Recommended update for xkeyboard-config

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for xkeyboard-config
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2013:1972-1
Rating: low
References: #773804 #821683 #849906
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

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

    Description:


    This update for xkeyboard-config provides the following
    fixes:

    * On the Netherlands keyboard layout, Alt-Gr + key-5
    should send the "1/2" symbol instead of the "Euro" symbol.
    (bnc#849906)
    * On the Portuguese keyboard layout, Alt-Gr + key-<
    should send the backslash ("") instead of the pipe ("|")
    symbol. (bnc#821683)
    * Add missing backslash/bar mapping to "us"
    international variants. (bnc#773804)

    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 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-xkeyboard-config-8563
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-xkeyboard-config-8563
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-xkeyboard-config-8562
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch slessp2-xkeyboard-config-8562
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-xkeyboard-config-8563
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-xkeyboard-config-8562

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (noarch):
    • xkeyboard-config-1.5-4.44.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (noarch):
    • xkeyboard-config-1.5-4.44.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (noarch):
    • xkeyboard-config-1.5-4.44.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (noarch):
    • xkeyboard-config-1.5-4.44.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (noarch):
    • xkeyboard-config-1.5-4.44.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (noarch):
    • xkeyboard-config-1.5-4.44.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/773804
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/821683
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/849906
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=555cdad487f8c6429d33d45eb07a8cd7
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=6c4fd004c07016f25f042cc42420e5b5