RHBA-2005:500 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated xorg-x11 packages that fix various bugs and add support for
the new audit system are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

Description

X.Org X11 is an implementation of the X Window System, which provides
the core functionality for the graphical Linux desktop.

New features in this release:

• Support for xdm for the new audit system is now available.
• The X server supports i915 and i945 chipsets.
• The X server now recognizes ATI ES1000 cards.

Bugs fixed in this release:

• An issue with the X server's module loading system which could

lead to cache incoherency on the Itanium architecture.

• The X server's PCI config space accesses could cause contention

with the kernel if accesses occurred while the kernel lock was held.

• The keyboard mappings were incorrect for certain keys on Dutch

keyboards.

• DRI is now enabled by default on all ATI Radeon hardware with the

exception of ATI Radeon 7000/VE, which still has DRI-related
issues for some users.

• A race condition when changing framebuffer address on ATI Radeon 7000

cards.

• A memory leak in the shadow framebuffer code

Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

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 - 135233 - X.org does not display euro, tilde, "]" & "[" are incorrect on Dutch Keyboards
• BZ - 150174 - DRI disabled on Mobility Radeon 7500
• BZ - 153103 - ia64 elfloader cache flush
• BZ - 165179 - In appropriate DMA causes hang on Dell Server with Radeon 7000.
• BZ - 168717 - pci-config space patch causes regression with Intel driver

CVEs

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References

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