RHBA-2015:1301 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated libdrm, mesa, xorg-x11-drv-ati, and xorg-x11-drv-intel packages that fix
several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The libdrm packages comprise a runtime library for the Direct Rendering Manager.
Mesa provides a 3D graphics API that is compatible with Open Graphics Library
(OpenGL) and hardware-accelerated drivers for many popular graphics chips. The
xorg-x11-drv-ati packages include a driver for ATI graphics cards for the X.Org
implementation of the X Window System. The xorg-x11-drv-intel packages contain
an Intel integrated graphics video driver for the X.Org implementation of the X
Window System.

• The libdrm packages have been upgraded to upstream version 2.4.59, which

provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.
(BZ#1186821)

• The mesa packages have been upgraded to upstream version 10.4.3, which

provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. Among
other changes, this version includes support for new Intel 3D graphic chip sets.
(BZ#1032663)

• Support for new Intel 3D graphic chip sets has been backported to the

xorg-x11-drv-intel packages.

• The xorg-x11-drv-ati packages have been upgraded to upstream version 7.5.99,

which contains a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.
Among other changes, this version includes support for new AMD 3D graphic chip
sets. (BZ#1176666)

This update also fixes the following bug:

• Previously, the radeon driver did not work correctly with the Virtual Network

Computing (VNC) module if hardware acceleration was enabled. Consequently, a VNC
client connected to a computer set up this way only displayed a blank screen.
With this update, this problem has been resolved, and it is now possible to use
VNC with the aforementioned setup. (BZ#1084104)

Users of libdrm, mesa, xorg-x11-drv-ati, and xorg-x11-drv-intel 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.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/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 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 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 (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 1084104 - Blank screen while connecting to Xorg based vnc on rhel6
• BZ - 1186821 - Rebase libdrm to upstream 2.4.59

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)