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| | 6 | '''!VirtualBox 4.2.6''' (release 2012-12-19)[[BR]][[BR]] |
| | 7 | This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added: |
| | 8 | * VMM: don't inject stale VT-x events to prevent crashes after VM reset (bug #11256) |
| | 9 | * VMM: workaround for buggy BIOSes which enable ''MONITOR'' only for certain CPUs (bug #9460) |
| | 10 | * GUI: fixed trimming of anti-aliased text in details-view element headers (4.2.0 regression) |
| | 11 | * GUI: fixed create-settings-file-alias functionality on Mac hosts (4.2.0 regression) |
| | 12 | * GUI: fixed take-guest-screenshot functionality on Windows hosts (bug #11095) |
| | 13 | * GUI: several minor fixes, including palette fixes (bug #11191) |
| | 14 | * GUI: fixed Windows 2012 OS type (bug #11206) |
| | 15 | * GUI: allow to terminate the VM even if VBoxSVC crashed |
| | 16 | * API: fixed cancelling of snapshots, previously this could lead to inconsistent VM configs (bug #6877) |
| | 17 | * API: fixed identifying disk images by UUID (bug #11209) |
| | 18 | * 3D Support: several fixes |
| | 19 | * VRDP: fixed occasional crash with external authentication (bug #11156) |
| | 20 | * VGA: fix for double scan text modes |
| | 21 | * USB: fixed invalid pending request count at the time of service of ''DEVICE POWER'' requests (Windows hosts only; bugs #10021, #11056) |
| | 22 | * USB keyboard: Korean keyboard workaround (bug #11150) |
| | 23 | * Storage: fixed hang with QCOW images and asynchronous I/O enabled |
| | 24 | * Storage: fixed hang with newer VHD images (bug #11279) |
| | 25 | * Storage: actually write the non-rotational flag to the VM settings (4.2.0 regression) |
| | 26 | * Virtio-net: fixed the problem with network statistics counters in Session Information dialog (GUI) |
| | 27 | * Metrics: introduced ''network rate'' and ''disk usage'' metrics |
| | 28 | * Metrics: fixed a crash under certain conditions on Solaris hosts |
| | 29 | * BIOS: fix for El Torito |
| | 30 | * Shared Folders: if the host folder of a shared folder mapping does not exist, keep it active but mark it as invalid to prevent inconsitent saved states (bug #11147) |
| | 31 | * VBoxManage: fixed converting disks from raw images |
| | 32 | * VBoxManage: show snapshot description in the VM or snapshot information |
| | 33 | * VBoxManage: make implicit opening of media consistent in all places dealing with media |
| | 34 | * VBoxManage: the iSCSI initiator name was not stored in the settings file when doing ''storageattach'' (bug #11212) |
| | 35 | * VBoxManage: ''metrics collect'' now properly handles 'CPU/MHz' and 'Net/*/LinkSpeed' metrics |
| | 36 | * VBoxManage: changing the image UUID or parent UUID as part of storageattach works now in all safe cases |
| | 37 | * VBoxManage: introduced ''storageattach --medium additions'' as a shortcut to mount the additions image (bug #11165) |
| | 38 | * OVF: fixed importing OVF files cerated by recent VMware products (bug #10905) |
| | 39 | * Linux hosts / Bridged Networking: fixed the problem with leaking connections in conntrack (bug #11178) |
| | 40 | * Linux Additions: added support for ConsoleKit sessions in the vminfo service of VBoxService |
| | 41 | * Linux Additions: don't crash during remount under certain conditions (bug #11291) |
| | 42 | * Linux/Solaris Additions: fixed guest memory metrics collection |
| | 43 | * Solaris hosts: added a dependency to ensure that the user directories are reachable when starting VBox services |
| | 44 | * Windows host installer: integrated user-contributed translations, thanks to all contributors! |
| | 45 | * Windows Additions: fixed auto-logon installation for Windows 8 |
| | 46 | * Windows Additions: don't fail if the shared folders host service is not available |
| | 47 | * Windows Additions: fixed Guest Additions startup on Windows 2000 guests (bug #11253) |
| | 48 | * Windows Additions: auto-resize fixes for Windows 8 guests |
