- Issued:
- 2006-07-20
- Updated:
- 2006-07-20
RHEA-2006:0461 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
hwdata enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Topic
An hwdata package that updates the PCI description tables and monitor
database is now available.
Description
The hwdata package contains hardware identification and configuration data.
This new package updates the pci.ids and usb.ids databases used by lspci
and lsusb that match numeric IDs to descriptive names. It also includes:
- an update for the monitor database to include several Hewlett-Packard LCD
monitors.
- an update to the Cards database to include Matrox G200E cards.
Users of hwdata are advised to upgrade to this updated package.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
Fixes
- BZ - 183388 - Matrox Driver Integration to RedHat Distribution
- BZ - 191694 - Add HP monitors to the MonitorsDB list
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
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