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| 3 | '''!VirtualBox 1.5.6''' (released 2008-02-19) |
| 4 | * GUI: fixed several error messages |
| 5 | * GUI: fixed registration dialog crashes once and for all |
| 6 | * GUI: really ask before resetting the VM |
| 7 | * GUI: release mouse and keyboard before the host activates the screensaver |
| 8 | * GUI: fixed issue with license display on big screens |
| 9 | * GUI: added setting for network name for internal networks |
| 10 | * GUI: added setting for network device type |
| 11 | * GUI: keyboard fixes |
| 12 | * GUI: seamless mode and fullscreen mode fixes |
| 13 | * GUI: fixed soaked hostkey keyup event under certain conditions |
| 14 | * GUI: more informative message dialog buttons |
| 15 | * GUI: VM selector context menu |
| 16 | * VBoxSDL: added -termacpi switch |
| 17 | * VBoxSDL: fixed automatic adaption of the guest screen resolution to the size of the VM window |
| 18 | * VMM: under heavy guest activity, for example when copying files to/from a shared folder, the VM could crash with an assertion |
| 19 | * VMM: added an option to select PIIX4 (improves compatibility with Windows guests created by VMware) |
| 20 | * VMM: fixed a bug which could lead to memory corruption under rare circumstances |
| 21 | * VMM: improved performance of Solaris guests |
| 22 | * VRDP: fixed a 1.5.4 regression: VRDP client and server were out-of-sync if the VM was started using the GUI |
| 23 | * VRDP: proper error handling if the VRDP library could not be loaded |
| 24 | * VBoxManage: fixed crash during clonevdi |
| 25 | * VBoxManage: added ’list runningvms’ command |
| 26 | * VBoxManage: improved the compatibility when reading the partition table of a raw disk |
| 27 | * Shared Folders: added support for read-only shared folders |
| 28 | * Shared Clipboard: several fixes |
| 29 | * Network: experimental support for E1000 device emulation |
| 30 | * iSCSI: better check for misconfigured targets |
| 31 | * iSCSI: allow to directly attach to internal networks with integrated mini IP stack |
| 32 | * !PulseAudio: don’t hang during VM initialization if no sound server is available |
| 33 | * VDI: fixed sized virtual disk images are now completely written during creation to workaround buggy sparse file handling on some OS (e.g. Vista) |
| 34 | * VDI/VMDK: prevent indexing of .vdi and .vmdk files on Windows hosts |
| 35 | * RDP: fixed compilation of the Linux rdesktop client on newer Linux kernels |
| 36 | * RDP: install rdesktop-vrdp on Linux hosts |
| 37 | * ACPI: added sleep button event |
| 38 | * Serial: proper handling of inaccessible host devices |
| 39 | * Windows installer: allow smooth upgrade without deinstallation |
| 40 | * Linux installer: fixed Slackware detection regression |
| 41 | * Linux installer: updated VBoxTunctl allowing to assign a tap device to a group on Linux kernels > 2.6.23 |
| 42 | * Windows additions: several fixes, in particular for Windows NT4 |
| 43 | * Linux additions: fixed installer for Kubuntu 8.04 |
| 44 | * Linux additions: add default video mode for handling video mode hints from the host |
| 45 | * Linux host: compatibility fixes with Linux > 2.6.24 |
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