<div>hello,</div>
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<div>I&#39;ve installed vdr 1.5.9 and&nbsp;it failed to start the error message is :</div>
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<div>vdr / # /etc/init.d/vdr start<br>&nbsp;* Caching service dependencies ...&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [ ok ]<br>&nbsp;* Preparing start of vdr:<br>&nbsp;*&nbsp;&nbsp; config files ...&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [ ok ] 
<br>&nbsp;*&nbsp;&nbsp; Waiting for prerequisits (devices nodes etc.) ...&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [ ok ]<br>&nbsp;* Starting vdr ...<br>&nbsp;* Failed to start vdr.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </div>
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<div>the var/log/messages</div>
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<div>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] VDR version 1.5.9 started<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] switched to user &#39;vdr&#39;<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] running as daemon (tid=21133)<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] codeset is &#39;UTF-8&#39; - known 
<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] found 0 locales in /usr/share/vdr/locale<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] no locale for language code &#39;deu,ger&#39;<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] no locale for language code &#39;slv,slo&#39; 
<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] no locale for language code &#39;ita&#39;<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] no locale for language code &#39;dut,nla,nld&#39;<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] no locale for language code &#39;por&#39; 
<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] no locale for language code &#39;fra,fre&#39;<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] no locale for language code &#39;nor&#39;<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] no locale for language code &#39;fin,smi&#39; 
<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] no locale for language code &#39;pol&#39;<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] no locale for language code &#39;esl,spa&#39;<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] no locale for language code &#39;ell,gre&#39; 
<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] no locale for language code &#39;sve,swe&#39;<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] no locale for language code &#39;rom,rum&#39;<span></span> <br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] no locale for language code &#39;hun&#39; 
<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] no locale for language code &#39;cat,cln&#39;<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] no locale for language code &#39;rus&#39;<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] no locale for language code &#39;hrv&#39; 
<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] no locale for language code &#39;est&#39;<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] no locale for language code &#39;dan&#39;<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] no locale for language code &#39;cze,ces&#39; 
<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] no locale for language code &#39;tur&#39;<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] loading /etc/vdr/setup.conf<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] unknown locale: &#39;6&#39;<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] loading /etc/vdr/sources.conf 
<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] loading /etc/vdr/diseqc.conf<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] loading /etc/vdr/channels.conf<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] loading /etc/vdr/timers.conf<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] loading /etc/vdr/commands.conf 
<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] loading /etc/vdr/reccmds.conf<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] loading /etc/vdr/svdrphosts.conf<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] loading /etc/vdr/remote.conf<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:43 vdr vdr: [21133] loading /etc/vdr/keymacros.conf 
<br>Oct&nbsp; 7 14:29:44 vdr rc-scripts: Failed to start vdr.</div>
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<div>It seems there a problem with the locale, my /etc/conf.d/vdr</div>
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<div>vdr / # cat /etc/conf.d/vdr<br># /etc/conf.d/vdr:<br># $Id: vdr 506 2007-10-03 16:26:19Z zzam $<br># Global config file for vdr rc-scripts</div>
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<p>###########################################################<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; General Settings&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; #<br>###########################################################</p>
<p># The list of Plugins to load has been moved to a<br># seperate file and can no longer be set in here.<br># Now it is set in /etc/conf.d/vdr.plugins<br>#<br><span></span># The ebuild should have copied all Plugins listed
<br># in here to the new location. </p>
<p># What IR control should be used. Override the default set at<br># compile time<br># (Usable at vdr version starting from 1.3.28)<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: lirc rcu<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: use no remote<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (up to vdr-1.3.36-r2
 : use what was selected by use-flag)<br>IR_CTRL=&quot;lirc&quot;</p>
<p><br>###########################################################<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Language Settings&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; #<br>###########################################################</p>
<p># Set the sort-order vdr uses<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: locale-definitions listed by locale -a<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; e.g. de_DE, en_GB, ...<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: glibc-default order (posix), or value of LANG if set and &gt;=vdr-1.5.3
 <br>VDR_SORT_ORDER=&quot;fr_FR&quot;</p>
<p># Set the locale vdr should use (starting from vdr-1.5.3)<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: locale-definitions listed by locale -a<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; e.g. de_DE, <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:de_DE@euro" target="_blank">
de_DE@euro</a>, de_DE.utf8, en_GB.utf8, ... <br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: use system-wide setting, and if none found, guess some utf8 locale<br>LANG=&quot;fr_FR.utf8&quot;</p>
<p><br>###########################################################<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Special Audio Options&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; #<br>###########################################################</p>
<p># send Dolby Digital audio to stdin of command CMD<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: names of executables<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: no command<br>#AC3_AUDIO=&quot;&quot;</p>
<p># mute audio of the primary DVB device at startup<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: yes no<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: no<br>#MUTE=&quot;yes&quot;</p>
<p><br>###########################################################<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Startup Options&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; #<br>###########################################################</p>
<p># set niceness of vdr process<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: -19 .. 20<span></span> <br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: do not change niceness<br>#VDR_NICENESS=&quot;5&quot;</p>
<p># set volume at start of vdr to this value<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: 0-255<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: leave volume unchanged<br>#STARTUP_VOLUME=&quot;255&quot;</p>
<p># set channel to be switched to at start of vdr<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: valid channel number in vdr<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: leave channel unchanged<br>#STARTUP_CHANNEL=&quot;1&quot;</p>
<p># show vdr-version number when starting vdr<br># some people like this :)<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: yes no<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: no<br>#SHOW_VDR_VERSION=no</p>
<p>###########################################################<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Terminal Output / Keyboard Input&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; #<br>###########################################################</p>
<p># Start vdr on Terminal, this enables use of keyboard and<br># viewing of Terminal output of vdr<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: number of virtual terminal<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: start vdr completely in the background<br>#TERMINAL=&quot;8&quot; 
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<p># switch to used terminal<br># when attaching vdr to a terminal with setting TERMINAL<br># then switch to this terminal<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: yes no<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: no<br>#SWITCH_TO_TERMINAL=&quot;yes&quot;</p>
<p><br>###########################################################<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Debug Options&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; #<br>###########################################################</p>
<p># set log level<br># 0 = no logging, 1 = errors only,<br># 2 = errors and info, 3 = errors, info and debug<br># if logging should be done to LOG_LOCALn instead of<br># LOG_USER, add &#39;.n&#39; to LEVEL, as in 3.7 (n=0..7) 
<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: 0 1 2 3<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: 1<br>LOG=&quot;3&quot;</p>
<p># switch startskript to debug-mode, set debug-level<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: 0 1 2<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: 0<br>#SCRIPT_DEBUG_LEVEL=&quot;1&quot;</p>
<p><br>###########################################################<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Expert Settings&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; #<br>##############################<span></span> #############################<br>#<br># No need to change anything here for normal usage. 
<br># Every setting in here has good defaults (at least I hope so).</p>
<p># use DIR as video directory<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: directory names<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: /var/vdr/video<br>#VIDEO=&quot;/var/vdr/video&quot;</p>
<p># read config files from DIR<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: directory names<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: /etc/vdr<br>#CONFIG=&quot;/etc/vdr&quot;</p>
<p># write the EPG data into the given FILE; use &#39;-E-&#39; to disable this<br># if FILE is a directory, the default EPG file will be<br># created in that directory<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: file/directory names, -E- to disable 
<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: $VIDEO/epg.data<br>#EPGFILE=&quot;/var/vdr/epg.data&quot;</p>
<p># activate the (internal to vdr) watchdog timer with<br># a timeout of SEC seconds (recommended by Klaus Schmidinger)<br># &#39;0&#39; disables the watchdog<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: 0 1 2 ...<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: enabled / 60 seconds 
<br>#INTERNAL_WATCHDOG=&quot;60&quot;</p>
<p># If you seek the settings for the extern watchdog look<br># in /etc/conf.d/vdr.watchdogd.</p>
<p># Change the filename-format to be vfat and samba compatible. Only necessary if<br># not set at compile time.<br># (Usable at vdr version starting from 1.3.32)<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: yes no<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: no<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (up to 
vdr-1.3.36-r2: use what was selected by use-flag)<br>#VFAT_FILENAMES=&quot;yes&quot;</p>
<p># use PORT for SVDRP (default: 2001)<br># 0 turns off SVDRP<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: numbers for ports between 1024 and 65535<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: 2001<br>#SVDRP_PORT=&quot;2001&quot;</p>
<p># seconds to wait for a running vdr<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: numbers<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: 40<br># START_SVDRP_WAIT_SECONDS=&quot;40&quot;</p>
<p># check 5 seconds for existing dvb devices, for example for slow udev<br># you need to disable this for systems which only use network input<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: yes no<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: yes<br>#DEVICE_CHECK=&quot;no&quot; 
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<p># hostname to access vdr with svdrp<br># (this normaly should not be changed)<span></span> <br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: hostname or ip-address<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: use localhost<br>#SVDRP_HOSTNAME=&quot;localhost&quot;</p>
<p># force the use of old linux threads<br># instead of new posix threads (NPTL)<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: yes no<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: yes<br>#FORCE_OLD_THREADS=&quot;yes&quot;</p>
<p># for people who really know what they do<br># and who want to start vdr as user root<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: YES no<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: no<br>#START_VDR_AS_ROOT=&quot;no&quot;</p>
<p># use only the given DVB device (NUM = 0, 1, 2...)<br># there may be several NUMs options<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; allowed values: set of numbers<br>#&nbsp;&nbsp; default: use all DVB devices<br>#DEVICE=&quot;&quot;</p>
<p># give additional options to vdr process<br># should not be necessary in normal cases.<br># please contact developers if you need<br># special parameters.<br>#VDR_EXTRA_OPTIONS=&quot;&quot;</p>vdr / # ls /usr/share/locale/ 
<br>af&nbsp; ca&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; da&nbsp; en_GB&nbsp; et&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; eu_ES&nbsp; ga&nbsp; he&nbsp; id&nbsp; ja&nbsp; lg&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ms&nbsp; nn&nbsp; pl&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ro&nbsp; sk&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; sr&nbsp; uk&nbsp; zh<br>be&nbsp; cs&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; de&nbsp; eo&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; et_EE&nbsp; fi&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; gl&nbsp; hr&nbsp; is&nbsp; km&nbsp; locale.alias&nbsp; nb&nbsp; no&nbsp; pt&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ru&nbsp; sl&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; sv&nbsp; vi&nbsp; zh_CN<br>bg&nbsp; cs_CZ&nbsp; el&nbsp; es&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; eu&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; fr&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; gr&nbsp; hu&nbsp; it&nbsp; ko&nbsp; lt&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; nl&nbsp; pa&nbsp; pt_BR&nbsp; rw&nbsp; sl_SI&nbsp; tr&nbsp; wa&nbsp; zh_TW 
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<div>the gentoo-vdr-scripts are 0.4.1</div>
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<div>thanks</div><span></span><span class="sg">
<div>antoine</div></span>