Enhancement Advisory hwdata enhancement update

Advisory: RHEA-2006:0461-12
Type: Product Enhancement Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2006-07-20
Last updated on: 2006-07-20
Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)
OVAL: N/A

Details

An hwdata package that updates the PCI description tables and monitor
database is now available.

The hwdata package contains hardware identification and configuration data.

This new package updates the pci.ids and usb.ids databases used by lspci
and lsusb that match numeric IDs to descriptive names. It also includes:

- an update for the monitor database to include several Hewlett-Packard LCD
monitors.
- an update to the Cards database to include Matrox G200E cards.

Users of hwdata are advised to upgrade to this updated package.


Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Updated packages

Red Hat Desktop (v. 3)

SRPMS:
hwdata-0.101.27-1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2007:0441
    44d00f5ddd1cb84f73227574775a06c4
 
IA-32:
hwdata-0.101.27-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2007:0441
    8fcd4398b7cf244351d0956936c09f56
 
x86_64:
hwdata-0.101.27-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2007:0441
    8fcd4398b7cf244351d0956936c09f56
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
hwdata-0.101.27-1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2007:0441
    44d00f5ddd1cb84f73227574775a06c4
 
IA-32:
hwdata-0.101.27-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2007:0441
    8fcd4398b7cf244351d0956936c09f56
 
IA-64:
hwdata-0.101.27-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2007:0441
    8fcd4398b7cf244351d0956936c09f56
 
PPC:
hwdata-0.101.27-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2007:0441
    8fcd4398b7cf244351d0956936c09f56
 
s390:
hwdata-0.101.27-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2007:0441
    8fcd4398b7cf244351d0956936c09f56
 
s390x:
hwdata-0.101.27-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2007:0441
    8fcd4398b7cf244351d0956936c09f56
 
x86_64:
hwdata-0.101.27-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2007:0441
    8fcd4398b7cf244351d0956936c09f56
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3)

SRPMS:
hwdata-0.101.27-1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2007:0441
    44d00f5ddd1cb84f73227574775a06c4
 
IA-32:
hwdata-0.101.27-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2007:0441
    8fcd4398b7cf244351d0956936c09f56
 
IA-64:
hwdata-0.101.27-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2007:0441
    8fcd4398b7cf244351d0956936c09f56
 
x86_64:
hwdata-0.101.27-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2007:0441
    8fcd4398b7cf244351d0956936c09f56
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3)

SRPMS:
hwdata-0.101.27-1.src.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2007:0441
    44d00f5ddd1cb84f73227574775a06c4
 
IA-32:
hwdata-0.101.27-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2007:0441
    8fcd4398b7cf244351d0956936c09f56
 
IA-64:
hwdata-0.101.27-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2007:0441
    8fcd4398b7cf244351d0956936c09f56
 
x86_64:
hwdata-0.101.27-1.noarch.rpm
File outdated by:  RHEA-2007:0441
    8fcd4398b7cf244351d0956936c09f56
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

183388 - Matrox Driver Integration to RedHat Distribution
191694 - Add HP monitors to the MonitorsDB list


Keywords

monitor, pci.ids, update


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