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Channel log from 5 December 2006   (all times are UTC)

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<wizzy>
problems mounting nfs root using the dapper nfs server. Thin clients pause for a long time, eventually saying "cannot contact nfs server". Logging on the server indicates successful mount. Problems only on dapper, fine on debian sarge. no firewall rules, nothing in hosts.allow/deny. Where should I start looking ?
01:54
<sep>
wizzy, rpcinfo both localy and towards theremoete host. and from both ends
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<wizzy>
The client is not up yet (/ not mounted) - what am I looking for on the server ? "rpcinfo -p localhost" on the server reports portmapper x2, nfs x6, nlockmgr x6, mountd x6, status x2
02:00
"rpcinfo -p client" says connection refused
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<lamaslany>
Can anyone recommend a 'Fedora 6'-specific how-to for installing LTSP? I have tried the Debian-based how-to and I think I got a little lost when translating the package requirements... ;)
03:34
<bip>
have u checked the ltsp wiki lamaslany ?
03:37
<lamaslany>
I've tried to follow the LTSP Installation Guide by PaulVanGundy but the installation of the prerequsite packages is done using apt-get which I thought was a Debian package manager. Unfortunately I'm still quite new to linux and I was hoping to get a Fedora 6 how-to to ensure that I install the correct prerequsite packages...
03:38
There doesn't seem to be a direct translation of package names between the Debian-base and the RPM offerings.
03:39
I *could* just try any and all of the close matches but if there was already guidance then it seems silly not to utilise it! :)
03:40
Okay, okay, I'm just being lazy - but I'd still prefer to use a how-to from somebody who knows otherwise I might get it working but it not be optimal/secure.
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<Megant_>
Uhm
04:42
Sometimes ltsp-clients disconnect from X-server, why?
04:43
<McPolo>
What you mean? Xserver is run on the client itself.
04:43
<Megant_>
Yeah, but I mean that they disconnect from ltsp-server
04:43
<kgoetz>
Megant_: are there any logs?
04:45
<Megant_>
kgoetz: Uhm, what logs?
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<McPolo>
That has happened to me only when network disconnects.
04:46
<kgoetz>
Megant_: i'm asuming either the clients or servers are logging
04:47
<Megant_>
where would clients log?
04:47
I guess that i found something from /var/log/messages
04:48
Gconfd got signal 15
04:48
or many gconfds
04:49
about 7 or 8 gconfds got signal at nearly same time
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05:26
<Envite>
Hello all from Spain
05:27
Hola a todos desde España
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<bip>
lamaslany, apt exist for red hat fedora as well google for that ;-)
05:44
<lamaslany>
Thanks bip. Would this result in the need to manage two package databases?
05:44
<bip>
no
05:44
it should not
05:44
well u might need to add some specala pat repositoreis
05:44
if u need some package not in maistream fedora repositories
05:45
i cannot be more precise because i m a debian user now ...
05:46
but trust me whan i was using fedora apt was the firt thing i installed into any freshly installed machine lamaslany
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<Envite>
lamaslany: As far as I know, in FC results that apt is an interface to rpm, like it's an interface to dpkg in Debian, so you maintain only one package list. But repositories list is another thing.
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<lamaslany>
Okay; thanks guys.
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<Envite>
Does somebody know or remember where does a workstation get its hostname from?
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<prpplague>
Envite: depends on your boot method iirc
07:08
Envite: if you are using bootp then its generally set in the bootp config file
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<prpplague>
Envite: for pxe boot there is a section of for that
07:08
Envite: you should be able to ready the getting started docs
07:08
Envite: which will include setting up a ltsp client
07:09
<Envite>
it's dhcp
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<prpplague>
dhcp is not a boot method
07:10
dhcp also you get files and sets ip addresses
07:11
<Envite>
well
07:11
dhcp gives ip addresses and filenames
07:11
and tftp gives kernels
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<prpplague>
i would suspect you are probably using pxe as the boot method
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<Envite>
sorry: my laptop battery went out without advertising
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<prpplague>
Envite: np, pxe will use the dhcp server
07:16
Envite: but pxe is the actual boot method
07:16
Envite: so if you have a dhcp server configured then you would set the hostname in that config
07:16
<Envite>
ok, I'll see, thx
07:20
http://pastebot.ltsp.org does not seem to work
07:21
well, i fixed it
07:21
prpplague: thanks for your help
07:22
<prpplague>
Envite: np
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<wizzy>
anyone tried pxegrub to boot thin clients?
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<pscheie>
morning all
08:57
<pipedream>
afternoon :-P
09:01
<pscheie>
What? You mean it's not 9am for everyone on the planet? Some people need to get their clocks fixed. ;-)
09:02
Okay, so is anyone running LTSP servers with 20-25 clients using a single PATA drive in the server?
09:02
Successfully?
09:03
There were messages on the K12LTSP list a few years ago from people who had major performance dropoffs when they got past 10 clients.
09:03
The consensus was that IDE didn't do well past 10 clients.
09:04
But now I've heard that 'some people' do run more than 10 clients with PATA.
09:04
<ogra>
a few years ago PATA drives were a lot slower ...
09:04
<pscheie>
The IDE spec obviously hasn't stood still in the intervening years.
09:05
Right, 4500rpm instead of 7200rpm
09:05
and nowadays they have at least 8MB cache
09:06
So, is it safe to try to run a classroom server with 15-20 clients using PATA nowadays?
09:06
I'll be the answer is 'it depends'!
09:07
<ogra>
right ...
09:07
to be sure i'd use two PATA disks and software raid in striping mode ;)
09:08
<pscheie>
Two drives breaks my budget :-(
09:08
...or perhaps not, now that I think about it.
09:10
The budget for the box is $600. For that I can get a standard box from a local vendor, with 1GB RAM and a PATA drive
09:10
It needs to support =<10 clients, which it should with no problem.
09:11
<ogra>
well, depends on your desktop ... 1G is quite small for KDE or gnome
09:11
<Gadi>
mornin (afternoon/evening), all
09:11
!seen jammcq
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<ltspbot>
Gadi: jammcq was last seen in #ltsp 14 hours, 18 minutes, and 47 seconds ago: <jammcq> some benidrill cream would help
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<Gadi>
!seen jammcq_laptop
09:11
<ltspbot>
Gadi: jammcq_laptop was last seen in #ltsp 6 weeks, 0 days, 19 hours, 53 minutes, and 9 seconds ago: <jammcq_laptop> find it on your server, and copy it to /opt/ltsp/i386/bin
09:11
<pscheie>
But if the teacher wants to add more clients, I'd like it to be just a matter of adding hardware, not replacing
09:11
morning Gadi
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<Gadi>
ok, which one of you kidnapped jammcq?
09:12
<ogra>
pscheie, you need ~128M per client on the server for a gnome/KDE setup .... ~64M for xfce ... less for smaller desktops like openbox etc
09:12
<Gadi>
pscheie: I still have a star next to your email to remind me to update that audiolist-alsa file ;)
09:13
perhaps it'll be my New Year's resolution
09:13
<pscheie>
Gadi, what's the most number of clients you've run on a single PATA disk?
09:13
<Gadi>
hmm... most of our clients have scsi boxes
09:13
specifically PATA or SATA in general?
09:14
<pscheie>
Yeah, scsi would be nice, but it's more than my budget allows right now
09:14
PATA
09:14
<Gadi>
hmm... even tougher question
09:14
which drivers are you using?
09:14
<pscheie>
We got an HP Pavillion with SATA for a classroom pilot but while FC5 installs, it hangs at boot
09:14
<Gadi>
SATA's another case where ubuntu's udev system cant make up its mind ;)
09:15
<ogra>
did you try edgy ?
09:15
<Gadi>
pscheie: yeah, thats a driver issue
09:15
<pscheie>
Not yet. I really wanted to stick with K12LTSP 5 just to make the install easier for the school techs
09:15
<Gadi>
ogra: just 'zinging' you a bit, since i know ur listening ;)
09:16
<pscheie>
We have a demo for the teachers tomorrow. We'll probably just use one of my test boxes for it.
09:16
<ogra>
Gadi, :P
09:16
:)
09:16
<Gadi>
nobody in ubuntu has gotten around to fixing the Adaptec Zero-channel raid bug I posted back in early dapper days (that persists in edgy)
09:17
<pscheie>
It's got a PATA disk, and running eight clients w/Gnome was no problem.
09:17
<ogra>
well, we're looking for kernel devs, if you know someone ;)
09:17
<Gadi>
:P
09:17
somehow, there are 2 conflicting drivers for RAID, 2 for SATA, ....
09:17
cant we all just get along?
09:18
pscheie: on the working system, when you run lsmod, is it using ide_generic?
09:19
and ide-disk and such?
09:19
or is it using ata_piix and friends?
09:19
<pscheie>
I can't remember, and I'm not a the box at the moment. ide_generic doesn't ring a bell though
09:19
I think it was ata_piix
09:19
<Gadi>
does it come up as /dev/hda?
09:20
or /dev/sda?
09:20
<pscheie>
/dev/sda, at least in rescue mode.
09:20
That's the problem, it hangs when it says it's probing ide0
09:21
<Gadi>
there ya go
09:21
<pscheie>
We tried turning off all the PATA pieces in the bios, but the kernel still probes 'em
09:21
<Gadi>
conflicting drivers
09:21
nah, you need to blacklist drivers
09:21
in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
09:21
(on Ubuntu)
09:21
prolly similar in redhat
09:21
<pscheie>
so, something I can pass to GRUB to test?
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<Gadi>
or, alternatively, you can change grub to boot off of /dev/hda1
09:22
that should get you most of the way (tho, you prolly need to modify /etc/fstab as well)
09:23
see, the problem is the wrong driver gets loaded first on boot
09:23
so, the second driver (the correcct one) is told that the first one owns the device
09:23
but the first one created /dev/hda, while the second wants to create /dev/sda
09:24
and the second is the one that was used in the installer
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<pscheie>
ah, that makes sense. Why does the installer figure it out but not the completed install?
09:25
<Gadi>
heh, or vice versa
09:25
I have no idea
09:25
<jammcq>
g'morning
09:25
<Gadi>
but its the same issues
09:25
<pscheie>
linux rescue also figures it out.
09:25
<Gadi>
jammcq!!!!
09:25
<ogra>
jammcq, !!
09:25
<pscheie>
morning jammcq
09:25
<jammcq>
ogra: yer back ?
09:25
recovered from all the travelling?
09:25
<ogra>
yep, busy builind the first feisty milestone CD
09:26
whats up with whiprush ?
09:26
<jammcq>
heh
09:26
whiprush seems to be wimprush
09:26
<ogra>
strange, what happened ? i just noticed that he vanished recently
09:26
(including blog and website)
09:26
<jammcq>
he got pissed cuz things weren't working for him
09:27
<ogra>
hrm ...
09:27
<jammcq>
I think he just had a bad day
09:27
<ogra>
i hope he comes back ... tell him he's missed
09:27
<jammcq>
i'm asking him on jabber now
09:28
<ogra>
btw, i got a working lts.conf parser for the thin-client-configurator ready ... ;)
09:28
<jammcq>
sweet
09:28
<prpplague>
jammcq: hey hey
09:29
<jammcq>
prpplague: hey dude
09:31
prpplague: where are you hiding these days?
09:31
<prpplague>
jammcq: still in hell
09:32
jammcq: finally moving back on december 28th
09:32
jammcq: we ran into a small snag on donna's visa
09:32
<jammcq>
oh? did you get it fixed?
09:32
<prpplague>
jammcq: hopefully get that taken care of soon
09:32
<jammcq>
moving to where? Dallas?
09:33
<prpplague>
jammcq: one of the entry stamps in her passport is smudged, they can't read the dates, so they have to verify the info with DHS
09:33
jammcq: yea, back to big D
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<pscheie>
Gadi: is ide_generic the PATA driver? that is, will blacklisting that stop it from grabbing the device?
09:49
I think the SATA driver is sata_nv
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<Gadi>
pscheie: are there any IDE hard drives/CDROMs/other devices or only the PATA?
10:05
<pscheie>
Gadi: There is a DVD/CD drive on the PATA, but we don't need that (aside from during install)
10:05
I *think* the tech tried disconnecting it
10:06
<Gadi>
then, it is prolly safe to blacklist ide-disk and ide-generic
10:06
<pscheie>
Ok, we'll try those. Thanks.
10:07
<Gadi>
otherwise, you can try not blacklisting anything, and changing the devices in menu.lst and fstab
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<pscheie>
I think grub.conf points to (hd0,0)/dev/some-volume-group/some-logical-volume for /
10:11
and...I can't remember what fstab points to.
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<efra>
Hi everybody
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<ao_>
hi there
10:45
i have trouble to get local drives to work with 4.2 and rdesktop
10:46
does it work at all?
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<Gadi>
ogra: any idea how I can tell the kernel to not load a framebuffer?
11:04
as a commandline arg
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<ogra>
video=nofb ??
11:08
no idea, really ... i can just guess
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<ao_>
gadi, afai "nofb" is a boot option itself
11:13
not a video option to lilo
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so append just nofb rather than "video=nofb"
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<Gadi>
ah, thx
11:30
its not completely OT, I am trying to play with the video quality on a thin client booting from EdgyLTSP
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<mrlinux>
need help with thin client
12:20
the client it self is loading wierd
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<mrlinux>
how do i set up the users for thin client
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<Envite>
Hello all from Spain
12:28
Hola a todos desde España
12:29
<vagrantc>
Envite: buenas dias!
12:29
er... buenos dias .. or something :)
12:30
<Envite>
buenos días
12:30
o buenas tardes ;)
12:30
it's evening here
12:31
<mrlinux>
how do i set up the users
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<vagrantc>
mrlinux: what distro?
12:32
<pscheie>
mrlinux: just create accounts for them on the server
12:32
e.g. useradd
12:32
<vagrantc>
or adduser
12:32
depending...
12:32
<mrlinux>
edubuntu
12:32
give me example
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<vagrantc>
mrlinux: probably use the GUI user interface, or adduser.
12:33* vagrantc looks at ogra, the edubuntu developer ...
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<pscheie>
vagrantc: how do you do that, put a comment in such that a * appears on the left instead of your id?
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<Envite>
it's an action
12:35
uses IRC commands
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<mrlinux>
done nvm i fix it
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<pscheie>
so, is there a syntax for that, or is access to such irc commands a function of the irc client?
12:39
<ogra>
vagrantc, ?
12:39
ah, i see
12:47
vagrantc, whats that strange split of update-inetd into a separate package in debian ?
12:51
<Envite>
pscheie: to type an irc command, simply put its name after a bar
12:51
like /join #ltsp
12:53* pscheie goes to lookup irc commands
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<pscheie>
;-)
12:53
tx envite
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<dberkholz>
i've never heard a slash called a bar before
12:56
interesting how names differ
12:56
<ogra>
a bar in the wind ...
12:57
<dberkholz>
hoping to find some time for ltsp over winter break, maybe starting next thursday
12:57
i've just got too much crap on my todo list
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<mrlinux>
why does firefox close when loading flash on a client
13:17
help
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<Gadi>
hey, is there some specific ssh config needed for EdgyLTSP, because I can ltsp-update-sshkeys till Im blue in the face, and it still gives me the unknown host prompt when I attempt to ssh from the terminal shell
13:46
perhaps hostbasedauthentication or strictmodes or some such?
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<cliebow_>
maybe boats haste autrhentication
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<vagrantc>
ogra: it's so that multiple inetd's can all use the same program.
14:55
ogra: not that you have multiple inetd's installed at once... but they all have the same interface for updating inetd configurations.
14:56
ogra: are you.... merging our branches? :)
14:56
<ogra>
i'm just finishing the first milestone CD (thats all i managed after travelling half the world yet)
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<vagrantc>
heh.
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<ogra>
if thats released i'll start working on the branches and merges
14:57
<vagrantc>
cool. :)
14:57
<ogra>
(tomorrow)
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<cliebow>
J45p3r: i got it running on the laptop
19:23
if i cana figger out ehat i did
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<cliebow>
PMantis:you old dog..how is it going..ldaap being copacetic now?
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<PMantis>
Heh, yeah
19:59
Working well.
19:59
So, *who* you calling a dog?
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<cliebow>
well i didnt specify whaat sort..
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<rjune>
hey all
20:19
hiya PMantis
20:19
<PMantis>
Hey rjune
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Whusssabbbi
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<rjune>
namuch
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<rjune>
how are things going with you?
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<jammcq>
hey kids
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<chupacabra>
yo
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<bga>
Hi Jim, you on-line?
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<chupacabra>
hehe
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<edgarin>
Hello
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<edgarin>
Hello jammcq
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<vagrantc>
edgarin: buenas noches.
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<edgarin>
vagrantc, que tal como estas?
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<vagrantc>
edgarin: esta bien. yo come enchiladas y vegetales verde por cena.
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edgarin: vino rosa(rasado?), tambien.
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<edgarin>
vagrantc, si puedes decir rosado
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excelente!
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<vagrantc>
edgarin: pero, hoy yo necesito buscar por trabahar... no me gusta.
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<Capricorn^80>
hi
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anyone there
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to help me regarding mouting of usb problems
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<X-CRiPt51>
hello good evening
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im building a diskless terminal, using debian, (NFS+dhcp+tftp)
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everything fine, except for the message "init:5 respawing too fast"
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"init no more process in this runlevel", then i couldnt login
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<felipe_>
any idea...
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?
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<felipe_>
good evening sbartleylinux
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