RHEA-2011:1621 - Product Enhancement Advisory

Topic

An updated xorg-x11-drv-qxl package that fixes multiple bugs and adds various
enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The xorg-x11-drv-qxl package provides an X11 video driver for the QEMU QXL video
accelerator. This driver makes it possible to use Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 as
a guest operating system under the KVM kernel module and the QEMU multi-platform
emulator, using the SPICE protocol.

• The xorg-x11-drv-qxl package has been upgraded to upstream version 0.0.14,

which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.
(BZ#713857)

All users of xorg-x11-drv-qxl are advised to upgrade to this updated package,
which fixes these bugs and adds 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 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 - 700392 - [RH_QXL_2] Xorg crashes when switching youtube video to full-screen mode
• BZ - 713857 - Rebase -drv-qxl for the 6.2 Xorg rebase
• BZ - 730729 - Xinerama doesn't work
• BZ - 737840 - qxl driver causes xorg to hang
• BZ - 741282 - When going from multi mon to single monitor config, client still shows multiple monitors

CVEs

(none)

References

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