Yaboot; Rhba-2009:1386: Bug Fix And Enhancement Update - Red Hat ENTERPRISE LINUX 5.4 - TECHNICAL NOTES Manual

Chapter 1. Package Updates
X.org X11 is an open source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low level
functionality upon which full fledged graphical user interfaces such as GNOME and KDE are designed.
These updated packages address the following bugs:
• an error in trapezoid rasterisation that caused X to crash and which could be triggered on large web
pages has been fixed. (BZ#448586)
• a crash in software image transfers on 64-bit systems that caused Xvfb (the X virtual framebuffer) to
segfault has been fixed. (BZ#467370)
• a 64-bit bug in the x86 emulator that prevented X from starting on AMD64 and Intel 64 clients was
corrected. (BZ#503072)
• the xorg-x11-server-randr-source package is obsolete but no other packages "obsolete" it. With
this update xorg-x11-server obsoletes the randr-source package and, if the old package is present,
installing this update will remove it automatically. (BZ#503072)
This update also includes the following enhancements:
• the -maxclients command line option was added to the X server. This option allows for
configurations with either more clients or more resources per client. (BZ#439797)
• two new opcodes to support newer video BIOSes were added. Note: Intel Mobile Express Series 5
chipsets (also known as "Ironlake graphics" for the CPU used with the chipsets) are only supported
in VESA mode in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. (BZ#503182)
All xorg-x11-server users should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues and
add these features.

1.250. yaboot

1.250.1. RHBA-2009:1386: bug fix and enhancement update

An updated yaboot package that fixes a bug and adds an enhancement is now available.
The yaboot package is a boot loader for Open Firmware based PowerPC systems. It can be used to
boot IBM eServer System p machines.
This updated package fixes the following bug:
• previously the debuginfo rpm of yaboot was built but the built package was empty. yaboot
contains ELF objects but is neither a Linux nor a Mac OS X executable file: it is meant to be
executed by OpenFirmware only. With this update the debuginfo rpm is, correctly, not built at all.
1896
(BZ#500639 )
This update also adds the following enhancement.
• support for handling IPv6 boot parameters has been added to yaboot, which now supports booting
and operating system installation over IPv6.
All PowerPC yaboot users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these
issues.
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1897
(BZ#475807 )