RHBA-2005:126 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated kudzu packages that fix various bugs are now available.

Description

Kudzu is a hardware probing tool run at system boot time to determine
what hardware has been added or removed from the system.

This package fixes various bugs, including:

• fixed detection of S390 LCS devices
• fixed python module on ppc for the use of system-config-network
• fixed detection of iSeries virtual SCSI devices
• fixed detection of Intel HD Audio devices

All users of kudzu are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc

Fixes

• BZ - 144343 - Kudzu does not restore the hotplug path if /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts is not found

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)