Issued:
2012-06-20
Updated:
2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0769 - gnome-system-monitor bug fix update

Synopsis

gnome-system-monitor bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated gnome-system-monitor package that fixes two bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The gnome-system-monitor utility allows users to graphically view and manipulate the running processes on the system, and provides an overview of available resources such as CPU and memory.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Prior to this update, the gnome-system-monitor failed to correctly parse the contents of the /proc/cpuinfo file if it included an informational entry about the machine model on 64-bit PowerPC architectures. As a consequence, a false "Unknown CPU model" processor was incorrectly reported by the application. This update changes the parsing code to discard such information when it does not identify an additional processor. (BZ#682011)

  • Prior to this update, the gnome-system-monitor parser code expected a certain string to identify the CPU speed which is not used for all architectures. As a consequence, the gnome-system-monitor could fail to correctly parse the processor speed from /proc/cpuinfo when a different string was used, for example on 64-bit PowerPC. This update changes the parsing code to support different string types used on such architectures. (BZ#692956)

All users of gnome-system-monitor are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs.

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/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems)6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • gnome-system-monitor-2.28.0-11.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • gnome-system-monitor-2.28.0-11.el6.src.rpm
  • gnome-system-monitor-debuginfo-2.28.0-11.el6.i686.rpm
  • gnome-system-monitor-2.28.0-11.el6.s390x.rpm
  • gnome-system-monitor-2.28.0-11.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • gnome-system-monitor-2.28.0-11.el6.i686.rpm
  • gnome-system-monitor-debuginfo-2.28.0-11.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • gnome-system-monitor-debuginfo-2.28.0-11.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • gnome-system-monitor-debuginfo-2.28.0-11.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information