Recommended update for sax2

SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for sax2
Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2015:1823-1
Rating: moderate
References: #927399 #928621 #929106 #930491
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMWare 11-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

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

    Description:


    This update for SaX2 provides the following fixes:

    - Use modesetting instead of fbdev driver for "ast" in secure boot mode.
    (bsc#927399)
    - Profiles weren't applied for "ast" driver due to a typo in the driver
    map. This resulted in using "ast" instead of "fbdev" driver for
    configuration
    on AST machines in secureboot mode. (bsc#927399)
    - With KMS hwinfo obtains the video modes from the driver. Use this list
    to present a selection of modes to the user. (bsc#928621, bsc#930491)
    - Show driver instead of gfx card in GUI for unknown cards to SaX2 when
    user specified the driver manually. (bsc#929106, bsc#930491)

    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-sax2-12164=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMWare 11-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-sax2-12164=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch slessp3-sax2-12164=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-sax2-12164=1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3:
      zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-sax2-12164=1

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 x86_64):
      • sax2-libsax-devel-8.1-561.586.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • sax2-libsax-python-8.1-561.586.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMWare 11-SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • sax2-8.1-561.586.2
      • sax2-gui-8.1-561.586.2
      • sax2-ident-8.1-561.586.2
      • sax2-libsax-8.1-561.586.2
      • sax2-libsax-perl-8.1-561.586.2
      • sax2-libsax-python-8.1-561.586.2
      • sax2-tools-8.1-561.586.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • sax2-tools-8.1-561.586.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 x86_64):
      • sax2-8.1-561.586.2
      • sax2-gui-8.1-561.586.2
      • sax2-ident-8.1-561.586.2
      • sax2-libsax-8.1-561.586.2
      • sax2-libsax-perl-8.1-561.586.2
      • sax2-libsax-python-8.1-561.586.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3 (i586 x86_64):
      • sax2-8.1-561.586.2
      • sax2-gui-8.1-561.586.2
      • sax2-ident-8.1-561.586.2
      • sax2-libsax-8.1-561.586.2
      • sax2-libsax-perl-8.1-561.586.2
      • sax2-tools-8.1-561.586.2
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
      • sax2-debuginfo-8.1-561.586.2
      • sax2-debugsource-8.1-561.586.2

    References: