Issued:

2013-11-20

Updated:

2013-11-20

RHBA-2013:1664 - xorg-x11-drv-nouveau bug fix update

Synopsis

xorg-x11-drv-nouveau bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated xorg-x11-drv-nouveau packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The xorg-x11-drv-nouveau packages provide the X.Org X11 noveau video driver for NVIDIA graphics chipsets.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, when using a VGA-compatible controller for certain NVIDIA Quadro graphics cards, the rendercheck test suite was not able to perform the complete check due to rendering problems. The xorg-x11-drv-nouveau packages have been fixed, rendering problems no longer occur, and the test suite completes the check as expected. (BZ#876566)

Users of xorg-x11-drv-nouveau are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.1-4.el6.src.rpm
• xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.1-4.el6.i686.rpm
• xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-debuginfo-1.0.1-4.el6.ppc64.rpm
• xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.1-4.el6.ppc64.rpm
• xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.1-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
• xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-debuginfo-1.0.1-4.el6.x86_64.rpm
• xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-debuginfo-1.0.1-4.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 876566

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
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