Recommended update for xorg-x11-server

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for xorg-x11-server
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:0857-1
Rating: low
References: #743810 #744625
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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    An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This collective update to xorg-x11-server resolves the
    following issues:

    * Applications that render 3D graphics might hang when
    executed on remote hosts that have different endianness
    (bnc#744625)
    * Xnest might terminate with an unexpected error when
    handling pixmaps with size zero (bnc#743810).

    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 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-xorg-x11-Xvnc-6499
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-xorg-x11-Xvnc-6499
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-xorg-x11-Xvnc-6499
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-xorg-x11-Xvnc-6499

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • xorg-x11-server-sdk-7.4-27.66.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.66.1
    • xorg-x11-server-7.4-27.66.1
    • xorg-x11-server-extra-7.4-27.66.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.66.1
    • xorg-x11-server-7.4-27.66.1
    • xorg-x11-server-extra-7.4-27.66.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • xorg-x11-Xvnc-7.4-27.66.1
    • xorg-x11-server-7.4-27.66.1
    • xorg-x11-server-extra-7.4-27.66.1

    References:

  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/743810
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/744625
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=5dcc95d4d3d16435290ce63001c28a25