Issued:

2013-02-20

Updated:

2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0308 - xorg-x11-drv-qxl bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

xorg-x11-drv-qxl bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated xorg-x11-drv-qxl packages that fix multiple bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The xorg-x11-drv-qxl packages provide 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 packages have been upgraded to upstream version 0.1.0, which adds support for multiple monitors and continuous resolution. It aslo provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#835249, BZ#787160)

This update also fixes the following bugs:

Due to overlapping memory areas, remote-viewer became unresponsive after a migration of a guest playing a video. This update adjusts the monitors_config pointer to fix this issue, and migration of a guest, which is displaying video, works as expected. (BZ#883578)

This update disables "surfaces" by default due to a performance regression with the rendering support. (BZ#896005)

All users of xorg-x11-drv-qxl 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/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• xorg-x11-drv-qxl-0.1.0-4.el6.src.rpm
• xorg-x11-drv-qxl-0.1.0-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
• xorg-x11-drv-qxl-0.1.0-4.el6.i686.rpm
• xorg-x11-drv-qxl-debuginfo-0.1.0-4.el6.i686.rpm
• xorg-x11-drv-qxl-debuginfo-0.1.0-4.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 787160
• This content is not included.BZ - 883578
• This content is not included.BZ - 896005

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

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