Recommended update for hal

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for hal
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2015:0655-1
Rating: low
References: #841789
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 one recommended fix can now be installed.

    Description:


    Rewrite X keyboard configuration if required, i.e. when the system
    keyboard layout has changed. This way this process won't be done any
    longer in xdm init script, preventing a race condition which could lead to
    corrupting the .fdi file. (bsc#841789)

    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-hal-201502=10294
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-hal-201502=10294
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-hal-201502=10294
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-hal-201502=10294

    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):
      • hal-devel-0.5.12-23.76.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
      • hal-0.5.12-23.76.1
      • hal-doc-0.5.12-23.76.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64):
      • hal-32bit-0.5.12-23.76.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • hal-0.5.12-23.76.1
      • hal-doc-0.5.12-23.76.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • hal-32bit-0.5.12-23.76.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64):
      • hal-x86-0.5.12-23.76.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • hal-0.5.12-23.76.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64):
      • hal-32bit-0.5.12-23.76.1

    References:

    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/841789
    • https://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=c719e8d88258a5af179ce0fac29ec2b1