Recommended update for X.org video drivers

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for X.org video drivers
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2012:1677-1
Rating: moderate
References: #758040 #784441
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that has two recommended fixes can now be installed.

    Description:


    This collective update for X.Org video drivers
    (xorg-x11-driver-video) provides the following fixes:

    * Disable DRI2 and 2D acceleration on Intel i830/i845G
    chipsets. Due to issues with the TLBs the chip stalls
    randomly reading data from batchbuffers (bnc#758040)
    * Fix X crash when handling large image. (bnc#784441).

    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 Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-xorg-x11-driver-video-7132
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-xorg-x11-driver-video-7132
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-xorg-x11-driver-video-7132

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • xorg-x11-driver-video-7.4.0.1-0.54.54.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 x86_64):
    • xorg-x11-driver-video-7.4.0.1-0.54.54.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • xorg-x11-driver-video-7.4.0.1-0.54.54.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/758040
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/784441
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=8ef2eaeba32c2e89dca71c97e00f2c5b