Bug Fix Advisory firstboot bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2009:1005-1
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2009-05-18
Last updated on: 2009-05-18
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)
OVAL: N/A

Details

An updated firstboot package that fixes a bug is now available.

The firstboot utility runs after system installation. It guides the user
through a series of steps that allows for easier configuration of the machine.

This updated package fixes the following bug:

* on systems with two or more processors, a race condition existed between
the X server starting and firstboot detecting it had started. If setxkbmap
started and finished before metacity started, a "-terminate" command line
argument sent to the X server by firstrun.py caused the X server to exit
when the last running X client exited. By the time metacity was ready to
start, no X server was available, so metacity would exit with an error
message ("unable to open X display :1"). Firstboot no longer includes the
"- terminate" command line argument, thus avoiding this race.

Users should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves this issues.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)

SRPMS:
firstboot-1.3.39-7.src.rpm     0b449720b94ab39cb8dbd7289e24bd93
 
IA-32:
firstboot-1.3.39-7.noarch.rpm     37e96fc5f2df8690df3773a93af48739
 
x86_64:
firstboot-1.3.39-7.noarch.rpm     37e96fc5f2df8690df3773a93af48739
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
firstboot-1.3.39-7.src.rpm     0b449720b94ab39cb8dbd7289e24bd93
 
IA-32:
firstboot-1.3.39-7.noarch.rpm     37e96fc5f2df8690df3773a93af48739
 
IA-64:
firstboot-1.3.39-7.noarch.rpm     37e96fc5f2df8690df3773a93af48739
 
PPC:
firstboot-1.3.39-7.noarch.rpm     37e96fc5f2df8690df3773a93af48739
 
x86_64:
firstboot-1.3.39-7.noarch.rpm     37e96fc5f2df8690df3773a93af48739
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)

SRPMS:
firstboot-1.3.39-7.src.rpm     0b449720b94ab39cb8dbd7289e24bd93
 
IA-32:
firstboot-1.3.39-7.noarch.rpm     37e96fc5f2df8690df3773a93af48739
 
IA-64:
firstboot-1.3.39-7.noarch.rpm     37e96fc5f2df8690df3773a93af48739
 
x86_64:
firstboot-1.3.39-7.noarch.rpm     37e96fc5f2df8690df3773a93af48739
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

SRPMS:
firstboot-1.3.39-7.src.rpm     0b449720b94ab39cb8dbd7289e24bd93
 
IA-32:
firstboot-1.3.39-7.noarch.rpm     37e96fc5f2df8690df3773a93af48739
 
IA-64:
firstboot-1.3.39-7.noarch.rpm     37e96fc5f2df8690df3773a93af48739
 
x86_64:
firstboot-1.3.39-7.noarch.rpm     37e96fc5f2df8690df3773a93af48739
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

155016 - firstboot fails "could not open display"



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