- Issued:
- 2010-03-30
- Updated:
- 2010-03-30
RHBA-2010:0203 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev 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 xorg-x11-drv-fbdev package that fixes a bug is now available.
Description
The xorg-x11-drv-fbdev package provides a driver for Linux kernel
framebuffer devices for use with the X.Org implementation of the X Window
System. This driver is normally only used when a native X.Org driver is not
available.
- the framebuffer driver had a bug relating to CopyArea performance, which
led to the system appearing to run extremely slowly. The performance bug
was corrected in an upstream version of the driver and the sluggish
performance is no longer seen. (BZ#466163)
Users are advised to upgrade to this updated xorg-x11-drv-fbdev package,
which resolves this issue.
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 - 466163 - [Stratus 5.5 bug] fbdev's use of shadow is broken resulting in very sluggish CopyArea
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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xorg-x11-drv-fbdev-0.3.0-3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 61c28a5044b569f5fadf7de171a10c75cc8c8b091b50787bbb05b17f66cf3b58 |
x86_64 | |
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev-0.3.0-3.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 67c42931e70eec4823e51a693b6394ca66b50455284eebdc803b09581845abb3 |
ia64 | |
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev-0.3.0-3.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: ac94128b8b1d8901d79b431f807a911a5e7e240c8669a931c0ded44cfc7cc375 |
i386 | |
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev-0.3.0-3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f7cd4079cdcdf3362e9500d6f76cfb257aae8616dd45da556f41c7b61792d9c8 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev-0.3.0-3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 61c28a5044b569f5fadf7de171a10c75cc8c8b091b50787bbb05b17f66cf3b58 |
x86_64 | |
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev-0.3.0-3.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 67c42931e70eec4823e51a693b6394ca66b50455284eebdc803b09581845abb3 |
i386 | |
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev-0.3.0-3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f7cd4079cdcdf3362e9500d6f76cfb257aae8616dd45da556f41c7b61792d9c8 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev-0.3.0-3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 61c28a5044b569f5fadf7de171a10c75cc8c8b091b50787bbb05b17f66cf3b58 |
x86_64 | |
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev-0.3.0-3.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 67c42931e70eec4823e51a693b6394ca66b50455284eebdc803b09581845abb3 |
i386 | |
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev-0.3.0-3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f7cd4079cdcdf3362e9500d6f76cfb257aae8616dd45da556f41c7b61792d9c8 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev-0.3.0-3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 61c28a5044b569f5fadf7de171a10c75cc8c8b091b50787bbb05b17f66cf3b58 |
ppc | |
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev-0.3.0-3.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 283bc16ed8d339aa70e28ba07a9082983a681794e1d8d12113c639a4edc7754c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev-0.3.0-3.src.rpm | SHA-256: 61c28a5044b569f5fadf7de171a10c75cc8c8b091b50787bbb05b17f66cf3b58 |
x86_64 | |
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev-0.3.0-3.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 67c42931e70eec4823e51a693b6394ca66b50455284eebdc803b09581845abb3 |
i386 | |
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev-0.3.0-3.i386.rpm | SHA-256: f7cd4079cdcdf3362e9500d6f76cfb257aae8616dd45da556f41c7b61792d9c8 |
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