- Issued:
- 2007-04-30
- Updated:
- 2007-04-30
RHBA-2007:0307 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
firstboot bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated firstboot package that fixes various bugs is now available.
Description
The firstboot utility runs after system installation. It guides the user
through a series of steps that allows for easier configuration of the machine.
Bugs fixed in this updated package include:
- When run in text reconfigure mode, firstboot would not start up in
reconfigure mode later if the timeout expired.
- Certain firstboot modules caused the program to crash.
Users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_1018.
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 Power, big endian 4 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 170609 - Firstboot forgets about reconfig mode if it times out
- BZ - 178920 - pxe network install firstboot BootWindow myVbox
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4
SRPM | |
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firstboot-1.3.39-6.src.rpm | SHA-256: f5be81ec2749921e45e129621f6d5bf55d0e6d3edf11dad1d5f113bda6155263 |
x86_64 | |
firstboot-1.3.39-6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 5760a12bc20d3d43c017b88bb2474b8b475929463bd8c11d8957165b26108966 |
firstboot-1.3.39-6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 5760a12bc20d3d43c017b88bb2474b8b475929463bd8c11d8957165b26108966 |
ia64 | |
firstboot-1.3.39-6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 5760a12bc20d3d43c017b88bb2474b8b475929463bd8c11d8957165b26108966 |
firstboot-1.3.39-6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 5760a12bc20d3d43c017b88bb2474b8b475929463bd8c11d8957165b26108966 |
i386 | |
firstboot-1.3.39-6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 5760a12bc20d3d43c017b88bb2474b8b475929463bd8c11d8957165b26108966 |
firstboot-1.3.39-6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 5760a12bc20d3d43c017b88bb2474b8b475929463bd8c11d8957165b26108966 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
firstboot-1.3.39-6.src.rpm | SHA-256: f5be81ec2749921e45e129621f6d5bf55d0e6d3edf11dad1d5f113bda6155263 |
x86_64 | |
firstboot-1.3.39-6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 5760a12bc20d3d43c017b88bb2474b8b475929463bd8c11d8957165b26108966 |
ia64 | |
firstboot-1.3.39-6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 5760a12bc20d3d43c017b88bb2474b8b475929463bd8c11d8957165b26108966 |
i386 | |
firstboot-1.3.39-6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 5760a12bc20d3d43c017b88bb2474b8b475929463bd8c11d8957165b26108966 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
firstboot-1.3.39-6.src.rpm | SHA-256: f5be81ec2749921e45e129621f6d5bf55d0e6d3edf11dad1d5f113bda6155263 |
x86_64 | |
firstboot-1.3.39-6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 5760a12bc20d3d43c017b88bb2474b8b475929463bd8c11d8957165b26108966 |
i386 | |
firstboot-1.3.39-6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 5760a12bc20d3d43c017b88bb2474b8b475929463bd8c11d8957165b26108966 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4
SRPM | |
---|---|
firstboot-1.3.39-6.src.rpm | SHA-256: f5be81ec2749921e45e129621f6d5bf55d0e6d3edf11dad1d5f113bda6155263 |
ppc | |
firstboot-1.3.39-6.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 5760a12bc20d3d43c017b88bb2474b8b475929463bd8c11d8957165b26108966 |
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