RHBA-2012:0371 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated spice-client package that fixes two bugs is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The spice-client package provides the Simple Protocol for Independent Computing
Environments (SPICE) client application. SPICE is a remote display protocol
designed for virtual environments. SPICE users can access a virtualized desktop
or server from the local system or any system with network access to the server.
SPICE is used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux for viewing virtualized guests running
on the KVM hypervisor or on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisors.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• The SPICE client did not properly support the Xinerama extension in full

screen mode on multi-screen setups. Therefore, if the user switched to full
screen mode while using Xinerama, the SPICE client windows failed to cover all
physical screens used by the guest. With this update, the underlying code has
been modified to provide Xinerama support and the SPICE client now behaves
correctly in full screen mode. (BZ#771323)

• Any attempt of sound recording in the guest failed if there was another

application accessing the recording device on the SPICE client startup. This
update ensures that the client uses the PulseAudio sound server, which now
allows multiple applications to access the recording device at the same time.
(BZ#790892)

All users of spice-client are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
fixes these bugs.

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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.2 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 Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.2 i386
• Red Hat Storage 2.0 x86_64
• Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise 2.0 x86_64
• Red Hat Storage for Public Cloud (via RHUI) 2.0 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• 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 - 771323 - fullscreen problem with Xinerama

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)