= Changelog = '''!VirtualBox 3.1.2''' (released 2009-12-17)[[BR]][[BR]] 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 (#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 fullscreen 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 fullscreen" (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 Guest Additions: fixed installation on RHEL 3.9 guests and on some 64bit guests * Linux Guest 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 '''!VirtualBox 3.1.0''' (released 2009-11-30)[[BR]][[BR]] 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 the manual for more information) * 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 the manual for more information) * 2D video acceleration for Windows guests; use the host video hardware for overlay stretching and color conversion (see the manual for more information) * More flexible storage attachments: CD/DVD drives can be attached to an arbitrary IDE controller, and there can be more than one such drive (the manual for more information) * 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 the manual for more information) * Support for paravirtualized network adapters (virtio-net; see the manual for more information) 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 a 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 * GUI: the [/ VirtualBox website] couldn't be opened from the help menu (bug #4559) * 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 (#2816) * 3D support: fixed Final frame of Compiz animation not updated to the screen (#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 the manual for more information) * 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 the manual for more information * 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 fullscreen (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 For the changelog of previous !VirtualBox series, have a look at * [wiki:Changelog-3.0 VirtualBox 3.0] * [wiki:Changelog-2.2 VirtualBox 2.2] * [wiki:Changelog-2.1 VirtualBox 2.1] * [wiki:Changelog-2.0 VirtualBox 2.0] * [wiki:Changelog-1.6 VirtualBox 1.6]