Recommended update for PulseAudio

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for PulseAudio
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2013:1387-1
Rating: low
References: #746879 #754615 #797080
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

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

    Description:


    This update for PulseAudio provides the following fixes:

    * Silence noise when moving streams among sinks/sources
    * Fix wrong extension check in parecord
    * Fix poll event and mmap checks in ALSA backend
    * Make bluetooth A2DP audio more robust under poor
    radio conditions
    * Fix corrupted sound on channel panning.

    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 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-libpulse-browse0-7966
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-libpulse-browse0-7966
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-libpulse-browse0-7966
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-libpulse-browse0-7966

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libpulse-devel-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
    • libpulse-browse0-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • libpulse-mainloop-glib0-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • libpulse0-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-esound-compat-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-gdm-hooks-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-lang-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-module-x11-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-module-zeroconf-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-utils-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64):
    • libpulse0-32bit-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libpulse-browse0-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • libpulse-mainloop-glib0-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • libpulse0-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-esound-compat-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-gdm-hooks-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-lang-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-module-x11-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-module-zeroconf-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-utils-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • libpulse0-32bit-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):
    • libpulse0-x86-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
    • libpulse-browse0-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • libpulse-mainloop-glib0-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • libpulse0-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-esound-compat-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-gdm-hooks-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-lang-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-module-bluetooth-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-module-gconf-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-module-jack-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-module-lirc-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-module-x11-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-module-zeroconf-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • pulseaudio-utils-0.9.23-0.13.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):
    • libpulse0-32bit-0.9.23-0.13.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/746879
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/754615
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/797080
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=a14e3b949bb06bee42914e70893d402c