Issued:
2015-07-22
Updated:
2015-07-22

RHBA-2015:1276 - xkeyboard-config bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

xkeyboard-config bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated xkeyboard-config packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The xkeyboard-config packages contain configuration data used by the X keyboard Extension (XKB), which allows selection of keyboard layouts when using a graphical interface.

This update fixes the following bugs:

  • With the previous upgrade to upstream version 2.11, the /usr/share/X11/xkb/keymap.dir file was removed from the xkeyboard-config packages. Consequently, X11 keyboard configuration stopped working for NX connections. This update includes the missing file again, and as a result, the broken functionality is restored. (BZ#923160)

  • The previous upgrade to upstream version 2.11 also remapped three keys in the Russian phonetic keyboard layout: the "x" key was mapped to "ha", "h" to "che", and "=" to the soft sign. This change caused problems to users who expected the usual layout of the phonetic keyboard. Now, the layout has been fixed, and these keys are correctly mapped to the soft sign, "ha", and "che" respectively. (BZ#1164507)

Users of xkeyboard-config 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.

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

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

  • xkeyboard-config-devel-2.11-3.el6.noarch.rpm
  • xkeyboard-config-2.11-3.el6.src.rpm
  • xkeyboard-config-2.11-3.el6.noarch.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information