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

RHBA-2015:1434 - xorg-x11-drv-mach64 bug fix update


Synopsis

xorg-x11-drv-mach64 bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated xorg-x11-drv-mach64 packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The xorg-x11-drv-mach64 packages provide the X.Org X11 Mach64 video driver.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Upgrading the xorg-x11-drv-mach64 packages on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 system with the ATI Rage XL VGA video card to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 introduced a bug. As a consequence, after booting the system in GUI mode, X.Org X11 terminated with a segmentation fault with the Mach64 accelerator. A patch has been applied to address this bug, and X.Org X11 no longer crashes in the described situation. (BZ#1182124)

Users of xorg-x11-drv-mach64 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.

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

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

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
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 Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • xorg-x11-drv-mach64-debuginfo-6.9.4-9.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • xorg-x11-drv-mach64-6.9.4-9.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • xorg-x11-drv-mach64-6.9.4-9.el6.i686.rpm
  • xorg-x11-drv-mach64-debuginfo-6.9.4-9.el6.i686.rpm
  • xorg-x11-drv-mach64-debuginfo-6.9.4-9.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • xorg-x11-drv-mach64-6.9.4-9.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • xorg-x11-drv-mach64-6.9.4-9.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information