September 2011 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] ftp
by George OLson 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

I am trying to get filezilla to open up my website, but I can't and I think it is because of my firewall. Can anyone tell me, do I allow certain services in the "external zone" and in the "demilitarized zone" in order to get it to connect? filezilla doesn't give me any technical information as to why it doesn't connect - it just says it cannot read the file structure on my site. What services does filezilla use? Thanks, George -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Video clips on CNN.COM International and US editions
by Stan Goodman 05 Sep '11

05 Sep '11

This website is my source for foreign news, and I use both the US and International editions. There are problems with both, but they are different. The International edition is still using the video display format that has been standard for a few years. Example: http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/09/02/damon-libya- tripoli-security.cnn?&hpt=hp_c2 although there is nothing specific about this one. It displays well, and the only trouble with it is that it needs a larger buffer than it has, because it is interrupted every few seconds while it catches up. This is not a new problem, and has been annoying for a long time. I am still able to use this site. Is there a way for me to enlarge the video buffer? How? The US edition has two video display modes, a) the same as that described above (with the same problem), and b) a newer and niftier, apparently still experimental mode, which occupies more of the main Firefox window, does not have the buffer problem, and until a day or two ago was a pleasure to use. Now, however, no clips function in either mode on the US edition. Clicking on any link to a clip causes FF to put up a large error-message frame announcing that "The connection was reset.....", and the tab to say "Problem loading page". Pressing the Back key returns me to the previous (non-video) page. Presumably not every viewer of the site encounters this problem, so I would like to find a way to diagnose what is happening, and hopefully to work around it. Here is an example of a problematic clip, but again, any other on the site would do as well (or as poorly): http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/topvideos/2011/09/02/nr-suspect- urinates-in-court-trash.cnn?hpt=hp_t2 Firefox identifies itself thus: 5.0 Firefox for openSUSE openSUSE 11.4 -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] burning of a suse install CD
by Constant Brouerius van Nidek 04 Sep '11

04 Sep '11

My son is finally so far that he wants to try out opensuse. Up to now he has only used Windows. The problem is that windows seems to neglect the .iso extension. It does not show up. Only in chrome with which he made the download. USB seems possible but was done without success. Read a lot on the web to no avail. The iso file seems to be there as far as he can see. openSUSE-11.4-KDE-LiveCD-x86_64-2.8.0.iso No burning a cd (dvd burner not available). Remember from past discussions that such burning is not without problems. Could somebody give me details about the burning process? -- Linux User 183145 using LXDE and KDE4 on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 11.4 (i586) Kernel: 3.1.0-rc3-1-desktop LXDE WM & KDE Development Platform: 4.7.1 (4.7.1) 17:40pm up 1 day 5:39, 2 users, load average: 1.84, 0.65, 1.16 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Can't change password on 11.4
by James Knott 04 Sep '11

04 Sep '11

Since some updates last week, I am unable to use the passwd command to change passwords. When I try, I get an error message: Unable to generate a salt. Check your crypt settings. Cannot create salt for blowfish crypt Error: Password NOT changed. passwd: Authentication token manipulation error Any fix for this? I can use Yast to change passwords, but that means bring the employees into my office to change their own passwords. tnx jk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] openSUSE Weekly News 191 is out!
by Sascha Manns 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

We are pleased to announce: Issue 191 of openSUSE Weekly News is out! [0] In this Issue: Milestone 5 released Google Summer of Code Factory updated and many more … For a list of available translations see the Translations Section in the actual Weekly News. [0] http://bit.ly/pWnSg4 (in PDF) [0] http://bit.ly/qDR8FR (in HTML with Bento Theme) [0] http://bit.ly/ov09Ov (in HTML with Susebooks Theme)) -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns open-slx.com openSUSE Community & Support Agent openSUSE Marketing Team Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Lost Gekko
by A. den Oudsten 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

I'm using 11.4 and suddenly I lost the smal gekko in the left corner of the panel. How can I get him back? Tia André den Oudsten -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Lost Gekko
by A. den Oudsten 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

I'm using 11.4 and suddenly I lost the smal gekko in the left corner of the panel. How can I get him back? Tia André den Oudsten -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Kmail2 doesn't remember passwords
by ianseeks 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

Hi If you don't use KDE Wallet, kmail2 never remembers your ISP logon password even though i tick the box to remember it. Is there any way i can force it to remember and stop prompting me for it every time? THanks regards Ian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] adding new hard drive and changing cd/dvd writer
by george olson 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

Hi everyone, I want to add a new hard drive in order to set up RAID to back up my system. The problem is my CD/DVD writer is a SATA connection, and there are only 2 SATA ports on my motherboard. So I have purchased a CD/DVD writer that connects by IDE and I plan to replace the SATA DVD writer with my new IDE DVD writer. Then I will put my 2nd hard drive in the 2nd SATA port. This first question only has to do with getting the hardware to work, and not with setting up RAID. I will deal with that after I get the hardware to work. If I just shut my computer off and replace the hardware, can I simply boot back up and expect that everything will automatically mount and configure itself correctly? How does Linux look at what drive is what? What files do I need to look at/modify in order to make sure my new hardware is running properly? Thanks George -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] mailing list problem?
by Istvan Gabor 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

Hello: When I try to access opensuse list on the web at http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2011-09/ I get Access forbidden! You don't have permission to access the requested object. It is either read-protected or not readable by the server. If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster. Error 403 lists.opensuse.org Fri Sep 2 08:38:33 2011 Apache/2.2.3 (Linux/SUSE) Is there a problem with the list? Have they changed something? Thanks, Istvan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] openSUSE 11.4 nfs network install dysfunction
by Hans-Peter Jansen 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

Hello, since openSUSE 11.4 cannot be installed successfully via nfs due to #681091, see: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681091, and nobody seems to care enough to fix this unfortunate situation, I kindly ask for some advice on how to recreate a fixed installation environment in BS. IOW, how is this be completed: - apply the fix to a linked in zypp package - ??? Or do you know a better forum for this inquiry? Pete -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Grub hd device disappears
by Hans de Faber 03 Sep '11

03 Sep '11

Using: Linux 2.6.37.6-0.7-desktop x86_64 System: openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64) KDE: 4.6.00 (4.6.0) "release 6" Hi listmates, A week ago I bought a sata ssd device to speed up the boot process. So I installed it on the next free sata connection and copied (with fsarchiver) my existing OS. But things went wrong. To make a long story short, what happened ? The hd designation disappeared in the chrooted situation. 1. bios and grub (the normal boot starting situation) hd0 = disk a hd1 = disk b hd2 = disk c 2. rescue system and grub hd0 = disk a hd1 = disk b hd2 = disk c 3. rescue system and chroot to destination system hd0 = disk a hd1 disappeared hd2 = disk c Result, I can't do a grub setup on my destination hd1. What is the reason that hd1 is not detected with a copied OS in the chrooted grub situation ??? UUID is freshly generated on the copied disk. If I do a fresh install hd1 is detected Does somebody have any idea ? Thanks, Hans Thanks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Howto run Apache web server on read-only root file system
by Monika Kistler 02 Sep '11

02 Sep '11

Hi all, I'm running the Apache web server 2.2.17 on an openSUSE 11.4 system. Out of security reasons I need to have the root file system mounted read-only. /var is mounted read/write on a separate partition, thus the log files do not cause any problem. When booting my system I get the following errors, due to read-only rootfs. mv: inter-device move failed: `/tmp/apache2.PLbqAdT67tqh' to `/etc/apache2/sysconfig.d/loadmodule.conf'; unable to remove target: Read-only file system /usr/share/apache2/get_module_list: line 113: /etc/apache2/sysconfig.d/global.conf: Read-only file system /usr/share/apache2/get_module_list: line 114: 3: Bad file descriptor /usr/share/apache2/get_module_list: line 136: 3: Bad file descriptor /usr/share/apache2/get_module_list: line 140: 3: Bad file descriptor /usr/share/apache2/get_module_list: line 141: 3: Bad file descriptor /usr/share/apache2/get_module_list: line 144: 3: Bad file descriptor /usr/share/apache2/get_module_list: line 151: 3: Bad file descriptor /usr/share/apache2/get_includes: line 15: /etc/apache2/sysconfig.d/include.conf: Read-only file system /usr/share/apache2/get_includes: line 16: 3: Bad file descriptor /usr/share/apache2/get_includes: line 43: 3: Bad file descriptor Does anybody have some experience with that topic and can provide a solution? I came up with two ideas. Either link the affected files to some place on var or try to remount rootfs rw in the apache2 init script and afterwards mount it ro again. Any suggestions, which idea to prefer and/or howto implement it in a reasonable way? Thanks, Moni http://www.telemotive.de ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Firmensitz: Telemotive AG - Breitwiesen - 73347 Mühlhausen Vorstand: Franz Diller, Markus Fischer, Markus Stolz Vorstandsvorsitzender: Peter Kersten Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Dipl. Kaufmann Thomas Derlien Amtsgericht: Ulm HRB 541321 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] postfix+mailman configuration problem
by J. Bakshi 02 Sep '11

02 Sep '11

Hello, This is opeensuse 11.4 This is an operational mail server supporting multidomain and based on postfix+dovecot+mysql. The virtual domain related config at main.cf is as below [....] alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases, hash:/var/lib/mailman/data/aliases ######################################### ## virtual domain setting ######################################### virtual_alias_domains = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual virtual_alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-alias-maps.cf,mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-email2email.cf virtual_gid_maps = static:5000 virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-mailbox-domains.cf virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-mailbox-maps.cf virtual_transport = dovecot dovecot_destination_recipient_limit = 1 virtual_uid_maps = static:5000 [....] `````````````` I have installed mailman here and to support virtual domain also have the following at /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/mm_cfg.py [....] DEFAULT_URL_PATTERN = 'http://%s/mailman/' DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST = 'list.mydomain.com' DEFAULT_URL_HOST = 'list.mydomain.com' MTA = 'Postfix' POSTFIX_ALIAS_CMD = '/usr/sbin/postalias' POSTFIX_MAP_CMD = '/usr/sbin/postmap' DELIVERY_MODULE = 'SMTPDirect' SMTPPORT = '25' add_virtualhost(DEFAULT_URL_HOST, DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST) POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS = ['list.infoservices.in'] IMAGE_LOGOS = '/mailmanicons/' [....] after reloading postfix and mailman I have created a list and also copy paste the suggested aliases at /etc/aliases and executed "newalias" command. If I send a request to <listname>-request(a)list.mydomain.com I get an error from postfix as ` ` ` ` Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual mailbox table ` ` ` ` Do I need to create all such an account required by mailman? I am confused...... any clue is very much welcome. TIA -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] 11.2/Evergreen post-updates DNS trouble
by Felix Miata 02 Sep '11

02 Sep '11

Night before last I got everything updated, and right before the last 2 packages downloaded and installed, everything outside my router became unreachable, with zypper giving no clues as to why everything requiring access to the net was failing. I though maybe rebooting would help, but it didn't. Eventually I solved the immediate problem by deleting all nameservers from /etc/resolv.conf, and putting in it only my router's IP. Now I think I may be seeing fallout from trying to use my router's DNS service. Gecko, wget & curl are getting Earthlink 404 HTML pages instead of announcing 404 normally if I try to fetch a bad URL, or if trying to access a generic mirror that randomly resolves to various actual servers (e.g. download.mozilla.org). What does nscd actually do? Does it actually need to be running on a home network server? Chkconfig -l shows "on" in 3 & 5, but I don't remember ever actually setting it that way, or ever selecting it to be installed in the first place. What could have been included in updates to precipitate this? Was the inception of the problem's timing concurrent with updates just a fluke? Are there DNS IPs available I can substitute for those provided by Earthlink, so that I can get past Earthlink's idiotic/broken help pages that load instead of the browsers' standard 404 pages when loading a bad URL is attempted? Those stupid Earthlink pages all but prevent editing the typing or other mistakes in a bad URL in the browsers' urlbars. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] grub
by e-letter 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

Readers, Can someone advise the version of grub that is used with opensuse11? Please reply directly; I have subscribed to nomail option due to absence of digest mode. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] command line question
by George OLson 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

I am migrating my music over from itunes to run on Amarok (or another player that may be better and can sync an ipod touch running ios 4.2.1). The first step is to copy my music files from my itunes directories into the music folder on my hard drive, /home/music. The problem is, I have about 1/3 or 1/4 of these files purchased directly from itunes, and so they are in the proprietary itunes format, *.m4p. I will not be sharing my purchased music with anyone, so I will not be violating any copyright laws, so no worries there. However, I still need to be able to read these songs with the music player in OS 11.4, and I still need to be able to manage my ipod touch in OS without going back to windows. My first thought is that I would like to segregate all the m4p files into one directory folder. /homes/music has multiple sub-directories with the artists names, and those have sub-directories with album names on them. I was thinking the command line would be faster than one by one, if there is a command line program similar to 'mv' that will look into a directory and all its sub-directories to find files of type *.m4p, and move them to a separate directory. From there I can work with them in some way. At the very least I will know which ones are in the m4p format so that I can go back to my windows pc, burn them to audio cd (if there are not too many), and then rip them back to mp3. Or, if there is a better way to just use amarok or some other program to read all the files, find the m4p files, and convert them, that would be the easiest. thanks George -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Computer unreachable by browser
by Wolfgang Mueller 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

I have a small network with four computers, connected to a router and declared in /etc/hosts as follows: 192.168.0.3 router # (Fritz Box) 192.168.0.16 acer # SuSE 11.4 192.168.0.15 toshiba # SuSE 10.1 192.168.0.13 yakumo # SuSE 11.2 192.168.0.14 sony # SuSE 9.1 Now, my most recent computer, "acer", running under SuSE 11.4, can be accessed by ping from any other computer in the network, but not by a browser, i.e. neither by kfmclient nor by Firefox nor by Opera. I tried specifying both, the name "acer" and the IP number 192.168.0.16, but nothing helps. What can I do? Thanks in advance for your help, Wolfgang Müller ______________________ An der Silberkuhle 10 30655 Hannover Tel (+49 511) 546 3837 mailto:wm@ariannuccia.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] digest mode request
by e-letter 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

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[opensuse] camera, skype, microphone
by George OLson 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

Joy in every success, frustration in failures, but always an opportunity to learn! and many thanks to all of you who have continually helped me solve the little configuration problems that come up as I get my system started and complete the windows migration! So, here I am now with skype and a camera and a microphone. My microphone is a simple plug in, line input. My camera is an a4tech pk-720mj usb 2.0 camera. I plugged it in and didn't really know what to do. Searched the internet, found a suggestion - download a webcam program and see if it works! So I went to Yast, found 2 packages, wxcam, and webkam. I got both of them. When I open up the program, wxcam has a very good clear image (yea! :) ) Webkam says it cannot find the device (aw :( ). The GUI for webkam does not allow me to select a device - it just says no device found. So using wxcam, I took a test video recording. It records movement fine, but it does not record sound. Yet my camera has sound with it. I opened audacity and set it to look to the usb pc camera (a box next to the microphone) for the input, and it records sound very clearly. The camera is about 2 feet in front of me, so the microphone is of good quality to pick me up well from there. I installed and set up skype. The chat feature works. I tried to get it to use the camera as the sound input, but it will only take the plug-in microphone. It says that pulse audio is managing my sound, so I downloaded pulse audio manager in yast, but I don't know what to do with it. I tested the skype video also. My video is really really dark, but not totally black. It is dark when using skype, but on wxcam, it has a good, clear, bright video. Ok, I know I haven't given a ton of technical specs, only general things. I am wanting to figure out how to: 1 - get skype to be able to use the microphone from the webcam 2 - get the skype video to be bright and clear like it is on wxcam 3 - get wxcam to record both video and audio instead of only video 4 - if there is a better program for managing audio and video input devices, to know what that is and how to use it. It can be gui or command line, as long as I can figure out where to look up the information on how to use the program. I know that my pc is running pulseaudio, but I am not sure how to get the best information. The pulseaudio manager lists under the 'devices' tab the soundcard on the motherboard (alsa_input.pci-0000_00_05.0.analog-stereo), and the a4tech pc camera. Beyond that I don't know what else to put here. Thanks, George -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Libraoffice 3.4 - (64bit)
by ianseeks 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

Hi Anyone know when this version will make the Stable branch? regards Ian -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] FF 6+ - Howto have it open only 'tab pinned' pages on start?
by David C. Rankin 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

Guys, Wolfgang, With the new 'tab pins' in Firefox, how do you tell it to just open the pinned tabs at start? The pinned tabs reopen, but FF also opens my home pages or tabs from last time as well. Since I have pinned the pages I want to open on start -- that's all I want to open.. But, you only have the preferences options to "Start with Homepage", "Blank Page, or "Open my Tabs from Last Time". Is there some way I can just get it to open the pinned tabs and nothing else? All hacks and workarounds appreciated... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: cannot read any text in thunderbird or firefox after installing fonts
by George P. Olson 01 Sep '11

01 Sep '11

> > More information here - > In my system settings on the install fonts subapplet, I just noticed that > every windows ttf font that I just installed is blank on the right side of > the applet, whereas all kde fonts that came with the system show up just > fine. > > So I could go through and delete all 179 fonts I just installed one by one, > but I would rather be able to use the fonts I installed. Any ideas? > > Thanks, > George Well, I needed to get firefox back, so I went ahead and removed all the windows fonts. That solved the problem. I will try again someday to install windows fonts when I have time to investigate how to do it right. George -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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