RHBA-2008:0722 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An enhanced wdaemon package that fixes various bugs and adds an enhancement
is now available.

Description

wdaemon is a helper application which emulates persistent input devices for
Wacom tablets so as to allow them to be plugged-in and unplugged while an
X.org server is running.

This updated wdaemon package upgrades wdaemon to the newer 0.14 version of
wdaemon, which includes fixes for the following bugs:

• an initrd bug sometimes caused the daemon to fail to start during boot;

this issue has been rectified in this updated package.

• wdaemon used more processor than was necessary. With this update, wdaemon

utilizes fewer CPU cycles than before.

• an error in the initrd initialization messages has been corrected in this

updated package.

In addition, this updated wdaemon package provides support for the
following Wacom tablets: Cintiq 20wsx, Intuos3 4x6, Intuos 12x12, Intuos
12x19, and the Wacom Bamboo.

All users of wdaemon are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves these issues and provides this enhancement.

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_10188

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 - 253088 - [RFE] Add support for Wacom PTZ-431W to kernel

CVEs

(none)

References

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