- Issued:
- 2012-02-20
- Updated:
- 2012-02-20
RHBA-2009:1675 - Bug Fix Advisory
Synopsis
brltty bug fix update
Type/Severity
Bug Fix Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
Updated brltty packages that fix several bugs are now available.
Description
brltty (Braille TTY) is a background process (daemon) which provides access
to the Linux console (when in text mode) for a blind person using a
refreshable braille display. It drives the braille display, and provides
complete screen review functionality.
These updated packages provide fixes for the following bugs:
- the bltty configuration file is documented in the brltty manual page, but
there is no separate manual page for the /etc/brltty.conf configuration
file: running "man brltty.conf" returned "No manual entry for brltty.conf"
rather than opening the brltty manual entry. This update adds brltty.conf.5
as an alias to the brltty manual page. Consequently, running "man
brltty.conf" now opens the manual entry documenting the brltty.conf
specification. (BZ#530554)
- previously, the brltty-pm.conf configuration file was installed in the
/etc/brltty/ directory. This file, which configures Papenmeier Braille
Terminals for use with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, is optional. As well, it
did not come with a corresponding manual page. With this update, the file
has been moved to /usr/share/doc/brltty-3.7.2/BrailleDrivers/Papenmeier/.
This directory also includes a README document that explains the file's
purpose and format. (BZ#530554)
- during the brltty package installation, the message
Creating screen inspection device /dev/vcsa...done.
was presented at the console. This was inadequate, especially during the
initial install of the system. The updated package does not send any
message to the console during installation. (BZ#529163)
- although brltty contains ELF objects, the brltty-debuginfo package was
empty. With this update the -debuginfo package contains valid debugging
information as expected. (BZ#500545)
- the MAX_NR_CONSOLES definition was acquired by brltty by #including
linux/tty.h in Programs/api_client.c. MAX_NR_CONSOLES has since moved to
linux/vt.h but the #include in api_client.c was not updated. Consequently
brltty could not be built from the source rpm against the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5 kernel. This update corrects the #include in
api_client.c to linux/vt.h and brltty now builds from source as expected.
(BZ#456247)
All brltty users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues.
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 - 456247 - brltty doesn't build with kernel 2.6.18-92.1.1
- BZ - 500545 - brltty-debuginfo is empty
- BZ - 529163 - Creating screen inspection device /dev/vcsa...done.
- BZ - 530554 - Missing man-pages
CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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brltty-3.7.2-4.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d426e8d23706300a7aefb352f9ca8a7fd2be21756ed21766c00935ea00715f47 |
x86_64 | |
brlapi-0.4.1-4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ed16d10f2367df47176c350c4d7a6fbf8d287c185dd4166cded956cd06dca182 |
brlapi-0.4.1-4.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5b8d00632e9d309b98c4c96e7947cba1074b7ab629b74748b60d196a3fa05006 |
brlapi-devel-0.4.1-4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 177a0b966d0fce98015774b5241946af9ba0d69eef431acd5dba74709f04d014 |
brlapi-devel-0.4.1-4.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9cbdfc46cffba4c2c5fd95d5b9aa08572fd531076cef0ab3790a5ce036d19b26 |
brltty-3.7.2-4.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: cc2e6cb077798683ed7bb5b4cb8ce242b62ea0363029ab88edfd38d7447e6e66 |
ia64 | |
brlapi-0.4.1-4.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 3eb2a2f67ab8df318243dd1e09327bc4a8857e074a4dd8e36a662f1a074b1293 |
brlapi-devel-0.4.1-4.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 168e099af8acbb1efc434b15665805174e9d81eb0ffef1c53b1a223140b0cdec |
brltty-3.7.2-4.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 4799cbd414d732b359a6595478a639fa1f97379a30fcc99236ca8c19e64cf953 |
i386 | |
brlapi-0.4.1-4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ed16d10f2367df47176c350c4d7a6fbf8d287c185dd4166cded956cd06dca182 |
brlapi-devel-0.4.1-4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 177a0b966d0fce98015774b5241946af9ba0d69eef431acd5dba74709f04d014 |
brltty-3.7.2-4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: fb9b49ae9845f91f2c679efd91f3656fb72f557b454e52c37277c778250dacb1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
brltty-3.7.2-4.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d426e8d23706300a7aefb352f9ca8a7fd2be21756ed21766c00935ea00715f47 |
x86_64 | |
brlapi-0.4.1-4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ed16d10f2367df47176c350c4d7a6fbf8d287c185dd4166cded956cd06dca182 |
brlapi-0.4.1-4.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5b8d00632e9d309b98c4c96e7947cba1074b7ab629b74748b60d196a3fa05006 |
brlapi-devel-0.4.1-4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 177a0b966d0fce98015774b5241946af9ba0d69eef431acd5dba74709f04d014 |
brlapi-devel-0.4.1-4.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9cbdfc46cffba4c2c5fd95d5b9aa08572fd531076cef0ab3790a5ce036d19b26 |
brltty-3.7.2-4.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: cc2e6cb077798683ed7bb5b4cb8ce242b62ea0363029ab88edfd38d7447e6e66 |
i386 | |
brlapi-0.4.1-4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ed16d10f2367df47176c350c4d7a6fbf8d287c185dd4166cded956cd06dca182 |
brlapi-devel-0.4.1-4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 177a0b966d0fce98015774b5241946af9ba0d69eef431acd5dba74709f04d014 |
brltty-3.7.2-4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: fb9b49ae9845f91f2c679efd91f3656fb72f557b454e52c37277c778250dacb1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
brltty-3.7.2-4.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d426e8d23706300a7aefb352f9ca8a7fd2be21756ed21766c00935ea00715f47 |
x86_64 | |
brlapi-0.4.1-4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ed16d10f2367df47176c350c4d7a6fbf8d287c185dd4166cded956cd06dca182 |
brlapi-0.4.1-4.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5b8d00632e9d309b98c4c96e7947cba1074b7ab629b74748b60d196a3fa05006 |
brltty-3.7.2-4.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: cc2e6cb077798683ed7bb5b4cb8ce242b62ea0363029ab88edfd38d7447e6e66 |
i386 | |
brlapi-0.4.1-4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ed16d10f2367df47176c350c4d7a6fbf8d287c185dd4166cded956cd06dca182 |
brltty-3.7.2-4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: fb9b49ae9845f91f2c679efd91f3656fb72f557b454e52c37277c778250dacb1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
brltty-3.7.2-4.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d426e8d23706300a7aefb352f9ca8a7fd2be21756ed21766c00935ea00715f47 |
s390x | |
brlapi-0.4.1-4.el5.s390.rpm | SHA-256: f02d52f6b011ade92c7a3c822bca707a7c689d5df121d31fee2f57b85f77ae59 |
brlapi-0.4.1-4.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 1abb23997896b9b7a47c1c384749832c53327ea16405024bd7062f9a1de945d2 |
brlapi-devel-0.4.1-4.el5.s390.rpm | SHA-256: d158684b729b5bdb23e090c15fd99f4bd612eb55ec47eefe2e15d6c6c27ab181 |
brlapi-devel-0.4.1-4.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 3f1b19108770b574b95f661184dd803089ede9c1c75e7049783734aff8811f13 |
brltty-3.7.2-4.el5.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 47878e70c3d504e22e8ee54160f8a3d1d97853193864b30ceda9d837eaa99d4f |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
brltty-3.7.2-4.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d426e8d23706300a7aefb352f9ca8a7fd2be21756ed21766c00935ea00715f47 |
ppc | |
brlapi-0.4.1-4.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 81d9c2928c2afca8b42979dcc0e249a6f400e667cddd4cf888e751f38c998fce |
brlapi-0.4.1-4.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 357ed561ac82000778112eefc7e4d248cb245257d847bd2d8d963886c549e180 |
brlapi-devel-0.4.1-4.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: 98f8f2499eb688a2660fe3fe592f847e75c476215adb168381905a6689b01627 |
brlapi-devel-0.4.1-4.el5.ppc64.rpm | SHA-256: 1c26698f27a3317f297786f601161223ac949d118aa01eb7b86862262a57fb4c |
brltty-3.7.2-4.el5.ppc.rpm | SHA-256: d4f7bb42d436d89bfbb2d50c799d25ccc84c316c916863c33fe74359f32b95fc |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
brltty-3.7.2-4.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: d426e8d23706300a7aefb352f9ca8a7fd2be21756ed21766c00935ea00715f47 |
x86_64 | |
brlapi-0.4.1-4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ed16d10f2367df47176c350c4d7a6fbf8d287c185dd4166cded956cd06dca182 |
brlapi-0.4.1-4.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5b8d00632e9d309b98c4c96e7947cba1074b7ab629b74748b60d196a3fa05006 |
brlapi-devel-0.4.1-4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 177a0b966d0fce98015774b5241946af9ba0d69eef431acd5dba74709f04d014 |
brlapi-devel-0.4.1-4.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 9cbdfc46cffba4c2c5fd95d5b9aa08572fd531076cef0ab3790a5ce036d19b26 |
brltty-3.7.2-4.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: cc2e6cb077798683ed7bb5b4cb8ce242b62ea0363029ab88edfd38d7447e6e66 |
i386 | |
brlapi-0.4.1-4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: ed16d10f2367df47176c350c4d7a6fbf8d287c185dd4166cded956cd06dca182 |
brlapi-devel-0.4.1-4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: 177a0b966d0fce98015774b5241946af9ba0d69eef431acd5dba74709f04d014 |
brltty-3.7.2-4.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: fb9b49ae9845f91f2c679efd91f3656fb72f557b454e52c37277c778250dacb1 |
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