Issued:
2011-12-06
Updated:
2011-12-06

RHEA-2011:1612 - gnome-system-monitor enhancement update

Synopsis

gnome-system-monitor enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

An enhanced gnome-system-monitor package that provides an enhancement is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The gnome-system-monitor package contains a tool which allows to graphically view and manipulate the running processes on the system. It also provides an overview of available resources such as CPU and memory.

This updated gnome-system-monitor package adds the following enhancement:

  • Previously, the CPU History graph could be hard to read if it displayed large numbers of CPUs. This update modifies the design: scrollbars were added for easier manipulation of the window and random color is now generated to each CPU. (BZ#571597)

Users of gnome-system-monitor are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which adds this enhancement.

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 This content is not included.https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
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

  • gnome-system-monitor-2.28.0-9.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • gnome-system-monitor-2.28.0-9.el6.i686.rpm
  • gnome-system-monitor-debuginfo-2.28.0-9.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • gnome-system-monitor-2.28.0-9.el6.s390x.rpm
  • gnome-system-monitor-2.28.0-9.el6.src.rpm
  • gnome-system-monitor-debuginfo-2.28.0-9.el6.i686.rpm
  • gnome-system-monitor-2.28.0-9.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • gnome-system-monitor-debuginfo-2.28.0-9.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • gnome-system-monitor-debuginfo-2.28.0-9.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

(none)

CVEs

(none)

References

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Additional information