Issued:

2015-07-22

Updated:

2015-07-22

RHBA-2015:1268 - hal-info bug fix update

Synopsis

hal-info bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated hal-info package that fixes one bug and adds one enhancement is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The hal-info package contains various device information files (also known as .fdi files) for the hal package.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Previously, the "Mic Mute" and "Touchpad Toggle" keys did not transmit the correct symbol in Lenovo laptops. With this update, the aforementioned keys are correctly recognized by the X.Org Server, and the XF86AudioMicMute and XF86TouchpadToggle signals are transmitted successfully. (BZ#841419)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:

• To support the various "Fn" keys on latest Toshiba laptops, this update changes the hal-info remapping rules for Toshiba laptops from the provided kernel keycode to a keycode compatible with X. (BZ#1172669)

Users of hal-info are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes this bug and adds this enhancement.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• hal-info-20090716-5.el6.noarch.rpm
• hal-info-20090716-5.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 841419
• This content is not included.BZ - 1172669

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/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.