Recommended update for hal

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for hal
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:0714-1
Rating: moderate
References: #750484 #753504
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
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    An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This update to hal resolves the following issues:

    * Fix handling of the video switch key for BIOS'es of
    certain vendors built in year 2012 or later (bnc#753504)
    * Respect the "cpufreq" boot parameter when restarting
    the HAL daemon, preventing the load of CPU frequency
    modules when they are not wanted (bnc#750484).

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Recommended Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp1-hal-6328
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-hal-6328
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-hal-6328
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-hal-6328

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • hal-devel-0.5.12-23.49.51.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • hal-0.5.12-23.49.51.1
    • hal-doc-0.5.12-23.49.51.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (x86_64):
    • hal-32bit-0.5.12-23.49.51.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • hal-0.5.12-23.49.51.1
    • hal-doc-0.5.12-23.49.51.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • hal-32bit-0.5.12-23.49.51.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ia64):
    • hal-x86-0.5.12-23.49.51.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):
    • hal-0.5.12-23.49.51.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (x86_64):
    • hal-32bit-0.5.12-23.49.51.1

    References:

  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/750484
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/753504
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=72f5cd6df2e5246ad7bac90d9db2baea