Issued:
2014-10-13
Updated:
2014-10-13

RHBA-2014:1542 - openmotif bug fix update

Synopsis

openmotif bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated openmotif packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The openmotif packages include the Motif shared libraries needed to run applications which are dynamically linked against Motif, as well as MWM, the Motif Window Manager.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • Prior to this update, the size set in the GeometryManager() function based on the XmFormConstraint "preferred_width" field was not updated when the label was changed and still contained the previous label length. Consequently, if the label text was modified while the window was smaller than the actual label width, the resulting size was incorrectly computed and the label text truncated. With this update, the values are updated and the fault no longer occurs in the described scenario. (BZ#869782, BZ#953938)

  • Previously, when the Motif Window Manager, or MWM, was used as the window manager and the MwmfreezeOnConfig and MwmmoveOpaque options were set to "False", only icons appeared while moving a window anywhere on the screen, and no frame border was drawn. Consequently, users were having problems navigating the applications on their touch screen monitors. A patch has been provided to fix this bug, and windows are now displayed correctly when being moved anywhere on the screen. (BZ#1000343)

  • Due to a bug in the underlying source code, an attempt to use the XmEXTENDED_SELECT policy could cause the Motif libraries to terminate unexpectedly with a segmentation fault. This update applies a patch to fix this bug and Motif no longer crashes in the described scenario. (BZ#1058644)

Users of openmotif are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix 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/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
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

  • openmotif-devel-2.3.3-8.el6.i686.rpm
  • openmotif-2.3.3-8.el6.i686.rpm
  • openmotif-2.3.3-8.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • openmotif-devel-2.3.3-8.el6.s390.rpm
  • openmotif-debuginfo-2.3.3-8.el6.s390x.rpm
  • openmotif-debuginfo-2.3.3-8.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • openmotif-2.3.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • openmotif-debuginfo-2.3.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • openmotif-2.3.3-8.el6.ppc.rpm
  • openmotif-devel-2.3.3-8.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • openmotif-debuginfo-2.3.3-8.el6.s390.rpm
  • openmotif-devel-2.3.3-8.el6.s390x.rpm
  • openmotif-devel-2.3.3-8.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • openmotif-2.3.3-8.el6.s390x.rpm
  • openmotif-2.3.3-8.el6.s390.rpm
  • openmotif-2.3.3-8.el6.src.rpm
  • openmotif-debuginfo-2.3.3-8.el6.ppc.rpm
  • openmotif-devel-2.3.3-8.el6.ppc.rpm
  • openmotif-debuginfo-2.3.3-8.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information