VirtualBox

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Changelog

VirtualBox 1.3.8 (released 2007-03-14)

  • Windows installer: fixed installation problem if UAC is active
  • Linux installer: added RPM for rhel4 and Mandriva 2007.1
  • Linux installer: remove any old vboxdrv modules in /lib/modules/*/misc
  • Linux installer: many small improvements for .deb and .rpm packages
  • Linux installer: improved setup of kernel module
  • GUI: Host-Fn sends Ctrl-Alt-Fn to the guest (Linux guest VT switch)
  • GUI: fixed setting for Internal Networking
  • GUI: show correct audio backend on Windows (dsound)
  • GUI: improved error messages if the kernel module is not accessible
  • GUI: never fail to start the GUI if the kernel module is not accessible
  • VMM: fixed occasional crashes when shutting down Windows TAP device
  • VMM: fixed issues with IBM's 1.4.2 JVM in Linux guests
  • RDP: fixed color encoding with 24bpp
  • BIOS: zero main memory on reboot
  • BIOS: added release logging
  • USB: fixed parsing of certain devices to prevent VBoxSVC crashes
  • USB: properly wakeup suspended ports
  • USB: fixed a problem with unplugged USB devices during suspend
  • Audio: fixed crashes on Vista hosts
  • NAT: allow configuration of incoming connections (aka port mapping)
  • Network: hard reset network device on reboot
  • iSCSI: fixed a hang of unpaused VMs accessing unresponsive iSCSI disks
  • Linux Additions: support Xorg 7.2.x
  • Linux Additions: fixed default video mode if all other modes are invalid
  • Linux Additions: set default DPI to 100,100
  • Linux Additions: fixed initialization of video driver on X server reset

VirtualBox 1.3.6 (released 2007-02-20)

  • Windows installer: perform installation for all users instead of just the current user (old behavior still available)
  • Linux installer: fixed license display to not block installation
  • Linux installer: added RPM for openSUSE 10.2
  • GUI: fixed problems with several keyboard layouts on Linux hosts
  • GUI: added online help on Linux hosts (using kchmviewer)
  • GUI: fixed handle leak on Windows hosts
  • Graphics: increased VRAM limit to 128MB
  • BIOS: fixed CD/DVD-ROM detection in Windows Vista guests
  • VMM: fixed incompatibility with OpenBSD 4.0
  • VDI: fixed issues with snapshot merging
  • Network: fixed incompatibility between Vista UAC and Host Interface Networking
  • Network: fixed issues with Windows NT 4.0 guests
  • Audio: fixed problem with ALSA on Linux before 2.6.18 causing system reboots
  • RDP: added support for MS RDP 6.0 clients
  • RDP: fixed issue with PAM authentication on certain distributions
  • RDP: fixed sporadic disconnects with MS RDP clients
  • RDP: fixed memory leak
  • iSCSI: improved behavior when pausing a VM with iSCSI connections
  • iSCSI: improved read timeout handling

VirtualBox 1.3.4 (released 2007-02-12)

  • General: fixed unresolved symbol issue on Windows 2000 hosts
  • General: added warnings at VirtualBox startup when there is no valid Linux kernel module
  • General: fixed problem with unrecognized host CDROM/DVD drives on Linux
  • General: fixed compatibility issue with SELinux
  • GUI: improved USB user interface, easier filter definitions, menu to directly attach specific devices
  • GUI: added VM settings options for VRDP
  • GUI: fixed GDI handle leak on Windows hosts
  • GUI: worked around issue in the Metacity window manager (GNOME) leading to unmovable VM windows
  • GUI: show an information dialog before entering fullscreen mode about how to get back
  • GUI: several fixes and improvements
  • VMM: fixed occasional crashes when shutting down a Windows guest
  • VMM: fixed crash while loading Xorg on openSUSE 10.2
  • VMM: fixed problems with OpenBSD 3.9 and 4.0
  • VMM: fixed crash while loading XFree86 in SUSE 9.1
  • VMM: fixed Debian 3.1 (Sarge) installation problem (network failure)
  • VMM: fixed crash during SUSE 10.2 installation
  • VMM: fixed crash during Ubuntu 7.04 RC boot
  • VMM: fixed crash during ThinClientOS (Linux 2.4.33) bootup
  • ATA/IDE: pause VM when host disk is full and display message
  • ATA/IDE: fixed incompatibility with OpenSolaris 10
  • VDI containers: do not allocate blocks when guest only writes zeros to it (size optimization when zeroing freespace prior to compacting)
  • CDROM/DVD: fixed media recognition by Linux guests
  • Network: corrected reporting of physical interfaces (fixes Linux guest warnings)
  • Network: fixed IRQ conflict causing occassional major slowdowns with XP guests
  • Network: significantly improved send performance
  • Audio: added mixer support to the AC'97 codec (master volume only)
  • Audio: added support for ALSA on Linux (native, no OSS emulation)
  • iSCSI: improved LUN handling
  • iSCSI: fixed hang due to packet overflow
  • iSCSI: pause VM on iSCSI connection loss
  • Linux module: never fail unloading the module (blocks Ubuntu/Debian uninstall)
  • Linux module: improved compatibility with NMI watchdog enabled
  • Windows Additions: fixed hardware mouse pointer with Windows 2003 Server guests
  • Linux Additions: compile everything from sources instead of using precompiled objects
  • Linux Additions: better compatibility with older glibc versions
  • Linux Additions: when uninstalling, only delete the files we put there during installation, don't remove the directory recursively to prevent unwanted data loss
  • Linux Installer: added support for Slackware
  • Linux Additions: added support for Linux 2.4.28 to 2.4.34
  • RDP: fixed sporadic disconnects with MS RDP clients
  • RDP: fixed race condition during resolution resize leading to rare crashes

VirtualBox 1.3.2 (released 2007-01-15)

  • first public version
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