RHBA-2011:1588 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated xorg-x11-drv-wacom and wacomcpl packages that fix multiple bugs and add
various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The xorg-x11-drv-wacom package provides an X Window System input device driver
that allows the X server to handle Wacom tablets with extended functionality.

The wacomcpl package provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for the
xorg-x11-drv-wacom X input device driver.

The wacomcpl package has been upgraded to upstream version 0.10, which provides
a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#713864)

This update also fixes the following bugs:

• With this update, the new X.Org server is now supported. (BZ#713769)
• Previously, the xsetwacom(1) manual page contained a typographical error. This

update corrects the typographical error. (BZ#641759)

• Previously, calibration could be inaccurate when using TwinView while the

orientation was set to "LeftOf". With this update, the source code is modified
and calibration now works as expected. (BZ#675672)

This update also adds the following enhancements:

• Prior to this update, the wacomcpl utility supported only a single wacomcplrc

file in the user's home directory. All the user settings were restored from this
file when logging in. When various users logged into multiple machines with a
different setup, a user had to update the wacomcplrc file every time. With this
update, wacomcpl is modified to support host-specific wacomcplrc files. If no
file exists with a hostname suffix, wacomcpl finally tries to load the
wacomcplrc file without the suffix. (BZ#711618)

• With this update, the eraser automatically updates to the same calibration

setting as the stylus when calibrating or binding the stylus to a screen using
wacomcpl. (BZ#711619)

All users of xorg-x11-drv-wacom and wacomcpl are advised to upgrade to these
updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 641759 - xsetwacom man page typo: "list mods" should be "list mod"
• BZ - 675672 - wacomcpl calibration slightly off with twiview set up to "leftOf"
• BZ - 711618 - Allow multiple wacomcplrc files to be used
• BZ - 711619 - wacomcpl - Fix set eraser mappings same as stylus
• BZ - 713769 - Forward-port -drv-wacom for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713864 - Rebase wacomcpl for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 717213 - Resource leak revealed by Coverity scan

CVEs

(none)

References

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