SUSE-RU-2012:0711-1: moderate: Recommended update for hal

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for hal
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2012:0711-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #745277 #745979 #749336 #752251 #756332 #762478 
                    
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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   An update that has 6 recommended fixes can now be installed.

Description:


   This update to hal resolves the following issues:

   * Fix handling of the video switch key for BIOS'es of
   certain vendors built in year 2012 or later (bnc#762478)
   * Set a delay for polling battery devices and adds a
   forcefully update of the battery status when AC is plugged
   in or out (bnc#745979)
   * Disable WLAN key code for 2011/2012 HP models for
   avoiding the conflict of hard and soft rfkill state changes
   * Respect the "cpufreq" boot parameter when restarting
   the HAL daemon, preventing the load of CPU frequency
   modules when they are not wanted (bnc#750484).


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 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-hal-6332

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-hal-6332

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-hal-6332

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-hal-6332

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      hal-devel-0.5.12-23.68.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      hal-0.5.12-23.68.1
      hal-doc-0.5.12-23.68.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64):

      hal-32bit-0.5.12-23.68.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      hal-0.5.12-23.68.1
      hal-doc-0.5.12-23.68.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      hal-32bit-0.5.12-23.68.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64):

      hal-x86-0.5.12-23.68.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

      hal-0.5.12-23.68.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64):

      hal-32bit-0.5.12-23.68.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/745277
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/745979
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/749336
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/752251
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/756332
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/762478
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=560fc5583478fef5fa23e3db091a8a31