Tan Wei Chong wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm currently trying to write a simple driver and add it to the source tree to
>compile.
> I can find much resources from DESIGN doc and also by reading other driver examples.
> But I don't know how to add this new driver to the source tree for it to compil
Filip djMedrzec Zyzniewski wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 11:37:46AM -0500, Kevin Brosius wrote:
>
> > I don't think you can with options, but I it should be possible by
> > modifying the source. I don't think the 20MHz lower limit is directly
> &
Filip djMedrzec Zyzniewski wrote:
>
>
> Hey.
>
> I have a S3 VIRGE video card (using it because of XVideo). Xserver tells me
> that it can handle dotclocks from 20MHz to 200MHz.
> I'd like to produce TV PAL signal with it (I have a VGA => SCART converter),
> but that would involve dotclock of 15
Warren Turkal wrote:
>
>
> Who makes the decisions for things like XFree86 freeze dates and releases and
> what not? Or is there some mailing list somewhere?
> Warren
There's some limited info at http://www.xfree86.org/releaseplans.html
I believe the XFree86 President, David Dawes, makes the fi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I'm having a lot of trouble getting X to run on my Toshiba Satellite
> 1905-S301 laptop. I have searched many of the sites that supposedly
> have info on installing Linux on Toshibas (for example
> http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/, and
> http://linux.toshiba-dme.co.jp
ogram believe that my card is a
> Savage3d with Tv out...).
>
> Any hint?
>
> Thanks.
>
> PS: thanks to Kevin Brosius for the quick response.
Well, then we ought to be able to integrate some pieces of s3switch into
the s3virge driver.
Does it display on just the tv-out or on 2
Mark Vojkovich wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Mark Vojkovich wrote:
>
> >
> > As Alan mentioned earlier, this does seem to be broken. I just
> > synced up on PPC and find that none of the CRTL-ALT- keys work
> > anymore. Can't quit with CTRL-ALT-BS, can't switch VTs.
> >
> > There h
Disma Goggia wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I've this no-brand laptop with the S3 Virge MX. How can I redirect video
> output to the S-Video TV Out connector? Searching the xfree86 site with
> google I can see that somebody has done some experiment, but every time I
> click on the link I get a 404 error;
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> Kevin Brosius wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > Kevin Brosius wrote:
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > > Having just upgraded my system from Mandrake 7.2 running the
> > > >
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> Kevin Brosius wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > Having just upgraded my system from Mandrake 7.2 running the original
> > > XFree86 4.1.0 binaries to the XFree86 4.2.0 provided with Mandrake 8.2
> (/
> > > part
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> Having just upgraded my system from Mandrake 7.2 running the original
> XFree86 4.1.0 binaries to the XFree86 4.2.0 provided with Mandrake 8.2 (/
> partition was reformatted for this upgrade) I now have a visual problem
> with the XFree86 display. The card in this m
With vesa or s3virge? It isn't going to help on vesa.
Jørn Christensen wrote:
>
>
> Just tried that... same result...
>
> (Asumed that Horisync was in khz and VertRefresh was in hz)
>
> ~Jørn Christensen
>
> On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 13:39, Kevin Brosius wr
y Modelines... right?
> Well I found some different modelines for 1024 x 768 and the only
> difference was where on the screen the picture was placed... (oh well
> and the refresh rate...) but I thought it had no effect on the driver
> generating the picture...!?!?!?
>
> ~Jørn Chr
Jørn Christensen wrote:
>
>
> Hi
>
> I have a Trio 3d vidoe card (4mb) and really really want to get a higher
> resolution than 1024x768. I've just upgraded to XFree86 4.2.1.
>
> The problem is that when I try to set a higher ersolution (16bpp) it
> only draws a correct width at 1024. The rest
Frank v Waveren wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 07:11:35PM -0500, Kevin Brosius wrote:
> > Have you tried depth 16 and a larger mode, say 800x600? Not that depth
> > 8 shouldn't work, but I'm curious. Also, does your XF86Config file
> > contain a '
Frank v Waveren wrote:
>
>
> First of all, thanks for taking the time to help.
>
> On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 10:27:52AM -0500, Kevin Brosius wrote:
> > Hmm, that's a rather cut down version of the log. Do you have a fully
> > copy posted somewhere we can download
Frank v Waveren wrote:
>
>
> I'm having some trouble getting a Trio 64 3D AGP working with XFree86
> 4.2.0. With the config XFree86 generates the screen flashes on
> startup and then stays black. The log gives this:
>
> (++) Using config file: "/root/XF86Config.new"
> Trio3D -- Display i
Tothwolf wrote:
>
>
> On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Jonas Nickel wrote:
>
> > I would like to know if there is anyone currently working on porting the
> > driver for S3 864 chipsets to the XFree 4.x tree. I have some older
> > machines with S3 adaptors and would like to start using XFree 4.x
> > instead
Keith Packard wrote:
>
>
>
> Around 12 o'clock on Aug 21, =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9?= Fonseca wrote:
>
> > Keith, I assume that you have received permission to redistribute these
> > documents. Do you think that the BCI tech ref could be also
> > redistributable? (Max Lingua already has that one).
Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 06:45:34PM -0400, Kevin Brosius wrote:
> > Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi, Xperts!
> > >
> > > I've build XFree86 4.2.0 from FreeBSD ports, nice and clean, howe
Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
>
>
> Hi, Xperts!
>
> I've build XFree86 4.2.0 from FreeBSD ports, nice and clean, however,
> all I was able to get on my S3 Savage4 card is 640x480. This is kinda
> frustrating, not to say more.
>
> What is current situation with support of this chip in X? I think th
xvinfo gives current xv status on the running system. Are you sure you
are running the mga driver?
--
Kevin
Zeeshan Ali wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>Dont know, but i cant get XVideo going on my Matrox
> MGA cards & i am using the XFree86 thats shipped with
> RedHat 7.3. maybe the drivers doesnt
Owen Taylor wrote:
>
>
>
> "Mikael Olenfalk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hi Xperts!
> >
> >
> > I bought a Compaq EVO n115 some time ago, and I just felt like
> > exchanging this * Windows XP Home with a little bit more powerful
> > GNU/Linux and - of course - XFree86 ;).
> >
> > Jus
Laurent Pinchart wrote:
>
>
> > As far as I know, when you blank the screen (i.e. Screensaver), the
> > backlight should switch off. That certainly happens with my embedded
> > systems, but I use a VGA - LCD interface attached to the screen.
>
> I might have not expressed myself clearly enough
José Fonseca wrote:
>
>
> On 2002.06.10 14:34 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I am trying to get OpenGL to work on my S3 Savage 3D card. So far I
> > haven't
> > had any luck.
> > In my XF86Config-4 file I have tried adding Load "glx" and then tried
> > Load "GLcore"
> > After which I try to ru
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Kevin Brosius wrote:
>
> I've been trying to get a cvs install to run here, but the virge driver
> currently segfaults and kills the server. Is anyone else seeing
> failures? The debugging version of gdb isn't working well on my system,
>
NGUYEN DAI Quy wrote:
>
>
>
> >
> > The "s3" driver does not yet support your card, the Trio64 V2 (DX or
> GX).
> > However, I can hack up some support and send you a test driver to try
> > sometime this week.
> >
> >
> > ani
> >
>
> Thanks for your respond.
> But that can not explain me why i
Info at Saudi ABM wrote:
>
>
>
> XFree86 Version 4.2.0 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600)
> Release Date: 18 January 2002
> If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
> newer than the above date, look for a newer version
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> I've purchased a HP ZT1190 laptop. The driver according to Windows XP
> is a 'S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR'. Is there any support for this in
> XFree86?
>
> I've tried installing RHL 7.2, RHL Skipjack Beta, and Mandrake 8.2.
> I've not had any luck in finding the righ
"Djogo, Zeljko" wrote:
>
> After the configuration with XConfigurator the mouse pointer has a square on the
>dsesktop. Also the scrolling on the
> desktop in any application mess the content.
> Page Up and Down clears the window.
> Anyboy know what is going on? I have checked in WNT diagnostic t
Gabor Hetyei wrote:
>
>
>
> On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Kevin Brosius wrote:
>
> > Hi Gabor,
> > The error above is not related to the problem you are seeing. I
> > notice you mention XFree86 4.2.0 from SuSE, but the log files are from a
> > 4.1.0 run?
Gabor Hetyei wrote:
>
>
>
> I have a Toshiba Satellite 2065 CDS laptop with a 20 GByte (upgraded)
> harddrive, a Windows98/SuSe Linux 7.1 dual install and the Xfree 4.2.0
> downloaded and installed from the SuSe website. My laptop has an S3 Virge
> MX video card.
>
> Since I am not really an x
Is anyone else noticing that DPMS doesn't always go to full powersave?
In the s3virge driver I'm seeing it fail to do complete screen saves
after about 24 hours. It still blanks the screen, but doesn't go
standby or off. I finally realized it seems to be losing the vt/X
graphics screen state, b
Bradley Thomas wrote:
>
>
> Hello everyone,
> Recently, we discovered a PCI violation occuring using ATI Rage XL
> chipsets, which Marc Aurele La France was kind enough to provide a fix for
> us. We have also discovered that the same PCI violation is occuring with
> S3 TRIO 3D (as well as
"Mike A. Harris" wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Ben Craft wrote:
>
> >Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 14:45:38 -0500
> >From: Ben Craft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
> >List-Id: General X Discussion
> >Subject: SuperProbe
> >
> >Where is
Mark Vojkovich wrote:
>
>
> On 30 Jan 2002, Jose Fonseca wrote:
>
> > I've decided to add some pertinent comments from Mike Harris regarding
> > the availability of documentation under NDA to the DRI Devel FAQ (
> > http://mefriss1.swan.ac.uk/~jfonseca/dri/faq/html/hardware.html#ATI-SPECS )
> >
Derrik Pates wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Kevin Brosius wrote:
>
> > > VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc.: Unknown device 8d01 (rev 02)
>
> > Have you tried 'X -configure' as root? It tries to generate a config
> > file for you. F
"jean.schuller" wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm under XFree86 Version 4.0.1 but I use a rather older version
> XF86Config file, where can I find this file Upto date for
> the following controller (issue by lspci under Linux RedHat) :
>
> VGA compatible c
>
> > The down side... The ViRGE chip controls the LCD, but I don't think it
> > has to control the backlight. I've got documentation for the ViRGE, but
> > no idea how to access the backlight if it isn't controlled by the ViRGE
>
> Question- can you do output selection via the MX? I can manua
Peter Kaminski wrote:
>
>
> Kevin Brosius writes,
>
> >I've put up a fix for this on my page. Let me know if you try it and it
> >works for you. If you try and use the driver on 4.1.0, you'll need to
> >use the -ignoreABI option when starting the Xser
Kenneth Crudup wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Kevin Brosius wrote:
>
> > > > Out of curiosity I've added code to turn off the LCD panel to my latest
> > > > driver version.
>
> > > > I don't know if it will do anything for your
Kenneth Crudup wrote:
>
>
>
> > Out of curiosity I've added code to turn off the LCD panel to my latest
> > driver version. I don't know if it will do anything for your
> > backlight. It also might not restore the screen after a suspend. If
> > you'd like to give it a shot let me know what
Kenneth Crudup wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Kevin Brosius wrote:
>
> > Does 'xset dpms force off' turn off the backlight on that machine?
>
> First thing I tried.
>
> -Kenny
Does your laptop support apm in the BIOS at all?
Out of curio
Peter Kaminski wrote:
>
>
>
> >Yeah, your setup looks fine. It looks like dga is broken on virge, I
> >see the same behavior here. Thanks for the report.
>
> Bummer. Thanks for the diagnosis!
>
> Pete
I've put up a fix for this on my page. Let me know if you try it and it
works for you.
Peter Kaminski wrote:
>
>
Yeah, your setup looks fine. It looks like dga is broken on virge, I
see the same behavior here. Thanks for the report.
--
Kevin
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Peter Kaminski wrote:
>
>
> I'm running XFree86 4.1.0.1 on Debian 2.4.13 (woody). I've got a S3
> Trio3D/2X (86C368) card, and I'm running the s3virge driver.
>
> DGA full-screen doesn't seem to work, with either Tombs' dga test utility,
> or with VMware 3.0 (Debian host, Win98 guest with VMw
Kenneth Crudup wrote:
>
...
>
> > It could also be that your video card has an interrupt line that is
> > assigned (check in BIOS).
>
> It's a laptop- I can't check it in the BIOS, but "/proc/pci" and
> "/proc/interrupts" say no.
>
The BIOS doesn't contain this setting? (I've yet to meet a
Kenneth Crudup wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Kevin Brosius wrote:
>
> > This is a long shot, but I've seen some trouble with the debugging
> > printouts enabled in that version of the virge driver. Version 1.8.0 is
> > available on my web page for u
Kenneth Crudup wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Kevin Brosius wrote:
>
> > This is the first time I've heard anything like this recently. How do
> > you notice the clock shift?
>
> After the machine's been running for a few minutes, and before I start
Kenneth Crudup wrote:
>
>
>
> The main reason I went with the 4.X series is 'cause I'd read on the 'net
> that it has the ability to use APM (DPMS?) to darken laptop backlights,
> but I haven't seen the ability to do this anywhere.
>
> I've got a ProStar (AKA Sager/Kapok/Clevo/...) laptop with
Alan Hourihane wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 12:33:16PM -0800, Mark Vojkovich wrote:
> > On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Yuri van Oers wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Kenneth Crudup wrote:
> > > > Looking thru a couple of months of list archives turned up nothing, so:
> > > >
> > > > When running 4.
Zheng BaoJian wrote:
>
>
> Jeffrey H. Ingber wrote:
>
> >The -bpp switch will only have an effect if the cooresponding color
> >depths are defined in the XF86Config-4 file. So, if you want to switch
> >between 8 and 24bpp by invoking X as such: (X ... -bpp 8/24), you'll
> >need both color dept
Patrick Pattison wrote:
>
>
> Hello, I am working tring to make XFree86 4.1.0 on a Windows 95 Machine, kind of a
>twisted experiment. Anyway, I am looking through the Makefiles, and I see that in
>the xc/config/imake/Makefile.ini file under the rules for making imake.exe, the
>command line
Sebastian Hesselbarth wrote:
>
>
> is there a vga bios documentation for the s3virge mx(+) available?
> and where can i get it ?
>
> thanks & merry chistmas ... sebastian
S3 tells me they do not have ViRGE MX+ documentation available any
longer (well, at least not a full reference manual.) W
Michael Krzenski wrote:
>
>
> The following is a complete description of my system and the problem I'm
> having with XFree86 CVS (Latest release as of 12/7/2001). Thanks for
> taking the time to help me out.
>
> SYSTEM INFO:
> *HP Pavilion N5495 Laptop
> *i830M chipset
> *RedHat Linux 7.2
>
>
Bhaswati Mookerjea wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am not able to access the cvs repository. I have done the following:
>
> installed latest cvs on my machine.
>
> being in bash
>
> CVS_RSH=ssh
> CVSROOT=:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs
> export CVSROOT
> cvs login
>
Please look again at http://www
Paulo Igor Nascimento wrote:
>
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I've installed Mandrake Linux 8.1 (default installation).
> I'd like to use the XFree86 4.1.0 as its driver status
> shows:
>
> 4.1.0:
> Support (accelerated) for the ViRGE, ViRGE/VX, ViRGE/DX,
> ViRGE/GX, ViRGE/GX2, ViRGE/MX, ViRGE/MX+, Trio3D a
No, no problem removing it. vbe and ddc are used in communicating with
newer monitors to determine what modes they support. They can be used
to help us auto configure your system, but are not required to run.
Especially if you already have a working XF86Config file. IIRC, the
lockup you mention
"Marcello M.Pavan" wrote:
>
>
> hi there
>
> I have a (generic model) 333 MHz K6 laptop with a 1024x768 XGA screen run by
> a S3/Virge 86E280 chip (presumably an MX+MV) with 4MB sgram.The laptop
> runs Mandrake (currently 8.1). I've been trying to get v4.x.x to work
> since it came out
Keith Packard wrote:
>
>
>
> Around 21 o'clock on Dec 3, Mark Vojkovich wrote:
>
> >How about we let through any mail from people subscribed to the list
> > and moderate messages from anyone who isn't?
>
> I suppose; that would also reduce the random spam some. The key is
> to make sure
Daniel Secrieru wrote:
>
>
> No one knows how to make popup windows with Xlib? Please...
>
Simple example of a window in the first sample here:
http://www.user1.netcarrier.com/~kbrosius/pages/elibs1.html. Cut out
the Imlib2 parts for Xlib only. (It's based on Enlightenment E17
developmen
> have it pre-packaged, where did they get it from?
>
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2001,
> Mike A. Harris wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Kevin Brosius wrote:
> >
> > >Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 18:53:00 -0500
> > >From: Kevin Brosius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> &g
James Davis wrote:
>
>
> What happened to Xwrapper in the XFree86 v4.x series?
>
It's no longer shipped/included by XFree86. The parameter checks and
other security verifications were rolled into the core server. Some
distro's still ship it, RH for example IIRC.
--
Kevin
__
Daniel Secrieru wrote:
>
>
> How can I set a window to be 'topmost'? All I could find was
> XRaiseWindow(...), but the problem is that I don't know how many times I
> should call it, in order to make that window the 'topmost'.
>
Like MS Windows 'topmost'? I think that requires you change
John Peter Tapsell wrote:
>
>
> Sorry for another overlay question on this list..
>
> Where can I find information about overlaying?
>
> i want to have my hardware link an area of memory to the display (preferably
> using colour keying)
>
> Thanks
>
> JohnFlux
In what context? Are you doin
Mark Vojkovich wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, Kevin Brosius wrote:
>
> > Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 2001-11-22 at 13:48, Peter Surda wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 11:50:19AM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrot
Michel Dänzer wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 2001-11-22 at 13:48, Peter Surda wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 11:50:19AM +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> > > > Or am I missing something here (as usually )?
> > > Yes, only one image can be displayed at a time per port so why bother.
> > How "displayed"? If
Jarno Mikael Niemelä wrote:
>
>
> > I'm no expert on the bitmap module, and haven't seen anything like this
> > before...
> >
> > You didn't happen to 'strip' the modules, did you? That would be bad.
>
> What means 'strip' modules? I just checked out the sources from CVS,
> skipped the Broken
Jarno Mikael Niemelä wrote:
>
>
>
> > > Make World seems to go ok, but when I do install the install halts error
> > > and doesn't install all of the files.
> > >
> >
> > make World failed in the same place as your make install... In XFree86
> > you'll need to check the World log for errors by
There's a new ViRGE test driver available today. If you have an MX,
GX2, or Trio3D I'm interested in test reports about how it works for
you.
A couple points of interest: ViRGE MX now includes XVideo support,
courtesy of Sven Menke. And some MX screen console corruption was
cleaned up with a co
Jarno Mikael Niemelä wrote:
>
>
>
> Hello again.
>
> > >> I just bought ATI 7500 and found out that XFree doesn't have
> > >> support for it yet :( (at least in ATI 7500 FAQ they said that XFree
> > >> should support it :(
> >
> > Current XFree86 CVS tree contains RADEON7500/8500 support code
Matthew Reppert wrote:
>
>
> Kevin Brosius wrote:
> >
>
> > Are there modules in /usr/X11R6/lib/modules? And does the bitmap module
> > exist there? (It's normally down a level, fonts/libbitmap.a.)
>
> Yes, it's there.
>
> Okay ... th
Matthew Reppert wrote:
>
>
> Kevin Brosius wrote:
> >
> >Matthew Reppert wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Hi, I have an AIW Radeon :) The general concensus on getting TV in/out
> >> to work for this card is that you HAVE to recompile a few thi
Matthew Reppert wrote:
>
>
> Any ideas on more specifically where to look, given that X
> always crashes in exactly the same place (loading module
> 'bitmap')?
>
> http://128.101.183.76:8080/xlogs/
>
> Matt
>
What does your /etc/X11/XF86Config look like? Would you add it to this
directory
Matthew Reppert wrote:
>
>
> Hi, I have an AIW Radeon :) The general concensus on getting TV in/out
> to work for this card is that you HAVE to recompile a few things from
> source, one of which being X. Well, the build goes along fine, but the
> binaries that it makes segfault as soon as it sta
Faiz Kazi wrote:
>
>
>
> I'm putting together a large network of X terminals, and I have the
> opportunity to pick any card I want for the several nodes.
>
> This question is asked very frequently on the newbie list, and we
> see a lot of opinions.
> Which are/is the video card(s) that are con
Mohan Rajagopalan wrote:
>
>
>
> I tried compiling and installing X on my Toshiba Satellite 490CDT laptop
> .. it compiles and installs. I have a S3 ViRGE /MX card with 2MB on the
> laptop which is identified by xf86config.
4.0.2 is rather old, would you be able to install 4.1.0?
>
>
Sven Menke wrote:
>
>
> Hi Kevin,
>
> If you still have troubles closing the XVideo screen on termination of
> the XVideo mode with chip-sets other than Virge/MX it might be worth trying
> the same register I used for the Virge/MX:
>
> OUTREG(SSTREAM_WINDOW_SIZE_REG, 0);
>
>
Sven Menke wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> please find attached a patch for s3v_xv.c which enables XVideo extensions
> for Virge/MX.
> The patch is relative to XFree 4.1.0 and in contrast to an earlier posting
> (http://www.xfree86.org/pipermail/xpert/2001-January/004869.html)
> this new version als
Phillip Susi wrote:
>
>
> The energy start power saving power down features are not working for me and
> I noticed that the bios ( expansion rom ) is not enabled on my card ( ati
> xpert@play ). Does X call the video bios to do this? I think I have figured
> out how to use setpci to enable the
Brian Lavender wrote:
>
>
> I installed XFree86 4.1.99 (cvs retrieve) on my laptop, and I have
> it working with a /etc/X11/XF86Config file. But before I installed,
> I rm -rf'ed /etc/X11 and /usr/X11R6, so I wouldn't have to worry about
> conflicts with exhisting binaries.
>
> I have seen some
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