January 2004 - openSUSE KDE - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Decoration
by Paul Foerster 20 Feb '04

20 Feb '04

Hi there, ... I managed to adapt everything, bottons, window decorations, sliders, etc. to something I want it to look like (which is basically the Mac Aqua theme, btw.), except three things: 1. That darn green ugly SuSE beast of the K menu. How can I replace this icon with something more attractive? 2. That ugly dragon I am presented with in the logout requester? 3. I need an Aqua theme for Mozilla. The only two Aqua themes I found for Mozilla are either for Mozilla 1.0 or 0.9 or something that doesn't work anymore with a more recent Mozilla or for the Mac version of Mozilla. Both are no options with Mozilla 1.5 being the current stable version on Linux/Intel machines of course. relevant System info: SuSE 9.0, KDE 3.1.4, updated thru YOU I'd very much appreciate it if anyone can help me with this. So, thanks very much in advance. :-) -- cul8er, Paul paul.foerster(a)gmx.net

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kdm: Greeter exited unexpectedly
by Charlie Blank 06 Feb '04

06 Feb '04

Hallo, ich habe versucht, mit Xmanager (www.xmanager.com) mir meinen Linux-KDE-Desktop auf Windows darzustellen/zu verwenden (da der Linux Server demnächst ohne Monitor in den Keller wandern soll....): Xterm über einen SSH-Kanal anzeigen zu lassen, klappt. Ein XDM Broadcast zeigt mir auch meinen Linux-Host zur Auswahl an, Kurzzeitig sehe ich den hellblauen Hintergrund meines KDE Desktops (und dem SuSE Logo drauf). Danach verschwindet der Hintergrund wieder und das einzige Log, das ich auf dem Server bis jetzt sehe, ist: Kdm: Greeter exited unexpectedly. Kdm: Abnormal helper termination, code 1, signal 0. Mein 'normaler' KDE Desktop läuft währenddessen auf dem Linux-Server- Ohne Probleme. Wie kann ich das Problem weiter einkreisen? Irgendwelche Tipps? Thanks Charlie

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KDE 3.1.95 from the Supplementary Feed
by Colin Pinkney 02 Feb '04

02 Feb '04

Has anyone tried KDE 3.1.95 from the SuSE Supplementary feed and got it working correctly? (I have used this mirror: ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ i386/supplementary/KDE/update_for_9.0/ ) I added ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/ KDE/update_for_9.0/yast-source as an installation source in Yast and then did a System Update. After resolving the conflicts as mentioned previously on this list I rebooted. It didn't seem to have installed all the KDE 3.2 stuff. So, again with yast, I uninstalled all the KDE and QT packages and reinstalled them, still using the supplementary feed. This seemed to install everything, except the KDE themes didn't seem to be working and all letters on menu items with an underscore had a green background. Now I have disabled the supplementary feed as an installation source and gone back to KDE 3.1.4 and everything seems ok. Has anyone else had much luck with this? I eventually corrupted my previous SuSE 8.1 installation by installing and forcing upgrades of packages outside of Yast, so I did a clean install of SuSE 9.0 and want to keep it clean and stick to official SuSE packages installed with Yast as much as possible. Thanks -- Colin Pinkney http://www.cpinkney.org.uk

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Will Plastik theme from KDE-Look cause problems?
by Janus Sandsgaard 02 Feb '04

02 Feb '04

Hi there I am writing a book about KDE/Linux (in academia) and now need to make some screenshots. I am concidering using Plastik as the theme for the book, but I can't wait for KDE 3.2 to come out (when is that going to happen, by the way?). Therefore I am looking at this Plastik Theme (v. 0.3.9) at KDE Look: <http://kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=7559> Questions: - How close is this Plastik theme from the one that will ship with KDE 3.2? - Will the Plastik theme from KDE-look cause problems when upgrading my KDE 3.1.4 to KDE 3.2? -j -- Linux install party in La Paz, Bolivia <http://weblog.janus.dk/archives/2002/10/19/000184.html>

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kmail problem
by iangordon 31 Jan '04

31 Jan '04

HI I have recently installed suse 9 and am having some communication problems. Using kinternet and kmail I have no problem with internet access, kmail does the right things with outgoing mail, and saves it in 'sent mail'. Occasionally incoming mail arrives via the 'inbox' in kmail as it should but most incoming mail arrives in [ /var/spool/mail/(user)] accompanied by vast amounts of communications code making it difficult to extract actual messages. When requesting incoming mail via kmail the status bar says 'No new messages' but I still find messages in the /var/spool/mail file. I have jiggled with YAST and Kmail configuration but to no avail. What can I do to discipline the software, or myself if that is where the error lies? Hoping that someone can restore my sanity please. Ian

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[Fwd: kde icons desktop problem]
by Marc Collin 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

hi i have suse 9.0, on my desktop i have icon for all partition and cdrom when i start kde, i can see that suse create some icon for partition and cdrom, and this icons disapear (but mine stay there)... somebody know how to remove this icons creation by suse? if i remove all icons i created, i can see that suse create some icons and disapear after a few second any idea? my susepluggerrc file [General] Autostart=true DoNotShowPopup=false EnableIconCamera=true EnableIconCdrom=true EnableIconFloppy=false EnableIconHdd=true EnableIconZip=false UseCDAutoStart=false UseCDMediaDetect=false my .directory file [Desktop Entry] BgImage= Encoding=UTF-8 Icon=desktop Type=Directory [IconPosition::CD-ROM 2.desktop] X=30 Y=552 [IconPosition::CD-ROM 3.desktop] X=30 Y=621 [IconPosition::CD-ROM.desktop] X=31 Y=483 [IconPosition::Disque dur] X=29 Y=69 [IconPosition::Floppy.desktop] X=139 Y=5 [IconPosition::Lien vers une application] X=879 Y=529 [IconPosition::Network.desktop] X=24 Y=5 [IconPosition::Printer.desktop] X=245 Y=5 [IconPosition::Trash] X=895 Y=621 [IconPosition::c.desktop] X=31 Y=138 [IconPosition::d.desktop] X=31 Y=207 [IconPosition::de.desktop] X=31 Y=276 [IconPosition::i.desktop] X=31 Y=345 [IconPosition::j.desktop] X=31 Y=414 when i start kde: http://pages.infinit.net/borland/kdebefore.gif you can see in red the icon created by suse after a few second http://pages.infinit.net/borland/kdeafter.gif icons disapear if i erase .directory file, same thing happen any idea?

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knode problem
by Marc Collin 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

hi since i installed release 3.1.5 Released of kde, kdenetwork3-news... but when i click on knode, nothing happen any idea?

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KDE session host - Remote X applications
by Terje J. Hanssen 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

To offload an older Sun/Solaris CAD application server from running also CDE sessions for remote X desktops (diskless clients), I wish to possibly introduce a SuSE Linux workstation as a KDE session host/server. That is, instead of getting remote CDE (dt)login from the Sun server, the SuSe/KDE desktop should handle and supply KDM user login, window manager and desktop apps, in addition to displays for the remote X Cad-application running on the Sun server (execution host) as before. Where the production data files (drawings from the Cad apps) now most effectively should be saved, on the Sun application/file server as before or nfs mounted on the SuSE workstation as new file server, is also a question of load and speed to be tested. Besides the Remote X apps mini HowTo, I wish to hear how to configure the above solution to be transparent and easy for the user, and possibly experiences, suggestions and additional helpful docs for this setup? TIA/Terje

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How to disable k3b autostart (SuSE 9.0 / KDE 3.1.4)
by Philip Amadeo Saeli 29 Jan '04

29 Jan '04

How do I disable k3b from starting every time I pop a writable CD into my CD writer? I have a script that I've been using for some time that uses cdrecord to write CDs. The autostarting of k3b interferes with the operation of the script and has resulted in failed CD writing attempts. I've looked thru the KDE Control Center and resmgr docs, but can't seem to find where this insidious event is being initiated. BTW, I strongly dislike automatic stuff like this and would like to disable it all if I knew how. I've had no such problems under previous versions of SuSE Linux. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Phil -- Philip Amadeo Saeli SuSE Linux 9.0 psaeli(a)zorodyne.com

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Mouse
by Paul Foerster 26 Jan '04

26 Jan '04

Hi there, ... on the PC at work running the other-operating-system(tm) the mouse driver has a function that if I press a control key it will draw flashing circles around the pointer which helps locating the pointer. In times of ever more increasing screen resolutions and decreasing pointer sizes that turns out to be a pretty useful function. Is there any such program for the KDE? I know that Gnome offers such functionality but is there any such thing for KDE too? Thanks in advance. -- cul8er, Paul paul.foerster(a)gmx.net

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3.1.95 rc1 and printing
by Adolph & Sharon Weidanz 26 Jan '04

26 Jan '04

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 An interesting problem has come in the latest version of the beta. 1st some info... Running cups and samba.. printing to a canon 4200 using the bjc600 driver. Everthing worked fine under 3.1.4. Now none of the kde app type programs will only print bar at the bottom w/ the file name in the shadding (even though banners is turned off). Nothing else on the page. However when I print with say, open office it works fine. Just the kde (kate, kwrite even kdevelop) I checked bugs.kde and didn't see anything.. But before I submit it I would like to know if anyone else had this problem. - -- Adolph & Sharon Weidanz S/V Time To Paws 43' 1978 Endeavour Ketch -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32) iD8DBQFAFGbLlC+PSm9+eB0RAkswAJsEgk7/wSi5Vm1XZMvZjEqi6agZcgCff+If R9SOh8qTb+TN+jHWpd3M/ro= =ZPGy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Autologin with kde-3.1.95
by John T. Ellis 26 Jan '04

26 Jan '04

Seems that autologin is borked with kde-3.1.95 packages - I get a "authentication failed" reply when kdm first starts up. Worked fine with 3.1.4. Even removed the kdm options from /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm (to see if it was causing any conflicts), but no dice. Seems others have had the same problem: see the post on KDE's list at http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde&m=107486581219554&w=2 Any ideas? Bugs in RC1? -- John T. Ellis Information Systems Experts, LLC http://www.ise-indy.com

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Gestures in kde-3.1
by Richard Bos 26 Jan '04

26 Jan '04

Does anyone have it working with the latest suse rpms? A very detailed description how to get it working is available at: http://dot.kde.org/1074967053/1075006460/1075012212/ -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless

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licq and qt-gui compile problem
by Selim Ober 25 Jan '04

25 Jan '04

Hi, I've been trying to compile and install licq 1.2.7 with qt-gui, licq installs without a problem, I change to plugins/qt-gui durectory, and ./configure gives me that: --------- checking for QT includes... /usr/lib/qt3/include checking for KDE includes... no checking for QT libraries... no :-( configure: error: I can't find the QT libraries. It is recommended to set the QTDIR environment variable. Install the QT libraries, or if you have them installed, override this check with the --with-qt-libraries argument, and I'll take your word for it. ----------- QTDIR is already set to /usr/lib/qt3, and all my Qt libraries are installed, i've tried ./configure with these parameters: ./configure --with-kde --with-qt=/usr/lib/qt3 --with-qt-libraries=/usr/lib qt3/lib --with-qt-includes=/usr/lib/qt3/include but it's failed wuth the same error message... Well, what's wrong and how can i fix it? Thanks... N.B: the content of my /usr/lib/qt3/lib directory is as follows: /usr/lib/qt3/lib> ls -1 libqt-mt.la libqt-mt.prl libqt-mt.so libqt-mt.so.3 libqt-mt.so.3.2 libqt-mt.so.3.2.1 libqui.prl libqui.so libqui.so.1 libqui.so.1.0 libqui.so.1.0.0 pkgconfig

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Re: [suse-kde] menu editor in kde 3.1.95 - no save / apply button?
by Matt T. 24 Jan '04

24 Jan '04

On Saturday 24 January 2004 13:32, Fred Miller wrote: > On Friday 23 January 2004 10:06 am, Matt T. wrote: > > ... I installed kde 3.1.95 / kde 3.2 rc1. > > Lots of improvements. > > > > Only small issues, such as that I had to reinstall all buttons etc on the > > panel. But this might have to do with the de-install of kde3base-SuSE, > > which had to get done just before the upgrade. > > > > And, the menu editor does not have a save / apply button anymore, making > > it impossible to change the menu. > > > > Is that a bug, or just an issue with my installation? Any ideas? > > Matt, run as user in KDE in a term window: > > kbuildsycoca --noincremental > > Fred Thanks, Fred, that helps to find and include 'lost' buttons and links in the menu. But was that supposed to get the "save" and "apply" buttons back in menu editor? (Unfortunately it doesn't.) There is a 'save' in the menu of the menu editor, which does save something, but not changes. Only deletes are permanent, other changes / additions are lost, even if it is just a modification of the icon used for an app. Regards, Matt

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No remote graphical login / XDMCP?
by Olaf Lenz 23 Jan '04

23 Jan '04

Hello! This is not a question, just something I noticed during the last days when I tried to configure KDM on a SuSE Linux 9.0 Pro Machine to fit my needs, and which may help some people to find the problem... First I noticed that changing Yast2 -> Security and Users -> Security Setting -> Allow Remote Graphical Login did not have any effect. The same with the /etc/sysconfig-Editor (Desktop -> Display Manager -> DISPLAYMANAGER_REMOTE_ACCESS). Finally I found out, why: 1. Before I did this, I used the KDE Control Center to modify the settings of KDM (System Administration -> Login Manager). This will modify /etc/opt/kde3/config/kdm/kdmrc 2. When you now use YaST2 to change the remote graphical login, SuSEconfig will try to modify kdmrc as well, but it won't as it was changed by another program. Calling SuSEconfig by hand will show you an appropriate warning: ------------ >SuSEconfig [clip] Executing /sbin/conf.d/SuSEconfig.kdm3... ATTENTION: You have modified /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm//kdmrc. Leaving it untouched... You can find my version in /etc/opt/kde3/share/config/kdm//kdmrc.SuSEconfig... [clip] ------------ 3. Unfortunately, when you use YaST2, you will get no warning whatever. So what you need to do is to edit the kdmrc by hand (with an editor of your choice) and set "Enable=true" in the [Xdmcp]-section. I think this is a bug, and I reported it to the SuSE-Feedback. This problem did cost me a few hours to work out, so I hope that someone else may find it faster because I wrote this message... Cheers Olaf

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menu editor in kde 3.1.95 - no save / apply button?
by Matt T. 23 Jan '04

23 Jan '04

... I installed kde 3.1.95 / kde 3.2 rc1. Lots of improvements. Only small issues, such as that I had to reinstall all buttons etc on the panel. But this might have to do with the de-install of kde3base-SuSE, which had to get done just before the upgrade. And, the menu editor does not have a save / apply button anymore, making it impossible to change the menu. Is that a bug, or just an issue with my installation? Any ideas? Regards, Matt

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Unable to Sync Palm Pilot to KAddressbook and Korganizer
by George Wood 23 Jan '04

23 Jan '04

I have the new SuSE 9 Personal and I am trying to move off the windows environment to SuSE Linux. For the most part I am very pleased with SuSE and have got most of the services to work properly except for the synchronization of my Palm VII pilot with KAddressbook and KOrganizer. I have the following versions: Version: KPilot 4.3.10 (BRANCH) Version: pilot-link 0.11.8 Version: KDE 3.1.4 Version: Qt 3.2.1 I am receiving the following messages: HotSync Log 17:18:50 Trying to open device... 17:18:50 Device link ready. 17:18:53 Checking last PC... 17:18:54 KPilot 4.3.10 (BRANCH) HotSync starting... 17:18:54 [Conduit abbrowser_conduit] 17:18:54 Running with flags: 17:18:56 [Conduit vcal-conduit] 17:18:56 Running with flags: 17:18:56 KOrganizer is running, can't update datebook. 17:18:56 The conduit vcal-conduit could not be executed. 17:18:56 No Files to install 17:18:56 End of HotSync 17:18:56 HotSync Completed. 17:18:59 Trying to open device... 17:18:59 Device link ready. I hope that you able to help me so that I can finish the conversion from Windows to SuSE Linux 9. Look forward to hearing from you. George Wood Wood IT Consulting

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kde starts up with NIS user account
by Kelly Choo 23 Jan '04

23 Jan '04

I have a PC running SUSE 9.0 as an NIS client where the NIS server is running HP-UX 10.20. After bootup the first thing it does is it runs a console window and logon as one of NIS users without a password. Have a lot of fun... Directory: /home/acarey Wed Jan 14 11:02:26 PST 2004 Terminal type? [vt100] If I press return and type exit I then get the SUSE 9.0 Login banner. This is scary to say the least. Can anyone shed some light? Ideally it should start the SUSE 9.0 Login banner. Thanks Kelly

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Re: Errors getting login on X-terminal ???
by Olaf Lenz 23 Jan '04

23 Jan '04

Hi! Again, I've not been on this list when you wrote your message, so I can't reply properly. We've also a couple of X-Terminals (IGEL-Terminals to be precise), and I've seen exactly the same errors as you on some of the older ones. It seems to me that KDE uses some X features that older terminals can not handle. One problem seems to be the default GUI style: I've managed to get kdm running remote on the terminals by changing the GUI-style (in the KDE Control Center) from the "Keramik" style to something else (like KDE default). However, I didn't manage to log in with KDE on the older terminals, as almost all KDE-programs crashed (with SEGV). I'm afraid you may have to use another WM (like fvwm or Windowmaker). GNOME doesn't run, either. Cheers Olaf

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kdebase3-SuSE Error With New kde-3.1.95 Packages
by Christopher Shanahan 23 Jan '04

23 Jan '04

Hello all, I've managed to resolve all dependencies with the new kde packages, the 3.1.95 packages, save one. While installing <rpm -Uvh *rpm> as su/ root I get the following error: error: Failed dependencies: kdebase3-SuSE <= 9.0 conflicts with kdebase3-3.1.95-0 I've searched this mailing list and several others but I couldn't find any suggestions or hints to resolve this error. And, a newer kdebase3-SuSE package has not made its way to the SuSE downloads site, nor have I found it in the supplementary > kde section on the ftp site. Has anyone else encountered this problem? Any suggestions? Thank you, in advance, for any help. Chris/CMS

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Default icons configuration
by Olaf Lenz 23 Jan '04

23 Jan '04

Hello! I've only recently joined this list after you've written your message, therefore I cannot reply properly. Sorry for inconveniences. The script you're looking for is the kde startup script itself: /opt/kde3/bin/startkde It is "patched" by SuSE and includes all the code to copy the SuSE default icons and the rest of the configuration. If you want to add some other icons, you can probably do it there. Personally I think, this is not a good way to modify the KDE configuration for a new user, but I will discuss this in an additional message. Cheers Olaf

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qt3-3.3 packages
by Ain Vagula 21 Jan '04

21 Jan '04

Seems like latest kdelibs3 (3.1.95-1) is built against qt-3.3 but apt cannot find SuSE packages? ain

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Do the 3.1.95 rpms requires qt-3.3?
by Richard Bos 21 Jan '04

21 Jan '04

Do the 3.1.95 rpms requires qt-3.3? Is qt-3.3 available? See following url: http://dot.kde.org/1074527533/1074544034/ -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless

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Enabling core dumps on SLP 9.0 i386 Solved
by Bob Pearson 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

After a great deal of searching I was able to determine and fix the inability to get core dumps in SLP 9.0 under a KDM login. Evidently, gpg-agent plays some role in a KDM login, what I am not sure but it explicitly disables core dumps in it's main function. I was able to build a new version of /usr/bin/gpg-agent from package newpg-0.9.4-119 using it's source RPM and build(1). It is missing several dependencies for the build if BUILD_ROOT is set in your environment. If you do not set BUILD_ROOT it uses /var/tmp and does not have any missing dependencies. I have included the changes needed to gpg-agent.c and instructions for building a new /usr/bin/gpg-agent. which is just commenting out the call to: #if notdef may_coredump = disable_core_dumps (); #endif in agent/gpg-agent.c Also note, you must comment out the following in /etc/profile: #ulimit -Sc 0 # don't create core files Perhaps ULB or someone will be kind enough to create a package. Maybe SuSE will fix it. Best Regards. ================== Install the source rpm package for newpg-0.9.4-119 from the YaST via Yast2->Software->Install and Remove Software and searching for newpg. Check the source checkbox (scrolled off the screen).Install and Remove Software and searching for newpg. Check the source checkbox (scrolled off the screen). Push the accept button. It will tell you which disc to get source from or to turnover the DVD disc if you have the DVD. Now as root create a temporary directory and cd to it. # mkdir temp # cd temp # cp /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/die-with-parent.diff . # cp /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/newpg-0.9.4.tar.bz2 . # cp /usr/src/packages/SPECS/newpg.spec . Now manually mount the install disc, mine goes to /media/dvd # mount /media/dvd # build newpg.spec If you have never done this before it uses /var/tmp by default. This directory is normally clean on reboot so you lose everything. Make sure you have enough disk space free as build uses a chroot(1)ed environment. I have the environmental variable BUILD_ROOT set to "/build" on my system but for this discussion I will use /var/tmp as if BUILD_ROOT was not set. The build copies all sorts of libraries and executeables from install system to the chroot(1)ed environment. This will take several minutes. After the build finishes if no packages were missing then: If unset use /var/tmp in place of ${BUILD_ROOT) # cp ../newgpg-agent.c ${BUILD_ROOT}/buildroot//usr/src/packages/BUILD/newpg-0.9.4/agent/gpg-agent.c # cd ${BUILD_ROOT}/buildroot//usr/src/packages/BUILD/newpg-0.9.4 # make # cp agent/gpg-agent /usr/bin/gpg-agent Reboot and you will be able to get coredumps. ================== -- _/_/_/ Bob Pearson gottadoit(a)mailsnare.net _/_/_/ "The best way to get information on Usenet is not to ask a _/_/_/ question, but to post the wrong information." - Aahz' Law

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