Issued:

2013-02-20

Updated:

2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0321 - plymouth bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

plymouth bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated plymouth packages that fix multiple bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The plymouth packages provide a graphical boot animation in place of the text messages that are normally displayed. Text messages are instead redirected to a log file for viewing after boot.

The plymouth packages have been upgraded to upstream version 0.8.3, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#853207)

All users of plymouth 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

• plymouth-0.8.3-27.el6.x86_64.rpm
• plymouth-core-libs-0.8.3-27.el6.s390x.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-space-flares-0.8.3-27.el6.ppc64.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-script-0.8.3-27.el6.s390x.rpm
• plymouth-0.8.3-27.el6.src.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-two-step-0.8.3-27.el6.i686.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber-0.8.3-27.el6.x86_64.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber-0.8.3-27.el6.ppc64.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-two-step-0.8.3-27.el6.s390x.rpm
• plymouth-scripts-0.8.3-27.el6.s390x.rpm
• plymouth-graphics-libs-0.8.3-27.el6.i686.rpm
• plymouth-theme-rings-0.8.3-27.el6.noarch.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-script-0.8.3-27.el6.x86_64.rpm
• plymouth-debuginfo-0.8.3-27.el6.x86_64.rpm
• plymouth-theme-fade-in-0.8.3-27.el6.noarch.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-label-0.8.3-27.el6.s390x.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-space-flares-0.8.3-27.el6.i686.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber-0.8.3-27.el6.i686.rpm
• plymouth-devel-0.8.3-27.el6.s390x.rpm
• plymouth-gdm-hooks-0.8.3-27.el6.x86_64.rpm
• plymouth-devel-0.8.3-27.el6.ppc64.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-space-flares-0.8.3-27.el6.s390x.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-label-0.8.3-27.el6.ppc64.rpm
• plymouth-theme-spinfinity-0.8.3-27.el6.noarch.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-throbgress-0.8.3-27.el6.i686.rpm
• plymouth-debuginfo-0.8.3-27.el6.ppc64.rpm
• plymouth-utils-0.8.3-27.el6.x86_64.rpm
• plymouth-gdm-hooks-0.8.3-27.el6.i686.rpm
• plymouth-theme-script-0.8.3-27.el6.noarch.rpm
• plymouth-core-libs-0.8.3-27.el6.i686.rpm
• plymouth-gdm-hooks-0.8.3-27.el6.ppc64.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-label-0.8.3-27.el6.x86_64.rpm
• plymouth-scripts-0.8.3-27.el6.x86_64.rpm
• plymouth-0.8.3-27.el6.ppc64.rpm
• plymouth-gdm-hooks-0.8.3-27.el6.s390x.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-throbgress-0.8.3-27.el6.ppc64.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-throbgress-0.8.3-27.el6.x86_64.rpm
• plymouth-core-libs-0.8.3-27.el6.ppc.rpm
• plymouth-core-libs-0.8.3-27.el6.ppc64.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-space-flares-0.8.3-27.el6.x86_64.rpm
• plymouth-scripts-0.8.3-27.el6.ppc64.rpm
• plymouth-system-theme-0.8.3-27.el6.noarch.rpm
• plymouth-theme-solar-0.8.3-27.el6.noarch.rpm
• plymouth-debuginfo-0.8.3-27.el6.s390.rpm
• plymouth-graphics-libs-0.8.3-27.el6.s390x.rpm
• plymouth-graphics-libs-0.8.3-27.el6.s390.rpm
• plymouth-graphics-libs-0.8.3-27.el6.ppc.rpm
• plymouth-debuginfo-0.8.3-27.el6.ppc.rpm
• plymouth-graphics-libs-0.8.3-27.el6.ppc64.rpm
• plymouth-debuginfo-0.8.3-27.el6.i686.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-script-0.8.3-27.el6.ppc64.rpm
• plymouth-debuginfo-0.8.3-27.el6.s390x.rpm
• plymouth-0.8.3-27.el6.s390x.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-fade-throbber-0.8.3-27.el6.s390x.rpm
• plymouth-0.8.3-27.el6.i686.rpm
• plymouth-scripts-0.8.3-27.el6.i686.rpm
• plymouth-utils-0.8.3-27.el6.s390x.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-two-step-0.8.3-27.el6.ppc64.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-label-0.8.3-27.el6.i686.rpm
• plymouth-devel-0.8.3-27.el6.x86_64.rpm
• plymouth-utils-0.8.3-27.el6.i686.rpm
• plymouth-devel-0.8.3-27.el6.s390.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-script-0.8.3-27.el6.i686.rpm
• plymouth-utils-0.8.3-27.el6.ppc64.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-two-step-0.8.3-27.el6.x86_64.rpm
• plymouth-devel-0.8.3-27.el6.ppc.rpm
• plymouth-core-libs-0.8.3-27.el6.x86_64.rpm
• plymouth-core-libs-0.8.3-27.el6.s390.rpm
• plymouth-devel-0.8.3-27.el6.i686.rpm
• plymouth-graphics-libs-0.8.3-27.el6.x86_64.rpm
• plymouth-plugin-throbgress-0.8.3-27.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

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