RHEA-2011:1601 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

Updated xorg-x11-drv-apm, xorg-x11-drv-ast, xorg-x11-drv-cirrus,
xorg-x11-drv-dummy, xorg-x11-drv-fbdev, xorg-x11-drv-geode, xorg-x11-drv-glint,
xorg-x11-drv-i128, xorg-x11-drv-i740, xorg-x11-drv-mach64,
xorg-x11-drv-neomagic, xorg-x11-drv-nv, xorg-x11-drv-openchrome,
xorg-x11-drv-r128, xorg-x11-drv-rendition, xorg-x11-drv-s3virge,
xorg-x11-drv-savage, xorg-x11-drv-siliconmotion, xorg-x11-drv-sis,
xorg-x11-drv-sisusb, xorg-x11-drv-tdfx, xorg-x11-drv-trident, xorg-x11-drv-v4l,
xorg-x11-drv-vesa, xorg-x11-drv-vmware, xorg-x11-drv-voodoo, xorg-x11-drv-xgi
packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available
for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

These X.Org video driver packages provide video drivers needed for various
graphics cards to work properly in the X.Org implementation of the X Window
System.

The following packages have been upgraded to the higher upstream versions, which
provide a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous versions:

• The xorg-x11-drv-apm package has been upgraded to upstream version 1.2.3.

(BZ#713779)

• The xorg-x11-drv-ast package has been upgraded to upstream version 0.91.10.

(BZ#713867)

• The xorg-x11-drv-cirrus package has been upgraded to upstream version 1.3.2.

(BZ#713780)

• The xorg-x11-drv-dummy package has been upgraded to upstream version 0.3.4.

(BZ#713781)

• The xorg-x11-drv-fbdev package has been upgraded to upstream version 0.4.2.

(BZ#713787)

• The xorg-x11-drv-geode package has been upgraded to upstream version 2.11.12.

(BZ#713789)

• The xorg-x11-drv-glint package has been upgraded to upstream version 1.2.5.

(BZ#713790)

• The xorg-x11-drv-i128 package has been upgraded to upstream version 1.3.4.

(BZ#713803)

• The xorg-x11-drv-i740 package has been upgraded to upstream version 1.3.2.

(BZ#713805)

• The xorg-x11-drv-mach64 package has been upgraded to upstream version 6.9.0.

(BZ#713808)

• The xorg-x11-drv-neomagic package has been upgraded to upstream version 1.2.5.

(BZ#713811)

• The xorg-x11-drv-nv package has been upgraded to upstream version 2.1.18.

(BZ#713855)

• The xorg-x11-drv-openchrome package has been upgraded to upstream version

0.2.904. (BZ#713856)

• The xorg-x11-drv-r128 package has been upgraded to upstream version 6.8.1.

(BZ#713813)

• The xorg-x11-drv-rendition package has been upgraded to upstream version

4.2.4. (BZ#713814)

• The xorg-x11-drv-s3virge package has been upgraded to upstream version 1.10.4.

(BZ#713832)

• The xorg-x11-drv-savage package has been upgraded to upstream version 2.3.2.

(BZ#713833)

• The xorg-x11-drv-siliconmotion package has been upgraded to upstream version

1.7.5. (BZ#713835)

• The xorg-x11-drv-sis package has been upgraded to upstream version 0.10.3.

(BZ#713859)

• The xorg-x11-drv-sisusb package has been upgraded to upstream version 0.9.4.

(BZ#713836)

• The xorg-x11-drv-tdfx package has been upgraded to upstream version 1.4.3.

(BZ#713837)

• The xorg-x11-drv-trident package has been upgraded to upstream version 1.3.4.

(BZ#713838)

• The xorg-x11-drv-v4l package has been upgraded to upstream version 0.2.0.

(BZ#713839)

• The xorg-x11-drv-vesa package has been upgraded to upstream version 2.3.0.

(BZ#713840)

• The xorg-x11-drv-vmware package has been upgraded to upstream version 11.0.3.

(BZ#713842)

• The xorg-x11-drv-voodoo package has been upgraded to upstream version 1.2.4.

(BZ#713844)

• The xorg-x11-drv-xgi package has been upgraded to upstream version 1.6.0.

(BZ#713860)

In addition, this update fixes the following bug:

• Due to a missing XGIPowerSaving() function call in the xgi video driver's

source code, a server using XGI Z9-series graphics chipset was not able to
recover from power-saving mode. With this update, the XGIPowerSaving() function
call has been added and the server now recovers properly. (BZ#704094)

All users of these X.Org video driver packages 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.

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/kb/docs/DOC-11259

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 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 Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 656524 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 doesn't have the XGI Volari Z9S chip video driver.
• BZ - 708157 - RPM packages are supposed to be built in %build
• BZ - 713779 - Rebase -drv-apm for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713780 - Rebase -drv-cirrus for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713781 - Rebase -drv-dummy for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713787 - Rebase -drv-fbdev for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713789 - Rebase -drv-geode for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713790 - Rebase -drv-glint for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713803 - Rebase -drv-i128 for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713805 - Rebase -drv-i740 for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713808 - Rebase -drv-mach64 for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713811 - Rebase -drv-neomagic for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713813 - Rebase -drv-r128 for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713814 - Rebase -drv-rendition for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713832 - Rebase -drv-s3virge for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713833 - Rebase -drv-savage for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713835 - Rebase -drv-siliconmotion for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713836 - Rebase -drv-sisusb for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713837 - Rebase -drv-tdfx for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713838 - Rebase -drv-trident for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713839 - Rebase -drv-v4l for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713840 - Rebase -drv-vesa for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713842 - Rebase -drv-vmware for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713844 - Rebase -drv-voodoo for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713855 - Rebase -drv-nv for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713856 - Rebase -drv-openchrome for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713859 - Rebase -drv-sis for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713860 - Rebase -drv-xgi for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 713867 - Rebase -drv-ast for the 6.2 Xorg rebase

CVEs

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References

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