- Issued:
- 2009-09-02
- Updated:
- 2009-09-02
RHEA-2009:1369 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
xkeyboard-config bug fix and enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An xkeyboard-config package that fixes a bug and adds an enhancement is now
available.
Description
The xkeyboard-config packages provide the xkeyboard-config alternative xkb
data files.
This update fixes the following bug:
- xkeyboard-config did not specifically recognize IBM Spacesaver keyboards
that use a single key for both Num Lock and Scroll Lock. On these keyboards
Shift-Scroll Lock is equivalent to the Num Lock keystroke. Since the
package did not recognize this equivalence it treated the Shift-Scroll Lock
keystroke as other than Num Lock, making this keystroke unavailable. With
this update, xkeyboard-config recognizes Spacesaver keyboards and properly
handles their particular keyboard layout and keystroke idiosyncrasies.
(BZ#442725)
As well, this updated package adds the following enhancement:
- the pc105 keyboard model includes a number of multimedia key symbols.
These keys are now supported by default. (BZ#432556)
Users of xkeyboard-config are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which address this bug and add this enhancement.
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 - 442725 - LTC43264-NumLock broken on some keyboards
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
xkeyboard-config-0.8-9.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: eef99406edcab9d65fa570301c5fcc0b21954243d2549e060064c117ab2101f4 |
x86_64 | |
xkeyboard-config-0.8-9.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 0ad49821250a172c1d265ebd98cd44f2449f54b557fd518aca239a5aa8d220c2 |
ia64 | |
xkeyboard-config-0.8-9.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 0ad49821250a172c1d265ebd98cd44f2449f54b557fd518aca239a5aa8d220c2 |
i386 | |
xkeyboard-config-0.8-9.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 0ad49821250a172c1d265ebd98cd44f2449f54b557fd518aca239a5aa8d220c2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
xkeyboard-config-0.8-9.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: eef99406edcab9d65fa570301c5fcc0b21954243d2549e060064c117ab2101f4 |
x86_64 | |
xkeyboard-config-0.8-9.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 0ad49821250a172c1d265ebd98cd44f2449f54b557fd518aca239a5aa8d220c2 |
i386 | |
xkeyboard-config-0.8-9.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 0ad49821250a172c1d265ebd98cd44f2449f54b557fd518aca239a5aa8d220c2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
xkeyboard-config-0.8-9.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: eef99406edcab9d65fa570301c5fcc0b21954243d2549e060064c117ab2101f4 |
x86_64 | |
xkeyboard-config-0.8-9.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 0ad49821250a172c1d265ebd98cd44f2449f54b557fd518aca239a5aa8d220c2 |
i386 | |
xkeyboard-config-0.8-9.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 0ad49821250a172c1d265ebd98cd44f2449f54b557fd518aca239a5aa8d220c2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
xkeyboard-config-0.8-9.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: eef99406edcab9d65fa570301c5fcc0b21954243d2549e060064c117ab2101f4 |
ppc | |
xkeyboard-config-0.8-9.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 0ad49821250a172c1d265ebd98cd44f2449f54b557fd518aca239a5aa8d220c2 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
xkeyboard-config-0.8-9.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: eef99406edcab9d65fa570301c5fcc0b21954243d2549e060064c117ab2101f4 |
x86_64 | |
xkeyboard-config-0.8-9.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 0ad49821250a172c1d265ebd98cd44f2449f54b557fd518aca239a5aa8d220c2 |
i386 | |
xkeyboard-config-0.8-9.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 0ad49821250a172c1d265ebd98cd44f2449f54b557fd518aca239a5aa8d220c2 |
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