- Issued:
- 2009-01-20
- Updated:
- 2009-01-20
RHEA-2009:0108 - Product Enhancement Advisory
Synopsis
xorg-x11-drv-mga enhancement update
Type/Severity
Product Enhancement Advisory
Red Hat Insights patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An updated xorg-x11-drv-mga driver which provides additional hardware
support is now available.
Description
xorg-x11-drv-mga is a video driver for the X.Org implementation of the X
Window System, for Matrox G-series chips.
These updated packages provide the following bug fixes and enhancements:
- support for the G200EV (Maxim) and G200WB (Winbond) application-specific
integrated circuits (ASICs). These chips are typically found in servers
and server management products, including new Dell servers.
- support for the variant of the G400 chip found in the Vitesse VSC453
Super BMC chipset used by IBM systems with the iBMC system management feature.
- support for the EDID (DDC) probe for G200SE-based devices. This probe
queries the monitor to see what resolutions the monitor supports. A version
of these packages that was available in the beta phase included
phase-locked loop (PLL) values that would cause Firstboot to fail while
carrying out this probe and therefore prevent X from starting. Furthermore,
when the driver output a resolution of 800x600, it would do so at a
vrefresh frequency of 93 Hz rather than the 75 Hz that it should have. This
would prevent straightforward graphical installation of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux on some servers, including certain NEC and Fujitsu machines. This
updated driver provides DDC support for G200SE-based devices without
creating these problems.
All users of the xorg-x11-drv-mga driver should upgrade to this updated
package.
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/FAQ_58_10188
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 Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
References
(none)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
SRPM | |
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xorg-x11-drv-mga-1.4.2-10.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: c0efd8d621f02519dda3bd8fdd81d2750b420433076b2ea01bea3527c43c68c8 |
x86_64 | |
xorg-x11-drv-mga-1.4.2-10.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ac42aaf68d4652848eaa31be970379d08c50f3e25d5ea230ce28999d29818ad1 |
ia64 | |
xorg-x11-drv-mga-1.4.2-10.el5.ia64.rpm | SHA-256: 54f177fb65aed3b7b959621d199aea4ab8220c2414dd1ed26001649f77b2969b |
i386 | |
xorg-x11-drv-mga-1.4.2-10.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: fef6685222f951a8f92ebe8582700fb2f70181b55e3fe849e15c1796a60cc214 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
xorg-x11-drv-mga-1.4.2-10.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: c0efd8d621f02519dda3bd8fdd81d2750b420433076b2ea01bea3527c43c68c8 |
x86_64 | |
xorg-x11-drv-mga-1.4.2-10.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ac42aaf68d4652848eaa31be970379d08c50f3e25d5ea230ce28999d29818ad1 |
i386 | |
xorg-x11-drv-mga-1.4.2-10.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: fef6685222f951a8f92ebe8582700fb2f70181b55e3fe849e15c1796a60cc214 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
xorg-x11-drv-mga-1.4.2-10.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: c0efd8d621f02519dda3bd8fdd81d2750b420433076b2ea01bea3527c43c68c8 |
x86_64 | |
xorg-x11-drv-mga-1.4.2-10.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ac42aaf68d4652848eaa31be970379d08c50f3e25d5ea230ce28999d29818ad1 |
i386 | |
xorg-x11-drv-mga-1.4.2-10.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: fef6685222f951a8f92ebe8582700fb2f70181b55e3fe849e15c1796a60cc214 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
SRPM | |
---|---|
xorg-x11-drv-mga-1.4.2-10.el5.src.rpm | SHA-256: c0efd8d621f02519dda3bd8fdd81d2750b420433076b2ea01bea3527c43c68c8 |
x86_64 | |
xorg-x11-drv-mga-1.4.2-10.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ac42aaf68d4652848eaa31be970379d08c50f3e25d5ea230ce28999d29818ad1 |
i386 | |
xorg-x11-drv-mga-1.4.2-10.el5.i386.rpm | SHA-256: fef6685222f951a8f92ebe8582700fb2f70181b55e3fe849e15c1796a60cc214 |
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