Chapter 1. Package Updates
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X.org X11 is an open source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low level
functionality upon which full fledged graphical user interfaces such as GNOME and KDE are designed.
These updated packages address the following bugs:
• an error in trapezoid rasterisation that caused X to crash and which could be triggered on large web
pages has been fixed. (BZ#448586)
• a crash in software image transfers on 64-bit systems that caused Xvfb (the X virtual framebuffer) to
segfault has been fixed. (BZ#467370)
• a 64-bit bug in the x86 emulator that prevented X from starting on AMD64 and Intel 64 clients was
corrected. (BZ#503072)
• the xorg-x11-server-randr-source package is obsolete but no other packages "obsolete" it. With
this update xorg-x11-server obsoletes the randr-source package and, if the old package is present,
installing this update will remove it automatically. (BZ#503072)
This update also includes the following enhancements:
• the -maxclients command line option was added to the X server. This option allows for
configurations with either more clients or more resources per client. (BZ#439797)
• two new opcodes to support newer video BIOSes were added. Note: Intel Mobile Express Series 5
chipsets (also known as "Ironlake graphics" for the CPU used with the chipsets) are only supported
in VESA mode in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. (BZ#503182)
All xorg-x11-server users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues and
add these features.
1.250. yaboot
1.250.1. RHBA-2009:1386: bug fix and enhancement update
An updated yaboot package that fixes a bug and adds an enhancement is now available.
The yaboot package is a boot loader for Open Firmware based PowerPC systems. It can be used to
boot IBM eServer System p machines.
This updated package fixes the following bug:
• previously the debuginfo rpm of yaboot was built but the built package was empty. yaboot
contains ELF objects but is neither a Linux nor a Mac OS X executable file: it is meant to be
executed by OpenFirmware only. With this update the debuginfo rpm is, correctly, not built at all.
(
BZ#500639
1896
)
This update also adds the following enhancement.
• support for handling IPv6 boot parameters has been added to yaboot, which now supports booting
and operating system installation over IPv6. (
BZ#475807
1897
)
All PowerPC yaboot users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these
issues.
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