RHBA-2010:0204 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated xorg-x11-drv-nv package that fixes a bug and adds support for
Quadro FX 770M, FX1800M and 880M GPUs is now available.

Description

xorg-x11-drv-nv provides a driver for NVIDIA cards for the X.org
implementation of the X Window System.

This update resolves the following issue:

• previously, xorg-x11-drv-nv specified no explicit range for offscreen

Pixmaps. On rare occasions, this caused X to crash with a sig 11 error when
Firefox 3.5.x attempted to load certain, specific, web pages (eg
http://adorama.com). With this update, explicit 512 pixel limits have been
placed on offscreen Pixmap width and height. Consequently, xorg-x11-drv-nv
no longer causes X to crash when Firefox 3.5 loads the specified pages.
(BZ#498500)

This update also adds the following enhancements:

• previously, the NVIDIA cards that used the Quadro FX 770M GPU were driven

as generic VESA-compliant video cards. With this update, the
xorg-x11-drv-nv driver adds Quadro FX 770M support. Amongst other
improvements, Quadro FX 770M-based cards now support multi-head setups.
(BZ#486135, BZ#499684)

• this update adds support for the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M or 880M GPUs such

as are included in Dell M4500 Mobile Workstations. (BZ#514999)

All users should install this newly released package, which resolves 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 the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 498500 - Firefox 3.5 causes RHEL 5.4 xorg to die with sig 11

CVEs

(none)

References

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