RHBA-2012:0923 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated libxklavier packages that fix three bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The libxklavier library provides a high-level API for the X Keyboard Extension
(XKB) that allows extended keyboard control. This library supports X.Org and
other commercial implementations of the X Window system. The library is useful
for creating XKB-related software, such as layout indicators.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Prior to this update, an attempt to log into the server using an NX or VNC

client triggered an XInput error that was handled incorrectly by the libxklavier
library due to the way how the NoMachine NX Free Edition server implements
XInput support. As a consequence, the gnome-settings-daemon aborted
unexpectedly. This update modifies the XInput error handling routine in the
libxklavier library. Now, the library ignores this error and the
gnome-settings-daemon runs as expected. (BZ#657726, BZ#766645)

• Prior to this update, the keyboard layout indicator did not show if the layout

was changed for the first time. As a consequence, users could, under certain
circumstances, not log in. This update modifies the gnome-settings-daemon so
that the indicator now shows the correct layout. (BZ#726885)

All users of libxklavier are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
fix 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/knowledge/articles/11258

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 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 IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• 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 - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x
• 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
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 726885 - Keyboard layout indicator of unlock screen dialog shows wrong value sometimes
• BZ - 766645 - gdm-simple-greeter crashes

CVEs

(none)

References

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