Linux-Hardware Digest #274, Volume #13 Fri, 21 Jul 00 09:13:09 EDT
Contents:
A good IDE ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Trident 3DImage975, 4MB: 1024x768? (Sylvia Sotomayor)
Re: A good IDE (Zoran Cutura)
Re: MTRR error in Dual CPU system. (smp root)
problem with two cd roms ("Mimo")
Re: MAXTOR 27G IDE, how to partition? (Leonardo Giordani)
Re: problem with two cd roms (Michael Hofmann)
Re: Promise RAID is possible ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Dell Csx & Xwindow ("David Wang")
Problem with missing RAM ("Frank James Wilson")
Re: dsl in mandrake (Jens Kirk)
Re: Problem with missing RAM (Kenneth Rørvik)
Boot cd - can not read root file system (Leszek Gryz)
How to add sound card (FM tuner) ("Alexandr Tsigankov")
Re: NETGEAR FA311 same MAC addresses? ("Christa & David Burns")
Re: Boot cd - can not read root file system (Kenneth Rørvik)
Re: Video Capture cards ("Jeffrey S. Kline")
Re: modem detection (Alex Chudnovsky)
Re: A good IDE (Larry Ebbitt)
Re: Random Power Shutdown ("Jeffrey S. Kline")
Re: Netgear ethernet problem (Jeff Avallone)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: A good IDE
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 06:18:33 GMT
what is the best IDE for Linux ?
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sylvia Sotomayor)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: Re: Trident 3DImage975, 4MB: 1024x768?
Date: 21 Jul 2000 06:56:19 GMT
Using lizard, and after much trial, error, and testing, I managed to get it
to like 1280x1024 with 32 bits of color. This was not possible using any
other xconfig program. BTW, I'm running Caldera 2.4.
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000 02:20:14 GMT, Frank Isaacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Subject pretty much says it all: I am trying to get this card to run in
>1024x768 mode on a CTX PL7 monitor, but whenever I run XF86Setup and choose
>a mode at that resolution, the monitor doesn't like it (the lights flash on
>the front and the screen goes blank). Best I can get is 800x600, at any
>chosen color depth through 32 bbp.
>
>I have manually entered the scan rates per the manual, and it doesn't matter
>what color depth I choose; even 8bpp doesn't work.
>
>I'm running Caldera OpenLinux eServer 2.4, xfree86 3.3.6, using the SVGA
>server.
>
>Should I upgrade to the just-released 4.0 xfree server?
>Should I be choosing a different graphics server, even though the SVGA one
>is recommended?
>
>Or am I expecting too much?
>
>I am pretty much a clueless Linux newbie, so if you can direct me to
>specific instructions, that would be most appreciated.
>
>Thanks in advance -
>
>-Frank Isaacs
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>PS: e-mail cc: appreciated
>
>
--
Sylvia Sotomayor
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.netcom.com/~sylvia1/
from Caldera 2.4 Linux
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From: Zoran Cutura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: A good IDE
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 09:48:17 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> what is the best IDE for Linux ?
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
Don't ask questions like this in here!
This is mainly a question of taste.
I use emacs or vi together with gcc/g++
and gdb.
Z
--
LISP is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you
will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a
better programmer for the rest of your days. Eric S. Raymond
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Subject: Re: MTRR error in Dual CPU system.
From: smp root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 00:48:55 -0700
take a look over at the messageboard on www.bp6.com
there may be something to help
good luck with smp...
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Reply-To: "Mimo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Mimo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problem with two cd roms
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 07:54:27 GMT
Hello!
This is a question of a nebie about CD ROM drives. I´ve got 2 cd roms
(player-recorder). Using bash or KDE enviroment, system doesn´t allow me to
mount the recorder device when I try to use it. That drive is a Yamaha (I
don´t remember the model specifications, I´m out of home now). Is there a
fast and easy explication for this problem, or have I got to make something
in the system?
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From: Leonardo Giordani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MAXTOR 27G IDE, how to partition?
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 10:01:12 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A nice solution is in the following:
- Install Win: it will for it the first partition of your disk (of
course...).
- With a partition tool such as Partition Magic or similar resize the
Win partition (WP) to about 1,5 Gb. Create one other partition under the
2 Gb limit (do a 10 Mb partition! You are surely not out for 5
megabytes). This is the boot partition for Linux (BP).
- Now create an extended partition covering the entire HD (what
remains...) and in it create some FAT16 or FAT32 for your Win programs
and data and the Linux Ext2 partitions for your penguin.
- LILO can boot without problems with this configuration.
If your HD is a 27 Gb it's better for you to use the FAT32 improvement
if you won't manage a C/D/E/F/G/H/I list of disks under Win.
Better to install first Win becouse many releases do format the entire
HD.
If you experience some problems feel free to mail.
Leo
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From: Michael Hofmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problem with two cd roms
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 10:09:03 +0200
Mimo wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> This is a question of a nebie about CD ROM drives. I´ve got 2 cd roms
> (player-recorder). Using bash or KDE enviroment, system doesn´t allow me to
> mount the recorder device when I try to use it. That drive is a Yamaha (I
> don´t remember the model specifications, I´m out of home now). Is there a
> fast and easy explication for this problem, or have I got to make something
> in the system?
Make sure the entry in your fstab treats it as read only (ro).
Good luck,
Michael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Promise RAID is possible
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 08:11:47 GMT
Hmm ok so you can load the kernel off the first drive in the RAID, but
the redundancy is kind of lost here, is there a way to have total
redundancy ? (also at boot-time)
ie. if hda's bootsector fails, fall back to hdb boot. I suppose you
could put lilo on the second disk, but you'd have to rely on the BIOS
booting from hdb when hda fails. How reliable is that?
btw I have since found a nice hardware solution also (here in holland),
a simple ata66 raid1 module that fits nicely into 2 5.25" bays and
provides hardware redundancy for around $300, inclusive 2 removable hdd
caddies (CRS1003 http://www.procase.nl/ICY_CRS.htm ).
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
mst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > As far as I can tell (I don't have one myself),
> > the promise FastTrak 66 works like this: It's, in
> > the end, just an ata66 card, but has a bios that
> > enables a real-mode driver so the booting system
> > sees the raid-array as one drive. As soon as
> > Windows boots, the real-mode drivers are thrown
> > out and the windows drivers kick in. So surely it
> > shouldn't be too difficult to do this in Linux,
> > as you can access the drives in the RAID simply
> > through hda and hdb ... it sounds like a
> > new 'format' for md to recognise? That would make
> > it possible for you to run the whole system off a
> > software raid (lilo uses the bios so it CAN use
> > the on-board software of the fasttrak66).
> >
> > (or is it me -> is there a way to load your
> > kernel off a software RAID?)
>
> Yes there is: see the Root-RAID-HOWTO
>
> Actually, I seem to remember the Promise-UATA66 and the Fasttrack66
> physically different: there was an article on Slashdot a few months
> back, complete with pictures, on how to turn the one into the other.
> Here it is:
> http://slashdot.org/articles/00/03/02/1545247.shtml
>
> MST
>
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Before you buy.
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From: "David Wang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dell Csx & Xwindow
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 16:55:16 +0800
Reply-To: "David Wang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dear All,
I met a problem with my Dell Csx during installation of Xwindows of RedHat
6.2. The only I can choose is 8Bit xxxXxxx, after I configured it, The
screen only can display area with very big pixels(looks like under the
resolution 100x100). If anyone has any experiens with this brand Dell laptop
computer-- Csx, could you please give me some suggentions for this issue.
Thank you very much,
Dave
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From: "Frank James Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with missing RAM
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 11:36:54 +0200
I've just installed SlackWare 2.2.16 on my brand new DualPIII i800Mhz
machine.
I also installed a nice 396mb of ram, however on 64mb show up?
I heard someone mention something about Lilo having something to do with
this, and
that I should look at the lilo config, but so far I havn't been able to make
sense of this..
So, suggestions on how to remove my missing memory is great appreciated!!
best regards,
Frank James Wilson
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jens Kirk)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: dsl in mandrake
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 09:29:03 GMT
On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 10:32:01 -0400, "phlying penguin"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I need support for the SpeedStream 3060/(4060 or whatever the external is)
>any tips?
There is afaik no support for SpeedStream3060 at this point.
Mitchell Blanks is behind the PPP patch needed, he also does part of the work
on the SpeedStream 30x0 driver:
http://www.sfgoth.com/~mitch/linux/atm/pppoatm/
Jens Axboe has also done parts of the work on the driver as well as the pppoatm
module you need for PPP. And you should use his kernel patch!
http://sunsite.auc.dk/ftp/pub/os/linux/kernel.org/kernel/people/axboe/PPPoATM/
(Use ftpsearch, fx. http://ftpsearch.lycos.com/?form=medium to find a more
local to the US, Asia or Australia)
For you who doesn't have the 3060:
Follow Mitchell Blanks and Jens Axboes instructions. This includes a lot of
patching of the kernel (axboe) and ppp (mitch)
For the ppp patch to work you need to compile atm first!
If you got a 3060 you might want to do some sourcecoding on your own, just
download and do the same things and get working :-).
The driver is very preliminary, don't write to authors that you cannot get it
to work (unless you actually got good suggestions that might save time)
I did a bit of talking to Axboe as it had been six months since the last driver
and I did have suggestions, so I guess if you got any questions about
installing the 3010/20 you might start here.
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Subject: Re: Problem with missing RAM
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth Rørvik)
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 10:30:02 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank James Wilson) wrote in
<tNUd5.17723$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>So, suggestions on how to remove my missing memory is great
>appreciated!!
If it's already missing, why remove it ;) No pun intended :)
Getting serious for a moment, type "linux mem=396M" at the lilo prompt and
see what happens. If it works, add "append="mem=396M"" to your image stanza
in /etc/lilo.conf (could look like this:)
image=/boot/vmlinuz
root=/dev/hda2
label=linux
read-only
append="mem=396M"
Remember to run /sbin/lilo after changing lilo.conf.
--
Kenneth Rørvik 91841353/22718452
Steenstrupsgate 5 B [EMAIL PROTECTED]
0554 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
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From: Leszek Gryz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Boot cd - can not read root file system
Date: 21 Jul 2000 11:21:59 GMT
Hi,
I have made a bootable Linux CD. It starts the system,
but can not mount root file system. Do you know what the
problem might be?
Leszek Gryz
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From: "Alexandr Tsigankov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to add sound card (FM tuner)
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 14:25:06 +0400
Hello all!
Installed card Sound Blaster 16
How to add sound card (FM tuner Backard Bell)
and what software for FM tuners?
Thank, Shura
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Christa & David Burns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NETGEAR FA311 same MAC addresses?
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 11:30:49 GMT
An update for anybody who cares.
The cards do not have the same address as I first thought. A diagnostic
tool provided with the cards did not show the conflict I saw with ifconfig.
As best I can tell the driver (fa311.c) is generating the address at random
(at least the card specific suffix) and must not be accounting for two cards
in one machine.
I have since noticed more strange behavior, such as "depmod" reporting
unresolved external symbols in the driver. At this point I am giving up on
the card and would recommend staying away from it for anybody else
contemplating purchasing the card.
-- David.
p.s. The following is the response I got from netgear web support, I thought
it was pretty funny:
============
Hello David,
If your linux box can support 2 Network cards, please try another brand
with the FA311 rather than using the same two cards and the same two
drivers.
============
David Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am having some trouble trying to get two netgear cards activated on my
> redhat 6.2 installation. When I examine the interfaces using ifconfig,
> they both report the same HWaddr! I exchanged one of the cards at the
> store where I purchased them (same department store chain, different
> location) and got a third card with the same address.
>
> Is there any way out of this mess without changing cards? The cards
> were purchased too long ago to get a refund and the same price range
> alternative (for a merchandise exchange) is the linksys card which I
> have had trouble with in the past.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> -- David.
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Subject: Re: Boot cd - can not read root file system
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth Rørvik)
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 11:41:26 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leszek Gryz) wrote in
<8l9bon$s32$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>Hi,
>I have made a bootable Linux CD. It starts the system,
>but can not mount root file system. Do you know what the
>problem might be?
It's impossible to tell without a better description of the system (and the
error message you are getting) - what is on the CD, where is your root
partition, (other partitions) etc. Please post back with a detailed
description of your filesystems and setup.
If your system panics and says it cannot mount the root filesystem, it
could very well be that your kernel is looking for the root filesystem in
the wrong place. If you're using lilo, you can specify the location of your
root fs with something like this on the lilo prompt:
linux root=/dev/hda1 (provided your root fs is in /dev/hda1, and the kernel
label is linux). Or is your root fs _on_ the CD?
--
Kenneth Rørvik 91841353/22718452
Steenstrupsgate 5 B [EMAIL PROTECTED]
0554 OSLO home.no.net/stasis
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From: "Jeffrey S. Kline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Video Capture cards
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 07:09:02 -0500
I have a Hauppauge Wincast PCI TV/Video card and it uses the BT848 chipset
on it. Works great under Linux, BeOS, FreeBSD, and obviously Winblows...
Cheers;
Jeff
Kerry Cox wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Any good recommendations supported in the latest (stable) kernel? I'm
>looking to capture images from off a video feed (traffic cam) and then
>post the images to a INternet page. We're using something right now but
>it's not handling data well. Works but is kludged together.
>Willing to spend whatever on getting a good video line to a video
>capture card.
>Any recommendations would be appreciated.
>KJ
>--
>
>/-----------------------------\ /--------------------------\
>| Kerry J. Cox |__| [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
>| System Administrator KSL __ (801) 575-7771 |
>| http://www.ksl.com | | ICQ#37681165 |
>\-----------------------------/ \--------------------------/
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From: Alex Chudnovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modem detection
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 14:27:16 +0300
Dustin Ellis wrote:
> have a usr 56k internal modem... it is ISA, and was working on my old
> system in Linux... I'm still really new to Linux, so having a hard
How did you setup the modem to work in your old Linux system?
Can you set the IRQ and port using jumpers or your modem is pure PNP?
What are currently the settings of the modem, if there are jumpers?
If you've set the modem to occupy COM1 or COM2, did you disable the
appropriate onboard port ?
And BTW : all those questions are not specifically related to Linux. They
are valid in Windows too.
> time with these kind of things... My new system has an Epox mb, is AMD
> k6-2 450... anyways, just can't get my ISA modem to get detected...
> right now, I'm using an external modem, which is made by Newcom, and
> isn't really functioning that well... it is a 56k modem, but can't seem
> to connect over 41k.... it seems to continually be going through
> renegotiations, and droping speed with each one.....
>
> so... any help appreciated.. thanks
>
>
> ellisd
>
>
>
--
Regards,
Alex Chudnovsky
e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ : 35559910
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Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 08:33:55 -0400
From: Larry Ebbitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: A good IDE
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> what is the best IDE for Linux ?
>
It is very much a matter of personal taste. If you like a GUI, Kdevelop is
quite good and getting better rapidly. If you like the green-screen stuff,
emacs is powerful and many people use vi.
--
Larry Ebbitt - Linux + OS/2 - Atlanta
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From: "Jeffrey S. Kline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Random Power Shutdown
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 07:38:25 -0500
Make sure you turn OFF, the APMD daemon as this might cause a problem.. I'd
boot it up in single user mode and watch it run for awhile... ("linux 1"
when you get the lilo prompt.) Or, make a bootable MSDOS disk and boot up
under this. Then, if the machine goes off, but the paripherie doesn't, then
you have either a bad power supply or a bad motherboard in the computer...
I don't believe you have an OS problem, I think you have the beginnings of a
hardware failure.
Not surprising either as GW's have been nice in that when they go bad...
THEY GO BAD. None of the middle of the road crap... Nice to fix.
My gut instinct is to do this and watch it. I bet you have a power supply
that is failing, and if it is, the PS's in them are rather generic enough
that you can shop around for a clone for it and probably get a heftier one
(>300w?)
Cheers;
Jeff
Patrick M Geahan wrote in message ...
>Gotta minor problem here I was hpoing someone could help me with. I have
>a RH6.2 system running on a Gateway 2000 P200MMX system. The system is
>configured with a Diamond Fireport 40 SCSI adapter, 1 4.5GB IBM SCSI
>drive, 32 MB RAM, a 4MB knockoff vid card, and 2 3COM 3c509 Ethernet
>cards. The system's been mine since last November, running like a charm.
>
>Recently, however, it's been having this annoying little problem of
>randomyl shutting off. At completely random times, the machine will power
>off, without going through shutdown process. There is no information in
>the logs to tell me when this happens. If I don't happen to be sitting
>right there when it happens, I have to guesstimate the shutdown time based
>on when the logs stop.
>
>I've had it happen during startup, while I'm logged in, and while I'm not
>home. I've come up with several possible scenarios:
>
>1. Power problems in my apartment. POssibility, but unlikely - I have
>several other pieces of equipment plugged into the same outlet, and they
>have no trouble.
>
>2. Problem with the power supply. Distinct possibility.
>
>3. Problem with a daemon that causes shutdown. Doubtful, because the
>machine SHOULDN'T power off then. If I do a 'shutdown -h now, when
>shutdown is complete, it will shut itself off. However, in terms of a
>system freeze or crash, I wouldn't think it would do so.
>
>4. Problem with apmd(or other power management that causes the power
>supply to cycle off. I don't know enough about apmd to make a valid guess
>here.
>
>5. SOme other random problem.
>
>Has anyone seen this behavior before? Mainly, I'm looking to see if
>anyone has heard of this problem occuring with RH6.2. If it's a hardware
>problem, which I'm investigating, I'll take my q somewhere else. Has
>anyone heard of this behavior before?
>
>--
>
>-------Patrick M [EMAIL PROTECTED]:3784715----------
>Quote of the Week: "'Do you want to take a look at my regular expressions
>?' is not a valid chat-up line" - Chris King in the Monastery.
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From: Jeff Avallone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netgear ethernet problem
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 13:07:11 GMT
Have you gotten any of the drivers to work?
hobangus wrote:
>
> I've been having fa311 problems too with Redhat 6.2.
> I've seen many of the same problems that I see have been posted here,
> namely
> --unresolved dependencies when running depmod
> --the system seems to recognize the card, but fails to contact my
> Roadrunner dhcp server,
> when the system boots the the "PC" light goes off for a moment which it
> doesn't do under Win95.
> don't know if this is significant or not.
> --regarding the HW ethernet address issue: with ifconfig under Linux I get
> 08:00:17:37:0A:00
> but with Win95 (where everything works fine) I get 00-A0-CC-73-C3-4C! I
> wonder
> if the Linux driver is just reporting the wrong thing.
> -- Netgear tech support keeps talking about the tulip driver, seemingly
> oblivious that they ship
> a FA311 driver with the card... I tried tulip and it failed to
> recognize the card.
You want fun with Netgear support? I've been going back and forth with
them for a week. First they told my to use the tulip driver, then they
told me the driver they shipped, now I just got an email today where
they say that it's a National Semiconductor chipset. None of their
suggestions has been all too helpful. I really wish they'd decide how
they built their card...
>
> I'm about to return the card and get a different one.
I'm with you, I'm going to call them today, if they can't get it to work
then it's going back to the store. If they help me at all, then I'll
post the useful parts here.
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