Bug Fix Advisory xorg-x11-xinit bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2007:1046-2
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2008-05-21
Last updated on: 2008-05-21
Affected Products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated xorg-x11-xinit packages that fix various bugs are now available.

X.org is an open source implementation of the X Window System providing
basic low-level functionality that full-fledged desktop environments such
as GNOME and KDE are built on top of. xorg-x11-xinit contains the X.Org X
Window System xinit startup scripts.

Bugs fixed in these updated packages include:
* The LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable was being dropped on login.
* There was a typo in the XSession script.


Solution

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated xorg-x11-xinit packages,
which resolve these issues.

Updated packages

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
xorg-x11-xinit-1.0.2-15.el5.src.rpm     8ae8f334a986295d37a306b834ff93e8
 
IA-32:
xorg-x11-xinit-1.0.2-15.el5.i386.rpm     7d4727763f3d125b91ac331bd2367d2b
 
IA-64:
xorg-x11-xinit-1.0.2-15.el5.ia64.rpm     2c74ab8ede60de1ba4bad533742206ad
 
PPC:
xorg-x11-xinit-1.0.2-15.el5.ppc.rpm     1f2b3e43f628ece540bd9a252b9276ee
 
s390x:
xorg-x11-xinit-1.0.2-15.el5.s390x.rpm     143972a5e6560cc86dcf54795af99dae
 
x86_64:
xorg-x11-xinit-1.0.2-15.el5.x86_64.rpm     f5ac9de5c80ce8b94806a7384dad492f
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
xorg-x11-xinit-1.0.2-15.el5.src.rpm     8ae8f334a986295d37a306b834ff93e8
 
IA-32:
xorg-x11-xinit-1.0.2-15.el5.i386.rpm     7d4727763f3d125b91ac331bd2367d2b
 
x86_64:
xorg-x11-xinit-1.0.2-15.el5.x86_64.rpm     f5ac9de5c80ce8b94806a7384dad492f
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

217783 - LD_LIBRARY_PATH stripped when xdm login ( personal )



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