diff --git a/general/prog/lxml.xml b/general/prog/lxml.xml
index 54adf924fb..97a2c5cdf1 100644
--- a/general/prog/lxml.xml
+++ b/general/prog/lxml.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
   <!ENTITY lxml-download-http "&pymodules-dl;/l/lxml/lxml-&lxml-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY lxml-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY lxml-md5sum        "31239400ca4e130b69993bb3c14204b3">
-  <!ENTITY lxml-size          "2.4 MB">
-  <!ENTITY lxml-buildsize     "181 MB (add 42 MB for the testsuite)">
+  <!ENTITY lxml-md5sum        "ce042575c4459c4994f68b9a862a72a4">
+  <!ENTITY lxml-size          "4.2 MB">
+  <!ENTITY lxml-buildsize     "151 MB (add 105 MB for the testsuite)">
   <!ENTITY lxml-time          "2.1 SBU (add 3.3 SBU for the testsuite)">
 ]>
 
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 1fa016ca0b..6881a22f26 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,18 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>September 10th, 2018</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to lxml-4.2.5 (Python module). Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;11131">#11131</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to mesa-18.2.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;11127">#11127</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Update to vlc-3.0.4. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;11089">#11089</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to ghostscript-9.24. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;11108">#11108</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/multimedia/videoutils/vlc.xml b/multimedia/videoutils/vlc.xml
index 6b8b97852d..b6838f052d 100644
--- a/multimedia/videoutils/vlc.xml
+++ b/multimedia/videoutils/vlc.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
   <!ENTITY vlc-download-http "https://download.videolan.org/vlc/&vlc-version;/vlc-&vlc-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY vlc-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY vlc-md5sum        "cf01d4755c719fe1c8605ceb40d8f1d2">
+  <!ENTITY vlc-md5sum        "f5e49a0fb9594ab8debf934a710e92f1">
   <!ENTITY vlc-size          "24 MB">
-  <!ENTITY vlc-buildsize     "709 MB (add 13 MB for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY vlc-buildsize     "711 MB (add 14 MB for tests)">
   <!ENTITY vlc-time          "2.0 SBU (using parallelism=4; add 0.2 SBU for tests)">
 ]>
 
@@ -212,14 +212,16 @@
 
     <screen><userinput>sed -i '/vlc_demux.h/a #define LUA_COMPAT_APIINTCASTS' modules/lua/vlc.h   &amp;&amp;
 sed -i '/DEPRECATED/s:^://:'  modules/text_renderer/freetype/text_layout.c &amp;&amp;
-sed -i '/#include &lt;QString&gt;/i#include &lt;QButtonGroup&gt;' \
-        modules/gui/qt/components/simple_preferences.cpp                   &amp;&amp;
 sed -i '/118/s/$/\&amp;\&amp; X264_BUILD &lt; 153/' modules/codec/x264.c              &amp;&amp;
 
 BUILDCC=gcc ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-opencv &amp;&amp;
 
 make</userinput></screen>
 
+<!-- No longer needed
+sed -i '/#include &lt;QString&gt;/i#include &lt;QButtonGroup&gt;' \
+        modules/gui/qt/components/simple_preferences.cpp                   &amp;&amp;
+-->
     <para>
       To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
     </para>
@@ -261,13 +263,13 @@ make</userinput></screen>
       <command>sed ... modules/codec/x264.c</command> This command allows 
       building with the current version of <xref linkend="x264"/>.
     </para>
-
+<!--
     <para>
       <command>sed -i '/#include &lt;QString&gt;/ ...</command> This
       command allows building with the current version of
       <xref linkend="qt5"/>.
     </para>
-
+-->
     <para>
       <option>--disable-opencv</option>: This switch is required to disable
       <application>opencv</application> which is not compatible with this 
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index ab213ab828..b7d98ca679 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY funcsigs-version             "1.0.2">
 <!ENTITY Jinja2-version               "2.10">
 <!-- libxml2 for Python2 shares the version of libxml2 -->
-<!ENTITY lxml-version                 "4.2.4">
+<!ENTITY lxml-version                 "4.2.5">
 <!ENTITY mako-version                 "1.0.4">
 <!ENTITY MarkupSafe-version           "1.0">
 <!ENTITY pyatspi2-version             "2.30.0">
@@ -542,8 +542,8 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY xbitmaps-version             "1.1.2">
 <!ENTITY xcursor-themes-version       "1.0.5">
 <!ENTITY xkeyboard-config-version     "2.24">
-<!ENTITY mesa-major-minor             "18.1">
-<!ENTITY mesa-version                 "&mesa-major-minor;.7">
+<!ENTITY mesa-major-minor             "18.2">
+<!ENTITY mesa-version                 "&mesa-major-minor;.0">
 <!ENTITY xcb-util-version             "0.4.0">
 <!ENTITY xcb-util-image-version       "0.4.0">
 <!ENTITY xcb-util-keysyms-version     "0.4.0">
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY mplayer-version              "1.3.0">
 <!ENTITY xine-ui-version              "0.99.10">
 <!ENTITY transcode-version            "1.1.7">
-<!ENTITY vlc-version                  "3.0.3">
+<!ENTITY vlc-version                  "3.0.4">
 
 <!-- Chapter 49 -->
 <!ENTITY cdrdao-version               "1.2.4">
diff --git a/x/installing/mesa.xml b/x/installing/mesa.xml
index b0486bc312..a037cc7318 100644
--- a/x/installing/mesa.xml
+++ b/x/installing/mesa.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY mesa-download-http "https://mesa.freedesktop.org/archive/mesa-&mesa-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY mesa-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/mesa-&mesa-version;.tar.xz">
-  <!ENTITY mesa-md5sum        "17d8a7e7ecbe146a7dc439e8b6eb02e9">
+  <!ENTITY mesa-md5sum        "88e1a7f31f259cec69bb76b3cb10c956">
   <!ENTITY mesa-size          "11 MB">
-  <!ENTITY mesa-buildsize     "388 MB (with demos and docs, add 40 MB for tests)">
-  <!ENTITY mesa-time          "3.5 SBU (with parallelism=4, demos, and docs; add 1.0 SBU for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY mesa-buildsize     "352 MB (with demos and docs, add 42 MB for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY mesa-time          "2.3 SBU (with parallelism=4, demos, and docs; add 1.0 SBU for tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="mesa" xreflabel="Mesa-&mesa-version;">
@@ -162,13 +162,14 @@
 
    <!-- Note that freedreno, vc4, and virgl all need special support from
         libdrm - renodr -->
+
    <para>Now, select the drivers you wish to install.  The available drivers
-   are i915, nouveau, r300, r600, radeonsi, freedreno, svga, swrast, vc4,
-   and virgl.  If the Gallium drivers are not specified, the default is
-   'r300,r600,svga,swrast'. Modify the command below for any desired drivers.
-   The listed drivers below will cover most modern video cards.  For help in
-   selecting drivers see 
-   <ulink url='http://www.mesa3d.org/systems.html'/>.</para>
+   are i915, nouveau, r300, r600, radeonsi, freedreno, pl111, svga, swrast,
+   swr, tegra, v3d, vc4, virgl, etnaviv, and imx.  If the Gallium drivers are
+   not specified, the default is 'r300,r600,svga,swrast'. Modify the command
+   below for any desired drivers.  The listed drivers below will cover most
+   modern video cards.  For help in selecting drivers see <ulink
+   url='http://www.mesa3d.org/systems.html'/>.</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>GLL_DRV="i915,r600,nouveau,radeonsi,svga,swrast"</userinput></screen>