Index: /trunk/doc/manual/user_ChangeLogImpl.xml =================================================================== --- /trunk/doc/manual/user_ChangeLogImpl.xml (revision 56611) +++ /trunk/doc/manual/user_ChangeLogImpl.xml (revision 56612) @@ -217,4 +217,167 @@ + + + + Version 4.3.28 (2015-05-13) + + This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or + added: + + + + + VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation when rebooting certain guests (for + example Solaris doing fast reboot) by fixing the implementation for INIT IPI + + + + VMM: added some information for diagnosing rare + VERR_VMX_INVALID_VMXON_PTR Guru Meditations (VT-x only) + + + + GUI: HID LEDs sync: prevent synchronization if VM window has no focus + (Windows and Mac OS X hosts only) + + + + GUI: fixed drag and drop moving the cursor between guest screens on + certain hosts + + + + 3D: fixed a crash on restoring the VM state on X11 hosts (bug #12737) + + + + 3D: fixed a crash on restoring the VM state + + + + 3D: fixed a crash on Linux guest shutdown (bug #12772) + + + + VRDP: fixed incompatibility with rdesktop 1.8.3 + + + + VRDP: fixed listening for IPv6 on some systems (bug #14038) + + + + Storage: don't crash if creating an asynchronous I/O context + fails (e.g. when starting many VMs) and show a proper error message + + + + Floppy: several fixes + + + + Audio: improved the behavior of the volume control for the + HD audio device emulation + + + + USB: increase the number of supported drivers from 3 to 5 + (Windows hosts only) + + + + PS/2 keyboard: synchronize the LED state on VM restore + (Windows and Mac OS X hosts only) + + + + NAT Network: when running multiple NAT networks with multiple VMs, + only stop the respective services when stopping VMs (bug #14090) + + + + NAT: don't kill UDP bindings on ICMP errors (bug #13475) + + + + NAT: bandwidth limit now works properly with NAT (bug #11485) + + + + BIOS: fixed the returned size value of the VBE 2.0 PMI function 0Ah + (4.2.0 regression; bug #14096) + + + + Guest Control: fixed parameter quoting in Windows guests + (bug #13157) + + + + Webcam passthrough improvements for Linux (V4L2) hosts to support more + webcam models + + + + API: don't fail starting a VM with VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE + under certain conditions (bug #13617) + + + + API: be more verbose on VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE + if a medium is attached to a running VM (bug #13560) + + + + API: fixed a bug which could result in losing certain screen resize + events with multi-monitor guests + + + + rdesktop-vrdp: fixed path to the keymaps (bug #12066) + + + + rdesktop-vrdp: switch to version 1.8.3 + + + + Windows hosts: more hardening fixes (e.g. bugs #14051, #14052) + + + + Linux hosts: another fix for activated SMAP on Linux 3.19 + and newer (Broadwell and later; bug #13961) + + + + Linux hosts: Linux 4.1 compile fix (bug #14081) + + + + Solaris hosts: fixed using of VNIC templates with Crossbow based + bridged networking to be compatible with vanity interface names + + + + Mac OS X hosts: fixed crash during VM termination under rare + circumstances + + + + Windows Additions/WDDM: improved video memory utilization and allow + more/bigger guest screens with large resolutions (including HiDPI) + + + + X11 Additions: prevent flickering when updating mouse cursor + + + + Solaris Additions: fixed incorrect usage of 'prtconf' while + installing Guest Additions (Solaris 10 only) + + + @@ -2445,9985 +2608,4 @@ - - Version 4.2.22 (2014-01-10) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - GUI: Mac OS X host: introduced extradata option "GUI/HidLedsSync" aimed to enable - HID LEDs synchronization (feature disabled by default) - - - - GUI: Mac OS X host: fixed issue on MacBook Air/Pro hosts when GUI - might freeze in attempt to synchronize HID LEDs - - - - Main: always expose the DMI memory information to Windows 2012 guests - (bug #12017) - - - - HGCM: fixed crashes under certain conditions - - - - Storage: fix for BLKCACHE_IOERR runtime errors under - rare circumstances (bug #11030) - - - - AHCI: fixed a bug which resulted in Windows XP guest hangs if a - SATA CDROM is attached (bug #12417) - - - - AHCI: fixed a Guru Meditation under certain conditions - - - - E1000: if the cable was disconnected before the guest initialized - the device, the link status was not properly set to 'down' after the - initialization completed despite the fact that there was no connection - - - - 3D support: fixed offset of guest 3D image elements (Mac OS X Retina - hosts only; bug #11021) - - - - 3D support: many fixes - - - - Linux Additions: support Enterprise Linux 6.5 kernels - (bug #12505) - - - - Linux Additions: fixed CPU hot-remove on newer Linux kernels - - - - Windows Additions: fixed guest crashes in in Shared Folders - service under certain conditions - - - - - - - - Version 4.2.20 (2013-11-28) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - GUI: always report recommended resolutions for all monitors - (not always done since 4.2.12) - - - - GUI: make sure the assigned license and description are attached to - the exported appliance - - - - GUI: the OS X hot corners were not accessible while a VirtualBox VM - is running (Mac OS X hosts only; bug #4139) - - - - NAT: don't run into an infinite loop in case the host cannot - access any DNS server (4.3.0 regression; bug #12300) - - - - NAT: don't re-connect the cable if the DNS information changes - and the cable was disconnected before (4.3.0 regression; bug #12225) - - - - Main: properly save the passthrough flag for DVD - drives without an attached medium - - - - Keyboard: fixed a VM crash if a VM was resumed from a saved state - where at least one key was pressed (bug #11289) - - - - 2D Video acceleration: fix crashes on presentation mode switches - (bug #9194) - - - - Storage: fixed errors with snapshots when using QCOW or QED disk images - (bug #12144) - - - - Storage: fix for newer Linux kernels not detecting a hard disk as SSD - when using the IDE or SATA controller (bug #12025) - - - - Storage: fixed detection of CD/DVD media when switching from an empty - to a host drive with passthrough enabled - - - - Snapshots: fixed a bug which could result in lost medium attachments - (4.2.18 regression; bug #11750) - - - - Shared Clipboard: fixed potential SEGFAULT when - working with UTF8 and UTF16 content (Mac OS X hosts only) - - - - OVF: fixed import logic for OVF appliances containing multiple - VMs - - - - Extpack Installer: make it work if the file is located in a folder with - special characters - - - - SDK: extended the functionality coverage for the C bindings - - - - API: block the removal of the current snapshot if it has child - snapshots (only relevant for VMs without snapshottable hard disks, - their presence always prevented removal), which resulted in VM - config corruption - - - - API: mark VM configs with snapshots but without current snapshot - as inaccessible, as this combination is nonsense - - - - API: fixed information for some automatically generated events - (only with XPCOM, Windows host was not affected), which caused - errors when getting some of the attributes over the webservice - (bug #12379) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: support for Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: properly sign the kernel extensions for - Mavericks hosts (bug #12256) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: use a launchd script instead of the deprecated - StartupItem mechanism (bug #8940) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: fixed a bug where the VirtualBox dock icon was - not properly removed from the dock after a VM terminated preventing - Mavericks hosts from shutting (bug #12241) - - - - Linux Additions: Linux 3.13 compile fix (bug #12358) - - - - Linux Additions: Linux 3.12 compile fix (bug #12083) - - - - Linux Additions: Linux 3.11 fix for shared folders (bugs #11946, #12128) - - - - Linux Additions: compile fix for SLES11 SP3 - - - - Linux Additions: correctly set umask before installing - (bug #12166) - - - - Linux Additions: build the vboxvideo kernel module correctly on - OL/RHEL 6.1 guests (bug #11996) - - - - Linux Additions: make 3D work on Slackware 14.1 - (bug #12320 comments 3 and 4) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed memory leak caused by - WTSQuerySessionInformation() - on Windows 2000 guests (bug #12072) - - - - Windows Additions: multimonitor resize fixes - - - - X11 Additions/3D: fix freezes starting 3D desktop (bug #11503, - thank you Sam Spilsbury) - - - - Guest additions/3D: fix an occasional dead-lock (bug #12319) - - - - - - - - Version 4.2.18 (2013-09-06) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: properly handle NMIs on Linux hosts with X2APIC - enabled - - - - VMM: fixed potential crashes with 64-bit guests on 32-bit hosts - (bug #11979) - - - - GUI / seamless: properly handle mouse wheel scroll events - - - - GUI, VBoxManage: when unregistering a VM, also unregister the - hard disk images which are used exclusively (bug #10311) - - - - GUI: prevent crashes under certain conditions on X11 hosts - - - - 3D support: multiscreen fixes (incorrect mouse position, flickets) - - - - 3D support: several fixes for the Windows WDDM video driver - (multiscreen, seamless) - - - - Snapshots: made live snapshots work again (bug #9255) - - - - Teleportation: made it work again (bug #9455) - - - - VBoxManage: on snapshot take, - --pause is default and --live - is for doing live snapshots - - - - VBoxSVC: don't crash on systems with many VLAN interfaces - (Solaris hosts only) - - - - Network: after the host resumes from suspend, disconnect and - reconnect the virtual network cables to force renewing the DHCP - leases for the guests. So far only Mac OS X hosts and Windows hosts - (bug #10063) - - - - NAT: on name server changes force a reconnect of the virtual network - cable to notify the guest (Mac OS X hosts only) - - - - Mac OS X installer: keep previously installed Extension Packs on - VirtualBox upgrade - - - - Linux hosts / guests: Linux 3.11 fixes (bug #12001) - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed a potential kernel panic caused due to - unexpected preemption due to logging - - - - Windows hosts: fixed an issue with USB2 devices being inaccessible - when plugged into USB3 ports - - - - Linux Additions: added PCI device identifier to vboxvideo.ko fixing - DRI initialization under certain conditions (bug #11957) - - - - Linux Additions: fixed udev detection in the init script - with Linux 3.x kernels - - - - - - - Version 4.2.16 (2013-07-04) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - OVF/OVA: don't crash on import if no manifest is used (4.2.14 regression; - bug #11895) - - - - GUI: do not restore the current snapshot if we power-off - after a Guru Mediation - - - - Storage: fixed a crash when hotplugging an empty DVD drive to - the VM - - - - Storage: fixed a crash when a guest read from a DVD drive - attached to the SATA controller under certain circumstances - - - - EFI: don't fail with 64-bit guests on 32-bit hosts (bug #11456) - - - - Autostart: fixed VM startup on OS X - - - - Windows hosts: native Windows 8 controls - - - - Windows hosts: restore native style on Vista 32 - - - - Windows hosts / guests: Windows 8.1 adaptions (bug #11899) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: after removing VirtualBox with - VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool, remove it from the - pkgutil --pkgs list as well - - - - - - - Version 4.2.14 (2013-06-21) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: another TLB invalidation fix for non-present pages - - - - VMM: fixed a performance regression (4.2.8 regression; - bug #11674) - - - - GUI: fixed a crash on shutdown - - - - GUI: prevent stuck keys under certain conditions on Windows - hosts (bugs #2613, #6171) - - - - VRDP: fixed a rare crash on the guest screen resize - - - - VRDP: allow to change VRDP parameters (including enabling/disabling the - server) if the VM is paused - - - - USB: fixed passing through devices on Mac OS X host to a VM - with 2 or more virtual CPUs (bug #7462) - - - - USB: fixed hang during isochronous transfer with certain - devices (4.1 regression; Windows hosts only; bug #11839) - - - - USB: properly handle orphaned URBs (bug #11207) - - - - BIOS: fixed function for returning the PCI interrupt routing table - (fixes NetWare 6.x guests) - - - - BIOS: don't use the ENTER / LEAVE - instructions in the BIOS as these don't work in the real mode as set up by - certain guests (e.g. Plan 9 and QNX 4) - - - - DMI: allow to configure DmiChassisType - (bug #11832) - - - - Storage: fixed lost writes if iSCSI is used with snapshots and - asynchronous I/O (bug #11479) - - - - Storage: fixed accessing certain VHDX images created by - Windows 8 (bug #11502) - - - - Storage: fixed hang when creating a snapshot using Parallels - disk images (bug #9617) - - - - 3D support: seamless + 3D fixes (bug #11723) - - - - 3D support: version 4.2.12 was not able to read saved states of older - versions under certain conditions (bug #11718) - - - - Main/Properties: don't create a guest property for non-running - VMs if the property does not exist and is about to be removed - (bug #11765) - - - - Main/Properties: don't forget to make new guest properties - persistent after the VM was terminated (bug #11719) - - - - Main/Display: don't lose seamless regions during screen resize - - - - Main/OVF: don't crash during import if the client forgot to call - Appliance::interpret() (bug #10845) - - - - Main/OVF: don't create invalid appliances by stripping the file - name if the VM name is very long (bug #11814) - - - - Main/OVF: don't fail if the appliance contains multiple file references - (bug #10689) - - - - Main/Metrics: fixed Solaris file descriptor leak - - - - Settings: limit depth of snapshot tree to 250 levels, as more - will lead to decreased performance and may trigger crashes - - - - VBoxManage: fixed setting the parent UUID on diff images using - sethdparentuuid - - - - Linux hosts: work around for not crashing as a result of - automatic NUMA balancing which was introduced in Linux 3.8 - (bug #11610) - - - - Windows installer: force the installation of the public certificate - in background (i.e. completely prevent user interaction) if the - --silent command line option is specified - - - - Windows Additions: fixed problems with partial install in the - unattended case - - - - Windows Additions: fixed display glitch with the Start button - in seamless mode for some themes - - - - Windows Additions: Seamless mode and auto-resize fixes - - - - Windows Additions: fixed trying to to retrieve new auto-logon - credentials if current ones were not processed yet - - - - Windows Additions installer: added the /with_wddm - switch to select the experimental WDDM driver by default - - - - Linux Additions: fixed setting own timed out and aborted texts in - information label of the lightdm greeter - - - - Linux Additions: fixed compilation against Linux 3.2.0 Ubuntu - kernels (4.2.12 regression as a side effect of the Debian kernel - build fix; bug #11709) - - - - X11 Additions: reduced the CPU load of VBoxClient in - drag and drop mode - - - - OS/2 Additions: made the mouse wheel work (bug #6793) - - - - Guest Additions: fixed problems copying and pasting between two - guests on an X11 host (bug #11792) - - - - Guest Additions: fixed guest process timeout / kill handling - - - - - - - Version 4.2.12 (2013-04-12) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation on putting Linux guest CPU online if - nested paging is disabled - - - - VMM: invalidate TLB entries even for non-present pages - - - - GUI: Multi-screen support: fixed a crash on visual-mode change - - - - GUI: Multi-screen support: disabled guest-screens should now remain - disabled on visual-mode change - - - - GUI: Multi-screen support: handle host/guest screen plugging/unplugging - in different visual-modes - - - - GUI: Multi-screen support: seamless mode: fixed a bug when empty seamless - screens were represented by full screen windows - - - - GUI: Multi-screen support: each machine window in multi-screen - configuration should have correct menu-bar now (Mac OS X hosts) - - - - GUI: Multi-screen support: machine window View menu should - have correct content in seamless / full screen mode now (Mac OS X hosts) - - - - GUI: VM manager: vertical scroll-bars should be now updated on - content/window resize - - - - GUI: VM settings: fixed crash on machine state-change event - - - - GUI: don't show warnings about enabled or disabled mouse integration - if the VM was restored from a saved state - - - - Virtio-net: properly announce that the guest has to handle - partial TCP checksums (bug #9380) - - - - Storage: Fixed incorrect alignment of VDI images causing disk size - changes when using snapshots (bug #11597) - - - - Audio: fixed broken ALSA & PulseAudio on some Linux hosts - due to invalid symbol resolution (bug #11615) - - - - PS/2 keyboard: re-apply keyboard repeat delay and rate - after a VM was restored from a saved state (bug #10933) - - - - BIOS: updated DMI processor information table (type 4): - corrected L1 & L2 cache table handles - - - - Timekeeping: fix several issues which can lead to incorrect - time, Solaris guests sporadically showed time going briefly back - to Jan 1 1970 - - - - Main/Metrics: disk metrics are collected properly when software - RAID, symbolic links or rootfs are used on Linux hosts - - - - VBoxManage: don't stay paused after a snapshot was created - and the VM was running before - - - - VBoxManage: introduced controlvm nicpromisc - (bug #11423) - - - - VBoxManage: don't crash on controlvm - guestmemoryballoon of the VM isn't running (bug #11639) - - - - VBoxHeadless: don't filter guest property events as this would - affect all clients (bug #11644) - - - - Guest control: prevent double CR in the output generated - by guest commands and do NLS conversion - - - - Linux hosts / guests: fixed build errors on Linux 3.5 and newer - kernels if the CONFIG_UIDGID_STRICT_TYPE_CHECKS - config option is enabled (bug #11664) - - - - Linux Additions: handle fall-back to VESA driver on RedHat-based - guests if vboxvideo cannot be loaded - - - - Linux Additions: RHEL/OEL/CentOS 6.4 compile fix (bug #11586) - - - - Linux Additions: Debian Linux kernel 3.2.0-4 (3.2.39) compile - fix (bug #11634) - - - - Linux Additions: added auto-logon support for Linux guests using - LightDM as the display manager - - - - Windows Additions: Support for multimonitor. Dynamic enable/disable - of secondary virtual monitors. Support for XPDM/WDDM based guests - (bug #6118) - - - - X11 Additions: support X.Org Server 1.14 (bug #11609) - - - - - - - - Version 4.2.10 (2013-03-05) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - GUI: fixed keyboard with XQuartz X server (bug #10664) - - - - Main/Display: fixed a crash with multi-monitors under certain - conditions (Mac OS X hosts only) - - - - Main/Properties: fixed a crash under certain conditions, for - example after wakeup from host hibernate (bug #11444) - - - - Settings: don't lose the internal network settings if they are not - currently active - - - - Storage: another incompatibility fix for VHD differencing images with - Hyper-V (bug #5990) - - - - VBoxManage: don't read beyond the end of the file specified - with export --eulafile (bug #11528) - - - - Linux hosts / guests: Linux 3.9-rc0 compile fixes - - - - Linux Additions: fixed two warnings in the shared folders - guest kernel module (bug #11390) - - - - Linux Additions: don't crash VBoxService if libdbus is - not available (bug #8638) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed upgrading MultiMedia Redirection (MMR) support - - - - - - - Version 4.2.8 (2013-02-20) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: fixed a guest crash with a huge amount of guest RAM on - VT-x hosts (bug #11306) - - - - GUI: fixed a layout bug in the Mac OS X clone VM dialog - (bug #10982) - - - - GUI: not all the translation tags were taken into account - during the language switch (bug #11342) - - - - GUI: the take guest screenshot dialog sometimes - had no keyboard input available on Windows host - - - - Main/Machine: fix the generation of a spurious event for inaccessible - VMs which triggered an endless event generation loop in cooperation - with the GUI which became unresponsive (4.2.6 regression; bug - #11323) - - - - Main/Display: fix for an access violation under certain - conditions in multi-monitor configurations (bug #10539) - - - - Main/Metrics: network metrics are now collected for - active (up) interfaces only, the state of an interface being evaluated - when the associated metric is enabled via setupMetrics - - - - Snapshots: reduce the time for merging snapshots under - certain conditions - - - - Storage: fixed data corruption after resizing a VDI image under - certain circumstances (bug #11344) - - - - Storage: fixed non working online merging of snapshots - (4.2.6 regression; bug #11359) - - - - Storage: fixed crash when connecting to certain QNAP iSCSI - targets - - - - Storage: fixed incompatibility of VHD differencing images with - Hyper-V (bug #5990) - - - - Bridged Networking: fixed TCP pseudo header checksum computation - for IPv6 (bug #9380) - - - - 3D support: fix Battlefield 1942 game crashes (bug #11369) - - - - Settings: really sanitise the name of VM folders and settings - file, the code was disabled before (bug #10549) - - - - Settings: allow to change VRDE settings for saved VMs - - - - VBoxManage: don't crash during screenshotpng - if there is no display (bug #11363) - - - - Linux hosts: work around gcc bug 55940 which might lead to wrong - kernel module code if gcc 4.7 is used to compile the 32-bit Linux - host kernel (bug #11035) - - - - Linux hosts: fixed inconsistent lock state and deadlock warnings on module - load and VM startup when CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING is enabled (bug #11318) - - - - Linux hosts: made "]" key work again on Japanese keyboards - - - - Mac OS X hosts: don't crash the kernel during dtrace if the VBox - kernel extensions are loaded (10.6 hosts only; bug #11273) - - - - Solaris / Mac OS X hosts: machine CPU load metrics now report 100% - when all cores are fully utilized (used to be a single core) - - - - Solaris 11 host installer: wait for any services left over from - a previous installation to be terminated to avoid confusing SMF. - - - - - Guest Additions: don't block signals for processes executed - via guest control - - - - Guest Additions: fixed a small memory leak in VBoxService - (bug #10970) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed shared folder issue with - large reads/writes on 64 bit Windows guests (bug #11115) - - - - Linux Additions: Linux 3.8 compile fixes (bug #11036) - - - - X11 Additions: fixed blocked SIGALRM in 3D desktop sessions - (bug #10987) - - - - X11 Additions: fixed an unresolved reference in vboxvideo_drv - for X.org 6.8 guests and before (e.g. RHEL4; 4.2.0 regression) - - - - X11 Additions: fixed screen automatic resizing for guests with - X.org 1.3 or older (4.2.0 regression) - - - - - - - - Version 4.2.6 (2012-12-19) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: don't inject stale VT-x events to prevent crashes after VM reset - (bug #11256) - - - - VMM: workaround for buggy BIOSes which enable MONITOR - only for certain CPUs (bug #9460) - - - - GUI: fixed trimming of anti-aliased text in details-view element headers - (4.2.0 regression) - - - - GUI: fixed create-settings-file-alias functionality on Mac hosts - (4.2.0 regression) - - - - GUI: fixed take-guest-screenshot functionality on Windows hosts - (bug #11095) - - - - GUI: several minor fixes, including palette fixes (bug #11191) - - - - GUI: fixed Windows 2012 OS type (bug #11206) - - - - GUI: allow to terminate the VM even if VBoxSVC crashed - - - - API: fixed cancelling of snapshots, previously this could lead - to inconsistent VM configs (bug #6877) - - - - API: fixed identifying disk images by UUID (bug #11209) - - - - 3D support: several fixes - - - - VRDP: fixed occasional crash with external authentication - (bug #11156) - - - - VGA: fix for double scan text modes - - - - USB: fixed invalid pending request count at the time of service - of DEVICE POWER requests (Windows hosts only; - bugs #10021, #11056) - - - - USB keyboard: Korean keyboard workaround (bug #11150) - - - - Storage: fixed hang with QCOW images and asynchronous I/O enabled - - - - Storage: fixed hang with newer VHD images (bug #11279) - - - - Storage: actually write the non-rotational flag to the VM - settings (4.2.0 regression) - - - - Virtio-net: fixed the problem with network statistics counters - in Session Information dialog (GUI) - - - - Metrics: introduced network rate and - disk usage metrics - - - - Metrics: fixed a crash under certain conditions on Solaris hosts - - - - BIOS: fix for El Torito - - - - Shared Folders: if the host folder of a shared folder mapping does - not exist, keep it active but mark it as invalid to prevent - inconsistent saved states (bug #11147) - - - - VBoxManage: fixed converting disks from raw images - - - - VBoxManage: show snapshot description in the VM or snapshot - information - - - - VBoxManage: make implicit opening of media consistent in all - places dealing with media - - - - VBoxManage: the iSCSI initiator name was not stored in the settings - file when doing storageattach (bug #11212) - - - - VBoxManage: metrics collect now properly handles - 'CPU/MHz' and - 'Net/*/LinkSpeed' metrics - - - - VBoxManage: changing the image UUID or parent UUID as part of - storageattach works now in all safe cases - - - - VBoxManage: introduced storageattach --medium additions - as a shortcut to mount the additions image (bug #11165) - - - - OVF: fixed importing OVF files cerated by recent VMware - products (bug #10905) - - - - Linux hosts / Bridged Networking: fixed the problem with leaking - connections in conntrack (bug #11178) - - - - Linux Additions: added support for ConsoleKit sessions in the - vminfo service of VBoxService - - - - Linux Additions: don't crash during remount under certain - conditions (bug #11291) - - - - Linux/Solaris Additions: fixed guest memory metrics collection - - - - Solaris hosts: added a dependency to ensure that the user directories - are reachable when starting VBox services - - - - Windows host installer: integrated user-contributed translations, - thanks to all contributors! - - - - Windows Additions: fixed auto-logon installation for Windows 8 - - - - Windows Additions: don't fail if the shared folders host service is not - available - - - - Windows Additions: fixed Guest Additions startup on Windows 2000 - guests (bug #11253) - - - - Windows Additions: auto-resize fixes for Windows 8 guests - - - - - - - Version 4.2.4 (2012-10-26) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - GUI: fixed validation warning on global settings / proxy page - (4.2.2 regression; bug #11089) - - - - GUI: fixed crash with multiple guest screens on certain - conditions (Mac OS X hosts only) - - - - VBoxBalloonCtrl: fixed command line argument handling of - ballooning module - - - - VRDP: fixed occasional crash during a video playback in the - guest (bug #11082) - - - - BIOS: fixed broken DMI information (4.2 regression) - - - - BIOS: workaround for booting from Windows 2000 floppy disks - - - - EFI: fixed video mode selection loss on VM reboot (bug #10983) - - - - Parallel: fixed parallel port printing failure/ paper queue empty - error (Windows hosts only) - - - - NAT: fixed crash on alias-less DNS responses when host-resolver is used - - - - Storage: fixed hang under rare circumstances - - - - - - - Version 4.2.2 (2012-10-18) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: adapted to changes in Mac OS X 10.8.2 (bug #10965) - - - - GUI: restored VM item tool-tip functionality (4.2 regression) - - - - GUI: added group item tool-tip functionality - - - - GUI: fixed handling of the .ova/.ovf file name association - (4.2 regression) - - - - GUI: it was not possible to change any setting before the - first VM was created (bug #10928) - - - - GUI: disable grouping action if all the selected items are - full children list of the same group already - - - - GUI: added menu for runtime drag and drop option change - - - - GUI: cleanup shared-clipboard menu on visual-mode change - - - - GUI: make sure VM receives keyboard focus on entering full screen mode - on Win host (bug #11051) - - - - GUI: disable proxy authentication for security reasons - - - - 3D support: DrawIndexedPrimitiveUP implementation - fixes for the Windows WDDM video driver (bug #10929) - - - - Storage: fixed a release assertion in the AHCI emulation when requests - where cancelled with asynchronous I/O disabled - - - - Storage: fixed a hang during VM reset under certain circumstances - (bug #10898) - - - - NAT: fixed a crash under rare circumstances (Windows hosts only; - bug #10128) - - - - NAT: automatically use the host resolver if the host name server is - set to some unusual loopback value (bug #10864) - - - - E1000: fixed a VirtualBox crash during intensive network transfers - (4.2 regression; bugs #10936, #10969, #10980) - - - - ICH9: fixed PCI bridge initialization - - - - USB mouse: ensure that the last mouse event doesn't get lost if no URBs - are available - - - - BIOS: certain legacy guests (e.g. Windows 95) didn't find the boot - device after a warm reboot - - - - BIOS: don't trash the palette in text modes when setting the border - color - - - - EFI: fixed OS X guest autoboot (4.2 regression) - - - - VBoxManage: fixed output of showvminfo --machinereadable - (bug #10973) - - - - VBoxManage: fixed parsing of storageattach --discard - (bug #11023) - - - - VBoxManage: fixed wrong output of the HPET setting in showvminfo - (bug #11065) - - - - VBoxManage: fixed closing the guest session after executing a - guest process via guest control - - - - VBoxShell: adaptions to interface name changes - - - - Guest Additions device: fixed a Guest Additions hang when a - machine was reset after a crash - - - - Linux hosts / guests: Linux 3.7-rc1 fixes - - - - Linux Additions: support X.Org Server 1.13 - - - - Linux Additions: fixed a hang when the X server was restarted with - old guest kernels - - - - Linux Additions: fixed a VBoxService crash during CPU hot remove - (bug #10964) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed automatic screen resize - issue for NT4 guests - - - - OS/2 Additions: fixed shutdown hang - - - - OS/2 Additions: fixed mouse driver panic - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed autostart service going into maintenance mode after - all VMs started - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed linking the host driver with the dtrace module - - - - - - - - - Version 4.2.0 (2012-09-13) - - This is a major update. The following major new features - were added: - - - - - Improved Windows 8 support, in particular many 3D-related fixes - - - - GUI: VM groups (bug #288) - - - - GUI: expert mode for wizards - - - - GUI: allow to alter some settings during runtime - - - - Support for up to 36 network cards, in combination with an - ICH9 chipset configuration (bug #8805) - - - - Resource control: added support for limiting network IO - bandwidth; see (bug #3653) - - - - Added possibility to start VMs during system boot on Linux, - OS X and Solaris; see (bug #950) - - - - Added experimental support for drag and drop from the host to - Linux guests. Support for more guests and for guest-to-host is - planned. (bug #81) - - - - Added support for parallel port passthrough on Windows hosts - - - - Enhanced API for controlling the guest; please see the SDK reference and API - documentation for more information - - - - - In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added: - - - - - Mac OS X hosts: sign application and installer to avoid warnings - on Mountain Lion - - - - VMM: fixed a potential host crash triggered by shutting down a VM - when another VM was running (only affected 32-bit hosts and 64-bit OS X hosts, - 4.1 regression; bug #9897) - - - - VMM: fixed a potential host crash under a high guest memory pressure - (seen with Windows 8 guests) - - - - VMM: improved VM context switch performance for Intel CPUs using - nested paging - - - - VMM: added support for FlushByASID features of - AMD CPUs (Bulldozer and newer) - - - - VMM: fixed unreal mode handling on older CPUs with VT-x - (gPXE, Solaris 7/8/9; bug #9941) - - - - VMM: fixed MP tables fixes for I/O APIC interrupt routing relevant - for ancient SMP guests (e.g. old OS/2 releases) - - - - VMM: support recent VIA CPUs (bug #10005) - - - - VMM: fixed handling of task gates if VT-x/AMD-V is disabled - - - - VMM: page fusion fixes - - - - GUI: network operations manager - - - - GUI: allow taking screenshots of the current VM window content (bug #5561) - - - - GUI: allow automatically sorting of the VM list - - - - GUI: allow starting of headless VMs from the GUI - - - - GUI: allow reset, shutdown and poweroff from the Manager window - - - - GUI: allow to globally limit the maximum screen resolution for - guests - - - - GUI: show the full medium part on hovering the list of recently - used ISO images - - - - GUI: do not create additional folders when a new machine has a - separator character in its name (bug #6541) - - - - GUI: don't crash on terminate if the settings dialog is still open - (bug #9973) - - - - GUI: consider scaled DPI values when display fonts on Windows hosts - (bug #9864) - - - - GUI: if a bridged network interface cannot be found, don't - refuse to start the VM but allow the user to change the setting - immediately - - - - Snapshots: fixed a crash when restoring an old - snapshot when powering off a VM (bugs #9364, #9604, #10491) - - - - Clipboard: disable the clipboard by default for new VMs - (see ). It can be enabled at - any time using the VM menu - - - - Settings: sanitise the name of VM folders and settings file (bug #10549) - - - - Settings: allow to store the iSCSI initiator secret encrypted - - - - NAT: improvements for the built-in TFTP server (bugs #7385, #10286) - - - - NAT: fixed memory leak when disabling the NAT engine (bug #10801) - - - - E1000: 802.1q VLAN support (bug #10429) - - - - Storage: implemented burning of audio CDs in passthrough mode - - - - Storage: fixed audio CD passthrough for certain media players - - - - Storage: implemented support for discarding unused image blocks - through TRIM for SATA and IDE and UNMAP for SCSI when using VDI images - - - - Storage: added support for QED images - - - - Storage: added support for QCOW (full support for v1 and readonly - support for v2 images) - - - - Storage: added readonly support for VHDX images - - - - USB: don't crash if a USB device is plugged or unplugged when - saving or loading the VM state (SMP guests only) - - - - Solaris additions: added support for X.org Server 1.11 and 1.12 - - - - Solaris additions: switched to using an in-kernel mouse driver - - - - Windows hosts: no need to recreate host-only adapters after a - VirtualBox update - - - - Windows hosts: updated toolchain; make the source code compatible - to VC 2010 and enable some security-related compiler options - - - - Windows Additions: fixed memory leak in VBoxTray (bug #10808) - - - - - - - Version 4.1.18 (2012-06-06) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: fixed VERR_REM_VIRTUAL_CPU_ERROR - under rare conditions after the guest has been reset (bug #5164 - and others) - - - - VMM: fixed host freezes with 64-bit guests on 32-bit Linux - hosts (bug #10528) - - - - VRDP: added a workaround for rdesktop clients not properly - updating the screen size when minimized - - - - AHCI: fixed a rare bug which can cause a guest memory corruption - after the guest storage controller has been reset - - - - NAT: another attempt to fix crashes under rare conditions - (Windows hosts only; bug #10513) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: addressed issues running Leopard / Snow Leopard - (bug #10631) - - - - Linux hosts / Bridged Networking: fixed the problem with device driver - unloading on kernels 3.2.18 and newer due to an invalid reference counter - (bug #10624) - - - - Linux hosts / guests: Linux 3.5-rc1 fixes - - - - Linux Additions: the guest content was sometimes not properly - updated (bug #9887) - - - - Solaris Additions: installer fix for X.org Server 1.11 and 1.12 - - - - - - - Version 4.1.16 (2012-05-22) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation VERR_ACCESS_DENIED - with certain guests (bugs #7589, #8247) - - - - VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation VERR_PAGE_TABLE_NOT_PRESENT - with Ubuntu 32-bit guests with nested paging enabled on AMD CPUs (bug #10183) - - - - VMM: preserve segment limits and attributes when switching to unreal mode - required for some legacy guests to work properly (VT-x without unrestricted guest - execution only; bug #9941) - - - - VMM: fixed a VM hang after a resume from pause / savestate with SMP - guests in rare cases - - - - 3D support: several fixes for the Windows WDDM video driver crash - - - - NAT: fixed a crash on attempt to process ICMP datagram under some - circumstances (bug #10527) - - - - Host-only Networking: lifted the maximal number of interfaces to - 128 on Linux and Mac OS X hosts (there is no such limitation for - Solaris and Windows hosts) - - - - EFI: fixed wrong SEC/PEI Core entry point calculation (bug #10531) - - - - VRDP: fixed a display update problem (bug #10503) - - - - Main: set the proper VM state if savestate failed for some - reason (bug #6189) - - - - Main: more useful error message if a medium is inaccessible - - - - VBoxManage: fixed controlvm savestate if the VM is already - paused - - - - Mac OS X hosts: addressed issues running on Mountain Lion Preview 3 - (bug #10267) - - - - Linux hosts: Linux 3.4 compile fixes - - - - Linux hosts: fixed wrong help path in some rpm-based packages - (bug #10418) - - - - Guest Additions: fixed handling of custom environment variables - during VBoxManage guestcontrol execute - (bug #10581) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed guest driver crash of VBoxSF in certain - cases (4.1.10 regression; bug #10408) - - - - Windows Additions: don't load the WDDM driver if 3D support is not available - for Windows 8 guests to keep the guest maintainable in that case (still better - to miss some features than providing a blank screen) - - - - Solaris Additions: added support for X.org Server 1.11 and 1.12 - - - - - - - - Version 4.1.14 (2012-04-13) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - Network: fixed the problem with packets larger than MTU-4 when - PCnet or PRO/1000 was bridged to certain types of adapters on OS X hosts - (bug #3783) - - - - NAT: fixed a segfault under rare circumstances - - - - 3D support: fixed Windows WDDM video driver crash for SMP guests - (bugs #10200, #10331) - - - - Windows Additions, VRDP: fixed occasional corruption of vertical text - - - - - - - - Version 4.1.12 (2012-04-03) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: fixed VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED and - VERR_RAW_MODE_INVALID_SMP guru meditation - due to an invalid reschedule to raw mode (bug #10370) - - - - VMM: fixed PDMCritSectLeave guru meditation - under rare circumstances with SMP guests - - - - VMM: proper Math Fault handling with certain - legacy guests (bug #9042) - - - - NAT: fixed a socket leak under certain conditions - - - - Storage: better sanity check against reading beyond end-of-file - - - - Audio: fixed a crash in the NUL audio backend (bug #10374; - 4.1.10 regression) - - - - HGCM: fixed a crash during savestate under rare circumstances - - - - Metrics: fixed an occasional crash during VM shutdown if host - RAM/VMM metrics are enabled - - - - VBoxSVC: several locking fixes - - - - VBoxManage: return the correct error code if - controlvm savestate failed (bug #10134) - - - - Guest Additions: VBoxService should not crash on exit (bug #10326; - 4.1.10 regression) - - - - Windows Additions: set the correct time stamp when a file is - closed (bug #6473) - - - - Windows Additions: better help if the DirectX backups are not - properly installed - - - - Linux Additions: Linux 3.4-rc1 compile fixes - - - - - - - Version 4.1.10 (2012-03-13) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - GUI: if 3D support on the host is not available for some reason, - do not only disable this VM setting but also uncheck the checkbox - - - - VMM: fixed a potential problem causing to schedule interrupts during - SYSEXIT right after STI - - - - VMM: fixed a potential guest memory corruption issue with page - fusion - - - - VMM: adjusted the module matching algorithm for page fusion a - little, generally resulting in slightly more shared pages - - - - Main: host interfaces no longer have "defaults" for IP address - and network mask attributes - - - - Main: don't depend on a password for certain guest control operations - (bug #10030) - - - - 3D support: fixed Windows XP hosts support (4.1.8 regression; - bugs #10071 and #10088 - - - - 3D support: rendering fixes for Linux hosts with NVIDIA graphics - - - - 3D support: fixed saved state issues (4.1.8 regression; bug #10126) - - - - 3D support: WDDM driver: fixed powershell_ise crashes (bug #10167), - make WPF-based apps work with Aero enabled, fixed additional possible WinSAT crashes - - - - VRDP: fixed remote clipboard compatibility issues with some clients - - - - Storage: fixed a possible data corruption when compacting VDI or VHD - images with snapshots (32-bit hosts only) - - - - iSCSI: fixed crash when using incorrect credentials - when authenticating with a LIO target (bug #10173) - - - - Serial: don't abort in host mode under rare error conditions - (non-Windows hosts only) - - - - SDK: actually ship current C bindings - - - - SDK: fixed the Java glue code for JDK 1.7.0 (bug #9848) - - - - SDK: added Python example - - - - Metrics: make metrics collection more robust regarding blocked VMs - - - - Web service: added SSL/TLS support - - - - VBoxShell: fixed Guest Additions information lookup - - - - Solaris installer: fixed dependency checking while installing VirtualBox - in a zone - - - - Linux hosts/guests: Linux 3.3-rc1 compile fixes - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed debug kernel panics while opening module CTF data - (bug #9651) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: fixed Python support on Lion - - - - Linux Additions: make 3D passthrough work on OL/RHEL 6.2 (bug - #10010) - - - - Linux Additions: fixed missing implementation when copying shared - folder data through kernel high memory (bug #9878) - - - - Linux Additions: make sure all data is written when closing a - memory mapped file on a shared folder - - - - Linux Additions: added support for X.Org Server 1.12 - - - - Solaris Additions: fixed guest kernel driver to load properly - on guest reboot (4.1.8 regression; bug #10113) - - - - Solaris Additions: fixed missing 64-bit OpenGL library VBoxOGL.so - (bug #10151) - - - - Solaris Additions: fixed VBoxService import and start for Solaris 11 - guests - - - - Windows Additions: some Windows 8 adaptions - - - - Windows Additions: several fixes for shared folders (bug #9753) - - - - Guest control: miscellaneous bugfixes - - - - - - - Version 4.1.8 (2011-12-19) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: fixed VERR_MAP_FAILED during savestate - under certain circumstances (bug #7929) - - - - GUI: stop updating the VM status icons when the VM is paused (bug #8368) - - - - VBoxManage: fixed wrong return code after startvm - (bug #9642) - - - - BIOS: fixed hang at launch of DOS applications generated by - Clipper 5.3 (note that hardware virtualization may be required) - - - - - USB: fixed OS/2 boot hang when using recent USB drivers - - - - NAT: increase maximum number of parallel connections making - connections with port forwarding more robust (bug #8471) - - - - Metrics: fixed potential problem with invalid access in guest - metrics collection upon VM destruction - - - - Main: don't crash if a medium is ejected twice (bug #9922) - - - - VBoxSVC: fixed crash under rare circumstances (e.g. client crash) - - - - VRDP: fixed screen freeze (bug #9620) - - - - OVF/OVA: fixed broken disk images on import under rare - circumstances - - - - OVF/OVA: better error message when importing corrupted appliances - - - - VMDK/VHD: fixed a possible corruption with host cache disabled - when using snapshots under rare circumstances (bug #9749) - - - - 3D support: fixed full screen mode issues for ATI graphics (bug #9775), - Windows Media Player rendering for XPDM-based Direct3D support (bug #8341). - Multiple fixes to XPDM and WDDM - based 3D support for Windows Guests - and for 3D support in general - - - - Linux hosts: fixes for Fedoras Linux 2.6.41 (bug #9948) - - - - Linux hosts/guests: fixes for Linux 3.2 (bug #9743) - - - - Solaris Additions: various shared folder fixes (bugs #9856, #9862, #9917) - - - - Windows Additions: various fixes for Direct3D support (un)installation, added - detection of missing or wrong Direct3D system files - - - - - - - Version 4.1.6 (2011-11-04) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VRDP: fixed screen corruption - - - - NAT: the interface stopped working after a lot of failed - ICMP requests (bug #9371) - - - - E1000: fixed rare Windows 7 guest hangs, either at boot time - or when reconfiguring the network card in unusual setups (bug #6223) - - - - ATA: fixed a possible crash during ATAPI passthrough with - certain guests - - - - ATA: improved compatibility with ancient Linux kernels - - - - Main: fixed incorrect framebuffer information after leaving - the full screen mode with X11 guests, this lead to a scrambled - preview window in the GUI for example - - - - Mac OS X hosts: fixed the problem with duplicate packets when - bridged to a wireless interface (bug #9648) - - - - Linux hosts: fix for 3D support on Fedora 15 (bug #9799) - - - - Linux hosts: don't call del_timer_sync - from an interrupt context (Fedora bug report 746331) - - - - Windows Vista and 7 guests: more WDDM fixes - - - - Linux Additions: fixed kernel module compilation failure on Redhat - Enterprise Linux 4 (bug #9709) - - - - Linux Additions: install the DRI driver correctly on Ubuntu 11.10 - guests - - - - Solaris Additions: added read-only mmap support for shared - folders - - - - Solaris Additions: added directory, file mode and mask options for - shared folders - - - - Windows Additions: implemented faster detection of logged-in guest - users and stale sessions - - - - X.Org Additions: fixed graphical corruption when switching to a - virtual terminal (bug #9490) - - - - - - - Version 4.1.4 (2011-10-03) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: fixed PAE guests running on 32-bit hosts (4.0 regression; - bug #9458) - - - - VMM: fixed INVALID_PARAMETER guru meditation - caused by insufficient memory conditions (4.1.0 regression; bug #9240) - - - - VMM: fixed clobbered CPU registers during stos/lods/ins/outs - emulation under rare circumstances - - - - VMM: another fix for 64-bit guests on recent AMD CPUs - - - - GUI: warn the user if he uses an outdated extension pack and allow - to download and upgrade in that case (bug #8025) - - - - GUI: fixed spurious LCtrl key events on some Windows hosts - (4.0.6 regression; bug #373) - - - - VBoxManage: another fix for extpack install --replace - (bug #9308) - - - - VBoxManage: allow to specify the UUID of the target image in - convertfromraw - - - - VRDP: fixed a rare crash when two or more clients connect to the server - (bug #9503) - - - - VRDP: fixed a case when a client was not resized correctly - (bug #9242) - - - - USB: make device capturing work on Windows hosts with - usbhub class filter drivers installed (bug #9298); - bugfixes for Windows host USB support - - - - VHD: fixed reads crossing block boundaries (bug #8532) - - - - VMDK: fixed progress indicator when creating split VMDK - images - - - - Floppy: fixed medium size detection for physical mediums - (Windows hosts only) - - - - Main: fixed VM initialization if a shared folder does - not exist (bug #7941) - - - - Main: fixed possible deadlock between hard disk enumeration and - resetting of immutable disks (bug #9549) - - - - Main: fixed not detaching of virtual storage after a snapshot - restore operation (bug #8296) - - - - Main: always reset modified state after restoring a snapshot (bug - #9387) - - - - Main: fixed writing of changed VM settings to disk when using - snapshots (bug #8932) - - - - Main: fixed taking screen shots (e.g. the preview window) for - headless VMs if the Guest Additions are active - - - - Virtio-net: fixed the problem with UDP packets exceeding - MTU (bug #9370) - - - - 3D support: fixed incorrect rendering and possible crashes when switching - to/from full screen with enabled 2D acceleration - - - - 3D support: fixed compiz under ubuntu 9.10 - - - - Guest control: miscellaneous small bugfixes - - - - Linux / Solaris hosts: don't use hard links in packages - (4.1.2 regression; bug #9441) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: fix installation issues when installed as root - (bug #1578) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: fixed packet capture issues with vboxnetX host-only - interfaces (bug #8076) - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed incoming multicast packets for Crossbow based - bridged networking (bug #9532) - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed starting EFI guests due to missing EFI ROM files - (bug #9535) - - - - Windows hosts installer: fixed ADDLOCAL usage - on command line (4.1.0 regression; bug #9488) - - - - Windows hosts installer: fixed dangling shortcut to the .chm - help file (bug #9646) - - - - Windows hosts installer: try to fix installation error 2869 which - appeared under certain circumstances (bug #9664) - - - - Windows hosts: VBoxHeadless should never open a separate - console window (bug #3549) - - - - Guest Additions: fixed hang while waiting for guest execution - output (4.1.2 regression; bug #9446) - - - - Linux Additions: add support for X.Org Server 1.11 (bug #9519) - - - - - Linux Additions: suppress an incorrect error message and allow - a shared folder to be mounted in multiple places (bug #9627) - - - - - Linux Additions: start VBoxService correctly on openSUSE 12.1 - (bug #6229) - - - - - Linux Additions: properly finish the installation even if the - compilation of the DRM module fails (which is not fatal) - - - - Solaris Additions: fixed memory leaks and panics while mounting - (from console) and unmounting shared folders - - - - Windows Additions: fixed swapped mouse cursor hotspot coordinates - (4.1.0 regression; bug #9447) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA - BSOD in VBoxDisp.dll when running SnippingTool (bug #9508) - - - - Windows Additions: make image viewer work correctly - with Aero enabled (Vista and Windows 7) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed incorrect window border blurs under Aero - with ATI cards (Vista and Windows 7) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed incorrect rendering when moving 3D applications - outside guest desktop and back under Aero (Vista and Windows 7) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed guest hangs when switching back from full screen - text mode applications (bug #9636) - - - - - - - Version 4.1.2 (2011-08-15) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: fixed 64-bit guests on AMD Fusion CPUs (bug #8824) - - - - VMM: fixed handling of the sysenter/sysexit - machine instructions in 64-bit guests on Intel hosts - - - - GUI: added linked clone support - - - - GUI: fixed error check when changing the VM controller settings - (4.1.0 regression; bug #9246) - - - - GUI: fixed the inclusion of additional information (license, - vendor, ...) on OVF export - - - - GUI: when taking a snapshot from the VM selector, don't do - a live snapshot - - - - GUI: fixed immediate crash during start on certain environments - due to a library version conflict - - - - Guest control execution: implemented copying single files from - guest to the host (directories and filters not supported yet) - - - - Guest control execution: limited to serve up to 5 guest processes - at a time by default - - - - Main: return the correct RDP default port fixing settings - warnings in the GUI if the remote display was enabled at runtime (bug - #9368) - - - - VBoxSVC: made the path comparison OS independent when images are - registered (bug #9303) - - - - VBoxSVC: several fixes/performance improvements for cloning of - VMs - - - - Snapshots: fixed "Solid-State drive" flag survival on snapshot - creation (bug #9379) - - - - VBoxManage: implemented copyfrom and - stat guest control tools to copy files from guest - to host and to check for existence of files on the guest - - - - VBoxManage: fixed extpack install --replace - (bug #9308) - - - - VBoxManage: allow to start multiple VMs with - startvm - - - - VBoxManage: experimental support for SATA CD/DVD hotplugging - - - - Mouse support: fixed an off-by-one pointer position error - affecting Windows guests (bugs #7566, #9321) - - - - VRDP: fixed a case when the screen was not redrawn correctly - (bug #9242) - - - - NAT: changed TCP connection establishment according to Winsock API - requirements (Windows hosts only; bug #8919) - - - - USB: fixed device recognition issues (bugs #9299) and - fixed several device capturing issues (Windows hosts; bug #9299) - - - - USB: fixed issues with remote filters being applied to local - USB devices - - - - Guest Additions: keep logged in user count in out-of-memory situations - and warn about it - - - - OVA: fixed import of renamed OVA files (bug #9033) - - - - Windows host: fixed icon for .VDI files (bug #9393) - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed a bug preventing parallel usage of multiple host NICs - with Crossbow based bridged networking - - - - Linux hosts: fixed random kernel panics on host suspend / shutdown - (4.1.0 regression; bug #9305) - - - - Solaris Additions: fixed shared folders due to missing symbols in the vboxfs - module (4.0.12 / 4.1.0 regression; bug #9264) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed file truncation on a shared folder with - some applications (bugs #9276, #9315) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed shared folder issues with antivirus software - and 64 bit Windows guests (bug #9318) - - - - Windows Vista and 7 guests: WDDM driver fixes and performance enhancements, - fixed WinSAT crashes (bug #9267) - - - - Linux Additions: fixed llseek for Linux kernels - 2.6.37 and above - - - - - - - Version 4.1.0 (2011-07-19) - - This version is a major update. The following major new features - were added: - - - - - Support for cloning of VMs (bug #5853, see - ): full clones can be created through the GUI - and VBoxManage, linked clones only through VBoxManage - - - - GUI: enhanced wizard for creating new virtual disks - - - - GUI: new wizard for copying virtual disks - - - - GUI: keep the aspect ratio in scale mode (Windows and Mac OS X hosts - only; bug #7822) - - - - VMM: raised the memory limit for 64-bit hosts to 1TB - - - - Experimental support for PCI passthrough for Linux hosts, see - - - - - Windows guests: Experimental WDDM graphics driver, supporting - Windows Aero (bug #4607) and providing Direct3D support using a - cleaner approach (no need to install the guest drivers in Safe Mode - anymore) - - - - Guest Additions: status of modules and features can now be - queried separately by the frontends - - - - Networking: new network attachment mode "Generic Driver", which - offers an open plugin architecture for arbitrary and separately - distributable virtual network implementations - - - - Host-only Networking: fixed host crash in kernels prior to 2.6.29 - - - - - New Networking Mode UDP Tunnel: allows to - interconnect VMs running on different hosts easily and transparently, - see - - - - Experimental support for SATA hard disk hotplugging available - with VBoxManage - - - - Solaris hosts: New Crossbow based bridged networking driver for - Solaris 11 build 159 and above - - - - - - In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added: - - - - - VMM: more SMP timer fixes - - - - VMM: fixed sporadic recompiler crashes with SMP guests - - - - VMM: many small fixes - - - - GUI: when restoring a snapshot, ask for taking a snapshot - of the current state - - - - GUI: added a View menu - - - - GUI: added a setting for the promiscuous mode policy for - internal networks, bridged networks and host-only networks - - - - GUI: added slider for setting the CPU execution cap allowing to - limit the amount of CPU time spent for the execution of the guest, - see - - - - GUI: the VM description is editable during the runtime of - a VM (bug #1551) - - - - GUI: added proxy settings (bug #2870) - - - - GUI: made the number of SATA ports configurable - - - - GUI: decrease time before showing the VM configuration - dialog - - - - VBoxManage: more convenient configuration of storage controller - attachments by automatically determining the port or device parameter - when a storage controller has only one port or device per port - - - - VBoxManage: changed syntax of the guestcontrol - command group, fixed various bugs, removed obsolete options - - - - VBoxBalloonCtrl: new service for automatic dynamic adjustment - of the balloon size for running VMs - - - - Settings: machine names and snapshot names are not allowed to - be a valid UUID - - - - Settings: provide better diagnostics if a single medium is used - twice in a VM configuration - - - - Settings: provide better diagnostics for errors in medium - create/merge/clone operations, and fix memory leaks in error - cases - - - - Storage: ATA/SATA drives can be marked as non-rotational, i.e. - the guest OS will detect them as a SSD if supported, which can - improve performance - - - - Storage: virtual CD/DVD images will be detached if the guest - ejects the medium, unless the drive is marked to handle ejects only - on a temporary basis - - - - Storage: the medium UUID can be changed again when attaching - a medium for the first time, which allows using images which are - exact duplicates including the UUID - - - - Storage: fixed possible data corruption under certain circumstances - with VHD and Parallels images (bug #9150) - - - - Storage: fixed unnecessary expansion when cloning differential - images in VDI format - - - - Storage: fixed detection code to handle empty files for VDI and - VMDK format - - - - Storage: fixed access to CD/DVD images beyond 4GB when using the SATA - controller (bug #8592) - - - - Floppy: several bugs have been fixed - - - - Floppy: make it possible to unmount a host floppy disk (bug #6651) - - - - BIOS: disk-related structures are now checksummed correctly (bug #8739) - - - - USB: many fixes for the Windows USB host driver - - - - NAT: reduced memory footprint - - - - Networking: fixed the problem with segmentation offloading - when several VMs are transmitting in parallel - - - - Networking: workaround for a bug in wireshark when operating - directly on a capture file created by VirtualBox - - - - Serial: announce the serial devices in the ACPI tables to make - Windows guests find the virtual hardware (bug #7411) - - - - VRDP: support for TLS connections (see - ) - - - - VRDP: support for multimonitor client configurations with MS - RDP clients - - - - VRDP: fixed a rare screen corruption - - - - 3D support: fixed GL_VERSION string for - different locales (bug #8916) - - - - Web service: fixed timeout handling with HTTP 1.1 keepalive, and - be more robust when connections fail - - - - VBoxSVC: fixed regression when several clients trigger autostart - simultaneously - - - - Main: fixed incorrect handling of the medium location for media - which are not file based (e.g. iSCSI), which resulted in confusing - location values in many places - - - - JAX-WS client bindings: fixed resource leak - - - - Sources: fixed USB 2.0 support using extension packs for non-official - builds - - - - Mac OS X hosts: fixed non-VT-x mode on Lion hosts - - - - Windows hosts: fixed copy'n'paste in the GUI and for the VM - window (bug #4491) - - - - Windows hosts (64-bit only): enabled removing of all mediums when - removing a VM - - - - Windows hosts (64-bit only): enabled live snapshot deletion - - - - Windows hosts: use native controls in the installer (bug #5520) - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed preemption issue with Solaris 11 hosts (builds - 166 and above) - - - - Solaris hosts: better control of USB device access on Solaris 11 - hosts - - - - Guest Additions: improved driver installation on Windows guests - - - - Guest Additions: fixed high CPU usage while executing guest programs - from the host - - - - Solaris Additions: fixed automounting of shared folders (bug #8014) - - - - - - - - Version 4.0.14 (2011-10-13) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: fixed 64bit guests on AMD Fusion CPUs (bug #8824) - - - - VMM: fixed handling of the sysenter/sysexit - machine instructions in 64-bit guests on Intel hosts - - - - GUI: fixed the inclusion of additional information (license, - vendor, ...) on OVF export - - - - GUI: when taking a snapshot from the VM selector, don't do - a live snapshot - - - - GUI: fixed spurious LCtrl key events on some Windows hosts - (4.0.6 regression; bug #5908) - - - - VBoxManage: fixed extpack install --replace - - - - VRDP: fixed a rare screen corruption - - - - E1000: fixed rare Windows 7 guest hangs, either at boot time - or when reconfiguring the network card in unusual setups (bug #6223) - - - - Mouse support: fixed an off-by-one pointer position error - affecting Windows guests (bugs #7566, #9321) - - - - NAT: changed TCP connection establishment according to Winsock API - requirements (Windows hosts only; bug #8919) - - - - VHD: fixed reads crossing block boundaries (bug #8532) - - - - VMDK: fixed progress indicator when creating split VMDK - images - - - - Floppy: fixed medium size detection for physical mediums - (Windows hosts only) - - - VBoxSVC: made the path comparison OS independent when images are - registered (bug #9303) - - - - Main: return the correct RDP default port fixing settings - warnings in the GUI if the remote display was enabled at runtime (bug #9368) - - - - Main: fix VM initialization if a shared folder does not exist (bug #7941) - - - - Main: fixed taking screen shots (e.g. the preview window) for - headless VMs if the Guest Additions are active - - - - Main: fixed possible deadlock between hard disk enumeration and - the resetting of immutable disks (bug #9549) - - - - OVA: fixed import of renamed OVA files (bug #9033) - - - - Virtio-net: fixed the problem with UDP packets exceeding MTU - (bug #9370) - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed starting EFI guests due to missing EFI ROM files - (bug #9535) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: fix installation issues when installed as root - (bug #1578) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed file truncation on a shared folder with - some applications (bugs #9276, #9315) - - - - Linux Additions: suppress an incorrect error message and allow - a shared folder to be mounted in multiple places (bug #9627) - - - - - Linux Additions: add support for X.Org Server 1.11 (bug #9519) - - - - - Linux Additions: fixed llseek for Linux kernels - 2.6.37 and above - - - - Linux Additions: start VBoxService correctly on openSUSE 12.1 - (bug #6229) - - - - Linux Additions: properly finish the installation even if the - compilation of the DRM module fails (which is not fatal) - - - - - - - Version 4.0.12 (2011-07-15) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - Mac OS X hosts: Lion fixes - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed preemption issue with Solaris 11 hosts (builds - 166 and above) - - - - VBoxManage: more convenient configuration of storage controller - attachments by automatically determining the port or device parameter - when a storage controller has only one port or device per port (bug #9188) - - - - Storage: fixed possible data corruption under certain circumstances - with VHD and Parallels images (bug #9150) - - - - Storage: fixed access to CD/DVD images beyond 4GB when using the SATA - controller (bug #8592) - - - - Floppy: make it possible to unmount a host floppy disk (bug #6651) - - - - Networking: fixed the problem with segmentation offloading - when several VMs were transmitting at once - - - - 3D support: fixed GL_VERSION string for - different locales (bug #8916) - - - - Sources: fixed USB 2.0 support using extension packs for non-official - builds - - - - Solaris Additions: fixed automounting of shared folders (bug #8014) - - - - - - Version 4.0.10 (2011-06-22) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - GUI: fixed disappearing settings widgets on KDE hosts (bug #6809) - - - - Storage: fixed hang under rare circumstances with flat VMDK images - - - - Storage: a saved VM could not be restored under certain circumstances - after the host kernel was updated (bug #8983) - - - - Storage: refuse to create a medium with an invalid variant - (for example Split2G with VDI; bug #7227) - - - - iSCSI: pause the VM if a request times out - - - - Snapshots: none of the hard disk attachments must be attached to - another VM in normal mode when creating a snapshot - - - - USB: fixed occasional VM hangs with SMP guests (bug #4580) - - - - USB: proper device detection on RHEL/OEL/CentOS 5 guests - (partial fix for bug #8978) - - - - ACPI: force the ACPI timer to return monotonic values for improve behavior - with SMP Linux guests (bug #8511 and others) - - - - VRDP: fixed screen corruption under rare circumstances (bug #8977) - - - - rdesktop-vrdp: updated to version 1.7.0 - - - - OVF: under rare circumstances some data at the end of a VMDK - file was not written during export - - - - Mac OS X hosts: Lion fixes - - - - Mac OS X hosts: GNOME 3 fix - - - - Linux hosts: fixed VT-x detection on Linux 3.0 hosts (bug #9071) - - - - Linux hosts: fixed Python 2.7 bindings in the universal Linux - binaries - - - - Windows hosts: fixed leak of thread and process handles - - - - Windows Additions: fixed bug when determining the extended version - of the Guest Additions (4.0.8 regression; bug #8948) - - - - Solaris Additions: fixed installation to 64-bit Solaris 10u9 guests - (4.0.8 regression) - - - - Linux Additions: RHEL6.1/OL6.1 compile fix - - - - Linux Additions: fixed a memory leak during VBoxManage - guestcontrol execute (bug #9068) - - - - - - - Version 4.0.8 (2011-05-16) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - Mac OS X hosts: fixed incompatibility with recent Mac OS X - versions in 64-bit mode (bug #8474) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: fixed incompatibility with hosts with more - than 16 cores (bug #8389) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: fixed painting corruptions on a second monitor in - 64-bit mode (bug #7606) - - - - GUI: restored functionality to set an empty host key to disallow any - host key combination (4.0.6 regression; bug #8793) - - - - GUI: more expressive error messages for USB proxy permission - problems (mainly Linux hosts; bug #8823) - - - - VBoxManage: added controlvm screenshotpng - subcommand for saving the screenshot of a running VM in PNG format - - - - VBoxHeadless: fixed potential crash during shutdown - (Windows hosts only) - - - - NAT: built-in services use the correct Ethernet addresses in - Ethernet header and in ARP requests - - - - Host-only networking: fixed adapter reference counting - - - - E1000: fixed rare guest crashes with Linux SMP guests (bug #8755) - - - - SATA: fixed guest disk corruption under rare circumstances - (only relevant for guests with more than 2GB RAM; bug #8826) - - - - Storage: fixed data corruption after a snapshot was taken with - asynchronous I/O enabled (bug #8498) - - - - Floppy: several improvement - - - - HPET: another fix for time jumps (bug #8707) - - - - USB: use correct permissions when creating /dev/vboxusb - (Linux hosts only) - - - - USB: removed assumption that string descriptors are null-terminated - (Windows hosts only) - - - - 3D support: fixed a potential crash when resizing the guest - window - - - - 3D support: fixed GNOME 3 rendering under Ubuntu 11.04 and - Fedora 15 - - - - Snapshots: fixed another bug which could lose entries in the media - registry when restoring a snapshot (bug #8363) - - - - Shared Folders: don't stop mounting the other valid folders if one - host folder is inaccessible (4.0.6 regression) - - - - Linux Additions: check whether gcc and make are installed before - building kernel modules (bug #8795) - - - - Solaris Additions: added support for X.Org Server 1.10 - - - - Guest Additions: fixed inappropriate Guest Additions update - notification when using vendor-specific version suffixes (bug #8844) - - - - - - - Version 4.0.6 (2011-04-21) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: fixed incorrect handling of ballooned pages when restoring - a VMM from a saved state - - - - VMM: don't crash on hosts with more than 64 cores / hyperthreads; - implemented support for up to 256 host cores (except Windows hosts; bug #8489) - - - - VMM: fixed guru meditation for PAE guests running on hosts without PAE - (bug #8006) - - - - VMM: fixed slow Linux guests with raw mode and recent guest kernels - (bug #8726) - - - - GUI: support host key combinations (bug #979) - - - - GUI: fixed progress indicator (bug #7814) - - - - GUI: show the mouse pointer while the VM is paused if the USB - tablet mouse emulation is used (bug #6799) - - - - GUI: adapt the snapshot folder as well when renaming a VM - (bug #8469) - - - - GUI: persistently remember the last folders of the disk/DVD/floppy - selectors - - - - GUI: never allow to start a VM with USB-2.0 activated if the - proper extension pack is missing (bug #8182) - - - - GUI: fixed hang/crash when opening a file dialog in an non-existing - folder (bug #8673) - - - - Snapshots: fixed a bug which could lose entries in the media - registry when restoring a snapshot (bug #8363) - - - - Snapshots: allow snapshots to be stored in the VM directory - - - - 3D support: fixed a crash if a VM was forced to terminate - (Windows hosts only; bug #7133) - - - - Storage: fixed memory leak (4.0 regression; bug #7966) - - - - Storage: fixed access to iSCSI targets over internal network - - - - Storage: fixed reading from disks with more than one snapshot for - VHD and VMDK images with disabled host cache (bug #8408) - - - - Storage: fixed a possible hang during VM suspend after an - I/O error occurred - - - - Storage: fixed a possible hang during VM suspend / reset - (bug #8276, #8294) - - - - Storage: automatically create a diff image when attaching a - streamOptimized VMDK image to a VM - - - - ATA/SATA: fixed automounting of virtual CD/DVD mediums with recent - Linux distributions by correctly reporting the current profile as 'none' - if no medium is present - - - - Buslogic: fixed emulation for certain guests (e.g. jRockit VE) - - - - Host-Only Networking: fixed interface creation failure on Windows - hosts (4.0.4 regression; bug #8362) - - - - Host-Only & Bridged & Internal Networking: fix for processing - promiscuous mode requests by VMs, defaulting to switch behaviour - - - - Host-Only Networking: fixed connectivity issue after resuming the - host from sleep (bug #3625) - - - - Bridged Networking: support for interface bonding on Mac OS X hosts (bug #8731) - - - - NAT: fixed processing of ARP announcements for guests with static - assigned IPs (bug #8609) - - - - VRDP: backward compatibility with VRDPAuth external authentication - library (bug #8063) - - - - Shared Folders: don't fail to start a VM if a path is not absolute, - for example when importing an OVF from a different host (bug #7941) - - - - Audio: fixed crash under certain conditions (bug #8527) - - - - USB: fixed a crash when plugging certain USB devices (bug #8699) - - - - HPET: fixed time jumps when reading the counter (bug #8707) - - - - OVF/OVA: automatically adjust disk paths if the VM name is - changed on import - - - - OVF/OVA: fix export to slow medias - - - - OVF/OVA: automatically repair inconsistent appliances with - multiple disks (bug #8253) - - - - rdesktop-vrdp: fixed an assertion triggered under certain conditions - (bug #8593) - - - - Windows hosts: fixed occasional hangs during VM shutdown because - sometimes COM was not properly uninitialized - - - - Mac OS X hosts: prevent the mouse from leaving the VM window while - captured - - - - Mac OS X hosts: keep aspect ratio while resizing in scale mode - (shift for old behaviour) (part of bug #7822) - - - - X11 hosts: fixed Yen key support (bug #8438) - - - - - X11 hosts: fixed a regression which caused Host+F1 to pop up - help instead of sending Ctrl+Alt+F1 - - - - Linux hosts / Linux Additions: mangle IPRT symbols to allow installing - VirtualBox inside a VM while the Guest Additions are active (bug #5686) - - - - Linux hosts / Linux guests: workaround for a bug in GLIBC older than - version 1.11 leading to crashes under certain conditions (signed/unsigned - problem with memchr on 64-bit machines) - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed a deadlock in event semaphores that could lead - to unkillable VM processes - - - - Windows Additions: fixed Sysprep parameter handling - - - - Windows Additions: fixed spontaneous guest reboots under certain - circumstances (4.0.2 regression; bugs #8406, #8429) - - - - Windows Additions: added auto logon support for locked workstations - on legacy Windows versions - - - - Windows Additions: fixed driver bugcheck error when handling PnP - messages (4.0 regression; bug #8367) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed memory leak in VBoxVideo - - - - X11 Additions: added support for X.Org Server 1.10 final - - - - Linux Additions: Linux kernel 2.6.39-rc1 fixes - - - - Linux Additions: improved auto-run support (bug #5509) - - - - Linux Additions: fix mouse support on SUSE 11 SP 1 guests - (bug #7946) - - - - Solaris Additions: added support for X.Org Server 1.9 - - - - Guest Additions: various bugfixes for guest control execution - - - - Web service: use own log file, with log rotation to limit size - - - - - - - - Version 4.0.4 (2011-02-17) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: fixed recompiler crashes under certain conditions - (bugs #8255, #8319 and further) - - - - VMM: fixed running 64-bit guests on 32-bit host with nested paging - enabled on AMD CPUs (4.0 regression; bug #7938) - - - - VMM: fixed timing issues / hangs for certain guests using the - programmable interval timer (bugs #8033 and #8062) - - - - VMM: large page and monitoring fixes for live snapshots - (bugs #7910, #8059, #8125) - - - - GUI: fixed error message when trying to exceed the maximum - number of host network interfaces - - - - GUI: fixed saving of changes to the metadata of an existing - snapshot (bug #8145) - - - - GUI: fixed rare crash on X11 hosts (bug #8131) - - - - GUI: when selecting a shared folder, start the file dialog in - the users home directory (bug #8017) - - - - ExtPack: enforce the correct permissions which might be restricted - by umask when creating directories (non-Windows hosts only; bug #7878) - - - - VBoxSDL: fixed crash when starting by specifying the VM UUID - (4.0 regression; bug #8342) - - - - VBoxManage: allow savestate even if the VM is already paused - - - - VBoxManage: fixed modifyvm --synthcpu - (bug #6577) - - - - VBoxManage: fixed hang when doing guestcontrol execute - --wait-for exit and displaying process status on exit - (bug #8235) - - - - VBoxManage: decreased CPU load during guestcontrol execute - --wait-for exit/stdout while waiting for the guest process - to terminate (bug #7872) - - - - VBoxManage: fixed list hostdvds/hostfloppies - - - - VBoxManage: fixed storageattach for host - DVD drives and host floppy drives - - - - Metrics: introduced RAM/VMM base metric - - - - Main: improved sanity check when taking a VM screen shot - (bug #7966) - - - - Main: fixed a crash under rare circumstances if a VM failed to start - - - - Main: fixed attaching of immutable disk images (bug #8105) - - - - Main: fixed a crash at VM shutdown (bug #6443) - - - - Main: fixed incorrect handling of cross-referenced medium - attachments (bug #8129) - - - - Settings: fixed truncating of big integer values (4.0 regression) - - - - Settings: properly store the ICH9 chipset type (bug #8123) - - - - Host-Only & Bridged Networking: fixed VBox DHCP server startup issue - for Windows hosts (4.0 regression; bug #7905) - - - - Host-Only Networking: re-create vboxnetX interfaces after - vboxnetadp.ko module reload on Linux and Darwin (bugs #5934, #6341) - - - - NAT: fixed an mbuf leak under rare circumstances (bug #7459) - - - - ACPI: don't allow the guest to enter S4 by default and don't - announce S1 and S4 in the ACPI tables if disabled (bug #8008) - - - - Graphics card: made re-enabling disabled screens work correctly - to prevent problems when X11 guests enter screen saving mode - (bug #8122) - - - - Storage: fixed write errors with snapshots if the host cache is - disabled (4.0 regression; bug #8221) - - - - ATA/SATA: fixed reset handling after ACPI suspend/resume - - - - BusLogic: fixed hang with SMP VMs - - - - Serial: another attempt to prevent lost characters during transmission - (bug #1548) - - - - Linux hosts/guests: Linux 2.6.38-rc1 compile fixes - - - - Mac OS X hosts: fixed VBoxSVC crash when listing host interfaces - without default gateway (64-bit hosts only; bug #7955) - - - - Solaris/Darwin hosts: fixed VM CPU execution cap - - - - X.Org guests: fixed a crash on X server restart - (bug #8231) - - - - X.Org guests: support X.Org Server 1.10 pre-release and Ubuntu - 11.04 Alpha - - - - X.Org guests: Add EDID emulation in the graphics driver to - prevent GNOME settings daemon changing the mode on login - - - - X.Org guests: never send graphics modes to the host that older - VirtualBox versions can't handle - - - - Linux Additions: fixed a memory leak in the shared folders code if - a host link is not readable (bug #8185) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed handling of Security Attention Sequence (SAS) - with VBoxGINA - - - - - - - - Version 4.0.2 (2011-01-18) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - GUI: don't crash if a removable host drive referenced from the VM - settings vanished - - - - GUI: fixed a crash when using the KDE4 Oxygen theme and clicked - on the settings button (4.0 regression; bug #7875) - - - - GUI: properly warn if the machine folder cannot be - created (bug #8031) - - - - GUI: several fixes for multimonitor X11 guests - - - - ExtPack: don't make the installer helper application suid root - (Linux .deb/.rpm packages only) - - - - ExtPack: improved user experience on Vista / Windows 7 when installing - an extension pack - - - - ExtPack: fixed issue with non-ascii characters in the path name - during installing an extension pack (bug #9717) - - - - ExtPack: fixed SELinux issues on 32-bit Linux hosts - - - - VBoxManage: Host-only interface creation and removal is now - supported for all platforms except Solaris (bug #7741) - - - - VBoxManage: fixed segmentation fault when removing non-existent - host-only interface - - - - Storage: fixed possible crashes with VMDK/VHD images with snapshots - and asynchronous I/O (4.0 regression) - - - - Storage: don't eject the physical medium if a DVD/CDROM/floppy drive is - detached from a VM (bug #5825) - - - - Storage: be more robust when a faulty guest sends ATA commands to an - ATAPI device (bug #6597) - - - - Parallels: fixed deletion of the image during suspend, pause or - power off (4.0 regression) - - - - Bridged networking: fixed host kernel panic when bridging - to devices with no TX queue (4.0 regression; Linux hosts only; bug #7908) - - - - NAT: port-forwarding rule registration respects protocol parameter (bug #8094) - - - - E1000: fixed PXE boot issues with WDS (bug #6330) - - - - Virtio-net: fixed the issue with TX performance in some Linux - guests - - - - ICH9: fixed VM crash (software virtualization only; bug #7885) - - - - VGA: fixed VESA screen issue (4.0 regression; bug #7986) - - - - Shared Folders: fixed parameter parsing when creating symbolic - links, fixes 32-bit/64-bit bitness issue (bug #818) - - - - Main: fixed crash under rare circumstances due to an invalid - logging string (4.0 regression) - - - - Main: improve error information propagation for errors preventing - a VM start - - - - Main: fixed problems with snapshots and non-ASCII characters in - machine paths (bug #8024) - - - - Web service: now listens to localhost by default as documented - (bug #6067) - - - - Settings: do not fail loading machine settings if removeable drive attachment (host drive or image) - cannot be found; with 4.0 this is much more likely when machines are moved from one host to another - - - - Settings: fixed issue that changing a snapshot name or description was - not saved to machine XML - - - - OVF/OVA: fixed import of files created by other OVF tools (bug - #7983) - - - - rdesktop-vrdp: fix a crash during USB device enumeration (bug - #7981) - - - - Linux hosts: fixed a crash during USB device enumeration - - - - Linux hosts: try a bit harder to allocate memory (bug #8035; 4.0 - regression) - - - - Guest Additions: fixed parsing of parameters for guest control in - VBoxService (4.0 regression; bug #8010) - - - - Windows Guest Additions: automatic logon on Windows Vista/Windows 7 now supports - unlocking previously locked workstations - - - - - - - - Version 4.0.0 (2010-12-22) - - This version is a major update. The following major new features - were added: - - - - - Reorganization of VirtualBox into a base package and Extension Packs; see - - - - New settings/disk file layout for VM portability; see - - - - Major rework of the GUI (now called "VirtualBox Manager"): - - - Redesigned user interface with guest window preview (also for screenshots) - - - - New "scale" display mode with scaled guest display; see - - - - Support for creating and starting .vbox desktop shortcuts (bug #1889) - - - - The VM list is now sortable - - - - Machines can now be deleted easily without a trace including snapshots and saved - states, and optionally including attached - disk images (bug #5511; also, VBoxManage unregistervm --delete - can do the same now) - - - - Built-in creation of desktop file shortcuts to start VMs on double click (bug #2322) - - - - - - - - VMM: support more than 1.5/2 GB guest RAM on 32-bit hosts - - - - New virtual hardware: - - - Intel ICH9 chipset with three PCI buses, PCI Express and Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI); - see - - - - Intel HD Audio, for better support of modern guest operating systems - (e.g. 64-bit Windows; bug #2785) - - - - - - - Improvements to OVF support (see ): - - - Open Virtualization Format Archive (OVA) support - - - - Significant performance improvements during export and import - - - - - Creation of the manifest file on export is optional - now - - - - Imported disks can have formats other than VMDK - - - - - - - - Resource control: added support for limiting a VM's CPU time and IO - bandwidth; see - - - - Storage: support asynchronous I/O for iSCSI, VMDK, VHD and - Parallels images - - - - Storage: support for resizing VDI and VHD images; see - - - - Guest Additions: support for multiple virtual screens in Linux - and Solaris guests using X.Org server 1.3 and later - - - - Language bindings: uniform Java bindings for both local - (COM/XPCOM) and remote (SOAP) invocation APIs - - - - - In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added: - - - - - VMM: Enable large page support by default on 64-bit hosts - (applies to nested paging only) - - - - VMM: fixed guru meditation when running Minix (VT-x only; bug #6557) - - - - VMM: fixed crash under certain circumstances (Linux hosts only, - non VT-x/AMD-V mode only; bugs #4529 and #7819) - - - - GUI: add configuration dialog for port forwarding in NAT mode - (bug #1657) - - - - GUI: show the guest window content on save and restore - - - - GUI: certain GUI warnings don't stop the VM output anymore - - - - GUI: fixed black full screen minitoolbar on KDE4 hosts - (Linux hosts only; bug #5449) - - - - BIOS: implemented multi-sector reading to speed up booting of certain - guests (e.g. Solaris) - - - - Bridged networking: improved throughput by filtering out outgoing - packets intended for the host before they reach the physical network - (Linux hosts only; bug #7792) - - - - 3D support: allow use of CR_SYSTEM_GL_PATH - again (bug #6864) - - - - 3D support: fixed various clipping/visibility issues (bugs #5659, - #5794, #5848, #6018, #6187, #6570) - - - - 3D support: guest application stack corruption when using - glGetVertexAttrib[ifd]v (bug #7395) - - - - 3D support: fixed OpenGL support for libMesa 7.9 - - - - 3D support: fixed Unity/Compiz crashes on natty - - - - 2D Video acceleration: multimonitor support - - - - VRDP: fixed rare crash in multimonitor configuration - - - - VRDP: support for upstream audio - - - - Display: fixed occasional guest resize crash - - - - NAT: port forwarding rules can be applied at runtime - - - - SATA: allow to attach CD/DVD-ROM drives including passthrough - (bug #7058) - - - - Floppy: support readonly image files, taking this as the - criteria for making the medium readonly (bug #5651) - - - - Audio: fixed memory corruption during playback under rare - circumstances - - - - Audio: the DirectSound backend now allows VMs to be audible when - another DirectSound application is active, including another VM (bug - #5578) - - - - - EFI: support for SATA disks and CDROMs - - - - BIOS: reduce the stack usage of the VESA BIOS function - #4F01 (Quake fix) - - - - OVF/OVA: fixed export of VMs with iSCSI disks - - - - Storage: Apple DMG image support for the virtual CD/DVD (bug - #6760) - - - - Linux host USB support: introduced a less invasive way of - accessing raw USB devices (bugs #1093, #5345, #7759) - - - - Linux hosts: support recent Linux kernels with - CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX set - - - - Guest Additions: Shared Folders now can be marked as being auto-mounted - on Windows, Linux and Solaris guests - - - - Linux Additions: Shared Folders now support symbolic links (bug #818) - - - - Linux Additions: combined 32-bit and 64-bit additions into one - file - - - - Windows Additions: automatic logon on Windows Vista/Windows 7 is now able - to handle renamed user accounts; added various bugfixes - - - - - - - - Version 3.2.12 (2010-11-30) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: fixed rare host crash when running 64-bit guests on 32-bit - hosts (bug #7577) - - - - VMM: fixed host reboots under rare circumstances due to NMIs - triggered by active performance counters (Linux hosts in - non-VT-x/AMD-V mode only; bug #4529) - - - - VMM: fixed out of memory guru meditation for large memory guests (bug #7586) - - - - VMM: fixed a guru meditation related to large pages - - - - VMM: use new VT-x feature to keep the guest from hogging the CPU - - - - Snapshots: implemented deleting the last remaining snapshot while - the VM is running - - - - GUI: perform the checks for exceeding the size limit of the host file - system and for broken asynchronous I/O on older Linux kernels with ext4 / xfs - file systems not only when starting the VM from scratch but also when - starting from a saved state - - - - NAT: fixed memory leak (3.2.0 regression; bugs #6918, #7353) - - - - NAT: fixed Linux NFS root issue (bugs #7299) - - - - Networking: fixed VM reset handling in e1000 - - - - VRDP: fixed rare crash in multimonitor configuration - - - - Display: fixed occasional guest resize crash - - - - Mouse: don't send relative mouse events together with absolute - mouse events (3.2.10 regression; bug #7571) - - - - Keyboard: fixes for the USB keyboard emulation; - fixes for Korean keyboards - - - - Serial: don't hang if the host device would block during - open (bugs #5756, #5380) - - - - Serial: fixed modem status lines (Linux hosts only; bug #812) - - - - Graphics: Horizontal resolutions are no longer restricted to a - multiple of 8 pixels (bug #2047; requires Guest Additions update). - - - - - USB: fixed a crash with older Linux kernels and non-ASCII characters - in device strings (Linux hosts only; bug #6983, #7158, #7733; version - 3.2.8 contained an incomplete fix) - - - - USB: fixed a crash under rare circumstances (bug #7409; Windows hosts - only) - - - - "iSCSI: respond to NOP-In requests from the target immediately to avoid - being disconnected if the guest is idle - - - - 3D support: fixed a crash under certain circumstances (bug #7659) - - - - 3D support: fixed crashes for GLUT based apps (bug #6848) - - - - 3D support: added missing GLX 1.3 functionality (bugs #7652, #7195) - - - - 2D Video acceleration: fixed potential deadlock when saving the VM - state (bug #4124) - - - - Windows hosts: another fix for BSODs under certain circumstances in - VBoxNetFlt.sys (bug #7601) - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed host USB DVD drive detection - - - - Mac OS X hosts: fixed swapped keys for certain ISO keyboard types - (bug #2996) - - - - Linux hosts: added link state handling for TAP devices needed for proper - operation with bridged networking on kernels 2.6.36 and above (bug #7649) - - - - Linux hosts/guests: Linux 2.6.37 fixes - - - - Linux Additions: properly compile the vboxvideo module if DKMS - is not installed (bug #7572) - - - - Linux Additions: fixed a memory leak when accessing non-existing - files on a Shared Folders (bug #7705) - - - - Windows Additions: skip none-mapped user accounts when enumerating - user accounts for VM information - - - - - - - - Version 3.2.10 (2010-10-08) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: V8086 mode fix for legacy DOS/Windows guests with EMM386 - (3.2.8 regression) - - - - VMM: stability fix (bug #7342) - - - - VMM: fixed a Guru meditation related to large pages (bug #7300) - - - - VMM: fixed support for large pages on Linux hosts - - - - VMM: fixed a Guru meditation for large memory 64-bit guests on 32-bit - hosts with nested paging (bug #7544) - - - - VMM: performance improvements for VMs with more than - 2GB RAM (bug #6928) - - - - GUI: fixed host key handling if the host key is set to Left Alt - (Linux/Solaris hosts only; 3.2.0 regression; bug #6758) - - - - GUI: the VM can be minimized from the mini toolbar - (bug #4952) - - - - GUI: handle Ctrl+Break properly on X11 hosts (3.2.0 regression; - bug #6122) - - - - GUI: fixed the case where the user aborted the media selector - for selecting the boot hard disk from the VM wizard - - - - GUI: added a check for Linux kernels 2.6.36 or later which are known - to have the asynchronous I/O bug on ext4 / xfs file systems fixed - (Linux hosts only) - - - - OpenSolaris guests: use SATA controller by default - - - - Storage: fixed I/O errors in the guest after compacting VDI - images (3.2.6 regression; bug #7294) - - - - Storage: automatically repair base disk images with non-zero - parent UUID which made them inaccessible (bug #7289) - - - - Storage: fixed corrupted images if a merge operation was - canceled - - - - IDE: added ATAPI passthrough support for audio CDs - - - - SATA: fixed a potential hang during boot of recent Solaris guests - - - - SATA: handle out of disk space and similar conditions better - - - - iSCSI: fixed sporadic hangs when closing the connection - - - - VGA: fixed missing redraw with multiple screens under certain - circumstances (bug #7291) - - - - VGA: several small fixes for legacy VGA graphics modes - - - - Bridged networking: fixed occasional host freeze during VM shutdown - (Linux hosts only) - - - - NAT: don't check for the existence of the TFTP prefix when delivering - a file via bootp (bug #7384) - - - - NAT: fixed resolving of names at the host resolver (bug #7138) - - - - NAT: under rare conditions the NAT engine consumed 100% CPU load - (non-Windows hosts only) - - - - VRDP: fixed memory leak under certain circumstances (bug #5966) - - - - VRDP: fixed missing redraws with Windows guests under certain - circumstances - - - - USB: properly discard blocking outstanding bulk URBs, fixes some - printers - - - - USB: Blackberry fix (bug #6465) - - - - VBoxHeadless: fixed event queue processing problems which led to - hangs if the VM could not be started successfully - - - - VBoxManage: don't crash if parameters with invalid characters - are passed (bug #7388) - - - - VBoxManage: clonehd: fixed a - bug where the command aborted with an error message under rare - circumstances - - - - VBoxManage metrics: made it work - for directly started VMs again (3.2.8 regression; bug #7482) - - - - 3D support: report GLX_ARB_get_proc_address - as supported extension - - - - 3D support: guest application stack corruption when using - glGetVertexAttrib[ifd]v (bug #7395) - - - - 3D support: fixed broken 3D support when switching to - full screen / seamless modes (bug #7314) - - - - 3D support: fixed 32bit OpenGL apps under 64bit Windows XP/Vista (bug #7066) - - - - OVF: fixed bug when exporting a VM with multiple attached disks - (bug #7366) - - - - OVF: fixed slow export for certain filesystems (bug #3719) - - - - OVF: disabled manifest (.mf file) support; manifests are no - longer verified on import nor written on export - - - - Shared clipboard/Windows: improved the reliability of the shared - clipboard on Windows hosts and guest (partial fix to bug #5266) - - - - Shared Folders: don't show an empty directory if filenames with an - invalid encoding exist on the host (bug #7349) - - - - Shared Folders: return the proper error code when trying - to list files for a non-existing wildcard (bug #7004) - - - - Audio: fixed guest memory corruption when capturing from the - NULL audio backend (bug #6911) - - - - Audio: improved playback quality (less choppy) - - - - Web service: avoid unnecessary creation of idle threads - - - - Additions: fixed bug in the guest execution feature when passing - more than one environment variable - - - - Additions: refresh all guest properties written by VBoxService - after the VM was restored from a saved state - - - - Additions: fixed a division by zero crash of - VBoxService under certain circumstances - - - - Additions: immediately resynchronize the guest time with the host - time after the VM was restored from a saved state (bug #4018) - - - - Additions/Windows: fixed LsaEnumerate error when - enumerating logged in users - - - - Additions/X.Org: support X.Org Server 1.9 (bug #7306) - - - - Additions/X.Org: don't crash VBoxClient during reboot - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed host DVD drive enumeration on Solaris 10 - - - - Solaris hosts: added a custom core dumper to procure more data - in the event of a VM crash - - - - Solaris guests: fixed user idle detection - - - - Solaris guests: fixed a possible panic in Shared Folders when using - the wrong user or group IDs (bug #7295) - - - - Solaris guests: fixed Shared Folders from truncating files to 2GB on - 32-bit guests (bug #7324) - - - - Windows hosts: fixed a BSOD under certain circumstances in VBoxNetFlt.sys - (bug #7448) - - - - Linux hosts/guests: Linux 2.6.36 fixes - - - - Linux hosts/guests: DKMS fixes (bug #5817) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: fixed missing dock menu entries (bug #7392) - - - - - - - - Version 3.2.8 (2010-08-05) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: properly terminate the VM with an error if the guest is trying - to switch to the PAE mode but PAE is disabled in the VM settings - - - - GUI: switch to native file dialogs (Windows hosts only; bug #5459) - - - - GUI: don't use native file dialogs on KDE hosts (Linux hosts only; - bug #6809) - - - - 3D support: fixed GL_EXT_texture_sRGB support - - - - PXE: fixed ZENworks PXE boot regression - - - - OVF: fixed slower export and larger images under certain - circumstances (3.2.6 regression; bug #7073) - - - - USB: properly signal an interrupt if the port suspend status - changes - - - - USB: respect the remote-only filter - - - - USB: avoid VM hang when changing the configuration of - certain devices (Windows hosts only) - - - - USB: fix a crash with older Linux kernels and non-ASCII characters - in device strings (Linux hosts only; bug #6983) - - - - PageFusion: fixed conflict with the guest execution feature - - - - PageFusion: fixed stability issues with a large number of VMs - - - - PageFusion: fixed host crashes with guest SMP and Win64 guests - - - - Memory ballooning: fixed problems restoring VMs with pre-allocation enabled - - - - Bridged networking: fixed performance issue with GRO enabled on - bridged device (bug #7059) - - - - Hostonly networking: fixed performance issue (3.2.6 regression; bug #7081) - - - - Hard disks: fix auto-reset of immutable disk at VM startup - (bug #6832) - - - - BusLogic: several fixes for Windows NT/2000 and SCO OpenServer - guests - - - - LsiLogic: fixed I/O errors under rare circumstances - - - - Sharing disks: support for attaching one disk to several VMs - without external tools and tricks - - - - Shared Folders: several fixes and performance enhancements - for Solaris guests (bugs #4154 and #6512) - - - - Solaris Installer: added support for remote installations - - - - Guest Properties API: correctly support enumerating the properties - of a running VM with an empty "patterns" field (bug #7171) - - - - Guest properties: properly delete transient properties on - shutdown - - - - VRDP video redirection performance improvements and stability - fixes - - - - Settings: silently fix host audio driver when reading machine XML - settings files or OVF written by VirtualBox on a different host OS, for - example convert DirectSound to PulseAudio (bug #7209) - - - - - Settings: properly store the NAT network setting in XML - settings file version 1.10 and later (bug #6176) - - - - VBoxManage: handle differencing images with parent UUID correctly - in subcommand openmedium disk (bug #6751) - - - - Web service: enabled HTTP keepalive for much better performance - - - - - Web service: added timestamps to logging output - - - - Web service: treat 8-bit strings as UTF-8 not ASCII - - - - X11 Additions: fix for Xorg 6.8 guests (e.g. RHEL4) - - - - - - - - Version 3.2.6 (2010-06-25) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: fixed host crash when running 64-bit guests on 32-bit hosts - with certain Intel CPUs (VT-x only; bug #6166) - - - - VMM: allow 64-bit SMP guests on 32-bit hosts (VT-x and AMD-V only; - does not apply to Mac OS X, which already supports it) - - - - VMM: fixed Guru mediation if guests with more than 2GB are booted - with VT-x/AMD-V disabled (bug #5740) - - - - VMM: fixed TR limit trashing (VT-x and 64-bit host only; bug #7052) - - - - Page Fusion: several bug fixes for SMP guests (including bug #6964) - - - - Teleportation: several fixes and improvements - - - - Mac OS X server guests: compatibility fix - - - - EFI: fixed memory detection for guests with 2GB or more RAM - assigned - - - - GUI: added a workaround for a Linux kernel bug which affecting - asynchronous I/O on ext4 / xfs file systems (Linux hosts only) - - - - GUI: added setting for multiple VRDP connections; useful if - multiple screens are enabled - - - - GUI: another fix for the keyboard capturing bug under metacity (bug #6727) - - - - GUI: fixed quit dialog when used in seamless or full screen mode - (Mac OS X hosts only; bug #6938) - - - - GUI: handle the extra key on the Brazilian keyboard on X11 hosts - again (bug #7022). - - - - - 2D Video acceleration: fixed crashes when leaving the full screen mode - (bug #6768) - - - - VBoxManage: fixed storageattach error handling - (bug #6927) - - - - VBoxManage: fixed dhcpserver add (3.2.0 regression; - bug #7031) - - - - Storage: fixed hang with images located on filesystems which - don't support asynchronous I/O (bug #6905) - - - - Storage: fixed raw disks on Windows hosts (3.2.0 regression; - bug #6987) - - - - LsiLogic: fixed hang with older Linux guests - - - - BusLogic: fixed hang during I/O - - - - SATA: set initial number of ports to 1 as some guests can't handle - 30 ports (e.g. CentOS 4 and FreeBSD; bug #6984) - - - - SATA: performance improvement - - - - SCSI: fixed error when using the full format option during Windows - installation (bug #5101) - - - - iSCSI: fixed authentication (bug #4031) - - - - Host-only/bridged networking: fixed excessive host kernel warnings - under certain circumstances (Linux hosts only; 3.2.0 regression; - bug #6872) - - - - NAT: fixed potential memory leaks - - - - NAT: increased the size of the memory pool for 16K Jumbo frames - (performance tweak) - - - - NAT: allow to link/unlink the network cable even if the VM - is currently paused - - - - E1000: disconnect cable was not properly handled if the NIC - was not yet initialized by the guest - - - - OVF: export performance optimization - - - - OVF: upgraded OS type definitions to CIM 2.25.0 so that Windows 7 - and other OSes are now tagged correctly on export - - - - Settings: the setting for disabling the host I/O cache was sometimes - not properly saved - - - - Settings: save machine state into XML correctly even when snapshot - folder has been changed to a non-default location (bug #5656) - - - - USB: allow the guest to disable an EHCI port - - - - USB: find a valid language ID before querying strings (bug #7034) - - - - POSIX hosts: fixed several memory leaks (3.2.0 regression) - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed VDI access problem under certain circumstances - (IDE/SATA; 3.2.0 regression) - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed VM fails to start on 32-bit hosts (3.2.0 regression; bug #6899) - - - - Windows hosts (32-bit): increase guest RAM limit if the host - kernel allows for more virtual address space - - - - Linux Additions: re-read a directory after a file was removed - (bug #5251) - - - - Linux Additions: install the DRI driver in the right location on - ArchLinux guests (bug #6937) - - - - X11 Additions: fixed spurious mouse movement events (bug #4260) - - - - Solaris Additions: fixed guest execution feature - - - - Windows Additions: automatic logon on Windows Vista/Windows 7 is now able - to handle renamed and principal user accounts; added various bugfixes - - - - Windows Additions: improved command line parsing of the installer - - - - Windows Additions: fixed driver verifier bugcheck in VBoxMouse (bug #6453) - - - - 3D support: fixed OpenGL support for 32bit applications under 64bit Windows guests - - - - - - - Version 3.2.4 (2010-06-07) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - GUI: fixed superfluous resize-event on powering-on VM for X11 - (improvement for the 3.2.2 fix) - - - - GUI: fixed keyboard capturing bug under metacity (bug #6727) - - - - Host-only/bridged networking: fixed guest-to-guest communication - over wireless (3.2.0 regression; bug #6855) - - - - Storage: fixed a potential guest disk corruption with - growing images (3.2.0 regression) - - - - Page Fusion: fixed shared module detection for Win64 guests - - - - 3D support: allow use of CR_SYSTEM_GL_PATH - again (bug #6864) - - - - 3D support: fixed a host assertion for some multi-threaded guest - applications (bug #5236) - - - - 3D support: fixed host crashes with nVIDIA drivers on WDDM startup - - - - OVF: fixed import of OVFs with a VM description (annotation) - (3.2.2 regression; bug #6914) - - - - VRDP: fixed issues with secondary monitors (bug #6759) - - - - - - - - Version 3.2.2 (2010-06-02) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: fixed rare invalid guest state guru meditation (VT-x only) - - - - VMM: fixed poor performance with nested paging and unrestricted - guest execution (VT-x only; bug #6716) - - - - VMM: fixed occasional guru meditation during Windows 7 bootup (bug #6728) - - - - GUI: keep the status for remote control in sync with the actual - state - - - - GUI: don't exit after a successful refresh of an invalid VM configuration - - - - GUI: fixed keyboard capturing bug under metacity (bug #6727) - - - - GUI: fixed crash during VM termination if a modal dialog is open - - - - GUI: default controllers names of New VM Wizard are synchronized with VM settings - - - - GUI: fixed superfluous resize-event on powering-on VM for X11 - - - - GUI: fixed regression - missed USB item's tool-tip of USB devices menu - - - - GUI: Activate VM window on mouse-hovering for multi-monitor VMs - - - - VBoxSDL/Linux hosts: automated keyboard type detection (bug #5764) - - - - SATA: fixed crash during VM suspend under rare circumstances - - - - SATA: fixed crash during VM reset after a snapshot was taken - - - - Storage: fixed sporadic hang of SMP guests using SATA or - LSI Logic SCSI and asynchronous I/O - - - - Virtio-net: fix for guests with more than about 4GB RAM - (bug #6784) - - - - Page Fusion: fixed VBoxService crash with enabled Page Fusion on Win64 guests - - - - Page Fusion: added kernel module sharing - - - - HGCM: fixed memory leak which showed up if the Guest Additions were - accessing a non-existing HGCM service - - - - Teleportation: several fixes - - - - Floppy: don't disable the host I/O cache by default - - - - USB: fixed 3.1 regression with certain devices (e.g. iPhone); Windows - host only - - - - Serial: updated the guest device emulation to 16550A and reduced the - probability for losing bytes during transmission (bug #1548) - - - - NAT: re-fetch the name server parameters from the host on guest DHCP - requests to handle host network switches more gracefully (bug #3847) - - - - NAT: fixed parsing of IPv4 addresses in CIDR notation (bug #6797) - - - - NAT: limit the number of name servers passed to the guest to four - (non-Windows hosts only; bug #4098) - - - - NAT: fixed DNS transaction ID mismatch (bug #6833) - - - - VDE: fixed changing the attachment during runtime - - - - Bridged networking: fixed memory leak in the Bridged Networking - driver for Windows hosts (bug #6824) - - - - Windows Additions: fix for NT4 guests (bug #6748) - - - - Windows Additions: re-introduced system preparation feature - - - - Linux guests: enable PAE for RedHat guests by default - - - - Linux guests: fix support for disabling mouse integration - (bug #6714) - - - - Web service: fixed a rare crash when calling IGuest methods from the web service - - - - OVF: fixed wrong hard disk UUIDs on export (bug #6802) - - - - OVF: fixed 3.2.0 regression importing legacy OVF 0.9 files - - - - 3D support: fixed OpenGL support for 64bit applications on windows guests - - - - 3D support: fixed various host crashes (bugs #2954, #5713, #6443) - - - - - - - - Version 3.2.0 (2010-05-18) - - This version is a major update. The following major new features - were added: - - - - - Following the acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corporation, - the product is now called "Oracle VM VirtualBox" and all references - were changed without impacting compatibility - - - - Experimental support for Mac OS X Server guests (see ) - - - - Memory ballooning to dynamically in- or decrease the - amount of RAM used by a VM (64-bit hosts only) (see ) - - - - Page Fusion automatically de-duplicates RAM when running similar VMs thereby - increasing capacity. Currently supported for Windows guests on 64-bit hosts - (see ) - - - - CPU hot-plugging for Linux (hot-add and hot-remove) - and certain Windows guests (hot-add only) (see ) - - - - New Hypervisor features: with both VT-x/AMD-V on 64-bit hosts, using large pages can improve performance - (see ); - also, on VT-x, unrestricted guest execution is now supported (if nested paging - is enabled with VT-x, real mode and protected mode without paging code runs faster, - which mainly speeds up guest OS booting) - - - - Support for deleting snapshots while the VM is running - - - - Support for multi-monitor guest setups in the GUI for Windows - guests (see ) - - - - USB tablet/keyboard emulation for improved user experience - if no Guest Additions are available (see ) - - - - LsiLogic SAS controller emulation (see ) - - - - VRDP video acceleration (see ) - - - - NAT engine configuration via API and VBoxManage - - - - Use of host I/O cache is now configurable (see ) - - - - Guest Additions: added support for executing guest applications - from the host system (replaces the automatic system preparation feature; see - ) - - - - OVF: enhanced OVF support with custom namespace to preserve settings - that are not part of the base OVF standard - - - - - In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added: - - - - - VMM: fixed Windows 2000 guest crash when configured with a large - amount of RAM (bug #5800) - - - - Linux/Solaris guests: PAM module for automatic logons added - - - - GUI: guess the OS type from the OS name when creating a new - VM - - - - GUI: added VM setting for passing the time in UTC instead of - passing the local host time to the guest (bug #1310) - - - - GUI: fixed seamless mode on secondary monitors (bugs #1322 and - #1669) - - - - GUI: offer to download the user manual in the OSE version (bug - #6442) - - - - GUI: allow to set an empty host key to disallow any host key - combination (bug #684) - - - - GUI: allow to restrict the possible actions when shutting down - the VM from the GUI - - - - Main: allow to start a VM even if a virtual DVD or floppy - medium is not accessible - - - - Settings: be more robust when saving the XML settings files - - - - Mac OS X: rewrite of the CoreAudio driver and added support for - audio input (bug #5869) - - - - Mac OS X: external VRDP authentication module support (bug - #3106) - - - - Mac OS X: moved the realtime dock preview settings to the VM - settings (no global option anymore). Use the dock menu to configure - it - - - - Mac OS X: added the VM menu to the dock menu - - - - 3D support: fixed corrupted surface rendering (bug #5695) - - - - 3D support: fixed VM crashes when using - ARB_IMAGING (bug #6014) - - - - 3D support: fixed assertion when guest applications uses several - windows with single OpenGL context (bug #4598) - - - - 3D support: added GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object support - - - - 3D support: added OpenGL 2.1 support - - - - 3D support: fixed Final frame of Compiz animation not updated to the - screen (Mac OS X only) (bug #4653) - - - - 3D support: fixed blank screen after loading snapshot of VM with enabled Compiz - - - - Added support for Virtual Distributed Ethernet (VDE) - (Linux hosts only; see ) - - - - Added support for virtual high precision event timer (HPET) - - - - OVF: fixed mapping between two IDE channels in OVF and the one IDE controller - in VirtualBox - - - - OVF: fix VMDK format string identifiers and sort XML elements from rasd: namespace - alphabetically as prescribed by standard - - - - VBoxShell: interactive Python shell extended to be fully functional TUI for - VirtualBox - - - - Linux Additions: support Fedora 13 (bug #6370) - - - - VBoxManage: fixed overly strict checks when creating a raw partition - VMDK (bugs #688, #4438) - - - - - - - Version 3.1.8 (2010-05-10) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: fixed crash with the OpenSUSE 11.3 milestone kernel during - early boot (software virtualization only) - - - - VMM: fixed invalid state during teleportation - - - - VMM: fixed OS/2 guest crash with nested paging enabled - - - - VMM: fixed massive display performance loss (AMD-V with nested paging - only) - - - - GUI: fixed off-by-one bug when passing absolute mouse coordinates - to the guest (3.1.6 regression) - - - - GUI: show the real version of the Guest Additions, not the - interface version - - - - GUI: when adding a DVD or floppy slot in the VM mass storage - settings dialog, don't attach a random medium but just leave the - slot empty - - - - GUI: added --seamless and - --fullscreen command line switches - (bug #4220) - - - - GUI: fixed a SEGFAULT under rare circumstances - - - - 2D Video acceleration: fixed display issues when working with - non 32-bit modes (bugs #6094 & #6208) - - - - LsiLogic: fixed detection of hard disks attached to port 0 when - using the drivers from LSI - - - - ATA: fixed sporadic crash with Linux guests when having a hard - disk and DVD drive on the same channel (bug #6079) - - - - Network: allow to start a VM even if not all network adapters are - attached - - - - Network: promiscuous mode support for e1000 and paravirtualized - adapters (bug #6519) - - - - NAT: fixed ICMP latency (non-Windows hosts only; bug #6427) - - - - SCSI: fixed guest crashes under certain circumstances when - booting from SCSI devices - - - - VBoxManage: fixed several bugs in cloning of images (one of them - is bug #6408) - - - - VBoxManage: fixed modifyvm --natnet default - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed a kernel panic when bridged networking might - fail to initialize - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed priority tagged VLAN packets in bridged networking - - - - Shared Folders: fixed issue with copying read-only files - (Linux guests only; bug #4890) - - - - Shared Folders: renamed the guest kernel module from vboxvfs - to vboxsf to make it load on demand by the Linux kernel. - Fixes mounting from /etc/fstab in Ubuntu 10.04 - - - - Shared Folders: fixed setuid file permissions (Solaris guests only) - - - - Shared Folders: fixed deleting directories recursively - (Solaris guests only; bug #6513) - - - - Guest Additions: support seamless and dynamic resizing on certain - older X11 guests (bug #5840) - - - - Solaris Additions: fixed OpenGL library dependencies - (bug #6435) - - - - Keyboard/Mouse emulation: fixed handling of simultaneous - mouse/keyboard events under certain circumstances (bug #5375) - - - - Mouse emulation: never switch straight back from Explorer to - IntelliMouse mode as it confuses the FreeBSD mouse driver - (bug #6488) - - - - SDK: fixed memory leak in - IDisplay::takeScreenShotSlow() (bug #6549) - - - - 3D support: fixed Final frame of Compiz animation not updated to the - screen (Mac OS X only) (bug #4653) - - - - VRDP: allow to bind to localhost only on Mac OS X (bug - #5227) - - - - Linux hosts: add host USB support for Ubuntu 10.04 and other - hosts without the hal daemon or usbfs (bug #6343) - - - - Web service: more structs and array fixes in PHP bindings - - - - Windows hosts: make the bridged networking driver notify dll - be correctly unregistred on uninstall (bug #5780) - - - - - - - Version 3.1.6 (2010-03-25) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - Linux hosts: fixed timing issue on hosts with Linux kernels - 2.6.31 or later with certain CPUs (asynchronous timer mode; bug #6250) - - - - Linux hosts: properly handle host suspend/resume events on - Linux kernels 2.6.30 or later (bug #5562) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: fixed VBoxSVC crash while enumerating the host network - interfaces under certain circumstances - - - - Snapshots: fixed image corruption after snapshot merge under certain - circumstances (bug #6023) - - - - Snapshots: fixed crash with VBoxHeadless / OSE - - - - VMM: fixed reference counting guru meditation (bug #4940) - - - - VMM: improved guest SMP stability - - - - VMM: fixed VT-x hardware debug issues (bugs #477 & #5792) - - - - VMM: fixed PGMDynMapHCPage guru meditation - (Mac OS X; VT-x only; bug #6095) - - - - VMM: fixed pgmPoolTrackFlushGCPhysPTInt guru meditations - (Mac OS X; VT-x only; bugs #6095 & #6125) - - - - VMM: fixed host crash when running PAE guests in VT-X - mode (Mac OS X only; bug #5771) - - - - GUI: fix displaying of error message (bug #4345) - - - - GUI: fix inability to enter seamless mode (bugs #6185, #6188) - - - - 3D support: fixed assertion and flickering when guest application uses several - windows with a single OpenGL context (bug #4598) - - - - 3D support: fixed host crashes when using - GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array and array element - calls (bug #6165) - - - - 3D support: fixed runtime linker errors with OpenGL guest libs - (bug #5297) - - - - 3D support: fixed OpenGL extension viewer crash on startup - (bug #4962) - - - - NAT: fixed a 3.1.4 regression on Windows hosts where graceful - connection termination was broken (bug #6237) - - - - NAT: alternative network setting was not stored persistent - (bug #6176) - - - - NAT: fixed memory corruption during ICMP traffic under - certain circumstances - - - - Network: allow to switch the host interface or the internal - network while a VM is running (bug #5781) - - - - VHD: fix for images with a block size different than 2MB - - - - USB: fixed filtered device attach regression (bug #6251) - - - - USB: fixed crash in OHCI under rare circumstances - (bug #3571) - - - - VRDP: fixed hang under rare circumstances when attaching USB - devices - - - - ACPI: prevent guest freezes when accessing /proc/acpi for - determining the state of the host battery and the AC adapter - (Linux hosts only; bug #2836) - - - - PulseAudio: fixed guest freezes under certain conditions - (3.1.4 regression; bug #6224) - - - - BIOS: increased space for DMI strings - - - - BIOS: fixed interrupt routing problem for certain configurations - (I/O-APIC enabled, ACPI not used; bug #6098) - - - - iSCSI: be more robust when handling the INQUIRY - response - - - - iSCSI: be more robust when handling sense data - - - - BusLogic: fixed FreeBSD guests - - - - Web service: vboxwebsrv is now multithreaded - - - - Web service: fixed handling of structs and arrays in PHP bindings - - - - Solaris Installer: fixed netmask to stay persistent across reboots for - Host-only interface (bug #4590) - - - - Linux installer: removed external dependency to libpng12.so (bug #6243) - - - - Solaris Additions: fixed superfluous kernel logging (bug #6181) - - - - Linux Additions: fixed hang when starting the X server in Fedora12 - guests and in guests with Linux 2.6.33 or later (bug #6198) - - - - Linux Additions: support Mandriva speedboot runlevel (bug #5484) - - - - Linux Additions: fixed SELinux security context of mount.vboxsf (bug #6362) - - - - Linux Additions: support Ubuntu 10.04 (bug #5737) - - - - Web service: update PHP bindings to fix problems with enums and collections - - - - - - - Version 3.1.4 (2010-02-12) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: SMP stability fixes - - - - VMM: fixed guru meditation in certain rare cases (bug #5968) - - - - VMM: activate NXE for PAE enabled guests (VT-x and AMD-V on 32 bits - hosts only; bug #3578) - - - - VMM: added workaround for broken BIOSes that make VirtualBox think - AMD-V is in use (for details see bug #5639) - - - - VMM: fixed rare host reboot when restoring a saved state - (bug #3945) - - - - VMM: fixed incompatibility with 2.6.32 Linux kernels - (software virtualization only; bug #6100) - - - - VMM: turn on nested paging by default for new VMs (if available; VT-x - and AMD-V only) - - - - VMM: turn on VPID by default for new VMs (if available; VT-x only) - - - - VMM: perform strict CPUID compatibility checks when - teleporting; to get the old behavior set - "VBoxInternal/CPUM/StrictCpuIdChecks" to 0 - - - - VMM: fixed VM crash with certain 16 bits Windows applications (software - virtualization only; bug #5399) - - - - Snapshots: fixed a 3.1 regression that broke deletion of snapshots when - a machine had immutable or writethrough storage attached (bug #5727) - - - - Saved state: fixed VERR_SSM_LOADED_TOO_MUCH - error when loading DisplayScreenshot(bug #6162) - - - - VBoxManage: add restorecurrent operation to - snapshots command - - - - VBoxManage: fixed broken snapshot lookup by name (bug #6070 - - - - GUI: fixed the broken "Reload" button that reloads the machine - XML when a machine is inaccessible - - - - GUI: fixed guest full screen mode after reboot (bug #5372) - - - - GUI: handle Ctrl+Break properly on X11 hosts (bug #6122) - - - - GUI: fixed status LEDs for storage devices - - - - GUI: workaround for disabling the seamless mode on KDE hosts - (KWin bug) - - - - 3D support: fixed SELinux warning saying VBoxOGL.so requires text - relocation (bug #5690) - - - - 3D support: fixed Corrupted surface rendering (bug #5695) - - - - 3D support: free textures on guest application termination (bug #5206) - - - - 3D support: fixed ubigraph_server crashes (bug #4674) - - - - 3D support: fixes for 64-bit Solaris guests - - - - Seamless: disable seamless mode when guest changes screen - resolution (bug #5655) - - - - NAT: fixed high CPU load under certain circumstances (Windows hosts only; - bug #5787) - - - - NAT: fixed handling of the broadcast flag in - DHCP requests - - - - NAT: fixed rare crash due to an assertion in the ICMP code - (bug #3217) - - - - Virtio-net: don't crash when ports accessed beyond the valid - range (bug #5923) - - - - LsiLogic: fix for Windows 7 guests - - - - ATA: fix for guru meditation when installing Solaris 8 guests (bug #5972) - - - - VHD: fixed an incompatibility with Virtual PC (bug #5990) - - - - VHD: update the footer backup after setting a new UUID (bug #5004) - - - - Host DVD: really fixed loading "passthrough" setting from configuration - file (bug #5681) - - - - Shared Folders: fixed resolving of symlink target on Linux - (3.1.2 regression) - - - - VRDP: fixed VERR_NET_ADDRESS_IN_USE - error when restarting a VM (3.1 regression; bug #5902) - - - - VRDP: fixed crash on Mac OS X when 3D is enabled (3.1 - regression) - - - - PulseAudio: fixed recording (bug #4302) - - - - USB: fixed a shutdown blue screen (Windows hosts only; bug #5885) - - - - BIOS: fixed attribute during text scroll (bug #3407) - - - - OVF: fix strange error messages on disk import errors - - - - OVF: do not require write access to the .ovf file during import - (3.1 regression; bug #5762) - - - - iSCSI: fix taking snapshots of a running VM (bug #5849) - - - - Solaris hosts: several USB fixes (including support for Apple iPod; bug #5873) - - - - Solaris installer: fixed USB module removal and Solaris 10 "id" binary incompatibility - - - - Guest Additions: fixed wrong guest time adjustment if the guest - clock is ahead (3.1 regression; non-Windows guests only) - - - - Linux Additions: fixed shared folders for Linux 2.6.32 guests (bug #5891) - - - - Linux Additions: make the mouse driver work on Debian 5.0.3 guests - again (3.1.2 regression; bug #5832) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed malfunctioning VBoxService that broke time-sync (bug #5872) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed uninstallation issues on 64-bit guests - - - - Windows Additions: fixed some sysprep execution issues - - - - X.Org Additions: never reject the saved video mode as invalid - (bug #5731) - - - - XFree86 Additions: accept video mode hints for the initial mode - again - - - - - - - - Version 3.1.2 (2009-12-17) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: fixed SMP stability regression - - - - USB: fixed USB related host crashes on 64 bits Windows hosts (bug #5237) - - - - Main: wrong default HWVirtExExclusive value for new VMs (bug #5664) - - - - Main: DVD passthrough setting was lost (bug #5681) - - - - VBoxManage: iSCSI disks do not support adding a comment (bug #4460) - - - - VBoxManage: added missing --cpus and - --memory options to OVF --import - - - - GUI: fixed VBox URL in update dialog for German and Dutch languages - - - - GUI: NLS updates - - - - OVF: fixed export of non standard storage controller names (bug #5643) - - - - Solaris hosts: several USB fixes (including support for Apple iPhone) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: several fixes for the 3D support - - - - Mac OS X hosts: re-enabled CMD+Key combinations, even if the - Host-Key isn't CMD (bug #5684) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: fixed to fast scrolling if the mouse wheel is - used inside the guest (bug #5672) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: dock & menubar don't disappear in - full screen when the VM is not running on the primary display (bug - #1762) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: added an option for enabling "Auto show Dock & - Menubar in full screen" (bug #5636) - - - - Windows host installer: fixed starting VBox with wrong privileges - right after installation (bug #4162) - - - - Host interface and host-only networking: prevent driver from unloading - while a VM is still active (Windows host only) - - - - Host-only networking: fixed host-only interface creation (Windows host only) (bug #5708) - - - - Virtio-net: don't crash without an attached network - - - - Virtio-net: fixed the issue with intermittent network in VM with - several virtual CPU cores - - - - NAT: fixed port-forwarding regressions (bug #5666) - - - - NAT: fixed crash under certain conditions (bug #5427) - - - - NAT: fixed resolving of names containing a slash or underscore - when using the host resolver DNS proxy (bug #5698) - - - - ATA: fixed sporadic crash when resuming after a VM was forcefully - paused (e.g. due to iSCSI target being unavailable) - - - - SATA: fixed raw vmdk disks (bug #5724) - - - - Linux guests: increased the default memory for Redhat and Fedora - guests - - - - Linux Additions: fixed installation on RHEL 3.9 guests - and on some 64bit guests - - - - Linux Additions: prevent SELinux warnings concerning - text relocations in VBoxOGL.so (bug #5690) - - - - X11 guests: fixed mouse support for some Xorg 1.4 guests - (openSUSE 11.0) - - - - X11 guests: fixed xorg.conf modification for some older Xorg - releases (openSUSE 11.1) - - - - Windows guests: fixed some VBoxService shutdown issues - - - - Windows guests: fixed VBoxVideo spinlock issues on NT4 - - - - Windows Guest Additions: fixed uninstallation issues of NT4 - - - - Shared Folders: fixed resolving of symlink target (bug #5631) - - - - 2D Video acceleration: delay loading of OpenGL dlls for Windows hosts to avoid - GUI crashes on misconfigured systems - - - - 2D Video acceleration: fixed issues with video picture not displayed on playback - - - - - - - - Version 3.1.0 (2009-11-30) - - This version is a major update. The following major new features - were added: - - - - - Teleportation (aka live migration); migrate a live VM session - from one host to another (see ) - - - - VM states can now be restored from arbitrary snapshots instead of only - the last one, and new snapshots can be taken from other snapshots as well - ("branched snapshots"; see ) - - - - 2D video acceleration for Windows guests; use the host video - hardware for overlay stretching and color conversion - (see ) - - - - More flexible storage attachments: CD/DVD drives can be attached to - arbitrary storage controllers, and there can be more than one such drive - () - - - - The network attachment type can be changed while a VM is - running - - - - Complete rewrite of experimental USB support for OpenSolaris hosts - making use of the latest USB enhancements in Solaris Nevada 124 and higher - - - - Significant performance improvements for PAE and AMD64 guests - (VT-x and AMD-V only; normal (non-nested) paging) - - - - Experimental support for EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface; - see ) - - - - Support for paravirtualized network adapters (virtio-net; - see ) - - - - - In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added: - - - - - VMM: guest SMP fixes for certain rare cases - - - - GUI: snapshots include a screenshot - - - - GUI: locked storage media can be unmounted by force - - - - GUI: the log window grabbed all key events from other GUI windows - (bug #5291) - - - - GUI: allow to disable USB filters (bug #5426) - - - - GUI: improved memory slider in the VM settings - - - - 3D support: major performance improvement in VBO processing - - - - 3D support: added GL_EXT_framebuffer_object, - GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array support - - - - 3D support: fixed crashes in FarCry, SecondLife, Call of Duty, - Unreal Tournament, Eve Online (bugs #2801, #2791) - - - - 3D support: fixed graphics corruption in World of Warcraft (bug #2816) - - - - 3D support: fixed Final frame of Compiz animation not updated to the screen (bug #4653) - - - - 3D support: fixed incorrect rendering of non ARGB textures under compiz - - - - iSCSI: support iSCSI targets with more than 2TiB capacity - - - - VRDP: fixed occasional VRDP server crash (bug #5424) - - - - Network: fixed the E1000 emulation for QNX - (and probably other) guests (bug #3206) - - - - NAT: added host resolver DNS proxy - (see ) - - - - VMDK: fixed incorrectly rejected big images split into 2G pieces - (bug #5523, #2787) - - - - VMDK: fixed compatibility issue with fixed or raw disk VMDK files - (bug #2723) - - - - VHD: fixed incompatibility with Hyper-V - - - - Support for Parallels version 2 disk image (HDD) files; - see - - - - OVF: create manifest files on export and verify the content of an - optional manifest file on import - - - - OVF: fixed memory setting during import (bug #4188) - - - - Mouse device: now five buttons are passed to the guest - (bug #3773) - - - - VBoxHeadless: fixed loss of saved state when VM fails to start - - - - VBoxSDL: fixed crash during shutdown (Windows hosts only) - - - - X11 based hosts: allow the user to specify their own scan code - layout (bug #2302) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: don't auto show the menu and dock in full screen - (bug #4866) - - - - Mac OS X hosts (64 bit): don't interpret mouse wheel events as - left click (bug #5049) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: fixed a VM abort during shutdown under - certain conditions - - - - Solaris hosts: combined the kernel interface package into the VirtualBox main package - - - - Solaris hosts: support for OpenSolaris Boomer architecture (with OSS audio backend) - - - - Shared Folders: VBOXSVR is visible in Network folder (Windows guests, bug #4842) - - - - Shared Folders: performance improvements (Windows guests, bug #1728) - - - - Windows, Linux and Solaris Additions: added balloon tip notifier if VirtualBox host version - was updated and Additions are out of date - - - - Solaris guests: fixed keyboard emulation (bug #1589) - - - - Solaris Additions: fixed as_pagelock() failed errors affecting guest - properties (bug #5337) - - - - Windows Additions: added automatic logon support for Windows Vista and Windows 7 - - - - Windows Additions: improved file version lookup for guest OS information - - - - Windows Additions: fixed runtime OS detection on Windows 7 for session information - - - - Windows Additions: fixed crash in seamless mode (contributed by Huihong Luo) - - - - Linux Additions: added support for uninstalling the Linux Guest - Additions (bug #4039) - - - - Linux guest shared folders: allow mounting a shared folder if a - file of the same name as the folder exists in the current directory - (bug #928) - - - - SDK: added object-oriented web service bindings for PHP5 - - - - - - - - Version 3.0.12 (2009-11-10) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: reduced IO-APIC overhead for 32 bits Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 - guests; requires 64 bits support (VT-x only; bug #4392) - - - - VMM: fixed double timer interrupt delivery on old Linux kernels - using IO-APIC (caused guest time to run at double speed; bug #3135) - - - - VMM: re-initizalize VT-x and AMD-V after host suspend or hibernate; some BIOSes - forget this (Windows hosts only; bug #5421) - - - - VMM: fixed loading of saved state when RAM preallocation is - enabled - - - - BIOS: ignore unknown shutdown codes instead of causing a guru - meditation (bug #5389) - - - - GUI: never start a VM on a single click into the selector window - (bug #2676) - - - - Serial: reduce the probability of lost bytes if the host end - is connected to a raw file - - - - VMDK: fixed handling of split image variants and fix a 3.0.10 regression - (bug #5355) - - - - VRDP: fixed occasional VRDP server crash - - - - Network: even if the virtual network cable was disconnected, some - guests were able to send / receive packets (E1000; bug #5366) - - - - Network: even if the virtual network cable was disconnected, the - PCNet card received some spurious packets which might confuse the - guest (bug #4496) - - - - Shared Folders: fixed changing case of file names (bug #2520) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed crash in seamless mode (contributed by Huihong Luo) - - - - Linux Additions: fixed writing to files opened in - O_APPEND mode (bug #3805) - - - - Solaris Additions: fixed regression in Guest Additions driver which - among other things caused lost guest property updates and - periodic error messages being written to the system log - - - - - - - - Version 3.0.10 (2009-10-29) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: guest SMP stability fixes - - - - VMM: fixed guru meditation with nested paging and SMP guests (bug #5222) - - - - VMM: changed VT-x/AMD-V usage to detect other active hypervisors; - necessary for e.g. Windows 7 XP compatibility mode - (Windows & Mac OS X hosts only; bug #4239) - - - - VMM: guru meditation during SCO OpenServer installation and reboot - (VT-x only; bug #5164) - - - - VMM: fixed accessed bit handling in certain cases (bug #5248) - - - - VMM: fixed VPID flushing (VT-x only) - - - - VMM: fixed broken nested paging for 64 bits guests on 32 bits hosts (AMD-V only; bug #5285) - - - - VMM: fixed loading of old saved states/snapshots (bug #3984) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: fixed memory leaks (bug #5084) - - - - Mac OS X hosts (Snow Leopard): fixed redraw problem in a dual - screen setup (bug #4942) - - - - Windows hosts: installer updates for Windows 7 - - - - Solaris hosts: out of memory handled incorrectly (bug #5241) - - - - Solaris hosts: the previous fix for #5077 broke the DVD host support - on Solaris 10 (VBox 3.0.8 regression) - - - - Linux hosts: fixed module compilation against Linux 2.6.32rc4 and later - - - - Guest Additions: fixed possible guest OS kernel memory - exhaustion - - - - Guest Additions: fixed stability issues with SMP guests - - - - Windows Additions: fixed color depth issue with low resolution hosts, - netbooks, etc. (bug #4935) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed NO_MORE_FILES error when saving to shared - folders (bug #4106) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed subdirectory creation on shared - folders (bug #4299) - - - - Linux Additions: sendfile() returned - -EOVERFLOW when executed on a shared folder - (bug #2921) - - - - Linux Additions: fixed incorrect disk usage value (non-Windows - hosts only) - - - - Linux installer: register the module sources at DKMS even if the - package provides proper modules for the current running kernel - - - - 3D support: removed invalid OpenGL assertion (bug #5158) - - - - Network: fixed the Am79C973 PCNet emulation for QNX - (and probably other) guests (bug #3206) - - - - VMDK: fix handling of split image variants - - - - VHD: do not delay updating the footer when expanding the image to prevent - image inconsistency - - - - USB: stability fix for some USB 2.0 devices - - - - GUI: added a search index to the .chm help file - - - - GUI/Windows hosts: fixed CapsLock handling on French keyboards - (bug #2025) - - - - Shared clipboard/X11 hosts: fixed a crash when clipboard - initialisation failed (bug #4987) - - - - - - - - Version 3.0.8 (2009-10-02) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: fixed 64 bits guest on 32 bits host regression in 3.0.6 - (VT-x only; bug #4947) - - - - VMM: fixed a recompiler triple fault guru meditation (VT-x & - AMD-V only; bug #5058) - - - - VMM: fixed hang after guest state restore (AMD-V, 32 bits Windows - guest and IO-APIC enabled only; bug #5059) - - - - VMM: fixed paging issue with OS/2 guests - - - - VMM: fixed guru meditation in rare cases (2.0 regression; - software virtualization only) - - - - VMM: fixed release assertion during state restore when using the - Sound Blaster 16 emulation (bug #5042) - - - - Security: fixed vulnerability that allowed to execute commands - with root privileges - - - - Linux hosts: fixed runtime assertion in semaphore implementation - which was triggered under certain conditions (bug #616) - - - - Linux hosts: change the default USB access mode on certain - distributions (bugs #3394 and #4291) - - - - Linux hosts: on hardened Gentoo, the VBoxSVC daemon crashed by - opening the VM network settings (bug #3732) - - - - Linux hosts, Solaris hosts: pass the XAUTHORITY variable along the - DISPLAY variable when starting a VM from VBoxManage or from the VM - selector (bug #5063) - - - - Linux hosts: use sysfs to enumerate host drives if hal is not - available - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed a bug which would hang the host sporadically as - interrupts were not re-enabled every time - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed a kernel panic with bridged and host-only - networking (bug #4775) - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed incorrectly persistent CD/DVD-ROMs when - changing them (bug #5077) - - - - X11-based hosts: support additional function keys on Sun keyboards - (bug #4907) - - - - Mac OS X hosts (Snow Leopard): fixed problem starting headless - VMs without a graphical session (bug #5002) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: fixed problem listing host-only adapter names - with trailing garbage (attached VMs won't start) - - - - Windows Additions: now work with Vista 64-bit Home editions (bug #3865) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed screen corruption with ZoomText Magnifier - - - - Windows Additions: fixed NPGetUniversalName failure (bug #4853) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed Windows NT regression (bug #4946) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed VBoxService not running if no Shared Folders - are installed - - - - Linux Additions: implemented ftrunctate - (bug #4771) - - - - VRDP: start VM even if configured VRDP port is in use - - - - Networking: the PCnet network device stopped receiving under - rare conditions (bug #4870) - - - - VBoxManage: implemented controlvm vrdpport - command - - - - iSCSI: fixed issue with NetApp targets (bug #5072) - - - - SCSI: add support for virtual disks larger than 2TB - - - - USB: fixed potential crash when unplugging USB2 devices - (bug #5089) - - - - NAT: IPSEC did not properly work with Linux guests (bug #4801) - - - - - - - - Version 3.0.6 (2009-09-09) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: fixed IO-APIC overhead for 32 bits Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003 guests - (AMD-V only; bug #4392) - - - - VMM: fixed a Guru meditation under certain circumstances when enabling - a disabled device (bug #4510) - - - - VMM: fixed a Guru meditation when booting certain Arch Linux guests - (software virtualization only; bug #2149) - - - - VMM: fixed hangs with 64 bits Solaris & OpenSolaris - guests (bug #2258) - - - - VMM: fixed decreasing rdtsc values - (AMD-V & VT-x only; bug #2869) - - - - VMM: small Solaris/OpenSolaris performance improvements (VT-x only) - - - - VMM: cpuid change to correct reported virtual CPU ID in Linux - - - - VMM: NetBSD 5.0.1 CD hangs during boot (VT-x only; bug #3947) - - - - Solaris hosts: worked around an issue that caused the host to hang (bug #4486) - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed a rare host system deadlock when using bridged networking - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed a potential host system deadlock when CPUs were - onlined or offlined - - - - Solaris hosts installer: added missing dependency for UTF-8 package (bug #4899) - - - - Linux hosts: don't crash on Linux PAE kernels < 2.6.11 (in particular - RHEL/CentOS 4); disable VT-x on Linux kernels < 2.6.13 (bug #1842) - - - - Linux/Solaris hosts: correctly detect keyboards with fewer keys - than usual (bug #4799) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: prevent password dialogs in 32 bits Snow Leopard - - - - Python WS: fixed issue with certain enumerations constants having - wrong values in Python web services bindings - - - - Python API: several threading and platform issues fixed - - - - Python shell: added exportVM command - - - - Python shell: various improvements and bugfixes - - - - Python shell: corrected detection of home directory in remote case - - - - OVF: fixed XML comment handling that could lead to parser errors - - - - Main: fixed a rare parsing problem with port numbers of USB device - filters in machine settings XML - - - - Main: restrict guest RAM size to 1.5 GB (32 bits Windows hosts only) - - - - Main: fixed possible hang during guest reboot (bug #3792) - - - - GUI: fixed rare crash when removing the last disk from the media manager (bug #4795) - - - - VBoxManage: fixed guestproperty - for Mac OS X hosts (bug #3806) - - - - VBoxManage: fixed setting guest properties with - --flags or -flags - - - - Web service: fixed a severe memory leak, at least on platforms using XPCOM - - - - Serial: fixed host mode (Solaris, Linux and Mac OS X hosts; bug #4672) - - - - VRDP: Remote USB Protocol version 3 - - - - SATA: fixed hangs and BSODs introduced with 3.0.4 (bugs #4695, #4739, #4710) - - - - SATA: fixed a bug which prevented Windows 7 from detecting more than one hard disk - - - - SATA/SCSI: fixed rare random guest crashes and hangs - - - - SCSI: fixed problem with Fedora 11 refusing to boot after kernel update - - - - iSCSI: fix logging out when the target has dropped the connection, - fix negotiation of parameters, fix command resend when the connection - was dropped, fix processing SCSI status for targets which do not use - phase collapse - - - - BIOS: fixed a bug that caused the OS/2 boot manager to fail - (2.1.0 regression; bug #3911) - - - - PulseAudio: don't hang during VM termination if the connection - to the server was unexpectedly terminated (bug #3100) - - - - Mouse: fixed weird mouse behaviour with SMP (Solaris) guests (bug #4538) - - - - HostOnly Network: fixed failure in - CreateHostOnlyNetworkInterface() on Linux (no GUID) - - - - HostOnly Network: fixed wrong DHCP server startup while hostonly - interface bringup on Linux - - - - HostOnly Network: fixed incorrect factory and default MAC address on Solaris - - - - HostOnly Network: fixed the problem with listing host-only - interfaces on Mac OS X when all physical interfaces are down (bugs - #4698, #4790) - - - - DHCP: fixed a bug in the DHCP server where it allocated one IP address - less than the configured range - - - - E1000: fixed receiving of multicast packets - - - - E1000: fixed up/down link notification after resuming a VM - - - - NAT: fixed Ethernet address corruptions (bug #4839) - - - - NAT: fixed hangs, dropped packets and retransmission problems (bug #4343) - - - - Bridged networking: fixed packet queue issue which might cause - DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE BSOD for Windows hosts (bug #4821) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed a bug in VBoxGINA which prevented selecting - the right domain when logging in the first time - - - - Windows host installer: should now also work on unicode systems - (like Korean, bug #3707) - - - - Windows host installer: check for sufficient disk space - - - - Shared clipboard: do not send zero-terminated text to X11 guests - and hosts (bug #4712) - - - - Shared clipboard: use a less CPU intensive way of checking for - new data on X11 guests and hosts (bug #4092) - - - - Guest Additions: do not hide the host mouse cursor when restoring - a saved state (bug #4700) - - - - Windows guests: fixed issues with the display of the mouse - cursor image (bugs #2603, #2660 and #4817) - - - - SUSE 11 guests: fixed Guest Additions installation (bug #4506) - - - - Guest Additions: support Fedora 12 Alpha guests (bugs #4731, #4733 and #4734) - - - - - - - - Version 3.0.4 (2009-08-04) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: 64 bits guest stability fixes (AMD-V only; bugs #3923 & #3666) - - - - VMM: SMP stability fixes (AMD-V only) - - - - VMM: SMP performance improvement (esp. for Solaris guests) - - - - VMM: eliminated several bugs which could lead to a host reboot - - - - VMM: fixed OS/2 ACP2 boot floppy hang (VT-x only) - - - - VMM: small performance improvement for OpenSolaris guests (AMD-V only) - - - - VMM: fixed CentOS/Xen reboot (software virtualization only; bug #4509) - - - - SATA: fixed hangs / BSOD during Windows XP installation (bug #4342) - - - - SATA: mark the ports as non hotpluggable (bug #3920) - - - - 3D support: fix deadlocks and context/window tracking for - multithreaded applications (bug #3922) - - - - 3D support: fix memory leaks when terminating OpenGL guest applications - - - - 3D support: fix crash in Call of Duty - - - - NAT: using two or more NAT adapters in one VM was broken (3.0.0 regression) - - - - NAT: fixed network communication corruptions (bugs #4499, #4540, #4591, #4604) - - - - NAT: fixed passive ftp access to host server (bug #4427) - - - - iSCSI: fixed cloning to/from iSCSI disks - - - - GUI: fixed path separator handling for the OVF export on - Windows (bug #4354) - - - - GUI: the mini toolbar was only shown on the first host display - (bug #4654) - - - - GUI: added a VM option to display the mini toolbar on top - - - - GUI: don't crash when adding plus configuring host-only network - interfaces - - - - Shared Folders: fixed selection of a drive root directory as a shared folder host path - in VirtualBox (Windows host only) - - - - USB: fixed a bug that may have rendered USB device filter settings - inactive (3.0.2 regression; bug #4668) - - - - Guest Additions: report the Guest Additions version to the guest - properties (bug #3415) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: fix creation of VMDK files giving raw partition access - (bug #1461) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: improved support for Snow Leopard - - - - Linux hosts: fixed problems leading to wrong colors or - transparency in host windows with some graphics drivers (bug #3095) - - - - Linux hosts: hardware detection fallbacks if the hal service - fails to find any DVD drives - - - - Linux and Solaris hosts: Work around color handling problems in - Qt (bug #4353) - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed memory leaks in host-only networking - - - - Solaris Installer: fixed incorrect netmask for Host-only interface (bug #4590) - - - - Solaris Installer: added package dependency for Python and Python-devel (bug #4570) - - - - X11 guests: prevent windows from being skipped in - seamless mode KDE guests (bugs #1681 and #3574) - - - - X11 guests: fixed screen corruption in X11 guests when large - amounts of video RAM were allocated (bug #4430) - - - - X11 guests: some fixes when switching between host and - guest-drawn mouse pointers - - - - X11 guests: fixed an issue which caused seamless mode to stop - working as it should (the main issue listed in bug #2238) - - - - - - - Version 3.0.2 (2009-07-10) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: fixed network regressions (guest hangs during network IO) (bug #4343) - - - - VMM: guest SMP performance improvements - - - - VMM: fixed hangs and poor performance with Kaspersky Internet Security - (VT-x/AMD-V only; bug #1778) - - - - VMM: fixed crashes when executing certain Linux guests (software - virtualization only; bugs #2696 & #3868) - - - - ACPI: fixed Windows 2000 kernel hangs with IO-APIC enabled (bug #4348) - - - - APIC: fixed high idle load for certain Linux guests (3.0 regression) - - - - BIOS: properly handle Ctrl-Alt-Del in real mode - - - - iSCSI: fixed configuration parsing (bug #4236) - - - - OVF: fix potential confusion when exporting networks - - - - OVF: compatibility fix (bug #4452) - - - - OVF: accept ovf:/disk/ specifiers with a single slash in addition to ovf://disk/ (bug #4452) - - - - NAT: fixed crashes under certain circumstances (bug #4330) - - - - 3D support: fixed dynamic linking on Solaris/OpenSolaris guests (bug #4399) - - - - 3D support: fixed incorrect context/window tracking for multithreaded apps - - - - Shared Folders: fixed loading from saved state (bug #1595) - - - - Shared Folders: host file permissions set to 0400 with Windows - guest (bug #4381) - - - - X11 host and guest clipboard: fixed a number of issues, including bug #4380 and #4344 - - - - X11 Additions: fixed some issues with seamless windows in X11 guests (bug #3727) - - - - Windows Additions: added VBoxServiceNT for NT4 guests - (for time synchronization and guest properties) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed version lookup - - - - Linux Installer: support Pardus Linux - - - - Linux hosts: workaround for buggy graphics drivers showing a - black VM window on recent distributions (bug #4335) - - - - Linux hosts: fixed typo in kernel module startup script (bug #4388) - - - - Solaris hosts: several installer fixes - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed a preemption issue causing VMs to never start on Solaris 10 (bug #4328) - - - - Solaris guests: fixed mouse integration for OpenSolaris 2009.06 (bug #4365) - - - - Windows hosts: fixed high CPU usage after resuming the host (bug #2978) - - - - Fixed a settings file conversion bug which sometimes caused hardware acceleration to be enabled for virtual machines that had no explicit configuration in the XML - - - - - - - - Version 3.0.0 (2009-06-30) - - This version is a major update. The following major new features - were added: - - - - - Guest SMP with up to 32 virtual CPUs (VT-x and AMD-V only; see ) - - - - Windows guests: ability to use Direct3D 8/9 applications / games - (experimental; see ) - - - - Support for OpenGL 2.0 for Windows, Linux and Solaris guests - - - - - In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added: - - - - - Solaris hosts: allow suspend/resume on the host when a VM is running (bug #3826) - - - - Solaris hosts: loosen the restriction for contiguous physical memory under - certain conditions - - - - Mac OS X hosts: fixed guest PAE - - - - Linux hosts: kernel module compile fixes for 2.6.31 (bug #4264) - - - - VMM: fixed occasional guru meditation when loading a saved state (VT-x only) - - - - VMM: eliminated IO-APIC overhead with 32 bits guests (VT-x only, some Intel CPUs don't support - this feature (most do); bug #638) - - - - VMM: fixed 64 bits CentOS guest hangs during early boot (AMD-V only; bug #3927) - - - - VMM: performance improvements for certain PAE guests (e.g. Linux 2.6.29+ kernels) - - - - VMM: some Windows guests detected a completely wrong CPU frequency (bug #2227) - - - - VMM: fixed hanging and unkillable VM processes (bug #4040) - - - - VMM: fixed random infrequent guest crashes due XMM state corruption (Win64 hosts only) - - - - VMM: performance improvements for network I/O (VT-x/AMD-V only) - - - - GUI: added mini toolbar for full screen and seamless mode (Thanks to Huihong Luo) - - - - GUI: redesigned settings dialogs - - - - GUI: allow to create/remove more than one host-only network adapters - (non Windows hosts) - - - - GUI: display estimated time for long running operations (e.g. OVF import/export) - - - - GUI: fixed rare hangs when open the OVF import/export wizards (bug #4157) - - - - 3D support: fixed VM crashes for client applications using incorrect OpenGL states - - - - 3D support: fixed memory corruption when querying for supported texture compression formats - - - - 3D support: fixed incorrect rendering of glDrawRangeElements - - - - 3D support: fixed memory leak when using VBOs - - - - 3D support: fixed glew library detection - - - - 3D support: fixed random textures corruption - - - - VRDP: support Windows 7 RDP client - - - - Networking: fixed another problem with TX checksum offloading - with Linux kernels up to version 2.6.18 - - - - NAT: fixed "open ports on virtual router 10.0.2.2 - 513, 514" (forum) - - - - NAT: allow to configure socket and internal parameters - - - - NAT: allow to bind sockets to specific interface - - - - PXE boot: significant performance increase (VT-x/AMD-V only) - - - - VHD: properly write empty sectors when cloning of VHD images (bug #4080) - - - - VHD: fixed crash when discarding snapshots of a VHD image - - - - VHD: fixed access beyond the block bitmap which could lead to arbitrary crashes - - - - VBoxManage: fixed incorrect partition table processing when - creating VMDK files giving raw partition access (bug #3510) - - - - VBoxManage: support cloning to existing image file - - - - OVF: several OVF 1.0 compatibility fixes - - - - OVF: fixed exporting of disk images when multiple virtual machines are exported at once - - - - Virtual mouse device: eliminated micro-movements of the - virtual mouse which were confusing some applications (bug #3782) - - - - Shared Folders: sometimes a file was created using the wrong permissions - (2.2.0 regression; bug #3785) - - - - Shared Folders: allow to change file attributes from Linux guests and use the - correct file mode when creating files - - - - Shared Folders: some content was incorrectly written under certain - conditions (bug #1187) - - - - Shared Folders: fixed incorrect file timestamps, when using Windows guest - on a Linux host (bug #3404) - - - - X11 clipboard: fix duplicate end of lines (bug #4270) - - - - X11 guests: a number of shared clipboard fixes - - - - Linux guests: Guest Additions support for SUSE Linux - Enterprise Desktop 11 - - - - Linux guests: new daemon vboxadd-service to handle time synchronization and - guest property lookup - - - - Linux guests: implemented guest properties (OS info, logged in users, - basic network information) - - - - Windows host installer: VirtualBox Python API can now be installed automatically - (requires Python and Win32 Extensions installed) - - - - USB: Support for high-speed isochronous endpoints has been - added. In addition, read-ahead buffering is performed for input - endpoints (currently Linux hosts only). This should allow additional - devices to work, notably webcams (bug #242) - - - - USB: fixed error handling for some USB dongles - - - - Web service: fixed inability to handle NULL pointers for object arguments, which - are valid values for a lot of APIs, in both the raw and the object-oriented - web service - - - - Web service: object-oriented bindings for JAX-WS did not exhibit interface - inheritance correctly, fixed - - - - Web service: added support for IDisplay and IGuest interfaces, which were previously - unavailable - - - - Registration dialog uses Sun Online accounts now - - - - - - - Version 2.2.4 (2009-05-29) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - Windows Installer: fixed a potential hang during - installation - - - - Windows Installer: fixed several problems (bug #3892) - - - - Solaris hosts: make it work with Solaris build 114 or - later (bug #3981) - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed a bug serial port character handling found during - loopback (bug #3120) - - - - Linux hosts: adapted vboxdrv.sh to the latest changes in - VBoxManage list runningvms - (bug #4034) - - - - - Windows hosts: fixed a crash caused by host-only/bridged - networking - - - - Mac OS X hosts: fixed access to host DVD with passthrough - disabled (bug #4077) - - - - Guest Additions: fixed problems with KDE 4 not recognizing mouse - clicks - - - - Windows Additions: fixed incorrect 8-bit guest color depth in - Windows 7 guests - - - - GUI: warn if VT-x/AMD-V could not be enabled for guests - that require this setting (bug #4055) - - - - VMM: fixed occasional crash due to insufficient memory - - - - VMM: fixed hanging 64 bits Solaris guests - - - - VMM: restore from a saved state occasionally failed - (bugs #3984 and #2742) - - - - Clipboard: fixed a deadlock while shutting down the shared - clipboard on X11 hosts (bug #4020) - - - - OVF: fixed potential hang during import - - - - OVF: fixed potential crashes during import/export on Win64 hosts - - - - VBoxManage modifyhd --compact: - fixed bug which could lead to crashes and image corruption - (bug #3864) - - - - VBoxManage metrics collect: - now flushes the output stream - - - - VHD: made VBoxManage internalcommands - sethduuid work for .vhd files (bug #3443) - - - - VHD: some .vhd files could not be cloned (bug #4080) - - - - NAT: improvement of TCP connection establishment (bug #2987) - - - - NAT: fixed order of DNS servers in DHCP lease (bug #4091) - - - - NAT: fixed DHCP lease for multiple name servers (bug #3692) - - - - NAT: fixed a potential segfault if the host lost its connectivity - (bug #3964) - - - - Shared Folders: deny access to parent directories on Windows - hosts (bug #4090) - - - - Shared Folders: make rm/rmdir work with Solaris guests on Windows - hosts - - - - Networking: fixed the problem with blocked receiving thread when - a broadcast packet arrives too early to be handled by uninitialized - e1000 adapter - - - - Networking: fixed the problem that caused host freezes/crashes - when using bridged mode with host's interface having RX checksum - offloading on (bug #3926 and related). Fixes problems with TX - offloading as well (bug #3870) - - - - PXE boot: Added support for PRO/1000 MT Server adapter - - - - Python bindings: fixed keyword conflict - - - - SCSI: fixed occasional crashes on Win64 - - - - Serial: allow to redirect the serial port to a raw - file (bug #1023) - - - - VRDP: fixed a rare incorrect screen update - - - - VMDK: fixed creating snapshots - - - - - - - Version 2.2.2 (2009-04-27) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - Host and guest clipboard: fixed a number of issues affecting - hosts and guests running the X window system - - - - Guest Additions: make sure the virtual mouse autodetection works - on first reboot after installing the Additions on X.Org server 1.5 - and later - - - - Guest Additions: properly report process identity number of - running services - - - - Guest Additions: clean up properly if the X Window server - terminates - - - - Linux Additions: fixed installation path for OpenGL libraries - in some 64-bit guests (bug #3693) - - - - Solaris Additions: fixed installation to work when X.Org is not - installed on the guest - - - - Solaris Additions: fixed a bug that could panic the guest when - unmounting a busy shared folder - - - - Windows Additions: fixed mouse pointer integration of some - Windows guests (2.2.0 regression; bug #3734) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed installation on Windows Server 2008 Core - (bug #2628) - - - - Main: do not try to use older versions of D-Bus (Linux - hosts only, bug #3732) - - - - VMM: fixed out-of-memory conditions on Windows hosts - (bug #3657) - - - - VMM: fixed occasional hangs when attaching USB - devices during VM startup (2.2.0 regression; bugs #3787) - - - - VMM: fixed guru meditation related to memory management (software - virtualization only) - - - - - Virtual disks: fix possible data corruption when writing to diff - images, incorrect detection of redundant writes - - - - GUI: reworked network settings dialog - - - - GUI: properly show the detailed settings dialog of NAT - networks (bug #3702) - - - - GUI: HostKey could not be changed (2.2.0 regression; - bug #3689) - - - - GUI: fixed memory textfield size (Windows hosts only; - bug #3679) - - - - GUI: fixed crash when selecting a shared folder path (Windows hosts only; - bugs #3694, #3751, #3756) - - - - VBoxManage modifyhd --compact: - implemented again for VDI files, and now supports relative paths - (bug #2180, #2833) - - - - VBoxManage snapshot discard: - made it work again (2.1.0 regression; bug #3714) - - - - NAT: on some Windows hosts, the guest didn't receive a DHCP - lease (bug #3655) - - - - NAT: fixed release assertion during poll() - (bug #3667) - - - - Networking: fixed a deadlock caused by the PCnet network device - emulation (2.2.0 regression; bug #3676) - - - - Clipboard: fixed random crashes (X11 hosts only, bug #3723) - - - - Shared Folders: fixed incorrect permissions for Solaris guests - - - - Shared Folders: fixed wrong file sizes with Solaris guests - - - - CBindings: fixed possible memory leak while releasing the IVirtualBox and ISession Objects - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed host-only network interface incompatibility with nwam/dhcpagent (bug #3754) - - - - Windows installer: fixed several install and uninstall issues (bugs #3659, #3686, #1730, #3711, #3373, #3382, #3701, #3685, #3710) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: preliminary support for Snow Leopard - - - - - - - Version 2.2.0 (2009-04-08) - - This version is a major update. The following major new features - were added: - - - - - OVF (Open Virtualization Format) appliance import and export (see ) - - - - Host-only networking mode (see ) - - - - Hypervisor optimizations with significant performance gains for high context switching rates - - - - Raised the memory limit for VMs on 64-bit hosts to 16GB - - - - VT-x/AMD-V are enabled by default for newly created virtual machines - - - - USB (OHCI & EHCI) is enabled by default for newly created virtual machines (Qt GUI only) - - - - Experimental USB support for OpenSolaris hosts - - - - Shared Folders for Solaris and OpenSolaris guests - - - - OpenGL 3D acceleration for Linux and Solaris guests (see ) - - - - Added C API in addition to C++, Java, Python and Web Services - - - - - In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added: - - - - - VMM: FreeBSD guest related fix for V86 flags (bug #2342) - - - - VMM: fixed guru meditation when booting an AsteriskNow Linux VM (bug #2342) - - - - VMM: fixed PGMPOOLKIND_FREE guru meditation (bugs #3356, #3431) - - - - VMM: fixed Windows XP boot hang (guest PAE + nested paging only) - - - - VMM: allow mixing of VT-x/AMD-V and software virtualization - - - - VMM: fixed extremely slow safe mode booting in e.g. Windows 2008 (VT-x/AMD-V only) - - - - VMM: significant speedup of certain GRUB boot loaders (e.g. Solaris) (VT-x/AMD-V only) - - - - VMM: real-mode IOPL fix for DOS guests (VT-x only) - - - - VMM: fixed VT-x detection with certain BIOSes that enable VT-x, - but don't set the lock bit in MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL - - - - VMM: fixed hibernation issues on Windows XP hosts (VT-x only; bug #1794) - - - - VMM: properly emulate RDMSR from the - TSC MSR, should fix some NetBSD guests - - - - VMM: emulate RDPMC; fixes Windows guests crashes - when using the Kaspersky virus scanner (bug #1778) - - - - NAT: fixed truncated downloads (FTP) (bug #3257) - - - - NAT: blocked UDP packets caused a crash (bug #3426) - - - - NAT: allow to configure the next server - and the boot file via VBoxManage (bug #2759) - - - - IDE: fixed hard disk upgrade from XML-1.2 settings (bug #1518) - - - - Hard disk: support more VMDK file variants (including fixed-size - ESX server images) - - - - Hard disks: refuse to start the VM if a disk image is not - writable - - - - USB: further reduced host CPU utilization for OHCI and - EHCI; the "VBoxInternal/Devices/usb-ohci/0/Config/FrameRate" CFG key - is no longer necessary and no longer supported - - - - USB: fixed BSOD on the host with certain USB devices - (Windows hosts only; bug #1654) - - - - E1000: properly handle cable disconnects (bug #3421) - - - - VRDP: fixed hangs when VRDP server is enabled or disabled in runtime - - - - Shared Folders: respect umask settings on Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris - hosts when creating files - - - - X11 guests: prevented setting the locale in vboxmouse, as - this caused problems with Turkish locales (bug #3563) - - - - X11 guests: show the guest mouse pointer at the right position - if the virtual desktop is larger than the guest resolution (bug - #2306) - - - - Linux Additions: fixed typo when detecting Xorg 1.6 - (bug #3555) - - - - Solaris guests: added xpg4/xcu4 dependency to the Guest Additions - installer (bug #3524) - - - - Windows guests: bind the VBoxMouse.sys filter driver to the - correct guest pointing device (bug #1324) - - - - Windows hosts: fixed BSOD when starting a VM with enabled host - interface (bug #3414) - - - - Linux hosts: do proper reference counting to prevent unloading - the vboxnetflt module as long as this code is in use (bug #3104) - - - - Linux hosts: do not leave zombies of VBoxSysInfo.sh - (bug #3586) - - - - Linux installers: fixes for Slackware, Arch Linux and Linux - from Scratch systems - - - - Windows installers: combined installer executable which contains - both (32- and 64-bit) architectures - - - - VBoxManage: less cryptic command-line error messages - - - - VBoxManage list vms commands now - default to compact format - - - - VBoxManage controlvm dvdattach - did not work if the image was attached before - - - - VBoxManage: allow creation of all supported disk image variants - - - - VBoxManage showvminfo: - don't spam the release log if the Guest Additions don't support - statistics information (bug #3457) - - - - VBoxManage: big command line processing cleanup, the legacy - single-dash options are deprecated and will be removed in the - next major release, so switch to the new options now - - - - Hard disks: improved immutable disk support to auto-reset diff file at - VM startup (related to bug #2772) - - - - GUI: enable the audio adapter by default for new VMs - - - - GUI: warn if VT-x/AMD-V is not operational when starting a 64-bit guest - - - - GUI: deactivate 64-bit guest support when the host CPU does not support VT-x/AMD-V - - - - GUI: removed floppy icon from the status bar - - - - GUI: show build revision in about dialog - - - - GUI: fixed sticky status bar text - - - - GUI: improved error dialogs - - - - GUI: fail with an appropriate error message when trying to boot - a read-only disk image (bug #1745) - - - - GUI/Mac OS X: fixed disabled close button - - - - GUI/Windows: re-enabled support for copy and paste (Windows hosts 2.0 - regression; bug #2065) - - - - 3D support: added OpenGL select/feedback support (bug #2920) - - - - 3D support: close OpenGL subsystem for terminated guest applications (bug #3243) - - - - 3D support: fixed VM hangs when starting guests with 3D acceleration enabled (bug #3437) - - - - PXE: fixed boot hangs when hardware virtualization is used (bug - #2536) - - - - LsiLogic: fixed problems with Solaris guests - - - - Main API: close machine settings XML file when unregistering machine - (bug #3548) - - - - - - - Version 2.1.4 (2009-02-16) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - Windows hosts: fixed host crashes/hangs on certain 32 bits Windows systems - when running Linux guests (bugs #1606, #2269, #2763) - - - - Windows hosts: fixed network component BSOD issue (bugs #3168, #2916) - - - - Windows hosts: fixed installation issues (bugs #2517, #1730, #3130) - - - - Linux hosts: fixed occasional kernel oopses (bug #2556) - - - - Linux hosts: fixed module dependency for shipped modules - (bug #3115) - - - - Linux hosts: moved the udev rules for USB forward so that they - don't override existing system rules (bug #3143) - - - - Linux hosts: fixed the issue with guest not being able to - communicate with each other when attached via TAP interfaces - (bug #3215) - - - - Linux hosts: give up probing for USB gracefully if DBus or hal - are not available (bug #3136) - - - - Linux hosts: fixed warnings in installer when SELinux was - disabled (bug #3098) - - - - Linux hosts: VirtualBox sometimes failed to start if it had - been started using sudo previously (bug #3270) - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed high CPU load while running many guests - in parallel - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed inability to start more than 128 VMs - - - - VMM: fixed performance regression for Windows guests (bug #3172) - - - - VMM: ignore CPU stepping when restoring a saved state/snapshot - - - - REM: fixed inability to use gdb to debug programs in Linux guests with - software virtualization (bug #3245) - - - - GUI: fixed dead key handling on Solaris hosts (bug #3256) - - - - GUI: in the shutdown dialog, disable the action send the - shutdown signal if the guest is currently not using ACPI - - - - GUI: suppress additional key release events sent by X11 hosts - when keys are auto-repeated (bug #1296) - - - - API: restore case insensitive OS type name lookup (bug #3087) - - - - VBoxHeadless: really don't start X11 services (clipboard service, - 3D acceleration; Solaris & Darwin hosts only; bug #3199) - - - - NAT: fixed occasional crashes when the guest is doing - traceroute (non-Windows hosts; bug #3200) - - - - NAT: fixed crashes under high load (bug #3110) - - - - NAT: fixed truncated downloads (Windows hosts only, bug #3257) - - - - NAT: don't intercept TFTP packages with a destination address - different from the builtin TFTP server (bug #3112) - - - - USB: several fixes for USB passthrough on Linux hosts - - - - USB: reduced host CPU utilization if EHCI is active - - - - VRDP: fixed VRDP server black screen after a client reconnect (bug #1989) - - - - VRDP: modified rdesktop client (rdesktop-vrdp) now uses NumLock state - synchronization (bug #3253) - - - - LsiLogic: make FreeBSD guests work (bug #3174) - - - - ATA: fixed deadlock when pausing VM due to problems with the - virtual disk (e.g. disk full, iSCSI target unavailable) - - - - iSCSI: fixed possible crash when pausing the VM - - - - 3D support: added missing GL_MAX_TEXTURE_COORDS_ARB (bug #3246) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed ERROR (e0000101) - error during installation (bug #1923) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed Windows Explorer hang when browsing shared folders - with 64 bit guests (bug #2225) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed guest screen distortions during a video mode change - - - - Windows Additions: fixed the Network drive not connected - message for mapped shared folders drives after the guest startup (bug #3157) - - - - Linux Additions: fixed occasional file corruption when writing files - in O_APPEND mode to a shared folder (bug #2844) - - - - Linux Additions: the mouse driver was not properly set up - on X.Org release candidates (bug #3212) - - - - Linux Additions: fixed installer to work with openSUSE 11.1 - (bug #3213) - - - - Linux Additions: disable dynamic resizing if the X server is - configured for fixed resolutions - - - - Linux/Solaris Additions: handle virtual resolutions properly which are - larger than the actual guest resolution (bug #3096) - - - - - - - Version 2.1.2 (2009-01-21) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - USB: Linux host support fixes (bug #3136) - - - - VMM: fixed guru meditation for PAE guests on non-PAE hosts (AMD-V) - - - - VMM: fixed guru meditation on Mac OS X hosts when using VT-x - - - - VMM: allow running up to 1023 VMs on 64-bit hosts (used to be 127) - - - - VMM: several FreeBSD guest related fixes (bugs #2342, #2341, #2761) - - - - VMM: fixed guru meditation when installing Suse Enterprise Server 10U2 (VT-x only; bug #3039) - - - - VMM: fixed guru meditation when booting Novell NetWare 4.11 (VT-x only; bug #2898) - - - - VMM: fixed VERR_ADDRESS_TOO_BIG error on some Mac OS X systems when starting a VM - - - - VMM: clear MSR_K6_EFER_SVME after probing for AMD-V (bug #3058) - - - - VMM: fixed guru meditation during Windows 7 boot with more than 2 GB guest RAM (VT-x, nested paging only) - - - - VMM: fixed hang during OS/2 MCP2 boot (AMD-V and VT-x only) - - - - VMM: fixed loop during OpenBSD 4.0 boot (VT-x only) - - - - VMM: fixed random crashes related to FPU/XMM with 64 bits guests on 32 bits hosts - - - - VMM: fixed occasional XMM state corruption with 64 bits guests - - - - GUI: raised the RAM limit for new VMs to 75% of the host memory - - - - GUI: added Windows 7 as operating system type - - - - VBoxSDL: fixed -fixed fixedmode parameter - (bug #3067) - - - - Clipboard: stability fixes (Linux and Solaris hosts only, - bug #2675 and #3003) - - - - 3D support: fixed VM crashes for certain guest applications - (bugs #2781, #2797, #2972, #3089) - - - - LsiLogic: improved support for Windows guests (still experimental) - - - - VGA: fixed a 2.1.0 regression where guest screen resize - events were not properly handled (bug #2783) - - - - VGA: significant performance improvements when using VT-x/AMD-V - on Mac OS X hosts - - - - VGA: better handling for VRAM offset changes (fixes GRUB2 and Dos DOOM display issues) - - - - VGA: custom VESA modes with invalid widths are now rounded up - to correct ones (bug #2895) - - - - IDE: fixed ATAPI passthrough support (Linux hosts only; bug #2795) - - - - Networking: fixed kernel panics due to NULL pointer dereference - in Linux kernels < 2.6.20 (Linux hosts only; bug #2827) - - - - Networking: fixed intermittent BSODs when using the new host - interface (Windows hosts only; bugs #2832, #2937, #2929) - - - - Networking: fixed several issues with displaying hostif NICs - in the GUI (Windows hosts only; bugs 2814, #2842) - - - - - Networking: fixed the issue with displaying hostif NICs - without assigned IP addresses (Linux hosts only; bug #2780) - - - - - Networking: fixed the issue with sent packets coming back to - internal network when using hostif (Linux hosts only; bug #3056). - - - - - NAT: fixed port forwarding (Windows hosts only; bug #2808) - - - - NAT: fixed booting from the builtin TFTP server (bug #1959) - - - - NAT: fixed occasional crashes (bug #2709) - - - - SATA: vendor product data (VPD) is now configurable - - - - SATA: raw disk partitions were not recognized - (2.1.0 regression; Windows host only, bug #2778) - - - - SATA: fixed timeouts in the guest when using raw VMDK files - (Linux host only, bug #2796) - - - - SATA: huge speed up during certain I/O operations like - formatting a drive - - - - SATA/IDE: fixed possible crash/errors during VM shutdown - - - - VRDP: fixed loading of libpam.so.1 - from the host (Solaris hosts only) - - - - VRDP: fixed RDP client disconnects - - - - VRDP: fixed VRDP server misbehavior after a broken client connection - - - - VBoxManage showvminfo: - fixed assertion for running VMs (bug #2773) - - - - VBoxManage convertfromraw: added - parameter checking and made it default to creating VDI files; - fixed and documented format parameter (bug #2776) - - - - VBoxManage clonehd: fixed - garbled output image when creating VDI files (bug #2813) - - - - VBoxManage guestproperty: fixed - property enumeration (incorrect parameters/exception) - - - - VHD: fixed error when attaching certain container files - (bug #2768) - - - - Solaris hosts: added support for serial ports (bug #1849) - - - - Solaris hosts: fix for Japanese keyboards (bug #2847) - - - - Solaris hosts: 32-bit and 64-bit versions now available as a - single, unified package - - - - Linux hosts: don't depend on libcap1 - anymore (bug #2859) - - - - Linux hosts: kernel module compile fixes for 2.6.29-rc1 - - - - Linux hosts: don't drop any capability if the VM was started - by root (2.1.0 regression) - - - - Mac OS X hosts: save the state of running or paused VMs when the - host machine's battery reaches critical level - - - - Mac OS X hosts: improved window resizing of the VM window - - - - Mac OS X hosts: added GUI option to disable the dock icon realtime - preview in the GUI to decrease the host CPU load when the guest is - doing 3D - - - - Mac OS X hosts: polished realtime preview dock icon - - - - Windows Additions: fixed guest property and logging OS type - detection for Windows 2008 and Windows 7 Beta - - - - Windows Additions: added support for Windows 7 Beta (bugs #2995, #3015) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed Windows 2000 guest freeze when accessing - files on shared folders (bug #2764) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed CTRL-ALT-DEL handling when using VBoxGINA - - - - Windows Additions Installer: added /extract switch to only extract - (not install) the files to a directory (can be specified with /D=path) - - - - Linux installer and Additions: added support for the Linux - From Scratch distribution (bug #1587) and recent Gentoo versions - (bug #2938) - - - - Additions: added experimental support for X.Org Server 1.6 RC on - Linux guests - - - - Linux Additions: fixed bug which prevented to properly set - fmode on mapped shared folders - (bug #1776) - - - - Linux Additions: fixed appending of files on shared folders - (bug #1612) - - - - Linux Additions: ignore noauto - option when mounting a shared folder (bug #2498) - - - - Linux Additions: fixed a driver issue preventing X11 from - compiling keymaps (bug #2793 and #2905) - - - - X11 Additions: workaround in the mouse driver for a server - crash when the driver is loaded manually (bug #2397) - - - - - - - Version 2.1.0 (2008-12-17) - - This version is a major update. The following major new features - were added: - - - - Support for hardware virtualization (VT-x and AMD-V) on Mac OS X hosts - - - - Support for 64-bit guests on 32-bit host operating systems (experimental; see ) - - - - Added support for Intel Nehalem virtualization enhancements (EPT and VPID; see ) - - - - Experimental 3D acceleration via OpenGL (see ) - - - - Experimental LsiLogic and BusLogic SCSI controllers (see ) - - - - Full VMDK/VHD support including snapshots (see ) - - - - New NAT engine with significantly better performance, reliability and ICMP echo - (ping) support (bugs #1046, #2438, #2223, #1247) - - - - New Host Interface Networking implementations for Windows and - Linux hosts with easier setup (replaces TUN/TAP on Linux and manual bridging on Windows) - - - - - In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added: - - - - VMM: significant performance improvements for VT-x (real mode execution) - - - - VMM: support for hardware breakpoints (VT-x and AMD-V only; bug #477) - - - - VMM: VGA performance improvements for VT-x and AMD-V - - - - VMM: Solaris and OpenSolaris guest performance improvements for AMD-V (Barcelona family CPUs only) - - - - VMM: fixed guru meditation while running the Dr. Web virus scanner - (software virtualization only; bug #1439) - - - - VMM: deactivate VT-x and AMD-V when the host machine goes into suspend mode; reactivate - when the host machine resumes (Windows, Mac OS X & Linux hosts; bug #1660) - - - - VMM: fixed guest hangs when restoring VT-x or AMD-V saved states/snapshots - - - - VMM: fixed guru meditation when executing a one byte debug - instruction (VT-x only; bug #2617) - - - - VMM: fixed guru meditation for PAE guests on non-PAE hosts (VT-x) - - - - VMM: disallow mixing of software and hardware virtualization execution in general (bug #2404) - - - - VMM: fixed black screen when booting OS/2 1.x (AMD-V only) - - - - GUI: pause running VMs when the host machine goes into suspend mode (Windows & Mac OS X hosts) - - - - GUI: resume previously paused VMs when the host machine resumes after suspend (Windows & Mac OS X hosts) - - - - GUI: save the state of running or paused VMs when the host machine's - battery reaches critical level (Windows hosts) - - - - GUI: properly restore the position of the selector window when running on - the compiz window manager - - - - GUI: properly restore the VM in seamless mode (2.0 regression) - - - - GUI: warn user about non optimal memory settings - - - - GUI: structure operating system list according to family and version for improved usability - - - - GUI: predefined settings for QNX guests - - - - IDE: improved ATAPI passthrough support - - - - Networking: added support for up to 8 Ethernet adapters per VM - - - - Networking: fixed issue where a VM could lose connectivity after a reboot - - - - iSCSI: allow snapshot/diff creation using local VDI file - - - - iSCSI: improved interoperability with iSCSI targets - - - - Graphics: fixed handling of a guest video memory which is not a power - of two (bug #2724) - - - - VBoxManage: fixed bug which prevented setting up the serial port - for direct device access - - - - VBoxManage: added support for VMDK and VHD image creation - - - - VBoxManage: added support for image conversion (VDI/VMDK/VHD/RAW) - - - - Solaris hosts: added IPv6 support between host and guest when using host interface networking - - - - Mac OS X hosts: added ACPI host power status reporting - - - - API: redesigned storage model with better generalization - - - - API: allow attaching a hard disk to more than one VM at a time - - - - API: added methods to return network configuration information of the host system - - - - Shared Folders: performance and stability fixes for Windows guests (Microsoft Office Applications) - - - - - - - Version 2.0.8 (2009-03-10) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: fixed guest hangs when restoring VT-x or AMD-V saved - states/snapshots - - - - VMM: fixed memory allocation issues which can cause VM start - failures with VERR_PGM_MAPPING_CONFLICT error - - - - VMM: fixed host crashes/hangs on certain 32 bits Windows systems - when running Linux guests (bugs #1606, #2269, #2763) - - - - XPCOM/Main: fixed synchronization bug caused by SYSV semaphore key - collisions - - - - ATA: fixed deadlock when pausing VM due to problems with the - virtual disk (e.g. disk full, iSCSI target unavailable) - - - - iSCSI: fixed possible crash when pausing the VM - - - - iSCSI: fix PDU validity checking and detect final PDU - reliably - - - - VBoxHeadless: really don't start X11 services (clipboard service, - 3D acceleration; Solaris & Darwin hosts only; bug #3199) - - - - Networking: fixed issue where a VM could lose connectivity after - a reboot - - - - Linux hosts: fixed occasional kernel oopses (bug #2556) - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed high CPU load while running many guests - in parallel - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed inability to start more than 128 VMs - - - - Solaris/Web services: fixed SMF script to set home directory - correctly - - - - Linux Additions: fixed occasional file corruption when writing files - in O_APPEND mode to a shared folder (bug #2844) - - - - - - - Version 2.0.6 (2008-11-21) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: fixed Guru meditation when running 64 bits Windows guests - (bug #2220) - - - - VMM: fixed Solaris 10U6 boot hangs (VT-x and AMD-V) bug #2565) - - - - VMM: fixed Solaris 10U6 reboot hangs (AMD-V only; bug #2565) - - - - GUI: the host key was sometimes not properly displayed (Windows - hosts only, bug #1996) - - - - GUI: the keyboard focus was lost after minimizing and restoring - the VM window via the Windows taskbar (bugs #784) - - - - VBoxManage: properly show SATA disks when showing the VM information - (bug #2624) - - - - SATA: fixed access if the buffer size is not sector-aligned - (bug #2024) - - - - SATA: improved performance - - - - SATA: fixed snapshot function with ports>1 (bug #2510) - - - - E1000: fixed crash under rare circumstances - - - - USB: fixed support for iPhone and Nokia devices (Linux host: - bugs #470 & #491) - - - - Windows host installer: added proper handling of open VirtualBox - applications when updating the installation - - - - Windows host installer: fixed default installation directory on - 64-bit on new installations (bug #2501) - - - - Linux/Solaris/Darwin hosts: verify permissions - in /tmp/vbox-$USER-ipc - - - - Linux hosts: fixed assertion on high network load (AMD64 hosts, - fix for Linux distributions with glibc 2.6 and newer (bug #616) - - - - Linux hosts: don't crash during shutdown with serial ports - connected to a host device - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed incompatibility between IPSEC and host interface networking - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed a rare race condition while powering off VMs with host interface networking - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed VBoxSDL on Solaris 10 by shipping the required SDL library (bug #2475) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed logged in users reporting via guest properties - when using native RDP connections - - - - Windows Additions: fixed Vista crashes when accessing shared - folders under certain circumstances (bug #2461) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed shared folders access with MS-Office - (bug #2591) - - - - Linux Additions: fixed compilation of vboxvfs.ko for 64-bit - guests (bug #2550) - - - - SDK: added JAX-WS port caching to speedup connections - - - - - - - Version 2.0.4 (2008-10-24) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - VMM: better error reporting for VT-x failures - - - - VMM: don't overflow the release log with PATM messages (bug #1775) - - - - VMM: fixed save state restore in real mode (software virtualization only) - - - - GUI: work around a Qt bug on Mac OS X (bug #2321) - - - - GUI: properly install the Qt4 accessible plugin (bug #629) - - - - SATA: error message when starting a VM with a VMDK connected to a SATA port (bug #2182) - - - - SATA: fixed Guru mediation when booting OpenSolaris/64; most - likely applies to other guests as well (bug #2292) - - - - Network: don't crash when changing the adapter link state if no - host driver is attached (bug #2333) - - - - VHD: fixed bug which prevents booting from VHD images bigger than 4GB (bug #2085) - - - - VRDP: fixed a repaint problem when the guest resolution was not - equal to the client resolution - - - - Clipboard: don't crash when host service initialization takes - longer than expected (Linux hosts only; bug #2001) - - - - Windows hosts: VBoxSVC.exe crash (bug #2212) - - - - Windows hosts: VBoxSVC.exe memory leak due to a Windows WMI memory leak (Vista only) (bug #2242) - - - - Windows hosts: VBoxSVC.exe delays GUI startup - - - - Linux hosts: handle jiffies counter overflow (VM stuck after 300 - seconds of host uptime; bug #2247) - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed host or guest side networking going stale while using host interface - networking (bug #2474) - - - - Solaris hosts: added support for using unplumbed network interfaces and Crossbow Virtual - Network Interfaces (VNICs) with host interface networking - - - - Solaris hosts: reworked threading model improves performance for host interface networking - - - - Windows Additions: fixed crash when accessing deep directory structures in a shared folder - - - - Windows Additions: improved shared folder name resolving (bug #1728) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed Windows 2000 shutdown crash (bug #2254) - - - - Windows Additions: fixed error code for - MoveFile() if the target exists (bug #2350) - - - - Linux Additions: fixed seek() - for files bigger than 2GB (bug #2379) - - - - Linux Additions: support Ubuntu 8.10 - - - - Linux Additions: clipboard fixes (bug #2015) - - - - Web services: improved documentation and fixed example (bug #1642) - - - - - - - - Version 2.0.2 (2008-09-12) - - This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or - added: - - - - - VMM: fixed inability to run more than one VM in parallel (AMD-V on - CPUs with erratum 170 only; bug #2167) - - - - VMM: VT-x stability fixes (bug #2179 and others) - - - - VMM: fixed Linux 2.6.26+ kernel crashes (used by Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha, - Fedora 10 Alpha; bug #1875) - - - - VMM: fixed 64 bits Linux 2.6.26 kernel crashes (Debian) - - - - VMM: fixed Vista (32 bits) guest crash during boot when PAE and - NX are enabled (applied to 64 bits hosts with VT-x enabled only) - - - - VMM: fixed OS/2 guest crashes during boot (AMD-V; bug #2132) - - - - GUI: fixed crash when trying to release an inaccessible image in - the virtual disk manager - - - - GUI: fixed invalid error message for a changed snapshot path even - if that path wasn't changed (bug #2064) - - - - GUI: fixed crash when creating a new hard disk image (bug #2060) - - - - GUI: fixed crash when adding a hard disk in the VM settings (bug #2081) - - - - GUI: fixed a bug where VirtualBox isn't working with the new - QGtkStyle plugin (bug #2066) - - - - GUI: fixed VM close dialog in seamless mode (Mac OS X hosts only; - bug #2067) - - - - GUI: fixed standard menu entries for NLS versions (Mac OS X hosts only) - - - - GUI: disable the VT-x/AMD-V setting when it's not supported by - the CPU (or on Mac OS X hosts) - - - - VBoxManage: fixed crash during - internalcommands createrawvmdk - (bug #2184) - - - - VBoxManage: fixed output of - snapshot showvminfo (bug #698) - - - - Guest properties: added information about guest network interfaces - (Windows guests only) - - - - Shared Folders: fixed regression that caused Windows guest crashes - - - - API: fixed number of installed CPUs (Solaris hosts only) - - - - VRDP: allow a client to reconnect to an existing session on the VRDP server by dropping the existing connection - (configurable and disabled by default; only relevant when multiconnection mode is disabled) - - - - VRDP: fixed an image repaint problem - - - - Linux hosts: fixed bug in vboxdrv.ko that could corrupt kernel - memory and panic the kernel (bug #2078) - - - - - Linux hosts: compile fixes for kernel module on Linux 2.6.27 - - - - Mac OS X hosts: added Python support - - - - Additions: fixed a possible hang in HGCM communication after - a VM reboot - - - - Windows Additions: added support for Windows XP 64 bits (bug #2117) - - - - Linux Additions: deactivate dynamic resizing on Linux guests with - buggy X servers - - - - Linux Additions: support Ubuntu 8.10 guests and Fedora 9 guests - (dynamic resizing disabled for the latter) - - - - Linux Additions: added installer check for the system architecture - - - - Linux Additions: fixed Xorg modules path for some Linux distributions - (bug #2128) - - - - VMDK: be more liberal with ambiguous parts of the format - specification and accept more format variants (bug #2062) - - - - VHD: fixed a bug in the VHD backend which resulted in reading - the wrong data (bug #2085) - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed kernel panic on certain machines when - starting VMs with host interface networking (bug #2183) - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed inability to access NFS shares on the - host when host interface networking was enabled - - - - Solaris hosts: installer now detects and reports when - installing under the wrong architecture - - - - Solaris hosts: fixed security hardening that prevented - starting VMs from non-global zones even as root (bug #1948) - - - - Solaris Additions: combined the 32 bit and 64 bit Additions - installer into a single package - - - - Mac OS X hosts: experimental support for attaching a real serial - port to the guest - - - - - - - - - Version 2.0.0 (2008-09-04) - - This version is a major update. The following major new features - were added: - - - 64 bits guest support (64 bits host only) - - - - New native Leopard user interface on Mac OS X hosts - - - - The GUI was converted from Qt3 to Qt4 with many visual improvements - - - - New-version notifier - - - - Guest property information interface - - - - Host Interface Networking on Mac OS X hosts - - - - New Host Interface Networking on Solaris hosts - - - - Support for Nested Paging on modern AMD CPUs (major performance gain) - - - - Framework for collecting performance and resource usage data (metrics) - - - - Added SATA asynchronous IO (NCQ: Native Command Queuing) when accessing raw - disks/partitions (major performance gain) - - - - Clipboard integration for OS/2 Guests - - - - Created separate SDK component featuring a new Python programming interface on Linux and Solaris hosts - - - - Support for VHD disk images - - - - - In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added: - - - - - VMM: VT-x fixes - - - - AHCI: improved performance - - - - GUI: keyboard fixes - - - - Linux installer: properly uninstall the package even if - unregistering the DKMS module fails - - - - Linux Additions: the guest screen resolution is properly - restored - - - - Network: added support for jumbo frames (> 1536 bytes) - - - - Shared Folders: fixed guest crash with Windows Media Player 11 - - - - Mac OS X: Ctrl+Left mouse click doesn't simulate a right mouse click in the guest anymore. Use Hostkey+Left for a right mouse click emulation. (bug #1766) - - - - -