RHBA-2012:1177 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated kdebase packages that fix three bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The K Desktop Environment (KDE) is a graphical desktop environment for the X
Window System. The kdebase packages include core applications for the K Desktop
Environment.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• If multiple users were using a KDE desktop on the same machine (for example by

using the XDMCP protocol), only one user was able to lock the desktop. A patch
has been applied to address this problem, and all users can now lock their
desktops in the described scenario. (BZ#500399)

• Previously, the kdebase package did not honor mount options set in the HAL

configuration files. This update corrects the problem, so that kdebase honors
these mount options. (BZ#663638)

• On 64-bit systems, if the user changed time backwards, the KWin window manager

incorrectly detected applications as not responding. This was due to a timestamp
problem, which has been corrected, and KWIN no longer incorrectly reports
applications as not responding. (BZ#669354)

All users of kdebase are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
these bugs.

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
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

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 IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• 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 - 663638 - kio/ mediamanger's HAL backend does not honor mount options set in HAL config files
• BZ - 669354 - kwin wrongly detects application hanging because of 64bit timetamp issue

CVEs

(none)

References

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