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Installing Ubuntu Jaunty Final the Inspiron 1100

Last updated: 10/12/09

General Hardware Specifications of Inspiron 1100, BIOS A32:

Hardware Components
Status under Linux
Notes
Celeron 2.6GHz Works No special procedure required during installation
15.4 XGA TFT Display Works No special config needed. 1024x768 is max resolution.
Intel 845GL Works, barely 8MB shared memory, see note 1
1024MB, PC2100 DDR, (2x512MB) Works No special procedure required during installation
Firewire N/A No firewire on Inspiron 1100
Integrated Network Card (Broadcom BCM4401) Works Module=b44 No special procedure required during installation
Internal 56k Modem not tested--no longer installed not used, so I removed it
QSI CDRW/DVD SBW-242 Works Just use your preferred cd burning/dvd playback software
Netgear WG511T Works Module=ath5k_pci See note 2
6.45 AHr Lithium-Ion Battery Works No special procedure required during installation
Sound card (82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller) Works

Module=snd_intel8x0 No special procedure required during installation
Touchpad Works Right side scrolling works

This laptop is operating under Kernel version 2.6.28.15-generic

Notes:

Sleep/suspend does not work and requires a hard reboot.

The fn keys work for changing the volume and brightness/contrast with no special configuration.

Note1: 3d Acceleration DOES NOT work. The hardware can't handle it--it barely has enough power to play a DVD. Framerate is noticably low, and is borderline unwatchable. Tried DVD playback in xine, mplayer, and totem. Installed the libdvdcss and w32codecs package from medibuntu for DVD playback.

Note2: System does not have integrated wireless (or a minipci slot for that matter). I am using a Netgear WG511T PCMCIA card, which is based on the Atheros AR5001X+ chipset. Even though the card is designed for 108MBps, ubuntu will only connect at 54MBps.

lshw

lspci

lsmod

xorg.conf

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computer
id:
computer
description: Portable Computer
product: Inspiron 1100
vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
serial: [REMOVED]
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3
configuration:
boot=normal
chassis=portable
uuid=44454C4C-3400-1059-8042-C6C04F313431
id:
core
description: Motherboard
product: 09U784
vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
physical id:
0
serial: [REMOVED]
slot: ??
id:
firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
physical id:
0
version: A32 (10/18/2004)
size: 64KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: isa pci pcmcia pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp smartbattery biosbootspecification netboot
id:
cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.60GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id:
400
bus info:
cpu@0
version: 15.2.9
slot: Microprocessor
size: 2600MHz
capacity: 2800MHz
width: 32 bits
clock: 133MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe up pebs bts cid xtpr
configuration:
id=0
id:
cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id:
700
size: 8KiB
capacity: 8KiB
capabilities: internal write-back data
id:
cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id:
701
size: 128KiB
capacity: 128KiB
clock: 66MHz (15.0ns)
capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies unified
id:
memory
description: System Memory
physical id:
1000
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 1GiB
capacity: 2GiB
id:
bank:0
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 266 MHz (3.8 ns)
physical id:
0
slot: DIMM_A
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 266MHz (3.8ns)
id:
bank:1
description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 266 MHz (3.8 ns)
physical id:
1
slot: DIMM_B
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 266MHz (3.8ns)
id:
pci
description: Host bridge
product: 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id:
100
bus info:
pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration:
driver=agpgart-intel
module=intel_agp
id:
display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id:
2
bus info:
pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration:
latency=0
id:
usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id:
1d
bus info:
pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration:
driver=uhci_hcd
latency=0
module=uhci_hcd
id:
usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id:
1d.1
bus info:
pci@0000:00:1d.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration:
driver=uhci_hcd
latency=0
module=uhci_hcd
id:
usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id:
1d.2
bus info:
pci@0000:00:1d.2
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration:
driver=uhci_hcd
latency=0
module=uhci_hcd
id:
usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id:
1d.7
bus info:
pci@0000:00:1d.7
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug bus_master cap_list
configuration:
driver=ehci_hcd
latency=0
module=ehci_hcd
id:
pci
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id:
1e
bus info:
pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: 82
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master
id:
network
description: Ethernet interface
product: BCM4401 100Base-T
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id:
1
bus info:
pci@0000:02:01.0
logical name:
eth0
version: 01
serial: [REMOVED]
size: 10MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration:
autonegotiation=on
broadcast=yes
driver=b44
driverversion=2.0
duplex=half
latency=32
link=no
module=ssb
multicast=yes
port=twisted pair
speed=10MB/s
id:
pcmcia
description: CardBus bridge
product: PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
vendor: Texas Instruments
physical id:
4
bus info:
pci@0000:02:04.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pcmcia bus_master cap_list
configuration:
driver=yenta_cardbus
latency=176
maxlatency=5
module=yenta_socket
id:
network
description: AR5001-0000-0000
product: Wireless LAN Reference Card
vendor: Atheros Communications, Inc.
physical id:
0
version: 00
slot: Socket 0
resources:
irq:11
id:
isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id:
1f
bus info:
pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration:
latency=0
id:
ide
description: IDE interface
product: 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id:
1f.1
bus info:
pci@0000:00:1f.1
logical name:
scsi0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master emulated
configuration:
driver=ata_piix
latency=0
id:
cdrom
description: DVD reader
product: CDRW/DVD SBW-242
vendor: QSI
physical id:
0.0.0
bus info:
scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name:
/dev/cdrom
logical name:
/dev/cdrw
logical name:
/dev/dvd
logical name:
/dev/scd0
logical name:
/dev/sr0
version: UD30
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd
configuration:
ansiversion=5
status=ready
id:
medium
physical id:
0
logical name:
/dev/cdrom
id:
multimedia
description: Multimedia audio controller
product: 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id:
1f.5
bus info:
pci@0000:00:1f.5
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration:
driver=Intel ICH
latency=0
module=snd_intel8x0
id:
network
description: Wireless interface
product: Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id:
1
bus info:
pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name:
wmaster0
version: 01
serial: [REMOVED]
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless
configuration:
broadcast=yes
driver=ath5k_pci
latency=168
maxlatency=28
mingnt=10
module=ath5k
multicast=yes
wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
id:
battery
product: DELL 0008T2
vendor: Sanyo
physical id:
1
slot: Sys. Battery Bay
capacity: 64500mWh
configuration:
voltage=14.8V
id:
scsi
physical id:
2
bus info:
scsi@3
logical name:
scsi3
capabilities: scsi-host
configuration:
driver=usb-storage
id:
network
description: Ethernet interface
physical id:
3
logical name:
pan0
serial: [REMOVED]
capabilities: ethernet physical
configuration:
broadcast=yes
driver=bridge
driverversion=2.3
firmware=N/A
link=yes
multicast=yes

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lspci -vv



00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 03)
           Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
           Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-            Latency: 0
           Region 0: Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
           Capabilities:
           Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
           Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03)
           Subsystem: Dell Device 0149
           Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
           Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-            Latency: 0
           Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
           Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
           Region 1: Memory at f6f80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
           Capabilities:
           Kernel modules: intelfb

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
           Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 24c0
           Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
           Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR-            Latency: 0
           Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
           Region 4: I/O ports at bf80 [size=32]
           Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
           Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 24c0
           Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
           Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR-            Latency: 0
           Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 11
           Region 4: I/O ports at bf40 [size=32]
           Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
           Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 24c0
           Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
           Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR-            Latency: 0
           Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 11
           Region 4: I/O ports at bf20 [size=32]
           Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 20)
           Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 24c0
           Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
           Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR-            Latency: 0
           Interrupt: pin D routed to IRQ 11
           Region 0: Memory at f6f7fc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
           Capabilities:
           Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 82)
           Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
           Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-            Latency: 0
           Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=06, sec-latency=32
           I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000efff
           Memory behind bridge: f8000000-fdffffff
           Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 50000000-53ffffff
           Secondary status: 66MHz- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-            BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- NoISA+ VGA- MAbort- >Reset- FastB2B-
           PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn-
           Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
           Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle+ MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
           Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR-            Latency: 0
           Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt, intel-rng

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
           Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 24c0
           Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
           Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR-            Latency: 0
           Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
           Region 0: I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
           Region 1: I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
           Region 2: I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
           Region 3: I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
           Region 4: I/O ports at bfa0 [size=16]
           Region 5: Memory at 54000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
           Kernel driver in use: ata_piix

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
           Subsystem: Dell Device 0149
           Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
           Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR-            Latency: 0
           Interrupt: pin B routed to IRQ 7
           Region 0: I/O ports at c800 [size=256]
           Region 1: I/O ports at cc40 [size=64]
           Region 2: Memory at f6f7f800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
           Region 3: Memory at f6f7f400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
           Capabilities:
           Kernel driver in use: Intel ICH
           Kernel modules: snd-intel8x0

02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)
           Subsystem: Device 4401:1028
           Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
           Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-            Latency: 32
           Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 7
           Region 0: Memory at fcffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
           Capabilities:
           Kernel driver in use: b44
           Kernel modules: b44

02:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1510 PC card Cardbus Controller
           Subsystem: Dell Device 0149
           Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
           Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR-            Latency: 168, Cache Line Size: 128 bytes
           Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
           Region 0: Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
           Bus: primary=02, secondary=03, subordinate=06, sec-latency=176
           Memory window 0: 50000000-53fff000 (prefetchable)
           Memory window 1: f8000000-fbfff000
           I/O window 0: 0000d000-0000d0ff
           I/O window 1: 0000d400-0000d4ff
           BridgeCtl: Parity- SERR- ISA- VGA- MAbort- >Reset- 16bInt- PostWrite+
           16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
           Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
           Kernel modules: yenta_socket

03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. Atheros AR5001X+ Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
           Subsystem: Netgear Device 4b00
           Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
           Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR-            Latency: 168 (2500ns min, 7000ns max), Cache Line Size: 128 bytes
           Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 11
           Region 0: Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
           Capabilities:
           Kernel driver in use: ath5k_pci
           Kernel modules: ath_pci, ath5k


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Module Size Used by
aes_i586 15744 0
aes_generic 35880 1 aes_i586
binfmt_misc 16776 1
i915 67844 2
drm 96424 3 i915
ppdev 15620 0
bridge 56212 0
stp 10500 1 bridge
bnep 20224 2
input_polldev 11912 0
lp 17156 0
parport 42220 2 ppdev,lp
arc4 9856 2
ecb 10752 2
joydev 18496 0
ath5k 107520 0
mac80211 217592 1 ath5k
led_class 12036 1 ath5k
cfg80211 38288 2 ath5k,mac80211
pcmcia 44748 0
dcdbas 15264 0
snd_intel8x0 37532 3
snd_ac97_codec 112292 1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 9856 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 46336 0
snd_mixer_oss 22656 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 83076 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 10756 0
snd_seq_oss 37760 0
pcspkr 10496 0
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
psmouse 61972 0
snd_rawmidi 29696 1 snd_seq_midi
serio_raw 13444 0
snd_seq_midi_event 15104 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 56880 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 29704 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14988 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 62756 16 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 15200 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 16904 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
yenta_socket 32396 2
rsrc_nonstatic 19328 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 43540 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
iTCO_wdt 19108 0
iTCO_vendor_support 11652 1 iTCO_wdt
shpchp 40212 0
usblp 20224 0
intel_agp 34108 1
agpgart 42696 3 drm,intel_agp
video 25360 0
output 11008 1 video
usbhid 42336 0
usb_storage 99648 2
b44 35984 0
ssb 41220 1 b44
mii 13312 1 b44
fbcon 46112 0
tileblit 10752 1 fbcon
font 16384 1 fbcon
bitblit 13824 1 fbcon
softcursor 9984 1 bitblit


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# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Device"
           Identifier           "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
           Identifier           "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
           Identifier           "Default Screen"
           Monitor            "Configured Monitor"
           Device              "Configured Video Device"
EndSection


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