Issued:

2011-12-06

Updated:

2011-12-06

RHEA-2011:1625 - new package: wdaemon

Synopsis

new package: wdaemon

Type/Severity

Product Enhancement Advisory (none)

Topic

A new wdaemon package is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The new wdaemon package contains a daemon to wrap input driver hotplugging in the X.Org implementation of the X Window System server. The wdaemon package emulates virtual input devices to avoid otherwise non-persistent configuration of Wacom tablets to persist across device removals.

This enhancement update adds the wdaemon package to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

All users who require wdaemon should install this new package.

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

Updated Packages

• wdaemon-0.17-2.el6.src.rpm
• wdaemon-debuginfo-0.17-2.el6.ppc64.rpm
• wdaemon-0.17-2.el6.i686.rpm
• wdaemon-0.17-2.el6.x86_64.rpm
• wdaemon-0.17-2.el6.ppc64.rpm
• wdaemon-debuginfo-0.17-2.el6.i686.rpm
• wdaemon-debuginfo-0.17-2.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 688003

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/.
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