- Issued:
- 2009-09-02
- Updated:
- 2009-09-02
RHBA-2009:1343 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
xorg-x11-drv-ati bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated x11-drv-ati package that fixes bugs and adds enhancements is now
available.
Description
The xorg-x11-drv-ati package provides a driver for ATI cards for the X.Org
implementation of the X Window System.
Bugs fixed in the updated package include:
- specifying NoDRI in the xorg.conf did not disable direct rendering on Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 as expected. This has been corrected and
specifying NoDRI in xorg.conf disables direct rendering on Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.4. (BZ#465142)
- on Altix systems the FireMV card's second VGA output did not correctly
detect a monitor plugged in. This has been corrected. (BZ#477679)
- graphical installation failed on ATI FireMV 2400 cards, although
text-mode installations did work. With this update the r500 driver is now
installed by default for FireMV 2400 cards and graphical installation now
work as expected. (BZ#483165)
- on r600-based ATI cards (eg the Radeon 3100, the Radeon HD 3600 XT and
Radeon Mobility HD 2600 Series cards) the mouse pointer could become
corrupted. Note: this problem only appeared in Beta releases of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.4. It was not present in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3
and was fixed for the public release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
(BZ#514559)
The following enhancements are also included in the updated package:
- the r500 driver was updated to match the upstream X.org ATI 6.12.2
release. This added support for the latest ATI GPUs including the rs880.
(BZ#495098 and BZ#477257)
- the r500 driver now supports the Xinerama extension, providing
significantly improved support for multi-head setups, especially those
involving displays with different aspect ratios. (BZ#481067)
All ATI graphics card users should upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves these issues and adds these features.
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
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 465142 - NoDRI in xorg.conf does not work in RHEL 5.2
- BZ - 481067 - r500 driver lacks Xinerama extension
- BZ - 483165 - graphical install fails with ATI Technologies Inc M24 [FireMV 2400]
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.3-3.27.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: fdce2cbf64df21a503bcbcbf159761b7ab010689cff839e8254a5aff1eb11165 |
x86_64 | |
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.3-3.27.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f9a2f6c489d269a58b51863c5d6fbe74b89b37431d667537aec0ff67d766f30d |
ia64 | |
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.3-3.27.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 75077b73ad7cd3eb8535074a94a9901c7be81c47881c368482647f85331a52a1 |
i386 | |
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.3-3.27.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1c9decbc3a31f21a06e496eccd855ce7a25a33921d03262bd19e33b7503e7e42 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.3-3.27.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: fdce2cbf64df21a503bcbcbf159761b7ab010689cff839e8254a5aff1eb11165 |
x86_64 | |
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.3-3.27.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f9a2f6c489d269a58b51863c5d6fbe74b89b37431d667537aec0ff67d766f30d |
i386 | |
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.3-3.27.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1c9decbc3a31f21a06e496eccd855ce7a25a33921d03262bd19e33b7503e7e42 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.3-3.27.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: fdce2cbf64df21a503bcbcbf159761b7ab010689cff839e8254a5aff1eb11165 |
x86_64 | |
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.3-3.27.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f9a2f6c489d269a58b51863c5d6fbe74b89b37431d667537aec0ff67d766f30d |
i386 | |
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.3-3.27.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1c9decbc3a31f21a06e496eccd855ce7a25a33921d03262bd19e33b7503e7e42 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.3-3.27.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: fdce2cbf64df21a503bcbcbf159761b7ab010689cff839e8254a5aff1eb11165 |
ppc | |
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.3-3.27.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 471db62b7705d9d80b7825c01e82743d8dcd8d60a6a7bc0e1e43bbbae2fafc79 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.3-3.27.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: fdce2cbf64df21a503bcbcbf159761b7ab010689cff839e8254a5aff1eb11165 |
x86_64 | |
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.3-3.27.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f9a2f6c489d269a58b51863c5d6fbe74b89b37431d667537aec0ff67d766f30d |
i386 | |
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.3-3.27.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 1c9decbc3a31f21a06e496eccd855ce7a25a33921d03262bd19e33b7503e7e42 |
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