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

RHEA-2011:1621 - xorg-x11-drv-qxl bug fix and enhancement update


Synopsis

xorg-x11-drv-qxl bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

An updated xorg-x11-drv-qxl package that fixes multiple bugs and adds various enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The xorg-x11-drv-qxl package provides an X11 video driver for the QEMU QXL video accelerator. This driver makes it possible to use Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 as a guest operating system under the KVM kernel module and the QEMU multi-platform emulator, using the SPICE protocol.

  • The xorg-x11-drv-qxl package has been upgraded to upstream version 0.0.14, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#713857)

All users of xorg-x11-drv-qxl are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes these bugs and adds these enhancements.

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 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-qxl-0.0.14-10.el6.src.rpm
  • xorg-x11-drv-qxl-debuginfo-0.0.14-10.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • xorg-x11-drv-qxl-debuginfo-0.0.14-10.el6.i686.rpm
  • xorg-x11-drv-qxl-0.0.14-10.el6.i686.rpm
  • xorg-x11-drv-qxl-0.0.14-10.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)


Additional information