getting
all the packets to each pc, so in that case the routing will be done at
IP level,
doesn't it?
so the problem if how to stablish a link betwen the networking part of
the kernel
and my board. For example if there were two pc I could stablish a
ppp-link because
in the negotiation only one will send and receive at a time.
I suppouse I could stop the ppp negotioation somehow, but this not nice,
so
the question is if there any other protocol like ppp but not connection
oriented, that could be used with a serial interface.
Regards,
Pablo.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Problem with Yamaha opl3-sa3 sound card
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 14:54:44 GMT
I recently installed RH Linux 6.0 (kernel 2.2.5-15), and am having
problems getting my soundcard to work. I ran 'sndconfig', which detected
correctly that I have a Yamaha OPL3-sa3 card. Fearing a lockup, I asked
it not to autoprobe. After it asked me for I/O and IRQ settings, (of
which I only know that the card has IRQ 5 and DMA 0 and 1 - how can I
find I/O settings through Windows?), I got the following errors:
sh: insmod: command not found
ad1848: No such file or directory
Now, 'insmod' *is* in /sbin, where it should be, and my path includes
that folder. I am also logged in as root. What's the problem here? I
also get the following error when linux boots up:
/lib/modules/2.2.5-15/misc/opl3sa2.o : init_module : Device or resource
busy [ FAILED ]
What's my problem here? I asked around in #linux on DALnet, but no one
could offer help except to "compile the sound card into my kernel" (and
i'm a newbie, so I'm not experienced or brave enough to do that). I also
tried a 'pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf', and got a listing of I/O ports and
IRQs and all that...but I don't know which selection to uncomment. Any
thoughts?
-sean o. | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Joe Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: rec.photo.digital
Subject: Re: Flashpath and Linux?
Date: 27 Aug 1999 08:14:24 -0600
Drat, drat, and drat. The reverse engineering is the hard part...
thanks for the link, though.
--
Joseph J. Pfeiffer, Jr., Ph.D. Phone -- (505) 646-1605
Department of Computer Science FAX -- (505) 646-1002
New Mexico State University http://www.cs.nmsu.edu/~pfeiffer
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Ripton)
Subject: Re: Compressed Files
Date: 27 Aug 1999 15:03:34 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <7q4h46$78n$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Randy Wile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Anyone know an easy place to learn how to install compressed files. Like the
>linux programs you download from Tucows or something.
man tar
man gzip
man bzip2
I typically just cp blah.tar.gz to /usr/tmp, cd to /usr/tmp, say
tar xvfz blah.tar.gz, watch it uncompress and untar, cd into
the new directory that was created, and look for a file called
README or INSTALL or something. Every program is a bit
different from this point, though typically you run Configure
or make config or something, answer some questions, then
type make or make all or something to build the binary, then
type make install (often after a su to root to get write
permission for a system directory) to copy it into place.
My strategy is to install big programs that want a whole
directory (e.g. Blackdown JDK) into /opt/programname, and things
designed to split up nicely into bin, man, lib, etc
subdirectories (e.g. gcc) into /usr/local. By keeping stuff
you install in the home, local, and opt directories, you
simplify the task of upgrading your OS, since "your" files
are mostly segregated from "the distribution's" files.
tar.bz2 files (which I prefer because bzip2 compresses so much
better than gzip, and download time is a lot more significant
than decompression time) are similar, except that I use tar
xvfy instead of xvfz. If you have an older tar that doesn't
support bzip2 you need to use bzip2 -d to uncompress the file,
then tar xvf to extract it. Do this a couple of times to
learn how, with and without pipes, then update your tar.
--
David Ripton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
spamgard(tm): To email me, put "geek" in your Subject line.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Avoid ATI Graphics like the plague
Date: 27 Aug 1999 11:23:50 -0400
I guess not. I will never understand why someone running a
non-mainstream OS (and face it, Linux is not mainstream, no matter how
good it may be) and then automatically assume that every piece of
hardware in the world must be compatible with it.
We're not talking about spending days memorizing stuff. We're talking
about checking to make sure a piece of hardware is compatible _BEFORE_
buying it instead of finding out afterwards that it isn't and then
screaming to the 'net that "I can't find a driver. This hardware
sucks!".
If I followed your logic, I'd have an incredibly fast doorstop, because
none of thie powerful cutting-edge hardware would have any software
support. Throwing IT professionals at the problem (which you claim to
have plenty of money for) is a lot more expensive than doing 20 minues
of research before buying a new piece of hardware.
If that's what you like, fine. But for those of us who want to do
something with our systems besides trying to get them to start up, it's
a waste of time.
-- David
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> i guess you'll NEVER understand then.
>
> i suppose you've never done anything wrong in life - certainly you've
> never bought one of the so-called "latest" video cards, assuming that
> it'd certainly be supported by the latest "cutting edge" Xfree
> servers. no - you'd most certainly spend weeks carefully researching
> ANYTHING you do - and would never plunge in headfirst and just throw
> caution to the wind in an enthusiastic linux-wannabe frenzy.
>
> based on your "modest" explanation of how intelligently and artfully
> you chose *your* wonderful video card, i'd assume also that you never
> take a wrong turn in life; you never go anywhere without first knowing
> *exactly* where it was on the map; you always count your change in
> department stores, and always save your receipts and warranties for at
> least five years. dang - i wish i was that cautious!
>
> well - i'm waiting for my accelerated-x server to get here so that i
> can also practice being as cool as you. i was also guilty of buying a
> high-powered computer thru a company on the net which promised me that
> linux would run on it - i'm also the original poster of this thread,
> now that i know how screwed up ati graphic is, and their useless rage
> pro video card. oh well - live and learn. it's not worth getting
> your panties in a bunch..
>
> anyways, i'm usually cautious in the right places, but i'm not afraid
> to jump in the water and make a few mistakes either. although i can't
> claim your incredible prudence and success in the life-changing
> process of choosing the appropriate video card for your
> enterprise-level LINUX setup (cough), i can't be doing too much wrong.
> i've got the money to hire teams of IT professionals if i really
> wanted to spend the money.. what i DON'T have, is the time or
> inclination to memorize EVERYTHING before i make a simple move in
> life, especially with something so trivial as a video card.
>
> btw - do YOU have a lot of time on your hands? your attitude is
> really a bit smug..
>
> regards,
>
> chip.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> On 25 Aug 1999 19:51:12 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.) wrote:
>
> >"zerocool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >>
> >> Alas, I just dropped 250 bucks for an All-in-wonder 128 card, and I'm
> >> SOL in regards to X support. I just downloaded the latest demo of
> >> Accelerated X, and I'm hoping that might work, I may have to drop down
> >> another 100 bucks to buy that IF it works. But the neat features of
> >> this card will probably never be supported under X
> >
> >I will never understand why someone will buy a new card, and only after
> >getting it home decide to find out if there is driver support available.
> >
> >I recently upgraded my video card, and the _FIRST_ thing I did was
> >download the XFree86 compatibility list from their web site. I braught
> >the list into the store and rejected a-priori any chipset not on the
> >list.
> >
> >The result is that the new card (based on Riva-TNT, in case anybody
> >cares) works great, and no special effort was required to make it work.
> >
> >If I didn't do that, I would probably have ended up with a Rage-120 or
> >Voodoo-whatever card, and I'd be scrambling to try and find somebody on
> >the net with a driver.
> >
> >-- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Laurie Robert Young)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: cost of leased line in notting hill, London England
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 15:02:49 GMT
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999 14:31:07 GMT, colin
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Could someone very kindly tell me if this seems a reasonable price for a
>leased line in Notting Hill, London England. Prices are in pounds sterling
>
>£2000 set up
>£8700 128k
>£12200 256k
>£17900 512k
NTL (www.askntl.co.uk) are going to be offereing Cablemodems soon (or
so they say)
Prices are expected to be approx
Modem itself £150
Set up £50
the £40 pcm
I think that is 128k speed that they will be offering - you might be
better off checking that out
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (G. Dimitoglou)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Linux on DECpc 425 Help needed
Date: 27 Aug 1999 15:51:30 GMT
Hi all, I would like to know if anyone has put *any* version of Linux on a DECpc 425.
I have no idea what the BIOS is or what network card it has but I assume that it is
the default one that
Digital used to ship them with (it is definately 10Mb/sec).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
George
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From: Andy Johnstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Q] Installing linux with CD-RW
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 12:20:46 -0400
No, not really. Linux assigns the abcd or whatever everytime it boots up, it
hasn't made any difference for me.
andy
Andrew Martin wrote:
> In article <7pnnu3$2j1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl
> Fink) wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 21 Aug 1999 23:31:58 GMT Andrew Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > >I have a creative Blaster 2224 CD-RW as master and a standard CD-ROM as
> > >slave on the secondary channel. Will this affect my installation (ie.
> > will
> > I
> > >have to install from one drive in particular, or does it not matter?)
> >
> > I can't imagine why it would matter. Use the standard CD-ROM if you can,
> > it's almost certainly much faster.
>
> Actually, I've just tried it and it does make a difference. Linux expects
> the CD-ROM to be /dev/hdc/ while installing
>
> Tim Martin
>
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/apmartin
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From: "Jose M. Urena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to setup SoundBlaster 64 PCI PnP
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 12:00:17 -0400
use the Audio PCI drivers, or the Sound Blaster PCI driver (1370 or 1371)
DO NOT USE THE SB, SB16 or SB Pro drivers because they are not compatible.
Jan Kolar wrote:
> i have linux debian box with 2.2.1 kernel with SoundBlaster sound driver
> compiled in, and with all device files created in /dev. pciutils finds
> multimedia Ensoniq audio controller on e400 IRQ 12.
>
> under windows sound card is working properly with:
> PCI SB 64 device: Port 220, IRQ 7, DMA 1
> Base/MIDI: Port 330, IRQ 7, DMA 1
> Wave: Port 534, IRQ 7, DMA 1
> MPU-401: Port 330, IRQ 7
> AdLib: Port 388 (equal to opl3 synth driver under linux?)
>
Your problem is that these are not real, these information is created by the
legacy emulator in windows, yes the EMULATOR.
the only drawback is that you will have trouble playing MIDI, or no midi at
all.
The card plays MIDI by using a MIDI emulator.
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From: "Stu Tilley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: K7 Athlon!
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:28:59 +0100
d s f o x @ c o g s c i . u c s d . e d u (David Fox) wrote in message ...
>"Phoenix Multi-Tech Inc." <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Does anyone have any information on Linux running with the new K7
>> Athlon, 500mhz and up?
>
>Tom's hardware page had a writeup that included info about Linux.
>Once you can get a motherboard it should run well -- I watch for
>availability at www.lynncomp.com, they seem to be waiting anxiously
>for these to arrive.
>--
>David Fox http://hci.ucsd.edu/dsf xoF divaD
>UCSD HCI Lab baL ICH DSCU
Mmmm.... not too sure.... Athlon looks fine and AMD have OK'd RedHat Linux
(see their web site) BUT the support chip AMD Southbridge 756 may be a
problem on some mbo's. AMD have a driver for Winblows/NT on their web site
for the EIDE hook; not sure if it's essential or nice to have but there sure
ain't a Linux version! May need to check out support chips before getting
too excited!
Stu
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From: fulton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dittomax
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 13:19:51 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Does anyone know how to configure a Dittomax tape drive to run on
> linux? what device will it be listed as? any suggestions are greatly
> appreciated!!!!
>
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Mr. Wiser,
Is the tape drive an internal or external drive? In either case,
reading the Ftape HOWTO should give you a good start.
Ed Fulton
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From: "Horton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Linux on Toshiba 2595xDVD ??
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 12:40:20 -0400
I got this laptop a couple of weeks ago and I am completely happy with it.
'Fraid I can't answer your question about Linux, but the modem I believe is
a Winmodem. Not sure if these type modems will work under Linux or not.
Jeff Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I'm planning on purchasing a Toshiba 2595xDVD
> laptop and wanted to know if anyone has installed
> Linux on one (or a similar model) successfully.
> I'm not expecting the DVD drive to work but want to
> make sure that Linux will boot and work with the
> internal modem.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Stein)
Subject: Re: Yamaha CRW4416S
Date: 27 Aug 1999 16:31:06 GMT
In article <7q67ql$kgv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Anyone had any experience getting this SCSI CD-R to work with Linux?
>
>
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Works fine. I use the latest cdrecord and xcdroast with 2.2.9.
Peter Stein
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David A. Rogers)
Subject: Re: Sound Card: Best Linux supported make/model?
Date: 27 Aug 1999 16:01:01 GMT
On Sun, 22 Aug 1999 22:43:20 -0400, george <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> speaketh saying:
>I'm looking for something to replace my original SB16 (with jumpers - no
>Pnp!).
>
>I know the SB Live series is not supported (save some 0.0.0.0.1 binary
>only drivers). I need something well supported and that sounds better
>than a plain old SB16. The low sig-noise ratio of my very old SB16 is
>absolutely obnoxious on my mega-stereo system!!
If you don't care about on-card synth support there are a number of cards that
will do. Check out the Linux hardware database at lhd.datapower.com and the
Linux hardware compatibility and the sound howtos at www.linux.org. Press
support and then click on the howto link.
Cheers,
dar
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Avoid ATI Graphics like the plague
Date: 27 Aug 1999 11:56:03 -0500
"David C." wrote:
>
>
> If I didn't do that, I would probably have ended up with a Rage-120 or
> Voodoo-whatever card, and I'd be scrambling to try and find somebody on
> the net with a driver.
>
> -- David
The Voodoo cards are well supported under Linux, at least with SuSE
which has a large list of different Voodoo cards. Just use sax and
you won't have any problem with such a card. I recently installed
it for a friend of mine and it looks great, specially on a 21 inch
screen as he got.
--
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C'est l'temps d'essayer Linux
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We have software, food, music, news, search,
history, electronics and genealogy pages.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]@vimes.discworld.net (Dr. Oook)
Subject: Re: how to setup SoundBlaster 64 PCI PnP
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 22:59:47 +0200
Use "alsa". There is a debian package. But better look for a more
recent version on the net
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jan Kolar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i have linux debian box with 2.2.1 kernel with SoundBlaster sound driver
> compiled in, and with all device files created in /dev. pciutils finds
> multimedia Ensoniq audio controller on e400 IRQ 12.
>
> under windows sound card is working properly with:
> PCI SB 64 device: Port 220, IRQ 7, DMA 1
> Base/MIDI: Port 330, IRQ 7, DMA 1
> Wave: Port 534, IRQ 7, DMA 1
> MPU-401: Port 330, IRQ 7
> AdLib: Port 388 (equal to opl3 synth driver under linux?)
>
> but when i use these settings under linux no devices are detected. just:
> .
> .
> Sound initialization started
> Sound initialization complete
> .
> .
>:-)
> does anybody have any advice how to proceed.
>
> Kolda
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dr. Oook)
Subject: Re: how to setup SoundBlaster 64 PCI PnP
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 09:14:52 +0200
In article <7q1bos$5nq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Liddleddy Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does Linux support PCI sound?
>
It sure does. Try "alsa".
CU
The Dr.
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From: John Stile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Sound card setings for Thinkpad 600 (2645-51U)?
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 10:19:12 -0700
I guessed at some better settings but I hear a low frequency snapping
sound every .3 sec while it is playing wave files.
My current settings in conf.modules follows:
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
alias sound cs4232
pre-install sound insmod sound dmabuf=1
alias midi opl3
options opl3 io=0x388
options cs4232 io=0x530 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=3 mpuio=0x330 mpuirq=5 synthirq=5
synthio=220
I'll keep trying.
root wrote:
> What settings sould I have in my /etc/conf.modules to get the sound card
> to work on a ThinkPad 600?
>
> Some sound works and some does not .
> *.mid, and cd music work.
> *.wav files do not work.
>
> I ran sndconfig, and selected the Crystal audio Driver, accepting the
> default settings.
> Now the /etc/conf.modules looks like this:
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
> alias sound cs4232
> pre-install sound insmod sound dmabuf=1
> alias midi opl3
> options opl3 io=0x388
> options cs4232 io=0x530 irq=5 dma=0 dma2=1 mpuio=0x330 mpuirq=5
> synthirq=5 synthio=538
>
> Thank you for your help,
> John Stile
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From: Jesse Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: S3 Inc. Trio3D
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 08:49:38 -0700
Hello I need some help setting up my video card. It is a S3 Inc. Trio3D
card. I have RH6.0 CD, Standard packages that are on the CD. Do I need
to upgrade any files so that my card is supported? I can't get anything
better that 600x800 8 bit. Where can I get the apprpriate drivers. I
need a ftp site as I am behind a firewall and can't get access to port
80.
any help would be appreciated.
TIA Jess
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