- Issued:
- 2009-09-02
- Updated:
- 2009-09-02
RHEA-2009:1332 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
libX11 enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An enhanced libX11 package is now available.
Description
libX11 is the X.Org X11 runtime library.
- The application would hang during SCIM key event handling,
specifically when the user attempted to press the F4 key to change focus
after typing Japanese characters in a text field. After that, it would not
accept keyboard input.
This was caused by a possible race condition between the client and the
input method server.
As a workaround, the number of available atoms for temporary storage
of IM data has been increased.
The F4 key should now allow the user to change focus most of the time.
The frequency of this bug has been significantly reduced but be aware
that it may still be triggered under certain circumstances. (BZ#437790)
- Fn+F? keys and System Buttons for Dell's Converse and Fila mobile
platforms need to be mapped to appropriate actions. When pressed, nothing
would happen. xkeyboard-config and libX11 have now been updated to accept
input from these keys. These keys will now work when pressed. (BZ#496184)
User should upgrade to the updated package which
adds these enhancements.
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 IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- 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 - 437790 - LTC37141-Application is hung up during key event handling
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 92a9ab0b13c03413786435e236e2757dc589fa62d6814c4f38210f1f00447fd1 |
x86_64 | |
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ebaad717721524ca5571dfd1a48d63a706592239d6079fe5da452f237d65675b |
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ddb8e86a69229bc7f263d7dce62936e8b07a00c7f148f4b7102012008b914fdb |
libX11-devel-1.0.3-11.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 117d126fdc1c65174f1efa941700d30281d81d8181b939a77101abb532e6eb7c |
libX11-devel-1.0.3-11.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9dbadd7506b029d43d9be787983e535646309afa899fb21366b11c4786ec89eb |
ia64 | |
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ebaad717721524ca5571dfd1a48d63a706592239d6079fe5da452f237d65675b |
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 7790800ae9f03c38ecbf4a91ca6919729652f35879e0bc7b05ed099479298b6a |
libX11-devel-1.0.3-11.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: be651dc260ca44a5784fd2dc6e69d2fa199ea1c699703569edfb09386abca948 |
i386 | |
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ebaad717721524ca5571dfd1a48d63a706592239d6079fe5da452f237d65675b |
libX11-devel-1.0.3-11.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 117d126fdc1c65174f1efa941700d30281d81d8181b939a77101abb532e6eb7c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 92a9ab0b13c03413786435e236e2757dc589fa62d6814c4f38210f1f00447fd1 |
x86_64 | |
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ebaad717721524ca5571dfd1a48d63a706592239d6079fe5da452f237d65675b |
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ddb8e86a69229bc7f263d7dce62936e8b07a00c7f148f4b7102012008b914fdb |
libX11-devel-1.0.3-11.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 117d126fdc1c65174f1efa941700d30281d81d8181b939a77101abb532e6eb7c |
libX11-devel-1.0.3-11.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9dbadd7506b029d43d9be787983e535646309afa899fb21366b11c4786ec89eb |
i386 | |
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ebaad717721524ca5571dfd1a48d63a706592239d6079fe5da452f237d65675b |
libX11-devel-1.0.3-11.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 117d126fdc1c65174f1efa941700d30281d81d8181b939a77101abb532e6eb7c |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 92a9ab0b13c03413786435e236e2757dc589fa62d6814c4f38210f1f00447fd1 |
x86_64 | |
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ebaad717721524ca5571dfd1a48d63a706592239d6079fe5da452f237d65675b |
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ddb8e86a69229bc7f263d7dce62936e8b07a00c7f148f4b7102012008b914fdb |
i386 | |
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ebaad717721524ca5571dfd1a48d63a706592239d6079fe5da452f237d65675b |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 92a9ab0b13c03413786435e236e2757dc589fa62d6814c4f38210f1f00447fd1 |
s390x | |
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 0712decd9d55debf42a4073b043561d56e0b308733dc13ee8d18e2c96825a5b1 |
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 2d6fa2e111f7de7bb808136d36ebd92974c3d8f0008f3746c1d962108b851f68 |
libX11-devel-1.0.3-11.el5.s390.rpm | SHA-256: 6fe7c434b6bcae446ee2afe18d02d9ffa30138bdadc9f25361eb861d4bb1ae16 |
libX11-devel-1.0.3-11.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 957250d654044cedc376d12a55350792cb4975448eeedb92aa781c208400a2b9 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 92a9ab0b13c03413786435e236e2757dc589fa62d6814c4f38210f1f00447fd1 |
ppc | |
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 13140eeb6ece30c6ac5d435585a70c24ca55e5052dc55aae82b544d1d8186742 |
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 425bf8e02bb173806b30acb0f3d7bb895c5cea016dd288829bb926dc40ef2e6d |
libX11-devel-1.0.3-11.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 3c29268957c47ae49b136d1ed0689f4b6356a714abf12294e3ba7c137901ac6f |
libX11-devel-1.0.3-11.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: d7a83eb7a3016befb292b59aa1f2ecc56fdbfbffcf73a505347b11f084bfafad |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: 92a9ab0b13c03413786435e236e2757dc589fa62d6814c4f38210f1f00447fd1 |
x86_64 | |
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ebaad717721524ca5571dfd1a48d63a706592239d6079fe5da452f237d65675b |
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ddb8e86a69229bc7f263d7dce62936e8b07a00c7f148f4b7102012008b914fdb |
libX11-devel-1.0.3-11.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 117d126fdc1c65174f1efa941700d30281d81d8181b939a77101abb532e6eb7c |
libX11-devel-1.0.3-11.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9dbadd7506b029d43d9be787983e535646309afa899fb21366b11c4786ec89eb |
i386 | |
libX11-1.0.3-11.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ebaad717721524ca5571dfd1a48d63a706592239d6079fe5da452f237d65675b |
libX11-devel-1.0.3-11.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 117d126fdc1c65174f1efa941700d30281d81d8181b939a77101abb532e6eb7c |
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