- Issued:
- 2005-10-05
- Updated:
- 2005-10-05
RHBA-2005:648 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
hwdata bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated hwdata package that fixes various bugs is now available.
Description
The hwdata package contains hardware identification and configuration data.
Various updates were made to the pcitable in the hwdata package, including:
- a fix to the mapping for certain QLogic cards
- support for additional MPT Fusion cards
- a fix for an ATI card brand name
- a fix for an anaconda crash when installing on machines with certain
video cards
Additionally, the hisax ISDN modules were added to the blacklist of
automatically loaded modules to allow them to be loaded by the ISDN init
script.
The descriptive databases of monitors, PCI ids, and USB ids were also updated.
Users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which addresses 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 - 107088 - RHEL4 U2: Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) support (HW)
- BZ - 154799 - rc.sysinit initializing hardware processing prevents ISDN from proper starting
- BZ - 160047 - Anaconda sets graphic card to "ATI Mach 64" whereas it is a "ATI Rage XL"
- BZ - 163907 - Crash with S3 Trio video card: KeyError: 'S3 Trio3D\nS3 Trio64 3D'
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
hwdata-0.146.12.EL-1.src.rpm | SHA-256: e0822b5858c192dbd637231034dff17303f6651683b1abe79ccb8017c6af6a3f |
x86_64 | |
hwdata-0.146.12.EL-1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: f66c8e948e46e90088d5fb52474c03c20022b11827eff82728e950eebdf360f3 |
hwdata-0.146.12.EL-1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: f66c8e948e46e90088d5fb52474c03c20022b11827eff82728e950eebdf360f3 |
ia64 | |
hwdata-0.146.12.EL-1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: f66c8e948e46e90088d5fb52474c03c20022b11827eff82728e950eebdf360f3 |
hwdata-0.146.12.EL-1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: f66c8e948e46e90088d5fb52474c03c20022b11827eff82728e950eebdf360f3 |
i386 | |
hwdata-0.146.12.EL-1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: f66c8e948e46e90088d5fb52474c03c20022b11827eff82728e950eebdf360f3 |
hwdata-0.146.12.EL-1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: f66c8e948e46e90088d5fb52474c03c20022b11827eff82728e950eebdf360f3 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
hwdata-0.146.12.EL-1.src.rpm | SHA-256: e0822b5858c192dbd637231034dff17303f6651683b1abe79ccb8017c6af6a3f |
x86_64 | |
hwdata-0.146.12.EL-1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: f66c8e948e46e90088d5fb52474c03c20022b11827eff82728e950eebdf360f3 |
ia64 | |
hwdata-0.146.12.EL-1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: f66c8e948e46e90088d5fb52474c03c20022b11827eff82728e950eebdf360f3 |
i386 | |
hwdata-0.146.12.EL-1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: f66c8e948e46e90088d5fb52474c03c20022b11827eff82728e950eebdf360f3 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
hwdata-0.146.12.EL-1.src.rpm | SHA-256: e0822b5858c192dbd637231034dff17303f6651683b1abe79ccb8017c6af6a3f |
x86_64 | |
hwdata-0.146.12.EL-1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: f66c8e948e46e90088d5fb52474c03c20022b11827eff82728e950eebdf360f3 |
i386 | |
hwdata-0.146.12.EL-1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: f66c8e948e46e90088d5fb52474c03c20022b11827eff82728e950eebdf360f3 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
hwdata-0.146.12.EL-1.src.rpm | SHA-256: e0822b5858c192dbd637231034dff17303f6651683b1abe79ccb8017c6af6a3f |
s390x | |
hwdata-0.146.12.EL-1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: f66c8e948e46e90088d5fb52474c03c20022b11827eff82728e950eebdf360f3 |
s390 | |
hwdata-0.146.12.EL-1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: f66c8e948e46e90088d5fb52474c03c20022b11827eff82728e950eebdf360f3 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
hwdata-0.146.12.EL-1.src.rpm | SHA-256: e0822b5858c192dbd637231034dff17303f6651683b1abe79ccb8017c6af6a3f |
ppc | |
hwdata-0.146.12.EL-1.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: f66c8e948e46e90088d5fb52474c03c20022b11827eff82728e950eebdf360f3 |
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