SUSE-RU-2012:0714-1: moderate: Recommended update for hal

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   SUSE Recommended Update: Recommended update for hal
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-RU-2012:0714-1
Rating:             moderate
References:         #750484 #753504 
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
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   An update that has two 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#753504)
   * 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 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp1-hal-6328

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-hal-6328

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch slessp1-hal-6328

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-hal-6328

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


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      hal-devel-0.5.12-23.49.51.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64):

      hal-0.5.12-23.49.51.1
      hal-doc-0.5.12-23.49.51.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (x86_64):

      hal-32bit-0.5.12-23.49.51.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      hal-0.5.12-23.49.51.1
      hal-doc-0.5.12-23.49.51.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ppc64 s390x x86_64):

      hal-32bit-0.5.12-23.49.51.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ia64):

      hal-x86-0.5.12-23.49.51.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64):

      hal-0.5.12-23.49.51.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (x86_64):

      hal-32bit-0.5.12-23.49.51.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/750484
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/753504
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=72f5cd6df2e5246ad7bac90d9db2baea