RHBA-2013:0053 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated kudzu packages that fix one bug and add one enhancement are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The kudzu packages provide a hardware probing library for automatic discovery
and configuration of hardware.

This update fixes the following bug:

Prior to this update, the X11 configuration of video cards was skipped if no
kernel driver was available, even if a corresponding Xorg driver existed. This
update skips the configuration only in cases when none of the mentioned drivers
are aqvailable. (BZ#748481)

This update also adds the following enhancement:

• This update adds native support for Microsoft Hyper-V virtual hardware.

(BZ#819903)

All users of kudzu are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix
this bug and add this enhancement.

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 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 - 748481 - Kudzu skips X11 config for video cards w/o a kernel module

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)