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6 | <sect1>
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7 | <title>Version 5.2.2 (2017-xx-xx)</title>
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8 |
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9 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
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10 | added:</para>
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11 |
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12 | <itemizedlist>
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13 |
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14 | <listitem>
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15 | <para>Storage: fixed regression breaking iSCSI (bug #17196)</para>
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16 | </listitem>
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17 |
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18 | </itemizedlist>
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19 | </sect1>
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20 |
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21 | <sect1>
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22 | <title>Version 5.2.0 (2017-10-17)</title>
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23 |
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24 | <para>This is a major update. The following major new features
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25 | were added:</para>
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26 |
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27 | <itemizedlist>
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28 |
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29 | <listitem>
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30 | <para>VM export to Oracle Cloud (OPC)</para>
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31 | </listitem>
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32 |
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33 | <listitem>
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34 | <para>Unattended guest installation (bug #5810; see <xref
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35 | linkend="basic-unattended" />)</para>
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36 | </listitem>
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37 |
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38 | <listitem>
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39 | <para>Overhauled VM selector GUI (improved tools VM / global
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40 | tools handling, new icons)</para>
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41 | </listitem>
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42 |
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43 | <listitem>
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44 | <para>Added experimental audio support for video recording</para>
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45 | </listitem>
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46 |
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47 | </itemizedlist>
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48 |
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49 | <para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
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50 |
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51 | <itemizedlist>
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52 |
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53 | <listitem>
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54 | <para>VMM: fixed reason for recent Linux kernels on also recent CPU
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55 | models warning about "XSAVE consistency problem"</para>
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56 | </listitem>
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57 |
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58 | <listitem>
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59 | <para>GUI: Virtual Media Manager rework allowing to manage media
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60 | attributes, like size, location, type and description</para>
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61 | </listitem>
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62 |
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63 | <listitem>
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64 | <para>GUI: Host-only Network Manager implemented to simplify managing
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65 | corresponding networks and their attributes</para>
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66 | </listitem>
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67 |
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68 | <listitem>
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69 | <para>GUI: Snapshot Pane rework allowing to manage snapshot
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70 | attributes, like name and description; reworked snapshot details
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71 | which looks more clear, corresponds to VM Details pane and reflects
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72 | current VM state difference according to last snapshot taken</para>
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73 | </listitem>
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74 |
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75 | <listitem>
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76 | <para>GUI: Audio settings extended with possibility to enable/disable
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77 | audio input/output; corresponding changed were done to Audio
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78 | and Video Capture settings pages; VM Devices menu and status-bar
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79 | extended with corresponding actions and indicator as well</para>
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80 | </listitem>
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81 |
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82 | <listitem>
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83 | <para>GUI: improvements with accessibility support</para>
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84 | </listitem>
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85 |
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86 | <listitem>
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87 | <para>GUI: Fixed double mouse cursor when using mouse integration
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88 | without Guest Additions, actually a Qt 5.6 bug fixed with QT 5.6.3
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89 | (Mac OS X hosts only; bug #15610)</para>
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90 | </listitem>
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91 |
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92 | <listitem>
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93 | <para>Audio: implemented (optional) device enumeration support for
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94 | audio backends</para>
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95 | </listitem>
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96 |
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97 | <listitem>
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98 | <para>Audio: implemented support for host device callbacks (e.g. when
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99 | adding or removing an audio device)</para>
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100 | </listitem>
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101 |
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102 | <listitem>
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103 | <para>Audio: HDA emulation now uses asynchronous data processing in
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104 | separate threads</para>
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105 | </listitem>
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106 |
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107 | <listitem>
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108 | <para>Audio: implemented ability to enable or disable audio
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109 | input / output on-the-fly</para>
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110 | </listitem>
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111 |
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112 | <listitem>
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113 | <para>Storage: implemented support for CUE/BIN images as CD/DVD media
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114 | including multiple tracks</para>
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115 | </listitem>
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116 |
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117 | <listitem>
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118 | <para>Storage: implemented support for the controller memory buffer
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119 | feature for NVMe</para>
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120 | </listitem>
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121 |
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122 | <listitem>
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123 | <para>Storage: first milestone of the I/O stack redesign landed</para>
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124 | </listitem>
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125 |
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126 | <listitem>
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127 | <para>E1000: Fix for Windows XP freeze when booting with unplugged
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128 | cable</para>
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129 | </listitem>
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130 |
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131 | <listitem>
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132 | <para>NAT network: do not skip some port forwarding setup when
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133 | multiple VMs are active (Windows hosts only; bug #17041)</para>
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134 | </listitem>
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135 |
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136 | <listitem>
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137 | <para>Serial: fixed extremely rare misbehavior on VM poweroff</para>
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138 | </listitem>
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139 |
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140 | <listitem>
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141 | <para>EFI: better video mode handling, supporting custom video
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142 | modes and easier configuration (bug #6783)</para>
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143 | </listitem>
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144 |
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145 | <listitem>
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146 | <para>BIOS: properly report floppy logical sectors per track for
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147 | unusual formats</para>
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148 | </listitem>
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149 |
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150 | <listitem>
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151 | <para>BIOS: update ATA disk parameter table vectors only if there is
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152 | actually a corresponding ATA disk attached</para>
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153 | </listitem>
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154 |
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155 | <listitem>
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156 | <para>PXE: speed up booting by better handling pending packets when
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157 | the link is not up yet</para>
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158 | </listitem>
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159 |
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160 | <listitem>
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161 | <para>VBoxManage: handle CPUID sub-leaf overrides better</para>
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162 | </listitem>
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163 |
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164 | <listitem>
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165 | <para>Windows Additions: fix several 3D related crashes</para>
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166 | </listitem>
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167 |
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168 | <listitem>
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169 | <para>Solaris hosts: allow increasing MTU size for host-only adapter to
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170 | 9706 bytes to support jumbo frames</para>
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171 | </listitem>
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172 |
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173 | <listitem>
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174 | <para>Linux Additions: on systems using systemd, make sure that only
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175 | the Guest Additions timesync service is active</para>
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176 | </listitem>
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177 |
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178 | <listitem>
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179 | <para>many unlisted fixes and improvements</para>
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180 | </listitem>
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181 |
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182 | </itemizedlist>
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183 | </sect1>
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184 |
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185 | <sect1>
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186 | <title>Version 5.1.30 (2017-10-16)</title>
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187 |
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188 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
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189 | added:</para>
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190 |
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191 | <itemizedlist>
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192 |
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193 | <listitem>
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194 | <para>GUI: translation updates</para>
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195 | </listitem>
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196 |
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197 | <listitem>
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198 | <para>GUI: Fixed double mouse cursor when using mouse integration
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199 | without Guest Additions, actually a Qt 5.6 bug fixed with QT 5.6.3
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200 | (Mac OS X hosts only; bug #15610)</para>
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201 | </listitem>
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202 |
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203 | <listitem>
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204 | <para>Solaris hosts: allow increasing MTU size for host-only adapter to
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205 | 9706 bytes to support jumbo frames</para>
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206 | </listitem>
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207 |
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208 | <listitem>
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209 | <para>Linux hosts: glibc 2.26 compile fix</para>
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210 | </listitem>
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211 |
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212 | <listitem>
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213 | <para>Windows Additions: 3D related crash fix (bugs #17082, #17092)</para>
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214 | </listitem>
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215 |
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216 | </itemizedlist>
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217 | </sect1>
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218 |
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219 | <sect1>
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220 | <title>Version 5.1.28 (2017-09-13)</title>
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221 |
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222 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
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223 | added:</para>
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224 |
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225 | <itemizedlist>
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226 |
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227 | <listitem>
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228 | <para>GUI: mouse events did not reach host windows behind the transparent
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229 | VM window (Mac OS X hosts only; bug #16246)</para>
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230 | </listitem>
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231 |
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232 | <listitem>
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233 | <para>Audio: fixed accidental crashes when using the AC'97 sound
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234 | emulation (bug #16959)</para>
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235 | </listitem>
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236 |
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237 | <listitem>
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238 | <para>Audio: fixed crash when default input or output devices have changed
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239 | (bugs #16968, #16969, #17004)</para>
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240 | </listitem>
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241 | <listitem>
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242 | <para>Audio: fixed recording when using the ALSA backend</para>
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243 | </listitem>
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244 |
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245 | <listitem>
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246 | <para>Audio: fixed handle leak when using the OSS backend</para>
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247 | </listitem>
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248 |
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249 | <listitem>
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250 | <para>E1000: fixed a crash related to VLAN traffic over internal
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251 | network (5.1.26 regression; bug #16960)</para>
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252 | </listitem>
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253 |
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254 | <listitem>
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255 | <para>NAT: apply <emphasis>--natbindip1</emphasis> to TCP connections
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256 | (bug #16478)</para>
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257 | </listitem>
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258 |
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259 | <listitem>
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260 | <para>OVF: when importing an appliance with XHCI controller, don't
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261 | add an OHCI controller</para>
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262 | </listitem>
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263 |
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264 | <listitem>
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265 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed a GUI crash if Spotlight is used from
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266 | file dialogs (5.1.20 regression; bugs #16935, #16953)</para>
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267 | </listitem>
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268 |
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269 | <listitem>
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270 | <para>Linux hosts: fixed creating fixed sized VDI images
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271 | (bug #17010)</para>
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272 | </listitem>
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273 |
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274 | <listitem>
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275 | <para>Linux hosts / guests: fixes for Linux 4.4 of openSUSE Leap 42.3
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276 | (bug #16966)</para>
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277 | </listitem>
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278 |
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279 | <listitem>
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280 | <para>Bridged networking: align outgoing packet at word boundary,
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281 | preventing Windows host crash in MsLbfoProvider</para>
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282 | </listitem>
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283 |
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284 | <listitem>
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285 | <para>Linux Additions: kernel drm driver support for custom EL7
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286 | Linux 3.10 kernel</para>
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287 | </listitem>
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288 |
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289 | <listitem>
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290 | <para>Solaris Additions: hide an informational message on the bootup
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291 | console</para>
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292 | </listitem>
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293 |
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294 | </itemizedlist>
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295 | </sect1>
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296 | <sect1>
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297 | <title>Version 5.1.30 (2017-10-16)</title>
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298 |
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299 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
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300 | added:</para>
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301 |
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302 | <itemizedlist>
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303 |
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304 | <listitem>
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305 | <para>GUI: translation updates</para>
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306 | </listitem>
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307 |
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308 | <listitem>
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309 | <para>GUI: Fixed double mouse cursor when using mouse integration
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310 | without Guest Additions, actually a Qt 5.6 bug fixed with QT 5.6.3
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311 | (Mac OS X hosts only; bug #15610)</para>
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312 | </listitem>
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313 |
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314 | <listitem>
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315 | <para>Solaris hosts: allow increasing MTU size for host-only adapter to
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316 | 9706 bytes to support jumbo frames</para>
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317 | </listitem>
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318 |
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319 | <listitem>
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320 | <para>Linux hosts: glibc 2.26 compile fix</para>
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321 | </listitem>
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322 |
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323 | <listitem>
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324 | <para>Windows Additions: 3D related crash fix (bugs #17082, #17092)</para>
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325 | </listitem>
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326 |
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327 | </itemizedlist>
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328 | </sect1>
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329 |
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330 | <sect1>
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331 | <title>Version 5.1.28 (2017-09-13)</title>
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332 |
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333 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
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334 | added:</para>
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335 |
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336 | <itemizedlist>
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337 |
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338 | <listitem>
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339 | <para>GUI: mouse events did not reach host windows behind the transparent
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340 | VM window (Mac OS X hosts only; bug #16246)</para>
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341 | </listitem>
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342 |
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343 | <listitem>
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344 | <para>Audio: fixed accidental crashes when using the AC'97 sound
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345 | emulation (bug #16959)</para>
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346 | </listitem>
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347 |
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348 | <listitem>
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349 | <para>Audio: fixed crash when default input or output devices have changed
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350 | (bugs #16968, #16969, #17004)</para>
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351 | </listitem>
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352 | <listitem>
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353 | <para>Audio: fixed recording when using the ALSA backend</para>
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354 | </listitem>
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355 |
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356 | <listitem>
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357 | <para>Audio: fixed handle leak when using the OSS backend</para>
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358 | </listitem>
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359 |
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360 | <listitem>
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361 | <para>E1000: fixed a crash related to VLAN traffic over internal
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362 | network (5.1.26 regression; bug #16960)</para>
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363 | </listitem>
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364 |
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365 | <listitem>
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366 | <para>NAT: apply <emphasis>--natbindip1</emphasis> to TCP connections
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367 | (bug #16478)</para>
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368 | </listitem>
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369 |
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370 | <listitem>
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371 | <para>OVF: when importing an appliance with XHCI controller, don't
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372 | add an OHCI controller</para>
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373 | </listitem>
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374 | <listitem>
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375 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed a GUI crash if Spotlight is used from
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376 | file dialogs (5.1.20 regression; bugs #16935, #16953)</para>
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377 | </listitem>
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378 |
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379 | <listitem>
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380 | <para>Linux hosts: fixed creating fixed sized VDI images
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381 | (bug #17010)</para>
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382 | </listitem>
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383 |
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384 | <listitem>
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385 | <para>Linux hosts / guests: fixes for Linux 4.4 of openSUSE Leap 42.3
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386 | (bug #16966)</para>
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387 | </listitem>
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388 |
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389 | <listitem>
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390 | <para>Bridged networking: align outgoing packet at word boundary,
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391 | preventing Windows host crash in MsLbfoProvider</para>
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392 | </listitem>
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393 |
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394 | <listitem>
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395 | <para>Linux Additions: kernel drm driver support for custom EL7
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396 | Linux 3.10 kernel</para>
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397 | </listitem>
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398 |
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399 | <listitem>
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400 | <para>Solaris Additions: hide an informational message on the bootup
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401 | console</para>
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402 | </listitem>
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403 |
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404 | </itemizedlist>
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405 | </sect1>
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406 |
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407 | <sect1>
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408 | <title>Version 5.1.26 (2017-07-27)</title>
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409 |
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410 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
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411 | added:</para>
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412 |
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413 | <itemizedlist>
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414 |
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415 | <listitem>
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416 | <para>VMM: reset the TSC on VM reset to work around a Windows bug
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417 | (bug #16643)</para>
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418 | </listitem>
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419 |
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420 | <listitem>
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421 | <para>Audio: fixed memory leak when enabled with VRDP connections
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422 | (5.1.24 regression; bug #16928)</para>
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423 | </listitem>
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424 |
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425 | <listitem>
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426 | <para>Audio: fixed creation of too many sound sinks on Linux hosts when
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427 | using the PulseAudio backend (bug #16938)</para>
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428 | </listitem>
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429 |
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430 | <listitem>
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431 | <para>Audio: implemented record gain registers for AC'97 emulation;
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432 | those are needed for newer Ubuntu guests which rely on those when controlling
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433 | gain and muting the recording (capturing) levels</para>
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434 | </listitem>
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435 |
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436 | <listitem>
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437 | <para>Storage: fixed hang when using the emulated NVMe controller with the
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438 | SPDK (bug #16945)</para>
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439 | </listitem>
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440 |
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441 | <listitem>
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442 | <para>Mouse: double click was not working with a precision touchpad
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443 | (bug #14632)</para>
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444 | </listitem>
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445 |
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446 | <listitem>
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447 | <para>Linux hosts: properly bring up host-only network interfaces with
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448 | <emphasis>iproute</emphasis> (5.1.24 regression; bug #16911)</para>
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449 | </listitem>
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450 |
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451 | <listitem>
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452 | <para>Linux hosts: provide Python 3 libraries for deb/rpm packages</para>
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453 | </listitem>
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454 |
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455 | <listitem>
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456 | <para>Windows hosts: make it possible to use host-only networking
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457 | without having bridged networking installed</para>
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458 | </listitem>
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459 |
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460 | <listitem>
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461 | <para>Windows guests: fixed automatic logons for Vista and newer
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462 | Windows guests (5.1.24 regression; bug #16921)</para>
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463 | </listitem>
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464 |
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465 | </itemizedlist>
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466 | </sect1>
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467 |
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468 | <sect1>
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469 | <title>Version 5.1.24 (2017-07-18)</title>
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470 |
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471 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
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472 | added:</para>
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473 |
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474 | <itemizedlist>
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475 |
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476 | <listitem>
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477 | <para>VMM: mask the VME CPUID capability on AMD Ryzen processors
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478 | for now to make certain guests works, for example Windows XP</para>
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479 | </listitem>
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480 |
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481 | <listitem>
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482 | <para>VMM: emulate more SSE2 instructions</para>
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483 | </listitem>
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484 |
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485 | <listitem>
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486 | <para>VMM: properly clear the <emphasis>TF</emphasis> and
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487 | <emphasis>AC</emphasis> flags when dispatching real-mode
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488 | interrupts</para>
|
---|
489 | </listitem>
|
---|
490 |
|
---|
491 | <listitem>
|
---|
492 | <para>GUI: fixes to make the mini-toolbar work with recent versions
|
---|
493 | of KDE / Plasma (bug #16325)</para>
|
---|
494 | </listitem>
|
---|
495 |
|
---|
496 | <listitem>
|
---|
497 | <para>GUI: fixed a potential crash when a VM with multiple screens is
|
---|
498 | running in full screen / seamless mode and a host screen is removed,
|
---|
499 | for example when connecting to the host via RDP</para>
|
---|
500 | </listitem>
|
---|
501 |
|
---|
502 | <listitem>
|
---|
503 | <para>GUI: fixed initial size hints for guests which
|
---|
504 | set intermediate sizes before responding (bug #16593)</para>
|
---|
505 | </listitem>
|
---|
506 |
|
---|
507 | <listitem>
|
---|
508 | <para>GUI: prevent stopped screen updates or black screen on reboot
|
---|
509 | in a multi-screen setup under certain conditions</para>
|
---|
510 | </listitem>
|
---|
511 |
|
---|
512 | <listitem>
|
---|
513 | <para>Audio: many improvements for Windows 10 guests (bugs #15189,
|
---|
514 | #15925, #16170, #16682, #16794 and others)</para>
|
---|
515 | </listitem>
|
---|
516 |
|
---|
517 | <listitem>
|
---|
518 | <para>Storage: fixed possible crash when using Intels SPDK</para>
|
---|
519 | </listitem>
|
---|
520 |
|
---|
521 | <listitem>
|
---|
522 | <para>API: use the correct file name of the VM machine state if the
|
---|
523 | VM settings directory is renamed, for example during grouping /
|
---|
524 | ungrouping a VM (bugs #16074 and #16745)</para>
|
---|
525 | </listitem>
|
---|
526 |
|
---|
527 | <listitem>
|
---|
528 | <para>API: return the correct error code if powering up a VM fails</para>
|
---|
529 | </listitem>
|
---|
530 |
|
---|
531 | <listitem>
|
---|
532 | <para>API: video recording did not automatically start at VM start
|
---|
533 | when enabled in the VM settings (bug #16803)</para>
|
---|
534 | </listitem>
|
---|
535 |
|
---|
536 | <listitem>
|
---|
537 | <para>API: when relocating a medium, check that the target path is
|
---|
538 | fully qualified</para>
|
---|
539 | </listitem>
|
---|
540 |
|
---|
541 | <listitem>
|
---|
542 | <para>EFI: fix for VMs with more than 3504MB RAM (bug #11103)</para>
|
---|
543 | </listitem>
|
---|
544 |
|
---|
545 | <listitem>
|
---|
546 | <para>Host-only adapter: correctly determine IPv4 netmasks on Windows
|
---|
547 | hosts (bug #16826)</para>
|
---|
548 | </listitem>
|
---|
549 |
|
---|
550 | <listitem>
|
---|
551 | <para>NAT network: properly do the refcounting for starting / stopping
|
---|
552 | the NAT / DHCP services if the NAT network is changed while the
|
---|
553 | adapter network connection type is anything else but NAT network</para>
|
---|
554 | </listitem>
|
---|
555 |
|
---|
556 | <listitem>
|
---|
557 | <para>VBoxManage: fixed <emphasis>controlvm videocapfile</emphasis>
|
---|
558 | (bug #16779)</para>
|
---|
559 | </listitem>
|
---|
560 |
|
---|
561 | <listitem>
|
---|
562 | <para>Windows hosts: another fix for Windows insider builds
|
---|
563 | (bug #16892)</para>
|
---|
564 | </listitem>
|
---|
565 |
|
---|
566 | <listitem>
|
---|
567 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed crashes if driver verifier is enabled
|
---|
568 | (bug #15741)</para>
|
---|
569 | </listitem>
|
---|
570 |
|
---|
571 | <listitem>
|
---|
572 | <para>Linux / Mac OS X hosts: more fixes for loading shared libraries
|
---|
573 | (5.1.20 regression; bugs #16778, #16693)</para>
|
---|
574 | </listitem>
|
---|
575 |
|
---|
576 | <listitem>
|
---|
577 | <para>Linux hosts / guests: Linux 4.12 fixes (bugs #16725, #16800)</para>
|
---|
578 | </listitem>
|
---|
579 |
|
---|
580 | <listitem>
|
---|
581 | <para>Linux hosts / guests: reduce the kernel stack consumption for
|
---|
582 | Linux kernels with <emphasis>CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK</emphasis>
|
---|
583 | defined</para>
|
---|
584 | </listitem>
|
---|
585 |
|
---|
586 | <listitem>
|
---|
587 | <para>Linux hosts / guests: fixes for kernel modules built with gcc-7
|
---|
588 | (bug #16772)</para>
|
---|
589 | </listitem>
|
---|
590 |
|
---|
591 | <listitem>
|
---|
592 | <para>Linux hosts / guests: Linux 4.13 fix (bug #16887)</para>
|
---|
593 | </listitem>
|
---|
594 |
|
---|
595 | <listitem>
|
---|
596 | <para>Linux hosts: don't depend on <emphasis>net-tools</emphasis> on newer
|
---|
597 | distributions as this package is deprecated in favour of
|
---|
598 | <emphasis>iproute</emphasis> (bug #16764)</para>
|
---|
599 | </listitem>
|
---|
600 |
|
---|
601 | <listitem>
|
---|
602 | <para>Linux hosts: make 2D video acceleration available for older
|
---|
603 | Linux distributions (5.1 regression; bug #16858)</para>
|
---|
604 | </listitem>
|
---|
605 |
|
---|
606 | <listitem>
|
---|
607 | <para>Linux Additions: fix for dynamic resizing with Oracle Linux 6
|
---|
608 | with UEK4</para>
|
---|
609 | </listitem>
|
---|
610 |
|
---|
611 | <listitem>
|
---|
612 | <para>Linux Additions: make Fedora 25 and 26 Alpha work when 3D
|
---|
613 | pass-through is enabled</para>
|
---|
614 | </listitem>
|
---|
615 |
|
---|
616 | <listitem>
|
---|
617 | <para>Linux Additions: no longer recommend removing distribution-
|
---|
618 | installed Additions if they are updated to our guidelines</para>
|
---|
619 | </listitem>
|
---|
620 |
|
---|
621 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
622 | </sect1>
|
---|
623 |
|
---|
624 | <sect1>
|
---|
625 | <title>Version 5.1.22 (2017-04-28)</title>
|
---|
626 |
|
---|
627 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
628 | added:</para>
|
---|
629 |
|
---|
630 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
631 |
|
---|
632 | <listitem>
|
---|
633 | <para>VMM: fixed <emphasis>VERR_IEM_INSTR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED</emphasis>
|
---|
634 | Guru Meditation under certain conditions (5.1 regression;
|
---|
635 | mostly Mac OS X hosts; bugs #15693, #15801, #16274, #16569, #16663)</para>
|
---|
636 | </listitem>
|
---|
637 |
|
---|
638 | <listitem>
|
---|
639 | <para>VMM: fixed software virtualization on Solaris hosts
|
---|
640 | (5.1.20 regression)</para>
|
---|
641 | </listitem>
|
---|
642 |
|
---|
643 | <listitem>
|
---|
644 | <para>Storage: fixed a potential hang under rare circumstances
|
---|
645 | (bug #16677)</para>
|
---|
646 | </listitem>
|
---|
647 |
|
---|
648 | <listitem>
|
---|
649 | <para>Storage: fixed a potential crash under rare circumstances
|
---|
650 | (asynchronous I/O disabled or during maintenance file operations
|
---|
651 | like merging snapshots)</para>
|
---|
652 | </listitem>
|
---|
653 |
|
---|
654 | <listitem>
|
---|
655 | <para>Linux hosts: make the ALSA backend work again as well as
|
---|
656 | loading the GL libraries on certain hosts (5.1.20 regression;
|
---|
657 | bugs #16667, #16693)</para>
|
---|
658 | </listitem>
|
---|
659 |
|
---|
660 | <listitem>
|
---|
661 | <para>Linux Additions: fixed mount.vboxsf symlink problem (5.1.20
|
---|
662 | regression; bug #16670)</para>
|
---|
663 | </listitem>
|
---|
664 |
|
---|
665 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
666 | </sect1>
|
---|
667 |
|
---|
668 | <sect1>
|
---|
669 | <title>Version 5.1.20 (2017-04-18)</title>
|
---|
670 |
|
---|
671 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
672 | added:</para>
|
---|
673 |
|
---|
674 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
675 |
|
---|
676 | <listitem>
|
---|
677 | <para>GUI: don't check if the Extension Pack is up-to-date if the user
|
---|
678 | is about to install a new Extension Pack (bug #16317)</para>
|
---|
679 | </listitem>
|
---|
680 |
|
---|
681 | <listitem>
|
---|
682 | <para>GUI: fixed a possible crash when switching a multi-monitor VM
|
---|
683 | into full-screen or seamless mode</para>
|
---|
684 | </listitem>
|
---|
685 |
|
---|
686 | <listitem>
|
---|
687 | <para>GUI: fixed non-literal shortcuts if the keyboard is not captured
|
---|
688 | (5.1.10 regression; Windows hosts only)</para>
|
---|
689 | </listitem>
|
---|
690 |
|
---|
691 | <listitem>
|
---|
692 | <para>GUI: several mini-toolbar fixes in full-screen / seamless mode
|
---|
693 | (X11 hosts only)</para>
|
---|
694 | </listitem>
|
---|
695 |
|
---|
696 | <listitem>
|
---|
697 | <para>GUI: don't crash on restoring defaults in the
|
---|
698 | <emphasis>appliance import</emphasis> dialog</para>
|
---|
699 | </listitem>
|
---|
700 |
|
---|
701 | <listitem>
|
---|
702 | <para>Windows Additions: another fix for automatic logins for Windows
|
---|
703 | Vista and newer (bug #15904)</para>
|
---|
704 | </listitem>
|
---|
705 |
|
---|
706 | <listitem>
|
---|
707 | <para>ICH9: fix for Windows guests with a huge amount (>64G) of guest
|
---|
708 | memory</para>
|
---|
709 | </listitem>
|
---|
710 |
|
---|
711 | <listitem>
|
---|
712 | <para>BIOS: fixed El Torito hard disk emulation geometry calculation
|
---|
713 | (thanks Dwight Engen)</para>
|
---|
714 | </listitem>
|
---|
715 |
|
---|
716 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
717 | </sect1>
|
---|
718 |
|
---|
719 | <sect1>
|
---|
720 | <title>Version 5.1.18 (2017-03-15)</title>
|
---|
721 |
|
---|
722 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
723 | added:</para>
|
---|
724 |
|
---|
725 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
726 |
|
---|
727 | <listitem>
|
---|
728 | <para>Shared Folders: fixed case insensitive filename access
|
---|
729 | (5.1.16 regression; Windows guests only; bug #16549)</para>
|
---|
730 | </listitem>
|
---|
731 |
|
---|
732 | <listitem>
|
---|
733 | <para>Shared Folders: fixed access to long pathes
|
---|
734 | (5.1.16 regression; Windows guests only; bugs #14651, #16564)</para>
|
---|
735 | </listitem>
|
---|
736 |
|
---|
737 | <listitem>
|
---|
738 | <para>API: fixed snapshot handling of medium attachments and PCI device
|
---|
739 | attachments (bug #16545)</para>
|
---|
740 | </listitem>
|
---|
741 |
|
---|
742 | <listitem>
|
---|
743 | <para>API: make 32-bit Windows guests boot again with software
|
---|
744 | virtualization if the ICH9 chipset is used (5.1.16 regression)</para>
|
---|
745 | </listitem>
|
---|
746 |
|
---|
747 | <listitem>
|
---|
748 | <para>VBoxBugReport: fixed VM log collection issue</para>
|
---|
749 | </listitem>
|
---|
750 |
|
---|
751 | <listitem>
|
---|
752 | <para>Linux hosts: fixed autostart service script (bug #14955)</para>
|
---|
753 | </listitem>
|
---|
754 |
|
---|
755 | <listitem>
|
---|
756 | <para>Windows Additions: fixed automatic logins for Windows Vista and
|
---|
757 | newer (5.1.4 regression; bug #15904)</para>
|
---|
758 | </listitem>
|
---|
759 |
|
---|
760 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
761 | </sect1>
|
---|
762 |
|
---|
763 | <sect1>
|
---|
764 | <title>Version 5.1.16 (2017-03-08)</title>
|
---|
765 |
|
---|
766 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
767 | added:</para>
|
---|
768 |
|
---|
769 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
770 |
|
---|
771 | <listitem>
|
---|
772 | <para>VMM: don't access the <emphasis>MSR_IA32_SMM_MONITOR_CTL</emphasis>
|
---|
773 | MSR if <emphasis>dual-monitor treatment</emphasis> is not available
|
---|
774 | (KVM workaround, bug #14965)</para>
|
---|
775 | </listitem>
|
---|
776 |
|
---|
777 | <listitem>
|
---|
778 | <para>VMM: another fix for handling certain MSRs on ancient CPUs
|
---|
779 | without VT-x support for MSR bitmaps</para>
|
---|
780 | </listitem>
|
---|
781 |
|
---|
782 | <listitem>
|
---|
783 | <para>VMM: fixed <emphasis>VERR_SSM_LOAD_CPUID_MISMATCH</emphasis>
|
---|
784 | errors when restoring a saved state with SMP guests on hosts without
|
---|
785 | the <emphasis>CPUID/HTT</emphasis> bit set (bug #16428)</para>
|
---|
786 | </listitem>
|
---|
787 |
|
---|
788 | <listitem>
|
---|
789 | <para>VMM: fixed a bug in call gate emulation</para>
|
---|
790 | </listitem>
|
---|
791 |
|
---|
792 | <listitem>
|
---|
793 | <para>VMM: <emphasis>FWAIT</emphasis> instruction fix</para>
|
---|
794 | </listitem>
|
---|
795 |
|
---|
796 | <listitem>
|
---|
797 | <para>VMM: fixed a sporadic guest hang under certain conditions</para>
|
---|
798 | </listitem>
|
---|
799 |
|
---|
800 | <listitem>
|
---|
801 | <para>GUI: hide the mini-toolbar from the taskbar and the pager on
|
---|
802 | certain X11 hosts</para>
|
---|
803 | </listitem>
|
---|
804 |
|
---|
805 | <listitem>
|
---|
806 | <para>GUI: better error handling on the global settings / network /
|
---|
807 | host-only / DHCP server settings</para>
|
---|
808 | </listitem>
|
---|
809 |
|
---|
810 | <listitem>
|
---|
811 | <para>GUI: fixes for full-screen with multiple screens</para>
|
---|
812 | </listitem>
|
---|
813 |
|
---|
814 | <listitem>
|
---|
815 | <para>Host-only Network: fixed host-only adapter creation issue preventing
|
---|
816 | VirtualBox installation on Windows 10 hosts (bug #16379)</para>
|
---|
817 | </listitem>
|
---|
818 |
|
---|
819 | <listitem>
|
---|
820 | <para>NAT network: fixed two potential crashes in the DHCP server</para>
|
---|
821 | </listitem>
|
---|
822 |
|
---|
823 | <listitem>
|
---|
824 | <para>ICH9: fixed incorrect initialization of the primary bus for PCI
|
---|
825 | bridges (5.1.14 regression)</para>
|
---|
826 | </listitem>
|
---|
827 |
|
---|
828 | <listitem>
|
---|
829 | <para>Storage: LsiLogic fix for Windows 10</para>
|
---|
830 | </listitem>
|
---|
831 |
|
---|
832 | <listitem>
|
---|
833 | <para>USB: fixed not being able to attach certain USB devices having
|
---|
834 | invalid characters in the device strings (5.0.18 regression; bug #15956)</para>
|
---|
835 | </listitem>
|
---|
836 |
|
---|
837 | <listitem>
|
---|
838 | <para>USB: several fixes for the USB/IP support (bug #16462)</para>
|
---|
839 | </listitem>
|
---|
840 |
|
---|
841 | <listitem>
|
---|
842 | <para>VBoxSVC: fixed another crash during shutdown under rare
|
---|
843 | circumstances</para>
|
---|
844 | </listitem>
|
---|
845 |
|
---|
846 | <listitem>
|
---|
847 | <para>VBoxSVC: fixed a stack overflow on (Windows debug builds
|
---|
848 | only; bug #16409)</para>
|
---|
849 | </listitem>
|
---|
850 |
|
---|
851 | <listitem>
|
---|
852 | <para>OVF: when importing an appliance handle more than 10 network
|
---|
853 | adapters if the OVA was created by VirtualBox (bug #16401)</para>
|
---|
854 | </listitem>
|
---|
855 |
|
---|
856 | <listitem>
|
---|
857 | <para>OVF: fixes for exporting and importing appliances with many
|
---|
858 | disks (bug #16402)</para>
|
---|
859 | </listitem>
|
---|
860 |
|
---|
861 | <listitem>
|
---|
862 | <para>VBoxManage: fixed regression with <emphasis>modifyhd
|
---|
863 | --resize</emphasis> (bug #16311)</para>
|
---|
864 | </listitem>
|
---|
865 |
|
---|
866 | <listitem>
|
---|
867 | <para>rdesktop-vrdp: source code tarball fixes</para>
|
---|
868 | </listitem>
|
---|
869 |
|
---|
870 | <listitem>
|
---|
871 | <para>Linux Installers: do not rebuild kernel modules unnecessarily
|
---|
872 | (bug #16408)</para>
|
---|
873 | </listitem>
|
---|
874 |
|
---|
875 | <listitem>
|
---|
876 | <para>Linux hosts: added an action for opening the VM manager
|
---|
877 | window to the .desktop file</para>
|
---|
878 | </listitem>
|
---|
879 |
|
---|
880 | <listitem>
|
---|
881 | <para>Linux hosts / guests: Linux 4.11 compile fixes (bug #16506)</para>
|
---|
882 | </listitem>
|
---|
883 |
|
---|
884 | <listitem>
|
---|
885 | <para>Linux Additions: added <emphasis>vboxsf</emphasis> FS modules
|
---|
886 | alias (bug #16404)</para>
|
---|
887 | </listitem>
|
---|
888 |
|
---|
889 | <listitem>
|
---|
890 | <para>Linux Additions: fix for the shared folders kernel module to
|
---|
891 | compile on Linux 4.10</para>
|
---|
892 | </listitem>
|
---|
893 |
|
---|
894 | <listitem>
|
---|
895 | <para>Linux Additions: properly install the Linux kernel module
|
---|
896 | override rule on distributions without /etc/depmod.d</para>
|
---|
897 | </listitem>
|
---|
898 |
|
---|
899 | <listitem>
|
---|
900 | <para>Windows Additions: fixed a crash with recent Windows 10 builds
|
---|
901 | if 3D is disabled (bug #15973)</para>
|
---|
902 | </listitem>
|
---|
903 |
|
---|
904 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
905 | </sect1>
|
---|
906 |
|
---|
907 | <sect1>
|
---|
908 | <title>Version 5.1.14 (2017-01-16)</title>
|
---|
909 |
|
---|
910 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
911 | added:</para>
|
---|
912 |
|
---|
913 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
914 |
|
---|
915 | <listitem>
|
---|
916 | <para>VMM: fixed emulation of certain instructions for 64-bit guests
|
---|
917 | on 32-bit hosts</para>
|
---|
918 | </listitem>
|
---|
919 |
|
---|
920 | <listitem>
|
---|
921 | <para>VMM: properly handle certain MSRs for 64-bit guests on ancient
|
---|
922 | CPUs without VT-x support for MSR bitmaps (bug #13886)</para>
|
---|
923 | </listitem>
|
---|
924 |
|
---|
925 | <listitem>
|
---|
926 | <para>GUI: fixed a crash with multimonitor setups under certain
|
---|
927 | conditions</para>
|
---|
928 | </listitem>
|
---|
929 |
|
---|
930 | <listitem>
|
---|
931 | <para>GUI: allow cloning of snapshots when the VM is running</para>
|
---|
932 | </listitem>
|
---|
933 |
|
---|
934 | <listitem>
|
---|
935 | <para>NVMe: fixed compatibility with the Storage Performance Development
|
---|
936 | Kit (SPDK, bug #16368)</para>
|
---|
937 | </listitem>
|
---|
938 |
|
---|
939 | <listitem>
|
---|
940 | <para>VBoxSVC: fixed a crash under rare circumstances</para>
|
---|
941 | </listitem>
|
---|
942 |
|
---|
943 | <listitem>
|
---|
944 | <para>VBoxManage: added a sanity check to
|
---|
945 | <emphasis>modifymedium --resize</emphasis> to prevent users from
|
---|
946 | resizing their hard disk from 1GB to 1PB (bug #16311)</para>
|
---|
947 | </listitem>
|
---|
948 |
|
---|
949 | <listitem>
|
---|
950 | <para>Windows hosts: another fix for recent Windows 10 hosts</para>
|
---|
951 | </listitem>
|
---|
952 |
|
---|
953 | <listitem>
|
---|
954 | <para>Linux hosts: Linux 4.10 fixes</para>
|
---|
955 | </listitem>
|
---|
956 |
|
---|
957 | <listitem>
|
---|
958 | <para>Linux Additions: fixed protocol error during certain operations on
|
---|
959 | shared folders (bug #8463)</para>
|
---|
960 | </listitem>
|
---|
961 |
|
---|
962 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
963 | </sect1>
|
---|
964 |
|
---|
965 | <sect1>
|
---|
966 | <title>Version 5.1.12 (2016-12-20)</title>
|
---|
967 |
|
---|
968 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
969 | added:</para>
|
---|
970 |
|
---|
971 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
972 |
|
---|
973 | <listitem>
|
---|
974 | <para>VMM: fixed <emphasis>VERR_IEM_ASPECT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED</emphasis>
|
---|
975 | Guru Meditations with certain Linux guests if KVM paravirtualization
|
---|
976 | is enabled (5.1 regression; bugs #15613 and #16251)</para>
|
---|
977 | </listitem>
|
---|
978 |
|
---|
979 | <listitem>
|
---|
980 | <para>VMM: fixed <emphasis>VERR_VMX_UNABLE_TO_START_VM</emphasis>
|
---|
981 | Guru Meditations under rare conditions</para>
|
---|
982 | </listitem>
|
---|
983 |
|
---|
984 | <listitem>
|
---|
985 | <para>GUI: prevent a crash under certain conditions if the VM is
|
---|
986 | terminated very early</para>
|
---|
987 | </listitem>
|
---|
988 |
|
---|
989 | <listitem>
|
---|
990 | <para>GUI: fixed certain keyboard capture issues (5.1.10 regression;
|
---|
991 | Mac OS X hosts only; bug #16150)</para>
|
---|
992 | </listitem>
|
---|
993 |
|
---|
994 | <listitem>
|
---|
995 | <para>GUI: fixed dragging guest windows in seamless mode with the
|
---|
996 | keyboard captured (X11 hosts only; bug #15837)</para>
|
---|
997 | </listitem>
|
---|
998 |
|
---|
999 | <listitem>
|
---|
1000 | <para>GUI: fixed a problem where the <emphasis>new version detected</emphasis>
|
---|
1001 | dialog was covered by the <emphasis>appliance import</emphasis> dialog
|
---|
1002 | (Mac OS X hosts only; bug #16238)</para>
|
---|
1003 | </listitem>
|
---|
1004 |
|
---|
1005 | <listitem>
|
---|
1006 | <para>Storage: fixed NVMe reset processing when doing
|
---|
1007 | <emphasis>rmmod nvme; modprobe nvme</emphasis> in a Linux guest
|
---|
1008 | (bug #16080)</para>
|
---|
1009 | </listitem>
|
---|
1010 |
|
---|
1011 | <listitem>
|
---|
1012 | <para>Storage: fixed creating a snapshot when the VM is running
|
---|
1013 | and an NVMe controller is present</para>
|
---|
1014 | </listitem>
|
---|
1015 |
|
---|
1016 | <listitem>
|
---|
1017 | <para>Storage: fixed a problem with the LsiLogic SCSI controller where
|
---|
1018 | requests could be lost with SMP guests</para>
|
---|
1019 | </listitem>
|
---|
1020 |
|
---|
1021 | <listitem>
|
---|
1022 | <para>E1000: fixed "cable disconnected" issue (Mac OS X guests only;
|
---|
1023 | 5.1.10 regression; bug #16260)</para>
|
---|
1024 | </listitem>
|
---|
1025 |
|
---|
1026 | <listitem>
|
---|
1027 | <para>E1000: fixed "TX unit hang" issue (Linux guests only;
|
---|
1028 | 5.1.10 regression; bug #16221)</para>
|
---|
1029 | </listitem>
|
---|
1030 |
|
---|
1031 | <listitem>
|
---|
1032 | <para>Parallel ports: fixed port enumeration on Windows host (bugs
|
---|
1033 | #15872 and #16127)</para>
|
---|
1034 | </listitem>
|
---|
1035 |
|
---|
1036 | <listitem>
|
---|
1037 | <para>API: don't crash when sanitizing certain VM names
|
---|
1038 | (bug #16299)</para>
|
---|
1039 | </listitem>
|
---|
1040 |
|
---|
1041 | <listitem>
|
---|
1042 | <para>Linux hosts: automatically disable asynchronous I/O on Linux 2.6.18
|
---|
1043 | kernels as high I/O load may trigger kernel oopses on these kernels if
|
---|
1044 | this feature is enabled</para>
|
---|
1045 | </listitem>
|
---|
1046 |
|
---|
1047 | <listitem>
|
---|
1048 | <para>Linux hosts / guests: Linux 2.6.28 compile fix (bug #16267)</para>
|
---|
1049 | </listitem>
|
---|
1050 |
|
---|
1051 | <listitem>
|
---|
1052 | <para>Linux hosts: compile Linux 4.9 compile fix (bug #16286)</para>
|
---|
1053 | </listitem>
|
---|
1054 |
|
---|
1055 | <listitem>
|
---|
1056 | <para>Linux Additions: warn the user about a known bug with older
|
---|
1057 | Linux guests (e.g. Debian 7) requiring manual work to get 3D
|
---|
1058 | working (bug #15319)</para>
|
---|
1059 | </listitem>
|
---|
1060 |
|
---|
1061 | <listitem>
|
---|
1062 | <para>Linux Additions: fix the graphics driver build with Linux
|
---|
1063 | 4.10 and later (bug #16298)</para>
|
---|
1064 | </listitem>
|
---|
1065 |
|
---|
1066 | <listitem>
|
---|
1067 | <para>Windows Additions: fixed a crash in the WDDM driver under
|
---|
1068 | certain conditions</para>
|
---|
1069 | </listitem>
|
---|
1070 |
|
---|
1071 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
1072 | </sect1>
|
---|
1073 |
|
---|
1074 | <sect1>
|
---|
1075 | <title>Version 5.1.10 (2016-11-21)</title>
|
---|
1076 |
|
---|
1077 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
1078 | added:</para>
|
---|
1079 |
|
---|
1080 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
1081 |
|
---|
1082 | <listitem>
|
---|
1083 | <para>GUI: the USB filter settings dialog should allow to specify the
|
---|
1084 | USB revision in hexadecimal format (bug #15400)</para>
|
---|
1085 | </listitem>
|
---|
1086 |
|
---|
1087 | <listitem>
|
---|
1088 | <para>GUI: fixed crash on certain hosts when pressing certain key
|
---|
1089 | combinations (Windows hosts only; bug #15719)</para>
|
---|
1090 | </listitem>
|
---|
1091 |
|
---|
1092 | <listitem>
|
---|
1093 | <para>GUI: fixed issue with updating the available-geometry on
|
---|
1094 | host-screen work-area resize</para>
|
---|
1095 | </listitem>
|
---|
1096 |
|
---|
1097 | <listitem>
|
---|
1098 | <para>GUI: don't crash / hang on certain environments if accessibility
|
---|
1099 | support is enabled</para>
|
---|
1100 | </listitem>
|
---|
1101 |
|
---|
1102 | <listitem>
|
---|
1103 | <para>GUI: fixed various issues in Unscaled HiDPI Output mode
|
---|
1104 | (bug #15707)</para>
|
---|
1105 | </listitem>
|
---|
1106 |
|
---|
1107 | <listitem>
|
---|
1108 | <para>GUI: extend the VM Input menu with
|
---|
1109 | <emphasis>Print Screen</emphasis>-related actions</para>
|
---|
1110 | </listitem>
|
---|
1111 |
|
---|
1112 | <listitem>
|
---|
1113 | <para>GUI: improved handling of inserting the Guest Additions ISO image
|
---|
1114 | by trying all available optical drives rather than only the first one
|
---|
1115 | and by not asking the user if he wants to force unmounting (which
|
---|
1116 | doesn't work in most cases anyway)</para>
|
---|
1117 | </listitem>
|
---|
1118 |
|
---|
1119 | <listitem>
|
---|
1120 | <para>API: default to RTC using UTC for Solaris 11 guests</para>
|
---|
1121 | </listitem>
|
---|
1122 |
|
---|
1123 | <listitem>
|
---|
1124 | <para>Settings: be less restrictive when reading a VM configuration
|
---|
1125 | containing a host-only adapter without an interface name</para>
|
---|
1126 | </listitem>
|
---|
1127 |
|
---|
1128 | <listitem>
|
---|
1129 | <para>Storage: fixed resizing VDI images resulting in an
|
---|
1130 | unbootable image under certain circumstances (bug #15983)</para>
|
---|
1131 | </listitem>
|
---|
1132 |
|
---|
1133 | <listitem>
|
---|
1134 | <para>NAT: fixed several 5.1.8 regressions on Mac OS X and Windows
|
---|
1135 | hosts (bug #16084)</para>
|
---|
1136 | </listitem>
|
---|
1137 |
|
---|
1138 | <listitem>
|
---|
1139 | <para>Audio: fixed a few 5.1.x regressions by using the audio code
|
---|
1140 | from 5.0.x until the audio overhaul is completed</para>
|
---|
1141 | </listitem>
|
---|
1142 |
|
---|
1143 | <listitem>
|
---|
1144 | <para>VBoxManage: fixed documentation of the
|
---|
1145 | <emphasis>storagectl</emphasis> command (bug #15971)</para>
|
---|
1146 | </listitem>
|
---|
1147 |
|
---|
1148 | <listitem>
|
---|
1149 | <para>Build system: another fix for building VirtualBox on systems
|
---|
1150 | which default to Python 3</para>
|
---|
1151 | </listitem>
|
---|
1152 |
|
---|
1153 | <listitem>
|
---|
1154 | <para>Windows hosts: hardening fix for Windows 10 build 14971 (bug #16202)</para>
|
---|
1155 | </listitem>
|
---|
1156 |
|
---|
1157 | <listitem>
|
---|
1158 | <para>Windows Additions: properly start the VirtualBox guest services even
|
---|
1159 | if the guest user name contains special characters (bug #15982)</para>
|
---|
1160 | </listitem>
|
---|
1161 |
|
---|
1162 | <listitem>
|
---|
1163 | <para>Solaris Additions: fixed preemptible mouse notification callback being
|
---|
1164 | executed under a spinlock for Solaris guests</para>
|
---|
1165 | </listitem>
|
---|
1166 |
|
---|
1167 | <listitem>
|
---|
1168 | <para>Linux hosts / guests: Linux 4.9 fixes (bugs #16155 and #16064)</para>
|
---|
1169 | </listitem>
|
---|
1170 |
|
---|
1171 | <listitem>
|
---|
1172 | <para>Linux Additions: fixed Linux kernel module override rule
|
---|
1173 | (thanks Mark Furneaux)</para>
|
---|
1174 | </listitem>
|
---|
1175 |
|
---|
1176 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
1177 | </sect1>
|
---|
1178 |
|
---|
1179 | <sect1>
|
---|
1180 | <title>Version 5.1.8 (2016-10-18)</title>
|
---|
1181 |
|
---|
1182 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
1183 | added:</para>
|
---|
1184 |
|
---|
1185 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
1186 |
|
---|
1187 | <listitem>
|
---|
1188 | <para>GUI: fixed keyboard shortcut handling regressions (Mac OS X hosts
|
---|
1189 | only; bugs #15937 and #15938)</para>
|
---|
1190 | </listitem>
|
---|
1191 |
|
---|
1192 | <listitem>
|
---|
1193 | <para>GUI: fixed keyboard handling regression for separate UI (Windows
|
---|
1194 | hosts only; bugs #15928)</para>
|
---|
1195 | </listitem>
|
---|
1196 |
|
---|
1197 | <listitem>
|
---|
1198 | <para>NAT: don't exceed the maximum number of "search" suffixes.
|
---|
1199 | Patch from bug #15948</para>
|
---|
1200 | </listitem>
|
---|
1201 |
|
---|
1202 | <listitem>
|
---|
1203 | <para>NAT: fixed parsing of port-forwarding rules with a name which
|
---|
1204 | contains a slash (bug #16002)</para>
|
---|
1205 | </listitem>
|
---|
1206 |
|
---|
1207 | <listitem>
|
---|
1208 | <para>NAT Network: when the host has only loopback nameserver
|
---|
1209 | that cannot be mapped to the guests (e.g. dnsmasq running on
|
---|
1210 | 127.0.1.1), make DHCP supply NAT Network DNS proxy as
|
---|
1211 | nameserver</para>
|
---|
1212 | </listitem>
|
---|
1213 |
|
---|
1214 | <listitem>
|
---|
1215 | <para>Bridged Network: prevent flooding syslog with packet allocation
|
---|
1216 | error messages (bug #15569)</para>
|
---|
1217 | </listitem>
|
---|
1218 |
|
---|
1219 | <listitem>
|
---|
1220 | <para>Audio: now using Audio Queues on Mac OS X hosts</para>
|
---|
1221 | </listitem>
|
---|
1222 |
|
---|
1223 | <listitem>
|
---|
1224 | <para>Audio: fixed recording with the PulseAudio backend (5.1 regression)</para>
|
---|
1225 | </listitem>
|
---|
1226 |
|
---|
1227 | <listitem>
|
---|
1228 | <para>Audio: various bugfixes</para>
|
---|
1229 | </listitem>
|
---|
1230 |
|
---|
1231 | <listitem>
|
---|
1232 | <para>Snapshots: fixed regression in 5.1.4 for deleting snapshots with
|
---|
1233 | several disks (bug #15831)</para>
|
---|
1234 | </listitem>
|
---|
1235 |
|
---|
1236 | <listitem>
|
---|
1237 | <para>Snapshots: crash fix and better error reporting when snapshot
|
---|
1238 | deletion failed</para>
|
---|
1239 | </listitem>
|
---|
1240 |
|
---|
1241 | <listitem>
|
---|
1242 | <para>Storage: some fixes for the NVMe emulation with Windows guests</para>
|
---|
1243 | </listitem>
|
---|
1244 |
|
---|
1245 | <listitem>
|
---|
1246 | <para>API: fixed initialization of SAS controllers (bug #15972)</para>
|
---|
1247 | </listitem>
|
---|
1248 |
|
---|
1249 | <listitem>
|
---|
1250 | <para>Build system: make it possible to build VBox on systems which
|
---|
1251 | default to Python 3</para>
|
---|
1252 | </listitem>
|
---|
1253 |
|
---|
1254 | <listitem>
|
---|
1255 | <para>Windows hosts: detect certain cases of
|
---|
1256 | <emphasis>REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG</emphasis> errors and print a helpful
|
---|
1257 | error message</para>
|
---|
1258 | </listitem>
|
---|
1259 |
|
---|
1260 | <listitem>
|
---|
1261 | <para>Windows hosts: adapted to changes in Windows 10 build 14901
|
---|
1262 | (bug #15944)</para>
|
---|
1263 | </listitem>
|
---|
1264 |
|
---|
1265 | <listitem>
|
---|
1266 | <para>Windows hosts: better support for processor groups on Windows 7
|
---|
1267 | and later which is required on certain hosts with many CPUs</para>
|
---|
1268 | </listitem>
|
---|
1269 |
|
---|
1270 | <listitem>
|
---|
1271 | <para>Windows installer / Additions: added option to prevent creating
|
---|
1272 | of start menu items (bug #15922)</para>
|
---|
1273 | </listitem>
|
---|
1274 |
|
---|
1275 | <listitem>
|
---|
1276 | <para>Windows Additions / VGA: if the guest's power management turns
|
---|
1277 | a virtual screen off, blank the corresponding VM window rather than
|
---|
1278 | hide the window</para>
|
---|
1279 | </listitem>
|
---|
1280 |
|
---|
1281 | <listitem>
|
---|
1282 | <para>Windows Additions: fixed a generic bug which could lead to
|
---|
1283 | freezing shared folders (bug #15662)</para>
|
---|
1284 | </listitem>
|
---|
1285 |
|
---|
1286 | <listitem>
|
---|
1287 | <para>Linux hosts / guests: fix for kernels with
|
---|
1288 | <emphasis>CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK</emphasis> set (bug #16020)</para>
|
---|
1289 | </listitem>
|
---|
1290 |
|
---|
1291 | <listitem>
|
---|
1292 | <para>Linux Additions: don't require all virtual consoles be in text
|
---|
1293 | mode. This should fix cases when the guest is booted with a graphical
|
---|
1294 | boot screen (bug #15683)</para>
|
---|
1295 | </listitem>
|
---|
1296 |
|
---|
1297 | <listitem>
|
---|
1298 | <para>Linux Additions: added depmod overrides for the vboxguest and vboxsf
|
---|
1299 | kernel modules to fix conflicts with modules shipped by certain Linux
|
---|
1300 | distributions</para>
|
---|
1301 | </listitem>
|
---|
1302 |
|
---|
1303 | <listitem>
|
---|
1304 | <para>X11 Additions: disable 3D on the guest if the host does not
|
---|
1305 | provide enough capabilities (bug #15860)</para>
|
---|
1306 | </listitem>
|
---|
1307 |
|
---|
1308 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
1309 | </sect1>
|
---|
1310 |
|
---|
1311 | <sect1>
|
---|
1312 | <title>Version 5.1.6 (2016-09-12)</title>
|
---|
1313 |
|
---|
1314 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
1315 | added:</para>
|
---|
1316 |
|
---|
1317 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
1318 |
|
---|
1319 | <listitem>
|
---|
1320 | <para>GUI: fixed issue with opening '.vbox' files and it's aliases</para>
|
---|
1321 | </listitem>
|
---|
1322 |
|
---|
1323 | <listitem>
|
---|
1324 | <para>GUI: keyboard grabbing fixes (bugs #15771 and #15745)</para>
|
---|
1325 | </listitem>
|
---|
1326 |
|
---|
1327 | <listitem>
|
---|
1328 | <para>GUI: fix for passing through Ctrl + mouse-click (Mac OS X hosts only;
|
---|
1329 | bug #15714)</para>
|
---|
1330 | </listitem>
|
---|
1331 |
|
---|
1332 | <listitem>
|
---|
1333 | <para>GUI: fixed automatic deletion of extension pack files (bugs #11352
|
---|
1334 | and #14742)</para>
|
---|
1335 | </listitem>
|
---|
1336 |
|
---|
1337 | <listitem>
|
---|
1338 | <para>USB: fixed showing unknown device instead of the manufacturer or
|
---|
1339 | product description under certain circumstances (5.1.0 regression;
|
---|
1340 | bug #15764)</para>
|
---|
1341 | </listitem>
|
---|
1342 |
|
---|
1343 | <listitem>
|
---|
1344 | <para>XHCI: another fix for a hanging guest under certain conditions
|
---|
1345 | as result of the fix for bug #15747, this time for Windows 7 guests</para>
|
---|
1346 | </listitem>
|
---|
1347 |
|
---|
1348 | <listitem>
|
---|
1349 | <para>Serial: fixed high CPU usage with certain USB to serial converters
|
---|
1350 | on Linux hosts (bug #7796)</para>
|
---|
1351 | </listitem>
|
---|
1352 |
|
---|
1353 | <listitem>
|
---|
1354 | <para>Storage: fixed attaching stream optimized VMDK images (bug #14764)</para>
|
---|
1355 | </listitem>
|
---|
1356 |
|
---|
1357 | <listitem>
|
---|
1358 | <para>Storage: reject image variants which are unsupported by the
|
---|
1359 | backend (bug #7227)</para>
|
---|
1360 | </listitem>
|
---|
1361 |
|
---|
1362 | <listitem>
|
---|
1363 | <para>Storage: fixed loading saved states created with VirtualBox 5.0.10
|
---|
1364 | and older when using a SCSI controller (bug #15865)</para>
|
---|
1365 | </listitem>
|
---|
1366 |
|
---|
1367 | <listitem>
|
---|
1368 | <para>Storage: fixed broken NVMe emulation if the host I/O cache setting
|
---|
1369 | is enabled</para>
|
---|
1370 | </listitem>
|
---|
1371 |
|
---|
1372 | <listitem>
|
---|
1373 | <para>Storage: fixed using multiple NVMe controllers if ICH9 is used</para>
|
---|
1374 | </listitem>
|
---|
1375 |
|
---|
1376 | <listitem>
|
---|
1377 | <para>NVMe: fixed a crash during reset which could happen under certain
|
---|
1378 | circumstances</para>
|
---|
1379 | </listitem>
|
---|
1380 |
|
---|
1381 | <listitem>
|
---|
1382 | <para>Audio: fixed microphone input (5.1.2 regression; bugs #14386 and
|
---|
1383 | #15802)</para>
|
---|
1384 | </listitem>
|
---|
1385 |
|
---|
1386 | <listitem>
|
---|
1387 | <para>Audio: fixed crashes under certain conditions (5.1.0
|
---|
1388 | regression; bug #15887 and others)</para>
|
---|
1389 | </listitem>
|
---|
1390 |
|
---|
1391 | <listitem>
|
---|
1392 | <para>Audio: fixed recording with the ALSA backend (5.1 regression)</para>
|
---|
1393 | </listitem>
|
---|
1394 |
|
---|
1395 | <listitem>
|
---|
1396 | <para>Audio: fixed stream access mode with OSS backend (5.1 regression,
|
---|
1397 | thanks to Jung-uk Kim)</para>
|
---|
1398 | </listitem>
|
---|
1399 |
|
---|
1400 | <listitem>
|
---|
1401 | <para>E1000: do also return masked bits when reading the ICR register,
|
---|
1402 | this fixes booting from iPXE (5.1.2 regression; bug #15846)</para>
|
---|
1403 | </listitem>
|
---|
1404 |
|
---|
1405 | <listitem>
|
---|
1406 | <para>BIOS: fixed 4bpp scanline calculation (bug #15787)</para>
|
---|
1407 | </listitem>
|
---|
1408 |
|
---|
1409 | <listitem>
|
---|
1410 | <para>API: relax the check for the version attribute in OVF/OVA
|
---|
1411 | appliances (bug #15856)</para>
|
---|
1412 | </listitem>
|
---|
1413 |
|
---|
1414 | <listitem>
|
---|
1415 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed crashes when terminating the VM selector
|
---|
1416 | or other VBox COM clients (bug #15726 and others)</para>
|
---|
1417 | </listitem>
|
---|
1418 |
|
---|
1419 | <listitem>
|
---|
1420 | <para>Linux Installer: fixed path to the documentation in .rpm
|
---|
1421 | packages (5.1.0 regression)</para>
|
---|
1422 | </listitem>
|
---|
1423 |
|
---|
1424 | <listitem>
|
---|
1425 | <para>Linux Installer: fixed the vboxdrv.sh script to prevent an
|
---|
1426 | SELinux complaint (bug #15816)</para>
|
---|
1427 | </listitem>
|
---|
1428 |
|
---|
1429 | <listitem>
|
---|
1430 | <para>Linux hosts: don't use 32-bit legacy capabilities</para>
|
---|
1431 | </listitem>
|
---|
1432 |
|
---|
1433 | <listitem>
|
---|
1434 | <para>Linux Additions: Linux 4.8 fix for the kernel display driver
|
---|
1435 | (bugs #15890 and #15896)</para>
|
---|
1436 | </listitem>
|
---|
1437 |
|
---|
1438 | <listitem>
|
---|
1439 | <para>Linux Additions: don't load the kernel modules provided by the
|
---|
1440 | Linux distribution but load the kernel modules from the official Guest
|
---|
1441 | Additions package instead (bug #15324)</para>
|
---|
1442 | </listitem>
|
---|
1443 |
|
---|
1444 | <listitem>
|
---|
1445 | <para>Linux Additions: fix dynamic resizing problems in recent
|
---|
1446 | Linux guests (bug #15875)</para>
|
---|
1447 | </listitem>
|
---|
1448 |
|
---|
1449 | <listitem>
|
---|
1450 | <para>User Manual: fixed error in the VBoxManage chapter for the
|
---|
1451 | <emphasis>getextradata enumerate</emphasis> example (bug #15862)</para>
|
---|
1452 | </listitem>
|
---|
1453 |
|
---|
1454 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
1455 | </sect1>
|
---|
1456 |
|
---|
1457 | <sect1>
|
---|
1458 | <title>Version 5.1.4 (2016-08-16)</title>
|
---|
1459 |
|
---|
1460 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
1461 | added:</para>
|
---|
1462 |
|
---|
1463 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
1464 |
|
---|
1465 | <listitem>
|
---|
1466 | <para>GUI: show actual VM uptime in the session information window</para>
|
---|
1467 | </listitem>
|
---|
1468 |
|
---|
1469 | <listitem>
|
---|
1470 | <para>Audio: re-enabled speakers for Mac OS X guests (5.1.0 regression;
|
---|
1471 | bug #15611)</para>
|
---|
1472 | </listitem>
|
---|
1473 |
|
---|
1474 | <listitem>
|
---|
1475 | <para>Audio: fixed crashes under certain conditions</para>
|
---|
1476 | </listitem>
|
---|
1477 |
|
---|
1478 | <listitem>
|
---|
1479 | <para>USB: fixed a hang under certain conditions</para>
|
---|
1480 | </listitem>
|
---|
1481 |
|
---|
1482 | <listitem>
|
---|
1483 | <para>USB: fixed a hanging guest under certain conditions (bug #15747)</para>
|
---|
1484 | </listitem>
|
---|
1485 |
|
---|
1486 | <listitem>
|
---|
1487 | <para>PIIX4: implemented dummy SMBus controller to prevent annoying
|
---|
1488 | Linux kernel warnings about uninitialized SMBus base address
|
---|
1489 | (bug #9517)</para>
|
---|
1490 | </listitem>
|
---|
1491 |
|
---|
1492 | <listitem>
|
---|
1493 | <para>NVMe: several fixes to improve stability, fixed a crash while
|
---|
1494 | saving a VM state</para>
|
---|
1495 | </listitem>
|
---|
1496 |
|
---|
1497 | <listitem>
|
---|
1498 | <para>VMDK: fixed an issue creating fixed size images with certain
|
---|
1499 | sizes and the Split2G option enabled (bug #15748)</para>
|
---|
1500 | </listitem>
|
---|
1501 |
|
---|
1502 | <listitem>
|
---|
1503 | <para>VHDX: fixed cloning images with VBoxManage clonehd
|
---|
1504 | (bug #14288)</para>
|
---|
1505 | </listitem>
|
---|
1506 |
|
---|
1507 | <listitem>
|
---|
1508 | <para>Storage: fixed broken bandwidth limitation when the limit is very
|
---|
1509 | low (bug #14982)</para>
|
---|
1510 | </listitem>
|
---|
1511 |
|
---|
1512 | <listitem>
|
---|
1513 | <para>EFI: fixed sending debug messages in the EFI firmware if a serial
|
---|
1514 | port is enabled (bug #12161)</para>
|
---|
1515 | </listitem>
|
---|
1516 |
|
---|
1517 | <listitem>
|
---|
1518 | <para>OVF: when importing appliances, make sure that the version of the
|
---|
1519 | embedded VirtualBox specific settings is processed, to get the
|
---|
1520 | default settings handling right</para>
|
---|
1521 | </listitem>
|
---|
1522 |
|
---|
1523 | <listitem>
|
---|
1524 | <para>VBoxManage: Don't try to set the medium type if there is no change
|
---|
1525 | (bug #13850)</para>
|
---|
1526 | </listitem>
|
---|
1527 |
|
---|
1528 | <listitem>
|
---|
1529 | <para>Linux installer: fixed some scripting issues (bugs #15701
|
---|
1530 | and #15702)</para>
|
---|
1531 | </listitem>
|
---|
1532 |
|
---|
1533 | <listitem>
|
---|
1534 | <para>Linux installer: fixed a path issue on certain Linux
|
---|
1535 | distributions (bug #15717)</para>
|
---|
1536 | </listitem>
|
---|
1537 |
|
---|
1538 | <listitem>
|
---|
1539 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed corrupted mouse pointers with some Linux
|
---|
1540 | and Solaris guests (bug #15665)</para>
|
---|
1541 | </listitem>
|
---|
1542 |
|
---|
1543 | <listitem>
|
---|
1544 | <para>Linux Additions: made the video driver work on 32-bit guests
|
---|
1545 | with large video memory sizes (bug #15621)</para>
|
---|
1546 | </listitem>
|
---|
1547 |
|
---|
1548 | <listitem>
|
---|
1549 | <para>Linux Additions: made the video driver work on kernel 4.7 and
|
---|
1550 | later (bug #15769)</para>
|
---|
1551 | </listitem>
|
---|
1552 |
|
---|
1553 | <listitem>
|
---|
1554 | <para>Linux Additions: converted a failure message to an informational
|
---|
1555 | one when drivers could not be stopped during upgrade (bug
|
---|
1556 | #15692)</para>
|
---|
1557 | </listitem>
|
---|
1558 |
|
---|
1559 | <listitem>
|
---|
1560 | <para>Linux Additions: made the video driver work around an X server
|
---|
1561 | bug which cause screen refresh to stop (bug #15511)</para>
|
---|
1562 | </listitem>
|
---|
1563 |
|
---|
1564 | <listitem>
|
---|
1565 | <para>Windows Additions: auto-resizing fixes for Windows 10 guests
|
---|
1566 | (bug #15257)</para>
|
---|
1567 | </listitem>
|
---|
1568 |
|
---|
1569 | <listitem>
|
---|
1570 | <para>Windows Additions: fixed VBoxTray problems with Windows 2000
|
---|
1571 | (bug #15661)</para>
|
---|
1572 | </listitem>
|
---|
1573 |
|
---|
1574 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
1575 | </sect1>
|
---|
1576 |
|
---|
1577 | <sect1>
|
---|
1578 | <title>Version 5.1.2 (2016-07-21)</title>
|
---|
1579 |
|
---|
1580 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
1581 | added:</para>
|
---|
1582 |
|
---|
1583 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
1584 |
|
---|
1585 | <listitem>
|
---|
1586 | <para>VMM: several fixes</para>
|
---|
1587 | </listitem>
|
---|
1588 |
|
---|
1589 | <listitem>
|
---|
1590 | <para>GUI: fixed screenshot if the VM is started in separate mode</para>
|
---|
1591 | </listitem>
|
---|
1592 |
|
---|
1593 | <listitem>
|
---|
1594 | <para>GUI: fixed issue with double-click/opening registered file types
|
---|
1595 | (.vbox and .vbox-extpack) on Mac OS X (bug #15648)</para>
|
---|
1596 | </listitem>
|
---|
1597 |
|
---|
1598 | <listitem>
|
---|
1599 | <para>GUI: fixed a bug which made it impossible close some error/warning
|
---|
1600 | messages using the close button</para>
|
---|
1601 | </listitem>
|
---|
1602 |
|
---|
1603 | <listitem>
|
---|
1604 | <para>GUI: weakened the control over the VM window behavior allowing to resize
|
---|
1605 | it across multiple screens and to use in Snap Assist techniques</para>
|
---|
1606 | </listitem>
|
---|
1607 |
|
---|
1608 | <listitem>
|
---|
1609 | <para>GUI: jump to the second tab of the session information window
|
---|
1610 | (5.1.0 regression)</para>
|
---|
1611 | </listitem>
|
---|
1612 |
|
---|
1613 | <listitem>
|
---|
1614 | <para>GUI: fix for Alt-Tab</para>
|
---|
1615 | </listitem>
|
---|
1616 |
|
---|
1617 | <listitem>
|
---|
1618 | <para>Storage: fixed creating fixed size VHD images (bug #15601)</para>
|
---|
1619 | </listitem>
|
---|
1620 |
|
---|
1621 | <listitem>
|
---|
1622 | <para>Storage: fixed a hang during power off if the VM was suspended
|
---|
1623 | before and a NVMe controller is configured</para>
|
---|
1624 | </listitem>
|
---|
1625 |
|
---|
1626 | <listitem>
|
---|
1627 | <para>USB: fixed a crash under certain conditions</para>
|
---|
1628 | </listitem>
|
---|
1629 |
|
---|
1630 | <listitem>
|
---|
1631 | <para>Audio: make AC'97 volume control work again (5.1.0 regression;
|
---|
1632 | bug #15598)</para>
|
---|
1633 | </listitem>
|
---|
1634 |
|
---|
1635 | <listitem>
|
---|
1636 | <para>Audio: fixed rare VM hangs when using AC'97 emulation</para>
|
---|
1637 | </listitem>
|
---|
1638 |
|
---|
1639 | <listitem>
|
---|
1640 | <para>Audio: SB16 fixes</para>
|
---|
1641 | </listitem>
|
---|
1642 |
|
---|
1643 | <listitem>
|
---|
1644 | <para>EFI: fixed access to devices attached to SATA port 2 and
|
---|
1645 | higher (bug #15607)</para>
|
---|
1646 | </listitem>
|
---|
1647 |
|
---|
1648 | <listitem>
|
---|
1649 | <para>OVA: fix for checking certain signatures</para>
|
---|
1650 | </listitem>
|
---|
1651 |
|
---|
1652 | <listitem>
|
---|
1653 | <para>OVA: fixed MAC address generation for appliances created by
|
---|
1654 | VirtualBox (5.1.0 regression; bug #15623)</para>
|
---|
1655 | </listitem>
|
---|
1656 |
|
---|
1657 | <listitem>
|
---|
1658 | <para>API: fixed audio settings handling for older config files
|
---|
1659 | (bug #15626)</para>
|
---|
1660 | </listitem>
|
---|
1661 |
|
---|
1662 | <listitem>
|
---|
1663 | <para>API: fixed truncation of USB product/vendor IDs on Linux
|
---|
1664 | hosts (5.1.0 regression; bug #15644)</para>
|
---|
1665 | </listitem>
|
---|
1666 |
|
---|
1667 | <listitem>
|
---|
1668 | <para>API: fixed VRDP with authentication (bug #15653)</para>
|
---|
1669 | </listitem>
|
---|
1670 |
|
---|
1671 | <listitem>
|
---|
1672 | <para>API: don't crash if there is no graphics controller configured
|
---|
1673 | (bug #15628)</para>
|
---|
1674 | </listitem>
|
---|
1675 |
|
---|
1676 | <listitem>
|
---|
1677 | <para>Linux hosts: fixed EL5 builds (bug #15634)</para>
|
---|
1678 | </listitem>
|
---|
1679 |
|
---|
1680 | <listitem>
|
---|
1681 | <para>non-Windows hosts: fixed a crash during shutdown under rare
|
---|
1682 | circumstances (bug #15568)</para>
|
---|
1683 | </listitem>
|
---|
1684 |
|
---|
1685 | <listitem>
|
---|
1686 | <para>Linux Additions: fixed SELinux issue which prevented certain
|
---|
1687 | Linux guests to work in 3D mode (bug #15574)</para>
|
---|
1688 | </listitem>
|
---|
1689 |
|
---|
1690 | <listitem>
|
---|
1691 | <para>User Manual: updates</para>
|
---|
1692 | </listitem>
|
---|
1693 |
|
---|
1694 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
1695 | </sect1>
|
---|
1696 |
|
---|
1697 | <sect1>
|
---|
1698 | <title>Version 5.1.0 (2016-07-12)</title>
|
---|
1699 |
|
---|
1700 | <para>This is a major update. The following major new features
|
---|
1701 | were added:</para>
|
---|
1702 |
|
---|
1703 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
1704 |
|
---|
1705 | <listitem>
|
---|
1706 | <para>VMM: new APIC and I/O APIC implementations that result in significantly improved
|
---|
1707 | performance in certain situations (for example with networking, bug #15295)</para>
|
---|
1708 | </listitem>
|
---|
1709 |
|
---|
1710 | <listitem>
|
---|
1711 | <para>VMM: added support for Hyper-V paravirtualized debugging of Windows guests</para>
|
---|
1712 | </listitem>
|
---|
1713 |
|
---|
1714 | <listitem>
|
---|
1715 | <para>VMM: emulate even more MMIO and shadow pagetable exits without going back to
|
---|
1716 | user mode</para>
|
---|
1717 | </listitem>
|
---|
1718 |
|
---|
1719 | <listitem>
|
---|
1720 | <para>GUI: overall migration to Qt5 (bug #11775)</para>
|
---|
1721 | </listitem>
|
---|
1722 |
|
---|
1723 | <listitem>
|
---|
1724 | <para>GUI: passive API event listener improving the VM GUI performance and
|
---|
1725 | response time</para>
|
---|
1726 | </listitem>
|
---|
1727 |
|
---|
1728 | <listitem>
|
---|
1729 | <para>Audio: added HDA (High Definition Audio) support for newer Linux guests</para>
|
---|
1730 | </listitem>
|
---|
1731 |
|
---|
1732 | <listitem>
|
---|
1733 | <para>Audio: added on-demand timers which should improve the overall performance
|
---|
1734 | and reduce the CPU consumption</para>
|
---|
1735 | </listitem>
|
---|
1736 |
|
---|
1737 | <listitem>
|
---|
1738 | <para>Audio: more fine-grained volume control for the AC'97 emulation, which now also
|
---|
1739 | takes the master volume control into account</para>
|
---|
1740 | </listitem>
|
---|
1741 |
|
---|
1742 | <listitem>
|
---|
1743 | <para>better support for Python 3</para>
|
---|
1744 | </listitem>
|
---|
1745 |
|
---|
1746 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
1747 |
|
---|
1748 | <para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
|
---|
1749 |
|
---|
1750 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
1751 |
|
---|
1752 | <listitem>
|
---|
1753 | <para>VMM: activate the x2APIC by default for Linux guests</para>
|
---|
1754 | </listitem>
|
---|
1755 |
|
---|
1756 | <listitem>
|
---|
1757 | <para>VMM: many more fixes</para>
|
---|
1758 | </listitem>
|
---|
1759 |
|
---|
1760 | <listitem>
|
---|
1761 | <para>GUI: the <emphasis>Detach UI</emphasis> action is now a part of the
|
---|
1762 | VM Machine menu</para>
|
---|
1763 | </listitem>
|
---|
1764 |
|
---|
1765 | <listitem>
|
---|
1766 | <para>GUI: reworked session information window</para>
|
---|
1767 | </listitem>
|
---|
1768 |
|
---|
1769 | <listitem>
|
---|
1770 | <para>GUI: the new VM wizard now allows to choose the VM location for the VM
|
---|
1771 | which is being created</para>
|
---|
1772 | </listitem>
|
---|
1773 |
|
---|
1774 | <listitem>
|
---|
1775 | <para>GUI: fixed location of touch events in unscaled HiDPI mode
|
---|
1776 | (bugs #14366, #14367)</para>
|
---|
1777 | </listitem>
|
---|
1778 |
|
---|
1779 | <listitem>
|
---|
1780 | <para>GUI: various bugfixes and internal cleanup</para>
|
---|
1781 | </listitem>
|
---|
1782 |
|
---|
1783 | <listitem>
|
---|
1784 | <para>Storage: use <emphasis>fallocate()</emphasis> or similar if present to speed
|
---|
1785 | up creating fixed-sized disk images (bug #5967)</para>
|
---|
1786 | </listitem>
|
---|
1787 |
|
---|
1788 | <listitem>
|
---|
1789 | <para>Storage: implemented NVMHCI-compatible storage controller</para>
|
---|
1790 | </listitem>
|
---|
1791 |
|
---|
1792 | <listitem>
|
---|
1793 | <para>Audio: various bugfixes and infrastructure improvements</para>
|
---|
1794 | </listitem>
|
---|
1795 |
|
---|
1796 | <listitem>
|
---|
1797 | <para>E1000: implemented interrupt throttling for performance improvements</para>
|
---|
1798 | </listitem>
|
---|
1799 |
|
---|
1800 | <listitem>
|
---|
1801 | <para>EFI: many improvements, for example allow to boot from USB</para>
|
---|
1802 | </listitem>
|
---|
1803 |
|
---|
1804 | <listitem>
|
---|
1805 | <para>OVF: improved handling of signed manifests</para>
|
---|
1806 | </listitem>
|
---|
1807 |
|
---|
1808 | <listitem>
|
---|
1809 | <para>API: Windows XP guests and Windows 2003 server guests now default to
|
---|
1810 | the E1000 T Server network card</para>
|
---|
1811 | </listitem>
|
---|
1812 |
|
---|
1813 | <listitem>
|
---|
1814 | <para>VBoxSVC: fixed several memory leaks when handling .dmg images</para>
|
---|
1815 | </listitem>
|
---|
1816 |
|
---|
1817 | <listitem>
|
---|
1818 | <para>Installers: ship VBoxBugReport</para>
|
---|
1819 | </listitem>
|
---|
1820 |
|
---|
1821 | <listitem>
|
---|
1822 | <para>Windows hosts: reworked COM proxy (e.g. bug #8298)</para>
|
---|
1823 | </listitem>
|
---|
1824 |
|
---|
1825 | <listitem>
|
---|
1826 | <para>Linux installers: no longer rely on DKMS for module rebuilding</para>
|
---|
1827 | </listitem>
|
---|
1828 |
|
---|
1829 | <listitem>
|
---|
1830 | <para>Linux Additions: fix a problem when updating the initramfs after
|
---|
1831 | the guest modules are compiled (bug #15579)</para>
|
---|
1832 | </listitem>
|
---|
1833 |
|
---|
1834 | <listitem>
|
---|
1835 | <para>Linux Additions: try to fix a problem where the OpenGL libraries
|
---|
1836 | where loaded by the X server when we only support X clients
|
---|
1837 | (bug #15574)</para>
|
---|
1838 | </listitem>
|
---|
1839 |
|
---|
1840 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
1841 |
|
---|
1842 | </sect1>
|
---|
1843 |
|
---|
1844 | <sect1>
|
---|
1845 | <title>Version 5.0.24 (2016-06-28)</title>
|
---|
1846 |
|
---|
1847 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
1848 | added:</para>
|
---|
1849 |
|
---|
1850 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
1851 |
|
---|
1852 | <listitem>
|
---|
1853 | <para>VMM: reverted to the old I/O-APIC code for now to fix certain
|
---|
1854 | regressions with 5.0.22 (bug #15529). This means that the networking
|
---|
1855 | performance with certain guests will drop to the 5.0.20 level
|
---|
1856 | (bug #15295). One workaround is to disable GRO for Linux guests</para>
|
---|
1857 | </listitem>
|
---|
1858 |
|
---|
1859 | <listitem>
|
---|
1860 | <para>Main: when taking a screenshot, don't save garbage for blanked
|
---|
1861 | screens</para>
|
---|
1862 | </listitem>
|
---|
1863 |
|
---|
1864 | <listitem>
|
---|
1865 | <para>NAT: correctly parse resolv.conf file with multiple
|
---|
1866 | separators (5.0.22 regression)</para>
|
---|
1867 | </listitem>
|
---|
1868 |
|
---|
1869 | <listitem>
|
---|
1870 | <para>Storage: fixed a possible corruption of stream optimized
|
---|
1871 | VMDK images from VMware when opened in read/write mode for the
|
---|
1872 | first time</para>
|
---|
1873 | </listitem>
|
---|
1874 |
|
---|
1875 | <listitem>
|
---|
1876 | <para>ACPI: notify the guest when the battery / AC state changes instead
|
---|
1877 | of relying on guest polling</para>
|
---|
1878 | </listitem>
|
---|
1879 |
|
---|
1880 | <listitem>
|
---|
1881 | <para>Linux hosts: fixed <emphasis>VERR_VMM_SET_JMP_ABORTED_RESUME</emphasis>
|
---|
1882 | Guru Meditations on hosts with Linux 4.6 or later (bug #15439)</para>
|
---|
1883 | </listitem>
|
---|
1884 |
|
---|
1885 | <listitem>
|
---|
1886 | <para>Solaris hosts: make the GUI work on Solaris 10 again (bug #15549)</para>
|
---|
1887 | </listitem>
|
---|
1888 |
|
---|
1889 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
1890 | </sect1>
|
---|
1891 |
|
---|
1892 | <sect1>
|
---|
1893 | <title>Version 5.0.22 (2016-06-16)</title>
|
---|
1894 |
|
---|
1895 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
1896 | added:</para>
|
---|
1897 |
|
---|
1898 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
1899 |
|
---|
1900 | <listitem>
|
---|
1901 | <para>VMM: fixes for certain Intel Atom hosts (bug #14915)</para>
|
---|
1902 | </listitem>
|
---|
1903 |
|
---|
1904 | <listitem>
|
---|
1905 | <para>VMM: properly restore the complete FPU state for 32-bit guests
|
---|
1906 | on 64-bit hosts on Intel Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge CPUs</para>
|
---|
1907 | </listitem>
|
---|
1908 |
|
---|
1909 | <listitem>
|
---|
1910 | <para>VMM: new I/O-APIC implementation fixing several bugs and improving
|
---|
1911 | the performance under certain conditions (bug #15295 and others)</para>
|
---|
1912 | </listitem>
|
---|
1913 |
|
---|
1914 | <listitem>
|
---|
1915 | <para>VMM: fixed a potential Linux guest panic on AMD hosts</para>
|
---|
1916 | </listitem>
|
---|
1917 |
|
---|
1918 | <listitem>
|
---|
1919 | <para>VMM: fixed a potential hang with 32-bit EFI guests on
|
---|
1920 | Intel CPUs (VT-x without unrestricted guest execution)</para>
|
---|
1921 | </listitem>
|
---|
1922 |
|
---|
1923 | <listitem>
|
---|
1924 | <para>GUI: don't allow to start subsequent separate VM instances</para>
|
---|
1925 | </listitem>
|
---|
1926 |
|
---|
1927 | <listitem>
|
---|
1928 | <para>GUI: raised upper limit for video capture screen resolution
|
---|
1929 | (bug #15432)</para>
|
---|
1930 | </listitem>
|
---|
1931 |
|
---|
1932 | <listitem>
|
---|
1933 | <para>GUI: warn if the VM has less than 128MB VRAM configured and 3D
|
---|
1934 | enabled</para>
|
---|
1935 | </listitem>
|
---|
1936 |
|
---|
1937 | <listitem>
|
---|
1938 | <para>Main: when monitoring DNS configuration changes on Windows hosts
|
---|
1939 | avoid false positives from competing DHCP renewals. This should fix
|
---|
1940 | NAT link flaps when host has multiple DHCP configured interfaces, in
|
---|
1941 | particular when the host uses OpnVPN</para>
|
---|
1942 | </listitem>
|
---|
1943 |
|
---|
1944 | <listitem>
|
---|
1945 | <para>Main: properly display an error message if the VRDE server
|
---|
1946 | cannot be enabled at runtime, for example because another service
|
---|
1947 | is using the same port</para>
|
---|
1948 | </listitem>
|
---|
1949 |
|
---|
1950 | <listitem>
|
---|
1951 | <para>NAT: Initialize guest address guess for wildcard
|
---|
1952 | port-forwarding rules with default guest address (bug #15412)</para>
|
---|
1953 | </listitem>
|
---|
1954 |
|
---|
1955 | <listitem>
|
---|
1956 | <para>VGA: fix for a problem which made certain legacy guests crash
|
---|
1957 | under certain conditions (bug #14811)</para>
|
---|
1958 | </listitem>
|
---|
1959 |
|
---|
1960 | <listitem>
|
---|
1961 | <para>OVF: fixed import problems for some appliances using an AHCI
|
---|
1962 | controller created by 3rd party applications</para>
|
---|
1963 | </listitem>
|
---|
1964 |
|
---|
1965 | <listitem>
|
---|
1966 | <para>SDK: reduced memory usage in the webservice Java bindings</para>
|
---|
1967 | </listitem>
|
---|
1968 |
|
---|
1969 | <listitem>
|
---|
1970 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed performance regresson with SMP guests
|
---|
1971 | (5.0 regression)</para>
|
---|
1972 | </listitem>
|
---|
1973 |
|
---|
1974 | <listitem>
|
---|
1975 | <para>Windows hosts: fixes for the shared clipboard</para>
|
---|
1976 | </listitem>
|
---|
1977 |
|
---|
1978 | <listitem>
|
---|
1979 | <para>Windows hosts: Windows hardening fix</para>
|
---|
1980 | </listitem>
|
---|
1981 |
|
---|
1982 | <listitem>
|
---|
1983 | <para>Windows Additions: fixes to retain the guest display layout
|
---|
1984 | when resizing or disabling the guest monitors</para>
|
---|
1985 | </listitem>
|
---|
1986 |
|
---|
1987 | <listitem>
|
---|
1988 | <para>Linux hosts: EL 6.8 fix (bug #15411)</para>
|
---|
1989 | </listitem>
|
---|
1990 |
|
---|
1991 | <listitem>
|
---|
1992 | <para>Linux hosts: Linux 4.7 fix (bug #15459)</para>
|
---|
1993 | </listitem>
|
---|
1994 |
|
---|
1995 | <listitem>
|
---|
1996 | <para>Linux Additions: Linux 4.7 fixes (bug #15444)</para>
|
---|
1997 | </listitem>
|
---|
1998 |
|
---|
1999 | <listitem>
|
---|
2000 | <para>Linux Additions: fix for certain 32-bit guests (5.0.18
|
---|
2001 | regression; bug #15320)</para>
|
---|
2002 | </listitem>
|
---|
2003 |
|
---|
2004 | <listitem>
|
---|
2005 | <para>Linux Additions: fixed mouse pointer offset (5.0.18
|
---|
2006 | regression; bug #15324)</para>
|
---|
2007 | </listitem>
|
---|
2008 |
|
---|
2009 | <listitem>
|
---|
2010 | <para>Linux Additions: made old X.Org releases work again with
|
---|
2011 | kernels 3.11 and later (5.0.18 regression; bug #15319)</para>
|
---|
2012 | </listitem>
|
---|
2013 |
|
---|
2014 | <listitem>
|
---|
2015 | <para>Linux Additions: fixed X.Org crash after hard guest reset
|
---|
2016 | (5.0.18 regression; bug #15354)</para>
|
---|
2017 | </listitem>
|
---|
2018 |
|
---|
2019 | <listitem>
|
---|
2020 | <para>Linux Additions: don't stop the X11 setup if loading the
|
---|
2021 | shared folders module fails (5.0.18 regression)</para>
|
---|
2022 | </listitem>
|
---|
2023 |
|
---|
2024 | <listitem>
|
---|
2025 | <para>Linux Additions: don't complain if the Drag and Drop service
|
---|
2026 | is not available on the host</para>
|
---|
2027 | </listitem>
|
---|
2028 |
|
---|
2029 | <listitem>
|
---|
2030 | <para>Solaris Additions: added support for X.org 1.18</para>
|
---|
2031 | </listitem>
|
---|
2032 |
|
---|
2033 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
2034 | </sect1>
|
---|
2035 |
|
---|
2036 | <sect1>
|
---|
2037 | <title>Version 5.0.20 (2016-04-28)</title>
|
---|
2038 |
|
---|
2039 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
2040 | added:</para>
|
---|
2041 |
|
---|
2042 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
2043 |
|
---|
2044 | <listitem>
|
---|
2045 | <para>Storage: fixed a regression causing write requests from the BIOS
|
---|
2046 | to cause a Guru Meditation with the LsiLogic SCSI controller
|
---|
2047 | (5.0.18 regression; bug #15317)</para>
|
---|
2048 | </listitem>
|
---|
2049 |
|
---|
2050 | <listitem>
|
---|
2051 | <para>Storage: several emulation fixes in the BusLogic SCSI
|
---|
2052 | controller emulation</para>
|
---|
2053 | </listitem>
|
---|
2054 |
|
---|
2055 | <listitem>
|
---|
2056 | <para>NAT Network: support TCP in DNS proxy (same problem as
|
---|
2057 | in bug #14736 for NAT)</para>
|
---|
2058 | </listitem>
|
---|
2059 |
|
---|
2060 | <listitem>
|
---|
2061 | <para>NAT: rework handling of port-forwarding rules (bug #13570)</para>
|
---|
2062 | </listitem>
|
---|
2063 |
|
---|
2064 | <listitem>
|
---|
2065 | <para>NAT: rewrite host resolver to handle more query types
|
---|
2066 | and make it asynchronous so that a stalled lookup doesn't block all
|
---|
2067 | NAT traffic</para>
|
---|
2068 | </listitem>
|
---|
2069 |
|
---|
2070 | <listitem>
|
---|
2071 | <para>Snapshots: don't crash when restoring a snapshot which has more
|
---|
2072 | network adapters than the current state (ie when the snapshot uses
|
---|
2073 | ICH9 and the current state uses PIIX3)</para>
|
---|
2074 | </listitem>
|
---|
2075 |
|
---|
2076 | <listitem>
|
---|
2077 | <para>Guest Control: various bugfixes for the <emphasis>copyfrom</emphasis>
|
---|
2078 | and <emphasis>copyto</emphasis> commands / API (bug #14336)</para>
|
---|
2079 | </listitem>
|
---|
2080 |
|
---|
2081 | <listitem>
|
---|
2082 | <para>VBoxManage: list processor features on <emphasis>list
|
---|
2083 | hostinfo</emphasis> (bug #15334)</para>
|
---|
2084 | </listitem>
|
---|
2085 |
|
---|
2086 | <listitem>
|
---|
2087 | <para>Linux hosts: fix for Linux 4.5 if
|
---|
2088 | <emphasis>CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT</emphasis> is enabled (bug #15327)</para>
|
---|
2089 | </listitem>
|
---|
2090 |
|
---|
2091 | <listitem>
|
---|
2092 | <para>Windows hosts: another fix for recent Windows 10 insider builds
|
---|
2093 | (bug #15337)</para>
|
---|
2094 | </listitem>
|
---|
2095 |
|
---|
2096 | <listitem>
|
---|
2097 | <para>Windows hosts: make it work on Windows XP again (5.0.18
|
---|
2098 | regression)</para>
|
---|
2099 | </listitem>
|
---|
2100 |
|
---|
2101 | <listitem>
|
---|
2102 | <para>Windows Additions: fixed performance issues with PowerPoint
|
---|
2103 | 2010 and the WDDM graphics drivers if Aero is disabled</para>
|
---|
2104 | </listitem>
|
---|
2105 |
|
---|
2106 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
2107 |
|
---|
2108 | </sect1>
|
---|
2109 |
|
---|
2110 | <sect1>
|
---|
2111 | <title>Version 5.0.18 (2016-04-18)</title>
|
---|
2112 |
|
---|
2113 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
2114 | added:</para>
|
---|
2115 |
|
---|
2116 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
2117 |
|
---|
2118 | <listitem>
|
---|
2119 | <para>GUI: position off-screen windows to be fully visible again on relaunch
|
---|
2120 | in consistence with default-behavior (bug #15226)</para>
|
---|
2121 | </listitem>
|
---|
2122 |
|
---|
2123 | <listitem>
|
---|
2124 | <para>GUI: fixed the <emphasis>View</emphasis> menu /
|
---|
2125 | <emphasis>Full-screen Mode</emphasis> behavior on Mac OS X El Capitan</para>
|
---|
2126 | </listitem>
|
---|
2127 |
|
---|
2128 | <listitem>
|
---|
2129 | <para>GUI: fixed a test which allowed to encrypt a hard disk with an
|
---|
2130 | empty password</para>
|
---|
2131 | </listitem>
|
---|
2132 |
|
---|
2133 | <listitem>
|
---|
2134 | <para>GUI: fixed a crash under certain conditions during VM shutdown</para>
|
---|
2135 | </listitem>
|
---|
2136 |
|
---|
2137 | <listitem>
|
---|
2138 | <para>GUI: fixed the size of the VM list scrollbar in the VM selector
|
---|
2139 | when entering a group</para>
|
---|
2140 | </listitem>
|
---|
2141 |
|
---|
2142 | <listitem>
|
---|
2143 | <para>PC speaker passthrough: fixes (Linux hosts only; bug #627)</para>
|
---|
2144 | </listitem>
|
---|
2145 |
|
---|
2146 | <listitem>
|
---|
2147 | <para>Drag and drop: several fixes</para>
|
---|
2148 | </listitem>
|
---|
2149 |
|
---|
2150 | <listitem>
|
---|
2151 | <para>SATA: fixed hotplug flag handling when EFI is used</para>
|
---|
2152 | </listitem>
|
---|
2153 |
|
---|
2154 | <listitem>
|
---|
2155 | <para>Storage: fixed handling of encrypted disk images with SCSI
|
---|
2156 | controllers (bug #14812)</para>
|
---|
2157 | </listitem>
|
---|
2158 |
|
---|
2159 | <listitem>
|
---|
2160 | <para>Storage: fixed possible crash with Solaris 7 if the BusLogic
|
---|
2161 | SCSI controller is used</para>
|
---|
2162 | </listitem>
|
---|
2163 |
|
---|
2164 | <listitem>
|
---|
2165 | <para>USB: properly purge non-ASCII characters from USB strings
|
---|
2166 | (bugs #8801, #15222)</para>
|
---|
2167 | </listitem>
|
---|
2168 |
|
---|
2169 | <listitem>
|
---|
2170 | <para>NAT Network: fixed 100% CPU load in VBoxNetNAT on Mac OS X
|
---|
2171 | under certain circumstances (bug #15223)</para>
|
---|
2172 | </listitem>
|
---|
2173 |
|
---|
2174 | <listitem>
|
---|
2175 | <para>ACPI: fixed ACPI tables to make the display color management
|
---|
2176 | settings available again for older Windows versions (4.3.22
|
---|
2177 | regression)</para>
|
---|
2178 | </listitem>
|
---|
2179 |
|
---|
2180 | <listitem>
|
---|
2181 | <para>Guest Control: fixed <emphasis>VBoxManage copyfrom</emphasis>
|
---|
2182 | command (bug #14336)</para>
|
---|
2183 | </listitem>
|
---|
2184 |
|
---|
2185 | <listitem>
|
---|
2186 | <para>Snapshots: fixed several problems when removing older snapshots
|
---|
2187 | (bug #15206)</para>
|
---|
2188 | </listitem>
|
---|
2189 |
|
---|
2190 | <listitem>
|
---|
2191 | <para>VBoxManage: fixed <emphasis>--verbose</emphasis> output of the
|
---|
2192 | <emphasis>guestcontrol</emphasis> command</para>
|
---|
2193 | </listitem>
|
---|
2194 |
|
---|
2195 | <listitem>
|
---|
2196 | <para>Windows hosts: hardening fixes required for recent Windows 10
|
---|
2197 | insider builds (bugs #15245, #15296)</para>
|
---|
2198 | </listitem>
|
---|
2199 |
|
---|
2200 | <listitem>
|
---|
2201 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed support of jumbo frames in with bridged
|
---|
2202 | networking (5.0.16 regression; bug #15209)</para>
|
---|
2203 | </listitem>
|
---|
2204 |
|
---|
2205 | <listitem>
|
---|
2206 | <para>Windows hosts: don't prevent receiving multicast traffic if
|
---|
2207 | host-only adapters are installed (bug #8698)</para>
|
---|
2208 | </listitem>
|
---|
2209 |
|
---|
2210 | <listitem>
|
---|
2211 | <para>Linux hosts: added support for the new naming scheme of NVME disks when
|
---|
2212 | creating raw disks</para>
|
---|
2213 | </listitem>
|
---|
2214 |
|
---|
2215 | <listitem>
|
---|
2216 | <para>Solaris hosts / guests: properly sign the kernel modules (bug #12608)</para>
|
---|
2217 | </listitem>
|
---|
2218 |
|
---|
2219 | <listitem>
|
---|
2220 | <para>Linux hosts / guests: Linux 4.5 fixes (bug #15251)</para>
|
---|
2221 | </listitem>
|
---|
2222 |
|
---|
2223 | <listitem>
|
---|
2224 | <para>Linux hosts / guests: Linux 4.6 fixes (bug #15298)</para>
|
---|
2225 | </listitem>
|
---|
2226 |
|
---|
2227 | <listitem>
|
---|
2228 | <para>Linux Additions: added a kernel graphics driver to support graphics
|
---|
2229 | when X.Org does not have root rights (bug #14732)</para>
|
---|
2230 | </listitem>
|
---|
2231 |
|
---|
2232 | <listitem>
|
---|
2233 | <para>Linux/Solaris Additions: fixed several issues causing Linux/Solatis
|
---|
2234 | guests using software rendering when 3D acceleration is available</para>
|
---|
2235 | </listitem>
|
---|
2236 |
|
---|
2237 | <listitem>
|
---|
2238 | <para>Windows Additions: fixed a hang with PowerPoint 2010 and the WDDM
|
---|
2239 | drivers if Aero is disabled</para>
|
---|
2240 | </listitem>
|
---|
2241 |
|
---|
2242 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
2243 |
|
---|
2244 | </sect1>
|
---|
2245 |
|
---|
2246 | <sect1>
|
---|
2247 | <title>Version 5.0.16 (2016-03-04)</title>
|
---|
2248 |
|
---|
2249 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
2250 | added:</para>
|
---|
2251 |
|
---|
2252 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
2253 |
|
---|
2254 | <listitem>
|
---|
2255 | <para>VMM: fixed a problem which could lead to a wrong guest behavior on
|
---|
2256 | AMD CPUs (bugs #14831 and #15186)</para>
|
---|
2257 | </listitem>
|
---|
2258 |
|
---|
2259 | <listitem>
|
---|
2260 | <para>GUI: don't try to synchronize the HID LEDs if the VM window is not
|
---|
2261 | active or if it's minimized (Windows / Mac OS X hosts only; bug #14302)</para>
|
---|
2262 | </listitem>
|
---|
2263 |
|
---|
2264 | <listitem>
|
---|
2265 | <para>GUI: prevent a crash during startup under rare conditions</para>
|
---|
2266 | </listitem>
|
---|
2267 |
|
---|
2268 | <listitem>
|
---|
2269 | <para>GUI: sub-menu option to disable the guest-OS type overlay in the
|
---|
2270 | application dock icon on Mac OS X</para>
|
---|
2271 | </listitem>
|
---|
2272 |
|
---|
2273 | <listitem>
|
---|
2274 | <para>GUI: position off-screen windows to be fully visible again on relaunch</para>
|
---|
2275 | </listitem>
|
---|
2276 |
|
---|
2277 | <listitem>
|
---|
2278 | <para>GUI: hide the VT-x/AMD-V checkbox if raw-mode is not supported
|
---|
2279 | (usually Mac OS X hosts; bug #15178)</para>
|
---|
2280 | </listitem>
|
---|
2281 |
|
---|
2282 | <listitem>
|
---|
2283 | <para>PC speaker passthrough: new experimental feature, available on
|
---|
2284 | Linux host only</para>
|
---|
2285 | </listitem>
|
---|
2286 |
|
---|
2287 | <listitem>
|
---|
2288 | <para>Audio: several fixes for Mac OS X hosts + guests</para>
|
---|
2289 | </listitem>
|
---|
2290 |
|
---|
2291 | <listitem>
|
---|
2292 | <para>Audio: properly handle default audio device changes (Windows hosts)</para>
|
---|
2293 | </listitem>
|
---|
2294 |
|
---|
2295 | <listitem>
|
---|
2296 | <para>USB: serveral fixes for the xHCI controller (e.g. for webcam
|
---|
2297 | passthrough)</para>
|
---|
2298 | </listitem>
|
---|
2299 |
|
---|
2300 | <listitem>
|
---|
2301 | <para>BIOS: fixed int15/AH=83/AL=00 function (4.2.0 regression)</para>
|
---|
2302 | </listitem>
|
---|
2303 |
|
---|
2304 | <listitem>
|
---|
2305 | <para>iPXE: enable the HTTP download protocol on non-Linux hosts (bug #13628)</para>
|
---|
2306 | </listitem>
|
---|
2307 |
|
---|
2308 | <listitem>
|
---|
2309 | <para>Shared folders: fixed a failure to load the saved state under
|
---|
2310 | certain circumstances (bug #6314)</para>
|
---|
2311 | </listitem>
|
---|
2312 |
|
---|
2313 | <listitem>
|
---|
2314 | <para>Guest Control: added support for (cached) Active Directory authentication
|
---|
2315 | in case the domain controller is not reachable (anymore)</para>
|
---|
2316 | </listitem>
|
---|
2317 |
|
---|
2318 | <listitem>
|
---|
2319 | <para>Serial ports: raised the number of serial ports per VM from 2 to 4
|
---|
2320 | (bug #9109)</para>
|
---|
2321 | </listitem>
|
---|
2322 |
|
---|
2323 | <listitem>
|
---|
2324 | <para>Serial ports: fix for the TCP/IP backend (Windows hosts only; bug #15188)</para>
|
---|
2325 | </listitem>
|
---|
2326 |
|
---|
2327 | <listitem>
|
---|
2328 | <para>SDK: make the Python webservice API binding work again (5.0 regression)</para>
|
---|
2329 | </listitem>
|
---|
2330 |
|
---|
2331 | <listitem>
|
---|
2332 | <para>Seamless mode: fixed a crash under certain circumstances
|
---|
2333 | (bug #15106)</para>
|
---|
2334 | </listitem>
|
---|
2335 |
|
---|
2336 | <listitem>
|
---|
2337 | <para>Linux hosts: fixed the /sbin/rcvboxdrv script as well as the missing
|
---|
2338 | shebang in two scripts (bugs #15055 and #15057)</para>
|
---|
2339 | </listitem>
|
---|
2340 |
|
---|
2341 | <listitem>
|
---|
2342 | <para>Linux hosts: properly uninstall Python files installed by the
|
---|
2343 | .run installer</para>
|
---|
2344 | </listitem>
|
---|
2345 |
|
---|
2346 | <listitem>
|
---|
2347 | <para>Windows hosts: hardening fix required for recent Windows insider
|
---|
2348 | builds (bug #14052)</para>
|
---|
2349 | </listitem>
|
---|
2350 |
|
---|
2351 | <listitem>
|
---|
2352 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed Python installation path (bug #13131)</para>
|
---|
2353 | </listitem>
|
---|
2354 |
|
---|
2355 | <listitem>
|
---|
2356 | <para>Windows hosts: support MTU larger than 2 KB with bridged
|
---|
2357 | networking (bug #15140)</para>
|
---|
2358 | </listitem>
|
---|
2359 |
|
---|
2360 | <listitem>
|
---|
2361 | <para>Windows hosts / guests: properly sign binaries using a sha-256
|
---|
2362 | certificate (bug #15054)</para>
|
---|
2363 | </listitem>
|
---|
2364 |
|
---|
2365 | <listitem>
|
---|
2366 | <para>Windows Additions: fixed guest property enumeration of logged-in
|
---|
2367 | users</para>
|
---|
2368 | </listitem>
|
---|
2369 |
|
---|
2370 | <listitem>
|
---|
2371 | <para>Windows Additions: fixed sporadical failure of the graphics driver
|
---|
2372 | in Windows 10 guests (bug #14409)</para>
|
---|
2373 | </listitem>
|
---|
2374 |
|
---|
2375 | <listitem>
|
---|
2376 | <para>Windows Additions: under rare circumstances no mouse movement
|
---|
2377 | events were delivered to the guest</para>
|
---|
2378 | </listitem>
|
---|
2379 |
|
---|
2380 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
2381 | </sect1>
|
---|
2382 |
|
---|
2383 | <sect1>
|
---|
2384 | <title>Version 5.0.14 (2016-01-19)</title>
|
---|
2385 |
|
---|
2386 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
2387 | added:</para>
|
---|
2388 |
|
---|
2389 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
2390 |
|
---|
2391 | <listitem>
|
---|
2392 | <para>GUI: properly limit the number of VCPUs to the number of physical
|
---|
2393 | cores on Mac OS X (bug #15018)</para>
|
---|
2394 | </listitem>
|
---|
2395 |
|
---|
2396 | <listitem>
|
---|
2397 | <para>Audio: fixed a bug which prevented loading a saved state
|
---|
2398 | of a saved guests with HDA emulation (5.0.12 regression; bug #14981)</para>
|
---|
2399 | </listitem>
|
---|
2400 |
|
---|
2401 | <listitem>
|
---|
2402 | <para>Audio: don't crash if the backend is unable to initialize
|
---|
2403 | (bug #14960)</para>
|
---|
2404 | </listitem>
|
---|
2405 |
|
---|
2406 | <listitem>
|
---|
2407 | <para>Audio: fixed audio capture on Mac OS X (bug #14386)</para>
|
---|
2408 | </listitem>
|
---|
2409 |
|
---|
2410 | <listitem>
|
---|
2411 | <para>Storage: fixed a possible crash when attaching the same ISO image
|
---|
2412 | multiple times to the same VM (bug #14951)</para>
|
---|
2413 | </listitem>
|
---|
2414 |
|
---|
2415 | <listitem>
|
---|
2416 | <para>BIOS: properly report if two floppy drives are attached</para>
|
---|
2417 | </listitem>
|
---|
2418 |
|
---|
2419 | <listitem>
|
---|
2420 | <para>USB: fixed a problem with filters which would not capture the
|
---|
2421 | device under certain circumstances (5.0.10 regression; bug #15042)</para>
|
---|
2422 | </listitem>
|
---|
2423 |
|
---|
2424 | <listitem>
|
---|
2425 | <para>ExtPack: black-list Extension Packs older than 4.3.30 due to
|
---|
2426 | incompatible changes not being properly handled in the past</para>
|
---|
2427 | </listitem>
|
---|
2428 |
|
---|
2429 | <listitem>
|
---|
2430 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed a regression which caused robocopy
|
---|
2431 | to fail (bug #14958)</para>
|
---|
2432 | </listitem>
|
---|
2433 |
|
---|
2434 | <listitem>
|
---|
2435 | <para>Linux hosts: properly create the <emphasis>/sbin/rcvboxdrv</emphasis>
|
---|
2436 | symbolic link (5.0.12 regression; bug #14989)</para>
|
---|
2437 | </listitem>
|
---|
2438 |
|
---|
2439 | <listitem>
|
---|
2440 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: several fixes for USB on El Capitan (bug #14677)</para>
|
---|
2441 | </listitem>
|
---|
2442 |
|
---|
2443 | <listitem>
|
---|
2444 | <para>Linux Additions: fixes for Linux 4.5 (bug #15032)</para>
|
---|
2445 | </listitem>
|
---|
2446 |
|
---|
2447 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
2448 | </sect1>
|
---|
2449 |
|
---|
2450 | <sect1>
|
---|
2451 | <title>Version 5.0.12 (2015-12-18)</title>
|
---|
2452 |
|
---|
2453 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
2454 | added:</para>
|
---|
2455 |
|
---|
2456 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
2457 |
|
---|
2458 | <listitem>
|
---|
2459 | <para>GUI: fixed wrong scrolling behaviour in the VM selector window
|
---|
2460 | when a VM item is dragged out of the chooser-pane area</para>
|
---|
2461 | </listitem>
|
---|
2462 |
|
---|
2463 | <listitem>
|
---|
2464 | <para>GUI: fixed the validation of IPv6 port-forwarding rules</para>
|
---|
2465 | </listitem>
|
---|
2466 |
|
---|
2467 | <listitem>
|
---|
2468 | <para>GUI: suppress the first-run wizard if a CD/DVD medium is
|
---|
2469 | inserted using the selector UI</para>
|
---|
2470 | </listitem>
|
---|
2471 |
|
---|
2472 | <listitem>
|
---|
2473 | <para>GUI: fixed the Ctrl+Break key sequence scan codes
|
---|
2474 | (bug #14927)</para>
|
---|
2475 | </listitem>
|
---|
2476 |
|
---|
2477 | <listitem>
|
---|
2478 | <para>GUI: improved handling of text selection mouse pointer (bug #750)</para>
|
---|
2479 | </listitem>
|
---|
2480 |
|
---|
2481 | <listitem>
|
---|
2482 | <para>Host services: fixed a crash during VM shutdown under rare
|
---|
2483 | conditions (5.0.6 regression; bug #14841)</para>
|
---|
2484 | </listitem>
|
---|
2485 |
|
---|
2486 | <listitem>
|
---|
2487 | <para>Shared folders: fixed a sharing violation if a file is opened
|
---|
2488 | to check the attributes (Windows hosts only; bug #14450)</para>
|
---|
2489 | </listitem>
|
---|
2490 |
|
---|
2491 | <listitem>
|
---|
2492 | <para>Webcam: passthrough fix for certain devices (Mac OS X hosts only)</para>
|
---|
2493 | </listitem>
|
---|
2494 |
|
---|
2495 | <listitem>
|
---|
2496 | <para>XHCI: fixed broken emulation if software virtualization is used</para>
|
---|
2497 | </listitem>
|
---|
2498 |
|
---|
2499 | <listitem>
|
---|
2500 | <para>XHCI: several fixes</para>
|
---|
2501 | </listitem>
|
---|
2502 |
|
---|
2503 | <listitem>
|
---|
2504 | <para>3D: fixed state handling under certain conditions (bug #13487)</para>
|
---|
2505 | </listitem>
|
---|
2506 |
|
---|
2507 | <listitem>
|
---|
2508 | <para>Audio: several fixes</para>
|
---|
2509 | </listitem>
|
---|
2510 |
|
---|
2511 | <listitem>
|
---|
2512 | <para>BIOS: added LBA64 support for being able to boot from huge hard
|
---|
2513 | disks(bug #7415)</para>
|
---|
2514 | </listitem>
|
---|
2515 |
|
---|
2516 | <listitem>
|
---|
2517 | <para>EFI: fix for Windows 10 guests</para>
|
---|
2518 | </listitem>
|
---|
2519 |
|
---|
2520 | <listitem>
|
---|
2521 | <para>ExtPack: before installing an Extension Pack check if there are
|
---|
2522 | VMs running to prevent file system locking issues</para>
|
---|
2523 | </listitem>
|
---|
2524 |
|
---|
2525 | <listitem>
|
---|
2526 | <para>rdesktop-vrdp: source code tarball fixes</para>
|
---|
2527 | </listitem>
|
---|
2528 |
|
---|
2529 | <listitem>
|
---|
2530 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed hang when using VBoxAuthSimple library for
|
---|
2531 | VRDP external authentication (bug #14931)</para>
|
---|
2532 | </listitem>
|
---|
2533 |
|
---|
2534 | <listitem>
|
---|
2535 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed a regression which prevented it to attach to
|
---|
2536 | a physical network adapter having TCP/IP disabled (bug #14578)</para>
|
---|
2537 | </listitem>
|
---|
2538 |
|
---|
2539 | <listitem>
|
---|
2540 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed a regression which caused multi-port adapters
|
---|
2541 | to be shown as a single adapter (bugs #14558, #14622)</para>
|
---|
2542 | </listitem>
|
---|
2543 |
|
---|
2544 | <listitem>
|
---|
2545 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed a regression which caused created host-only
|
---|
2546 | adapters to not appear in the list (bug #14437)</para>
|
---|
2547 | </listitem>
|
---|
2548 |
|
---|
2549 | <listitem>
|
---|
2550 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed host-only adapter creation issues related
|
---|
2551 | to Windows 10 (bugs #14040, #14545)</para>
|
---|
2552 | </listitem>
|
---|
2553 |
|
---|
2554 | <listitem>
|
---|
2555 | <para>Linux hosts: .desktop file compatibility issue (bug #14808)</para>
|
---|
2556 | </listitem>
|
---|
2557 |
|
---|
2558 | <listitem>
|
---|
2559 | <para>Linux hosts / guests: fixes for RHEL 7.2 (bug #14866)</para>
|
---|
2560 | </listitem>
|
---|
2561 |
|
---|
2562 | <listitem>
|
---|
2563 | <para>Linux hosts: the command for recompiling the host kernel modules
|
---|
2564 | was changed again, to <emphasis>/sbin/rcvboxdrv setup</emphasis> (bug
|
---|
2565 | #14723)</para>
|
---|
2566 | </listitem>
|
---|
2567 |
|
---|
2568 | <listitem>
|
---|
2569 | <para>Linux hosts: some fixes for PCI passthrough (still highly
|
---|
2570 | experimental)</para>
|
---|
2571 | </listitem>
|
---|
2572 |
|
---|
2573 | <listitem>
|
---|
2574 | <para>Linux/Mac OS X hosts: fixed a VM hang during startup under certain
|
---|
2575 | circumstances (bug #14933)</para>
|
---|
2576 | </listitem>
|
---|
2577 |
|
---|
2578 | <listitem>
|
---|
2579 | <para>Solaris hosts: added Python 2.7 bindings</para>
|
---|
2580 | </listitem>
|
---|
2581 |
|
---|
2582 | <listitem>
|
---|
2583 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed a possible crash when the default input or
|
---|
2584 | output audio device changes</para>
|
---|
2585 | </listitem>
|
---|
2586 |
|
---|
2587 | <listitem>
|
---|
2588 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed a panic under certain conditions</para>
|
---|
2589 | </listitem>
|
---|
2590 |
|
---|
2591 | <listitem>
|
---|
2592 | <para>Linux Additions: prevent the compiler from doing dead-code
|
---|
2593 | elemination on vital code in guest / host communication (bug #14497)</para>
|
---|
2594 | </listitem>
|
---|
2595 |
|
---|
2596 | <listitem>
|
---|
2597 | <para>Linux Additions: when mounting a shared folder, explicitly pass
|
---|
2598 | the share name so that /proc/mounts contains this name instead of 'none'</para>
|
---|
2599 | </listitem>
|
---|
2600 |
|
---|
2601 | <listitem>
|
---|
2602 | <para>Linux Additions: workaround for a systemd problem in conjunction
|
---|
2603 | with SELinux which prevented to properly enable the 'vboxadd' service
|
---|
2604 | during while upgrading the Additions</para>
|
---|
2605 | </listitem>
|
---|
2606 |
|
---|
2607 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
2608 | </sect1>
|
---|
2609 |
|
---|
2610 | <sect1>
|
---|
2611 | <title>Version 5.0.10 (2015-11-10)</title>
|
---|
2612 |
|
---|
2613 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
2614 | added:</para>
|
---|
2615 |
|
---|
2616 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
2617 |
|
---|
2618 | <listitem>
|
---|
2619 | <para>VMM: improved support for certain Intel Atom CPUs (bug #14773)</para>
|
---|
2620 | </listitem>
|
---|
2621 |
|
---|
2622 | <listitem>
|
---|
2623 | <para>VMM: system register emulation fix (5.0 regression; bug #14515)</para>
|
---|
2624 | </listitem>
|
---|
2625 |
|
---|
2626 | <listitem>
|
---|
2627 | <para>GUI: fixed immediate screenshot issue (bug #14108)</para>
|
---|
2628 | </listitem>
|
---|
2629 |
|
---|
2630 | <listitem>
|
---|
2631 | <para>GUI: fixed another 3D overlay window reparenting issue when the
|
---|
2632 | VM is switched to full-screen mode on X11 hosts</para>
|
---|
2633 | </listitem>
|
---|
2634 |
|
---|
2635 | <listitem>
|
---|
2636 | <para>GUI: fixed help index (bug #14722)</para>
|
---|
2637 | </listitem>
|
---|
2638 |
|
---|
2639 | <listitem>
|
---|
2640 | <para>GUI: fixed state synchronization issue in the VM manager window
|
---|
2641 | when VM was paused from its runtime window</para>
|
---|
2642 | </listitem>
|
---|
2643 |
|
---|
2644 | <listitem>
|
---|
2645 | <para>Audio: fixed suspending/resuming audio streams on VM
|
---|
2646 | pause/unpause (bug #14784)</para>
|
---|
2647 | </listitem>
|
---|
2648 |
|
---|
2649 | <listitem>
|
---|
2650 | <para>Audio: properly reset AC'97 audio streams, otherwise there is
|
---|
2651 | silence until a non-48 kHz stream is played</para>
|
---|
2652 | </listitem>
|
---|
2653 |
|
---|
2654 | <listitem>
|
---|
2655 | <para>Audio: fixed a small emulation quirk of the AD1980 codec of the
|
---|
2656 | HDA device to make recent linux guests work (bug #14653)</para>
|
---|
2657 | </listitem>
|
---|
2658 |
|
---|
2659 | <listitem>
|
---|
2660 | <para>USB: serveral fixes for the xHCI controller</para>
|
---|
2661 | </listitem>
|
---|
2662 |
|
---|
2663 | <listitem>
|
---|
2664 | <para>USB: fixed a crash under certain conditions on hosts with Linux
|
---|
2665 | kernels older than version 3.3</para>
|
---|
2666 | </listitem>
|
---|
2667 |
|
---|
2668 | <listitem>
|
---|
2669 | <para>USB: better identification of certain USB devices</para>
|
---|
2670 | </listitem>
|
---|
2671 |
|
---|
2672 | <listitem>
|
---|
2673 | <para>NAT: support TCP in DNS proxy (bug #14736)</para>
|
---|
2674 | </listitem>
|
---|
2675 |
|
---|
2676 | <listitem>
|
---|
2677 | <para>NAT Network: fixed sporadic crashes on Windows hosts (bug #13899)</para>
|
---|
2678 | </listitem>
|
---|
2679 |
|
---|
2680 | <listitem>
|
---|
2681 | <para>API: when creating differencing images (e.g. as part of a snapshot
|
---|
2682 | or cloning a VM) use the same disk image variant as the parent image
|
---|
2683 | if possible, which means that e.g. a diff image for a VMDK image
|
---|
2684 | split into 2 GB files will also be split (bug #14764)</para>
|
---|
2685 | </listitem>
|
---|
2686 |
|
---|
2687 | <listitem>
|
---|
2688 | <para>API: event queue handling fixes preventing loss of certain events
|
---|
2689 | at runtime (e.g. new webcam attached), particularly important on Mac
|
---|
2690 | OS X hosts</para>
|
---|
2691 | </listitem>
|
---|
2692 |
|
---|
2693 | <listitem>
|
---|
2694 | <para>Webcam: passthrough fix for certain devices (Windows hosts only)</para>
|
---|
2695 | </listitem>
|
---|
2696 |
|
---|
2697 | <listitem>
|
---|
2698 | <para>VBoxManage: don't crash on <emphasis>snapshot restorecurrent /
|
---|
2699 | edit</emphasis> if the VM has no snapshots</para>
|
---|
2700 | </listitem>
|
---|
2701 |
|
---|
2702 | <listitem>
|
---|
2703 | <para>VBoxManage: don't crash on <emphasis>controlvm
|
---|
2704 | addencpassword</emphasis> (bug #14729)</para>
|
---|
2705 | </listitem>
|
---|
2706 |
|
---|
2707 | <listitem>
|
---|
2708 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: use the correct kernel on certain hosts</para>
|
---|
2709 | </listitem>
|
---|
2710 |
|
---|
2711 | <listitem>
|
---|
2712 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed VRDP external authentication</para>
|
---|
2713 | </listitem>
|
---|
2714 |
|
---|
2715 | <listitem>
|
---|
2716 | <para>Windows hosts: allow to use a shared folder path with extended-length
|
---|
2717 | path prefix (5.0 regression; bug #14651)</para>
|
---|
2718 | </listitem>
|
---|
2719 |
|
---|
2720 | <listitem>
|
---|
2721 | <para>Windows hosts: fix a crash in the netfilter host driver under
|
---|
2722 | certain conditions (bug #14799)</para>
|
---|
2723 | </listitem>
|
---|
2724 |
|
---|
2725 | <listitem>
|
---|
2726 | <para>Windows host installer: documented and fixed public properties which
|
---|
2727 | can be used to control the installation to some extent</para>
|
---|
2728 | </listitem>
|
---|
2729 |
|
---|
2730 | <listitem>
|
---|
2731 | <para>Windows host installer: fixed not starting the actual installation
|
---|
2732 | when showing the version information or help dialogs</para>
|
---|
2733 | </listitem>
|
---|
2734 |
|
---|
2735 | <listitem>
|
---|
2736 | <para>X11 Additions: added basic support for X.Org Server 1.18 (3D
|
---|
2737 | requires additional fixes)</para>
|
---|
2738 | </listitem>
|
---|
2739 |
|
---|
2740 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
2741 | </sect1>
|
---|
2742 |
|
---|
2743 | <sect1>
|
---|
2744 | <title>Version 5.0.8 (2015-10-20)</title>
|
---|
2745 |
|
---|
2746 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
2747 | added:</para>
|
---|
2748 |
|
---|
2749 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
2750 |
|
---|
2751 | <listitem>
|
---|
2752 | <para>GUI: Mac OS X: Restore green zoom button for VM windows
|
---|
2753 | (it was hidden in previous release to avoid native full-screen issues).
|
---|
2754 | For Yosemite and El Capitan this button should work accordingly to the
|
---|
2755 | Apple HIG: Full-screen by default, maximize if the user holds the
|
---|
2756 | Option key</para>
|
---|
2757 | </listitem>
|
---|
2758 |
|
---|
2759 | <listitem>
|
---|
2760 | <para>Serial ports: fixed wrong IRQ number for the first serial port in
|
---|
2761 | the ACPI tables (5.0.6 regression; bug #14659)</para>
|
---|
2762 | </listitem>
|
---|
2763 |
|
---|
2764 | <listitem>
|
---|
2765 | <para>API: fixed a 5.0 regression in <emphasis>VBoxManage setproperty
|
---|
2766 | defaultfrontend</emphasis> (bug #14696)</para>
|
---|
2767 | </listitem>
|
---|
2768 |
|
---|
2769 | <listitem>
|
---|
2770 | <para>VBoxManage/vbox-img: conversion to RAW images could result in
|
---|
2771 | a disk image containing all zeroes</para>
|
---|
2772 | </listitem>
|
---|
2773 |
|
---|
2774 | <listitem>
|
---|
2775 | <para>Linux hosts: several fixes for systemd integration in .deb / .rpm
|
---|
2776 | packages (e.g. bug #14665). The command for recompiling the host kernel
|
---|
2777 | modules was changed to <emphasis>/sbin/vboxconfig</emphasis></para>
|
---|
2778 | </listitem>
|
---|
2779 |
|
---|
2780 | <listitem>
|
---|
2781 | <para>Linux hosts: make host-only interfaces report operstate UP
|
---|
2782 | only when they have VMs attached (bug #14526)</para>
|
---|
2783 | </listitem>
|
---|
2784 |
|
---|
2785 | <listitem>
|
---|
2786 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: fix bpf capture and accounting of traffic
|
---|
2787 | on bridged and host-only interfaces (bug #14553)</para>
|
---|
2788 | </listitem>
|
---|
2789 |
|
---|
2790 | <listitem>
|
---|
2791 | <para>Windows guests: fixed 3D rendering issues on high resolution
|
---|
2792 | displays</para>
|
---|
2793 | </listitem>
|
---|
2794 |
|
---|
2795 | <listitem>
|
---|
2796 | <para>Windows Additions: fixed problems with 3D acceleration on Windows
|
---|
2797 | hosts with Intel HD graphics (bug #14670)</para>
|
---|
2798 | </listitem>
|
---|
2799 |
|
---|
2800 | <listitem>
|
---|
2801 | <para>Linux Additions: fix service starting on Debian systems with
|
---|
2802 | systemd installed but not in use (bug #14683)</para>
|
---|
2803 | </listitem>
|
---|
2804 |
|
---|
2805 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
2806 |
|
---|
2807 | </sect1>
|
---|
2808 |
|
---|
2809 | <sect1>
|
---|
2810 | <title>Version 5.0.6 (2015-10-02)</title>
|
---|
2811 |
|
---|
2812 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
2813 | added:</para>
|
---|
2814 |
|
---|
2815 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
2816 |
|
---|
2817 | <listitem>
|
---|
2818 | <para>GUI: the update check now uses the HTTP system proxy settings by
|
---|
2819 | default</para>
|
---|
2820 | </listitem>
|
---|
2821 |
|
---|
2822 | <listitem>
|
---|
2823 | <para>GUI: About dialog improvements. Copyable version text, do not close
|
---|
2824 | dialog on mouse-clicks and focus losing, explicit close button at the
|
---|
2825 | bottom of dialog and disabled close button fix on OS X. (bugs #9912,
|
---|
2826 | #12749)</para>
|
---|
2827 | </listitem>
|
---|
2828 |
|
---|
2829 | <listitem>
|
---|
2830 | <para>GUI: fixed bug when re-assigning shortcuts (bug #14565)</para>
|
---|
2831 | </listitem>
|
---|
2832 |
|
---|
2833 | <listitem>
|
---|
2834 | <para>GUI: fixed default focus button in message-box dialogs (bug #14486)</para>
|
---|
2835 | </listitem>
|
---|
2836 |
|
---|
2837 | <listitem>
|
---|
2838 | <para>GUI: fixed settings dialog which is opened if the network settings
|
---|
2839 | need to be changed at VM startup (5.0 regression; bug #14601)</para>
|
---|
2840 | </listitem>
|
---|
2841 |
|
---|
2842 | <listitem>
|
---|
2843 | <para>GUI: fixed crash during VM start if an early error message needs
|
---|
2844 | to be shown, for example Linux kernel modules not present (bug #14646)</para>
|
---|
2845 | </listitem>
|
---|
2846 |
|
---|
2847 | <listitem>
|
---|
2848 | <para>Bridged Networking: fixed handling of guest DHCP requests without UDP
|
---|
2849 | checksum when bridging to a wireless interface (bug #14615)</para>
|
---|
2850 | </listitem>
|
---|
2851 |
|
---|
2852 | <listitem>
|
---|
2853 | <para>Audio: latency fixes (Windows hosts only; bug #4088)</para>
|
---|
2854 | </listitem>
|
---|
2855 |
|
---|
2856 | <listitem>
|
---|
2857 | <para>Guest Control: correctly set <emphasis>USERNAME</emphasis> and
|
---|
2858 | <emphasis>USERPROFILE</emphasis> environment variables (Windows
|
---|
2859 | guests only)</para>
|
---|
2860 | </listitem>
|
---|
2861 |
|
---|
2862 | <listitem>
|
---|
2863 | <para>Guest Control: several fixes</para>
|
---|
2864 | </listitem>
|
---|
2865 |
|
---|
2866 | <listitem>
|
---|
2867 | <para>API: properly restore NAT port forwarding rules when reverting to
|
---|
2868 | a snapshot</para>
|
---|
2869 | </listitem>
|
---|
2870 |
|
---|
2871 | <listitem>
|
---|
2872 | <para>Parallel ports: Several fixes allowing to enable two parallel ports
|
---|
2873 | for a VM</para>
|
---|
2874 | </listitem>
|
---|
2875 |
|
---|
2876 | <listitem>
|
---|
2877 | <para>VBoxManage: fixed wrong output of <emphasis>debugvm show</emphasis>
|
---|
2878 | command</para>
|
---|
2879 | </listitem>
|
---|
2880 |
|
---|
2881 | <listitem>
|
---|
2882 | <para>VBoxManage: fixed hang when specifying logging groups with
|
---|
2883 | <emphasis>debugvm log</emphasis> starting with
|
---|
2884 | <emphasis>h</emphasis>, for example <emphasis>hex</emphasis></para>
|
---|
2885 | </listitem>
|
---|
2886 |
|
---|
2887 | <listitem>
|
---|
2888 | <para>Windows hosts: renamed <emphasis>VBoxStartup.log</emphasis> to
|
---|
2889 | <emphasis>VBoxHardening.log</emphasis> and provide this log file in
|
---|
2890 | the GUI log viewer</para>
|
---|
2891 | </listitem>
|
---|
2892 |
|
---|
2893 | <listitem>
|
---|
2894 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed a small memory leak in the Windows host interface
|
---|
2895 | driver (VBoxNetAdp) which caused a BSOD if the driver verifier is enabled
|
---|
2896 | (bug #14562)</para>
|
---|
2897 | </listitem>
|
---|
2898 |
|
---|
2899 | <listitem>
|
---|
2900 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed a failure to start VMs on hosts where dsound.dll
|
---|
2901 | is not available (bug #14574)</para>
|
---|
2902 | </listitem>
|
---|
2903 |
|
---|
2904 | <listitem>
|
---|
2905 | <para>Windows hosts: another fix for <emphasis>VERR_LDR_MISMATCH_NATIVE</emphasis>
|
---|
2906 | errors (bug #14579)</para>
|
---|
2907 | </listitem>
|
---|
2908 |
|
---|
2909 | <listitem>
|
---|
2910 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed host-to-guest communication with bridged networking
|
---|
2911 | (bugs #14326, #14457)</para>
|
---|
2912 | </listitem>
|
---|
2913 |
|
---|
2914 | <listitem>
|
---|
2915 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed broken data receiving from the serial device with
|
---|
2916 | the named pipe backend if Kaspersky AV is installed</para>
|
---|
2917 | </listitem>
|
---|
2918 |
|
---|
2919 | <listitem>
|
---|
2920 | <para>Linux hosts: Linux 4.3 compile fixes</para>
|
---|
2921 | </listitem>
|
---|
2922 |
|
---|
2923 | <listitem>
|
---|
2924 | <para>Linux hosts: installer fix for certain systems (bug #14627)</para>
|
---|
2925 | </listitem>
|
---|
2926 |
|
---|
2927 | <listitem>
|
---|
2928 | <para>Linux hosts / guests: native systemd support for the host/guest
|
---|
2929 | installer scripts. The scripts for re-compiling the kernel modules
|
---|
2930 | are now located at /sbin/rcvboxdrv (host) and /sbin/rcvboxadd
|
---|
2931 | (Guest Additions)</para>
|
---|
2932 | </listitem>
|
---|
2933 |
|
---|
2934 | <listitem>
|
---|
2935 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: GUI-related fixes for El Capitan</para>
|
---|
2936 | </listitem>
|
---|
2937 |
|
---|
2938 | <listitem>
|
---|
2939 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed a problem with capturing USB devices under
|
---|
2940 | El Capitan</para>
|
---|
2941 | </listitem>
|
---|
2942 |
|
---|
2943 | <listitem>
|
---|
2944 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: allow colon character on shared folders (bug #14554)</para>
|
---|
2945 | </listitem>
|
---|
2946 |
|
---|
2947 | <listitem>
|
---|
2948 | <para>Linux Additions: properly set the VBoxService process ID in the PID
|
---|
2949 | file (bug #14571)</para>
|
---|
2950 | </listitem>
|
---|
2951 |
|
---|
2952 | <listitem>
|
---|
2953 | <para>Linux Additions: Guest Control fixes (bug #14573)</para>
|
---|
2954 | </listitem>
|
---|
2955 |
|
---|
2956 | <listitem>
|
---|
2957 | <para>Windows Additions: fixed shutting down VBoxTray when running with
|
---|
2958 | older VirtualBox host versions</para>
|
---|
2959 | </listitem>
|
---|
2960 |
|
---|
2961 | <listitem>
|
---|
2962 | <para>Windows Additions: fixed video playback with VLC and Windows Media
|
---|
2963 | Player when the WDDM driver is used and 3D is not used</para>
|
---|
2964 | </listitem>
|
---|
2965 |
|
---|
2966 | <listitem>
|
---|
2967 | <para>Windows Additions: prevent a possible VLC crash when the WDDM driver
|
---|
2968 | is used and 3D is enabled by implementing YV12 surfaces</para>
|
---|
2969 | </listitem>
|
---|
2970 |
|
---|
2971 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
2972 | </sect1>
|
---|
2973 |
|
---|
2974 | <sect1>
|
---|
2975 | <title>Version 5.0.4 (2015-09-08)</title>
|
---|
2976 |
|
---|
2977 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
2978 | added:</para>
|
---|
2979 |
|
---|
2980 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
2981 |
|
---|
2982 | <listitem>
|
---|
2983 | <para>VMM: fixed an issue with Windows 10 guest kernel debugging over the
|
---|
2984 | network for Hyper-V paravirtualized VMs</para>
|
---|
2985 | </listitem>
|
---|
2986 |
|
---|
2987 | <listitem>
|
---|
2988 | <para>VMM: fixed a bug which prevented reading the saved state of the
|
---|
2989 | 'PATM' unit from VirtualBox 4.3.x (bug #14512)</para>
|
---|
2990 | </listitem>
|
---|
2991 |
|
---|
2992 | <listitem>
|
---|
2993 | <para>GUI: changed default OS type for Windows from Windows XP to Windows 7</para>
|
---|
2994 | </listitem>
|
---|
2995 |
|
---|
2996 | <listitem>
|
---|
2997 | <para>GUI: added another pre-defined guest screen resolution (bug #14384)</para>
|
---|
2998 | </listitem>
|
---|
2999 |
|
---|
3000 | <listitem>
|
---|
3001 | <para>GUI: fixed update check which was broken due to changing the
|
---|
3002 | location of the root certificates (bug #13096)</para>
|
---|
3003 | </listitem>
|
---|
3004 |
|
---|
3005 | <listitem>
|
---|
3006 | <para>GUI: fixed issues with synchronization of Caps lock / Num lock / Scroll
|
---|
3007 | lock on Windows hosts (bug #14302)</para>
|
---|
3008 | </listitem>
|
---|
3009 |
|
---|
3010 | <listitem>
|
---|
3011 | <para>GUI: don't crash during VM shutdown if 2D video acceleration and 3D support
|
---|
3012 | are enabled (Mac OS X hosts only)</para>
|
---|
3013 | </listitem>
|
---|
3014 |
|
---|
3015 | <listitem>
|
---|
3016 | <para>GUI: several seamless fixes for certain X11 window managers, also when
|
---|
3017 | used in multi-screen setups</para>
|
---|
3018 | </listitem>
|
---|
3019 |
|
---|
3020 | <listitem>
|
---|
3021 | <para>GUI: Log window size, position and cursor-position fixes</para>
|
---|
3022 | </listitem>
|
---|
3023 |
|
---|
3024 | <listitem>
|
---|
3025 | <para>Audio: fixed playing leftover/deprecated audio samples</para>
|
---|
3026 | </listitem>
|
---|
3027 |
|
---|
3028 | <listitem>
|
---|
3029 | <para>Audio: fixed playing audio after suspending the host (5.0 regression;
|
---|
3030 | Linux hosts using the ALSA backend)</para>
|
---|
3031 | </listitem>
|
---|
3032 |
|
---|
3033 | <listitem>
|
---|
3034 | <para>Audio: fixed playing short audio samples which were chopped off
|
---|
3035 | formerly</para>
|
---|
3036 | </listitem>
|
---|
3037 |
|
---|
3038 | <listitem>
|
---|
3039 | <para>Audio: fixed distortions on OS X when the sample rate of the guest stream
|
---|
3040 | and host device don't match</para>
|
---|
3041 | </listitem>
|
---|
3042 |
|
---|
3043 | <listitem>
|
---|
3044 | <para>Storage: fixed raw disk access and flat VMDK image access which would
|
---|
3045 | be always opened readonly (5.0.2 regression; bugs #14425, #14461)</para>
|
---|
3046 | </listitem>
|
---|
3047 |
|
---|
3048 | <listitem>
|
---|
3049 | <para>Storage: fixed initial encryption of VDI images after they were
|
---|
3050 | compacted (bug #14496)</para>
|
---|
3051 | </listitem>
|
---|
3052 |
|
---|
3053 | <listitem>
|
---|
3054 | <para>VGA: fix for certain graphics modes (bug #14516)</para>
|
---|
3055 | </listitem>
|
---|
3056 |
|
---|
3057 | <listitem>
|
---|
3058 | <para>NAT: don't freeze while the VM is paused if the network attachment
|
---|
3059 | mode is changed from/to NAT with activated port forwarding</para>
|
---|
3060 | </listitem>
|
---|
3061 |
|
---|
3062 | <listitem>
|
---|
3063 | <para>OVF: fixed duplicate USB controller entries in exported OVA/OVF
|
---|
3064 | (bug #14462)</para>
|
---|
3065 | </listitem>
|
---|
3066 |
|
---|
3067 | <listitem>
|
---|
3068 | <para>Shared Folders: fixed a path separator issue (bug #14434)</para>
|
---|
3069 | </listitem>
|
---|
3070 |
|
---|
3071 | <listitem>
|
---|
3072 | <para>Drag and drop: fixed crashes on OS X hosts when doing host-to-guest
|
---|
3073 | transfers</para>
|
---|
3074 | </listitem>
|
---|
3075 |
|
---|
3076 | <listitem>
|
---|
3077 | <para>VBoxManage: another attempt to not deny changing the network adapter
|
---|
3078 | type at VM runtime (5.0 regression; bug #14308)</para>
|
---|
3079 | </listitem>
|
---|
3080 |
|
---|
3081 | <listitem>
|
---|
3082 | <para>VBoxManage: fixed broken <emphasis>guestcontrol <VM-Name> list</emphasis>
|
---|
3083 | command (5.0 regression)</para>
|
---|
3084 | </listitem>
|
---|
3085 |
|
---|
3086 | <listitem>
|
---|
3087 | <para>VBoxManage: fixed broken Guest Control stdout/stderr output (5.0 regression)</para>
|
---|
3088 | </listitem>
|
---|
3089 |
|
---|
3090 | <listitem>
|
---|
3091 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed remaining problems with activated SMAP (Broadwell
|
---|
3092 | and later; bug #14412)</para>
|
---|
3093 | </listitem>
|
---|
3094 |
|
---|
3095 | <listitem>
|
---|
3096 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed broken 3D support (5.0.2 regression;
|
---|
3097 | bug #14476)</para>
|
---|
3098 | </listitem>
|
---|
3099 |
|
---|
3100 | <listitem>
|
---|
3101 | <para>Linux hosts: Linux 4.2 fix</para>
|
---|
3102 | </listitem>
|
---|
3103 |
|
---|
3104 | <listitem>
|
---|
3105 | <para>Linux hosts: don't crash on older Linux distributions if the DBus
|
---|
3106 | service isn't running (bug #14543)</para>
|
---|
3107 | </listitem>
|
---|
3108 |
|
---|
3109 | <listitem>
|
---|
3110 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed the <emphasis>VERR_LDR_MISMATCH_NATIVE</emphasis>
|
---|
3111 | error message (bug #14420)</para>
|
---|
3112 | </listitem>
|
---|
3113 |
|
---|
3114 | <listitem>
|
---|
3115 | <para>Windows hosts: fix for Windows 10 build 10525 and later (bug #14502)</para>
|
---|
3116 | </listitem>
|
---|
3117 |
|
---|
3118 | <listitem>
|
---|
3119 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed network adapter enumeration on Windows 10 (bug #14437)</para>
|
---|
3120 | </listitem>
|
---|
3121 |
|
---|
3122 | <listitem>
|
---|
3123 | <para>Windows hosts: prevent intermittent host network disconnects during
|
---|
3124 | VM start/shutdown with bridged networking (bug #14500)</para>
|
---|
3125 | </listitem>
|
---|
3126 |
|
---|
3127 | <listitem>
|
---|
3128 | <para>Windows Additions: fixed the call to the memory allocation function
|
---|
3129 | (bug #14415)</para>
|
---|
3130 | </listitem>
|
---|
3131 |
|
---|
3132 | <listitem>
|
---|
3133 | <para>Linux Additions: be more forgiving if the compilation of the
|
---|
3134 | vboxvideo module fails (bug #14547)</para>
|
---|
3135 | </listitem>
|
---|
3136 |
|
---|
3137 | <listitem>
|
---|
3138 | <para>X11 Additions: fixed a number of small issues with dynamic
|
---|
3139 | resizing and full-screen and seamless modes</para>
|
---|
3140 | </listitem>
|
---|
3141 |
|
---|
3142 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
3143 |
|
---|
3144 | </sect1>
|
---|
3145 | <sect1>
|
---|
3146 | <title>Version 5.0.2 (2015-08-13)</title>
|
---|
3147 |
|
---|
3148 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
3149 | added:</para>
|
---|
3150 |
|
---|
3151 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
3152 |
|
---|
3153 | <listitem>
|
---|
3154 | <para>VMM: added support for guest crash report MSRs with Hyper-V
|
---|
3155 | paravirtualization</para>
|
---|
3156 | </listitem>
|
---|
3157 |
|
---|
3158 | <listitem>
|
---|
3159 | <para>VMM: fixed an issue causing artificially high load averages on
|
---|
3160 | Linux hosts</para>
|
---|
3161 | </listitem>
|
---|
3162 |
|
---|
3163 | <listitem>
|
---|
3164 | <para>VMM: fixed a kernel panic with thread-context hooks caused by
|
---|
3165 | incompatible changes made to Linux 4.2 kernels</para>
|
---|
3166 | </listitem>
|
---|
3167 |
|
---|
3168 | <listitem>
|
---|
3169 | <para>VMM: fixed a saved state issue with VT-x/AMD-V disabled
|
---|
3170 | (5.0 regression; bug #14304)</para>
|
---|
3171 | </listitem>
|
---|
3172 |
|
---|
3173 | <listitem>
|
---|
3174 | <para>VMM: fixed <emphasis>VERR_SUPDRV_TSC_DELTA_MEASUREMENT_FAILED</emphasis>
|
---|
3175 | Guru Meditations on certain AMD CPUs (5.0 regression; bug #14370)</para>
|
---|
3176 | </listitem>
|
---|
3177 |
|
---|
3178 | <listitem>
|
---|
3179 | <para>VMM: fixed a crash while creating a guest core dumps via the VM
|
---|
3180 | debug facility (5.0 regression)</para>
|
---|
3181 | </listitem>
|
---|
3182 |
|
---|
3183 | <listitem>
|
---|
3184 | <para>VMM: This release has AVX2 passthrough disabled on every host and
|
---|
3185 | AVX passthrough disabled for 64-bit VMs on 32-bit hosts. This will be
|
---|
3186 | properly fixed in a future 5.0.x maintenance release (see e.g. bug #14262)</para>
|
---|
3187 | </listitem>
|
---|
3188 |
|
---|
3189 | <listitem>
|
---|
3190 | <para>GUI: fixed rare hang and crash on VM shutdown/poweroff</para>
|
---|
3191 | </listitem>
|
---|
3192 |
|
---|
3193 | <listitem>
|
---|
3194 | <para>GUI: X11: fixed few crashes caused by the Qt <emphasis>alien
|
---|
3195 | widgets</emphasis> feature</para>
|
---|
3196 | </listitem>
|
---|
3197 |
|
---|
3198 | <listitem>
|
---|
3199 | <para>GUI: X11: fixed various mini-toolbar geometry quirks like positioning, z-order,
|
---|
3200 | transparency issues on certain window managers (bug #14257)</para>
|
---|
3201 | </listitem>
|
---|
3202 |
|
---|
3203 | <listitem>
|
---|
3204 | <para>GUI: X11: fixed mini-toolbar minimize button issue under certain window managers
|
---|
3205 | (bug #14284)</para>
|
---|
3206 | </listitem>
|
---|
3207 |
|
---|
3208 | <listitem>
|
---|
3209 | <para>GUI: VM menu actions availability should now be properly updated on
|
---|
3210 | full-screen/seamless/scaled mode switches</para>
|
---|
3211 | </listitem>
|
---|
3212 |
|
---|
3213 | <listitem>
|
---|
3214 | <para>GUI: disk encryption password validation should be performed
|
---|
3215 | when user confirmed the password, not after each entered symbol</para>
|
---|
3216 | </listitem>
|
---|
3217 |
|
---|
3218 | <listitem>
|
---|
3219 | <para>GUI: do not change the VM/group selection in the VM Manager to the newly
|
---|
3220 | created VM if it was created by another client (e.g. VBoxManage)</para>
|
---|
3221 | </listitem>
|
---|
3222 |
|
---|
3223 | <listitem>
|
---|
3224 | <para>GUI: Mac OS X: do not treat 'almost maximized' VM windows as 'maximized',
|
---|
3225 | watch for the strict window geometry instead</para>
|
---|
3226 | </listitem>
|
---|
3227 |
|
---|
3228 | <listitem>
|
---|
3229 | <para>GUI: improve the quality in scaled mode under some circumstances
|
---|
3230 | (5.0 regression; bug #14303)</para>
|
---|
3231 | </listitem>
|
---|
3232 |
|
---|
3233 | <listitem>
|
---|
3234 | <para>VBoxManage: do not deny changing the network adapter type at
|
---|
3235 | VM runtime (5.0 regression; bug #14308)</para>
|
---|
3236 | </listitem>
|
---|
3237 |
|
---|
3238 | <listitem>
|
---|
3239 | <para>VRDP: allow Windows 10 RDP clients (bug #14216)</para>
|
---|
3240 | </listitem>
|
---|
3241 |
|
---|
3242 | <listitem>
|
---|
3243 | <para>Audio: fix a possible crash on VM process termination
|
---|
3244 | (5.0 regression)</para>
|
---|
3245 | </listitem>
|
---|
3246 |
|
---|
3247 | <listitem>
|
---|
3248 | <para>Storage: improved raw disk access on OS X by unmounting
|
---|
3249 | any accessed volume before first use and prevent any mount attempt
|
---|
3250 | by the host (bug #14219)</para>
|
---|
3251 | </listitem>
|
---|
3252 |
|
---|
3253 | <listitem>
|
---|
3254 | <para>3D: basic support for saving/restoring display lists</para>
|
---|
3255 | </listitem>
|
---|
3256 |
|
---|
3257 | <listitem>
|
---|
3258 | <para>Drag and drop: fixed guest to host transfers on OS X hosts</para>
|
---|
3259 | </listitem>
|
---|
3260 |
|
---|
3261 | <listitem>
|
---|
3262 | <para>Drag and drop: fixed memory leak on Windows guests</para>
|
---|
3263 | </listitem>
|
---|
3264 |
|
---|
3265 | <listitem>
|
---|
3266 | <para>Shared Folders: fixed a problem with accessing CIFS shares
|
---|
3267 | (bug #14252)</para>
|
---|
3268 | </listitem>
|
---|
3269 |
|
---|
3270 | <listitem>
|
---|
3271 | <para>Shared Folders: improved path conversion between hosts and
|
---|
3272 | guests with different path separators (bug #14153)</para>
|
---|
3273 | </listitem>
|
---|
3274 |
|
---|
3275 | <listitem>
|
---|
3276 | <para>API: skip resetting of immutable media when the VM in saved
|
---|
3277 | state is started (bug #13957)</para>
|
---|
3278 | </listitem>
|
---|
3279 |
|
---|
3280 | <listitem>
|
---|
3281 | <para>API: fixed method for setting medium IDs which used zero (invalid)
|
---|
3282 | UUIDs instead random (valid) UUIDs if no UUIDs were passed (bug #14350)</para>
|
---|
3283 | </listitem>
|
---|
3284 |
|
---|
3285 | <listitem>
|
---|
3286 | <para>API: for Windows host fix detection of API client crashes which
|
---|
3287 | have a session open</para>
|
---|
3288 | </listitem>
|
---|
3289 |
|
---|
3290 | <listitem>
|
---|
3291 | <para>OVF: properly export all VBox features including the setting
|
---|
3292 | for paravirtualization (bug #14390)</para>
|
---|
3293 | </listitem>
|
---|
3294 |
|
---|
3295 | <listitem>
|
---|
3296 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: El Capitan USB fixes</para>
|
---|
3297 | </listitem>
|
---|
3298 |
|
---|
3299 | <listitem>
|
---|
3300 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed crash when opening Windows dialogs
|
---|
3301 | from the VM process on Windows 10 (bug #14351)</para>
|
---|
3302 | </listitem>
|
---|
3303 |
|
---|
3304 | <listitem>
|
---|
3305 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed host-only adapter creation issues on
|
---|
3306 | Windows 10 (bug #14040)</para>
|
---|
3307 | </listitem>
|
---|
3308 |
|
---|
3309 | <listitem>
|
---|
3310 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed audio on Windows 10 (bug #14432)</para>
|
---|
3311 | </listitem>
|
---|
3312 |
|
---|
3313 | <listitem>
|
---|
3314 | <para>Linux hosts: more fixes for activated SMAP on Linux 3.19
|
---|
3315 | and newer (Broadwell and later; bug #13961)</para>
|
---|
3316 | </listitem>
|
---|
3317 |
|
---|
3318 | <listitem>
|
---|
3319 | <para>Linux hosts: check then name space before attaching to a host
|
---|
3320 | network interface (bug #13795)</para>
|
---|
3321 | </listitem>
|
---|
3322 |
|
---|
3323 | <listitem>
|
---|
3324 | <para>Linux Additions: Linux 4.2 fixes (bug #14227)</para>
|
---|
3325 | </listitem>
|
---|
3326 |
|
---|
3327 | <listitem>
|
---|
3328 | <para>Linux Additions: improved the performance of
|
---|
3329 | <emphasis>stat()</emphasis> to speed up certain file operations
|
---|
3330 | on shared folders</para>
|
---|
3331 | </listitem>
|
---|
3332 |
|
---|
3333 | <listitem>
|
---|
3334 | <para>Windows Additions: fixed a potential crash in the WDDM driver
|
---|
3335 | with Windows 10 (bug #14190)</para>
|
---|
3336 | </listitem>
|
---|
3337 |
|
---|
3338 | <listitem>
|
---|
3339 | <para>Solaris Additions: added support for X.Org Server 1.17</para>
|
---|
3340 | </listitem>
|
---|
3341 |
|
---|
3342 | <listitem>
|
---|
3343 | <para>X11 Additions: various seamless mode fixes, including
|
---|
3344 | invisible windows under LXDE</para>
|
---|
3345 | </listitem>
|
---|
3346 |
|
---|
3347 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
3348 | </sect1>
|
---|
3349 |
|
---|
3350 | <sect1>
|
---|
3351 | <title>Version 5.0.0 (2015-07-09)</title>
|
---|
3352 |
|
---|
3353 | <para>This is a major update. The following major new features
|
---|
3354 | were added:</para>
|
---|
3355 |
|
---|
3356 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
3357 |
|
---|
3358 | <listitem>
|
---|
3359 | <para>Paravirtualization support for Windows and Linux guests to improve
|
---|
3360 | time-keeping accuracy and performance (see <xref linkend="gimproviders" />)</para>
|
---|
3361 | </listitem>
|
---|
3362 |
|
---|
3363 | <listitem>
|
---|
3364 | <para>Make more instruction set extensions available to the guest when
|
---|
3365 | running with hardware-assisted virtualization and nested paging. Among
|
---|
3366 | others this includes: SSE 4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX-2, AES-NI,
|
---|
3367 | <emphasis>POPCNT</emphasis>, <emphasis>RDRAND</emphasis> and
|
---|
3368 | <emphasis>RDSEED</emphasis></para>
|
---|
3369 | </listitem>
|
---|
3370 |
|
---|
3371 | <listitem>
|
---|
3372 | <para>xHCI Controller to support USB 3 devices
|
---|
3373 | (see <xref linkend="settings-usb" />)</para>
|
---|
3374 | </listitem>
|
---|
3375 |
|
---|
3376 | <listitem>
|
---|
3377 | <para>Drag and drop support (bidirectional) for Windows, Linux and Solaris guests</para>
|
---|
3378 | </listitem>
|
---|
3379 |
|
---|
3380 | <listitem>
|
---|
3381 | <para>Disk image encryption (see <xref linkend="diskencryption" />)</para>
|
---|
3382 | </listitem>
|
---|
3383 |
|
---|
3384 | <listitem>
|
---|
3385 | <para>VMs can now be started in <emphasis>separate mode</emphasis>. The VM
|
---|
3386 | process is started headless while the frontend runs as a separate process
|
---|
3387 | which can be terminated without stopping the VM</para>
|
---|
3388 | </listitem>
|
---|
3389 |
|
---|
3390 | <listitem>
|
---|
3391 | <para>GUI: VM guest-content scaling support (including 3D acceleration)</para>
|
---|
3392 | </listitem>
|
---|
3393 |
|
---|
3394 | <listitem>
|
---|
3395 | <para>GUI: New User Interface settings page for customizing status-bar,
|
---|
3396 | menu-bar and guest-content scaling</para>
|
---|
3397 | </listitem>
|
---|
3398 |
|
---|
3399 | <listitem>
|
---|
3400 | <para>GUI: New Encryption settings tab for customizing encryption options for
|
---|
3401 | disk images</para>
|
---|
3402 | </listitem>
|
---|
3403 |
|
---|
3404 | <listitem>
|
---|
3405 | <para>GUI: HiDPI support including application icons and optional unscaled HiDPI
|
---|
3406 | output on Mac OS X (including 3D acceleration)</para>
|
---|
3407 | </listitem>
|
---|
3408 |
|
---|
3409 | <listitem>
|
---|
3410 | <para>GUI: Hotplugging support for SATA disks</para>
|
---|
3411 | </listitem>
|
---|
3412 |
|
---|
3413 | <listitem>
|
---|
3414 | <para>New, modular audio architecture for providing a better abstraction of the host
|
---|
3415 | audio backends</para>
|
---|
3416 | </listitem>
|
---|
3417 |
|
---|
3418 | <listitem>
|
---|
3419 | <para>Support for the NDIS6 networking framework on Windows (default on Vista
|
---|
3420 | and later)</para>
|
---|
3421 | </listitem>
|
---|
3422 |
|
---|
3423 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
3424 |
|
---|
3425 | <para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
|
---|
3426 |
|
---|
3427 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
3428 |
|
---|
3429 | <listitem>
|
---|
3430 | <para>VMM: improved timing on Solaris hosts with older VT-x hosts
|
---|
3431 | without preemption timers</para>
|
---|
3432 | </listitem>
|
---|
3433 |
|
---|
3434 | <listitem>
|
---|
3435 | <para>VMM: further improvements for TSC frequency measurements and
|
---|
3436 | guest timekeeping</para>
|
---|
3437 | </listitem>
|
---|
3438 |
|
---|
3439 | <listitem>
|
---|
3440 | <para>VMM: debug facility now includes the guest CPU's
|
---|
3441 | FPU/SSE/extended state in the core dump</para>
|
---|
3442 | </listitem>
|
---|
3443 |
|
---|
3444 | <listitem>
|
---|
3445 | <para>VMM: fixed a hang under rare conditions on 32-bit hosts</para>
|
---|
3446 | </listitem>
|
---|
3447 |
|
---|
3448 | <listitem>
|
---|
3449 | <para>VMM: several fixes</para>
|
---|
3450 | </listitem>
|
---|
3451 |
|
---|
3452 | <listitem>
|
---|
3453 | <para>GUI: improved HID LEDs synchronization for Mac and Windows hosts.
|
---|
3454 | The physical LEDs state now restored together with the VM state</para>
|
---|
3455 | </listitem>
|
---|
3456 |
|
---|
3457 | <listitem>
|
---|
3458 | <para>GUI: take the guest screen aspect ratio into account for the
|
---|
3459 | preview window</para>
|
---|
3460 | </listitem>
|
---|
3461 |
|
---|
3462 | <listitem>
|
---|
3463 | <para>GUI: provide direct access to storage media in the VM selector</para>
|
---|
3464 | </listitem>
|
---|
3465 |
|
---|
3466 | <listitem>
|
---|
3467 | <para>GUI: allow to save the VM state from the selector even if the VM
|
---|
3468 | is already paused</para>
|
---|
3469 | </listitem>
|
---|
3470 |
|
---|
3471 | <listitem>
|
---|
3472 | <para>VBoxManage: when exporting an appliance, support the suppression
|
---|
3473 | of MAC addresses, which means they will be always recreated on
|
---|
3474 | import, avoiding duplicate MAC addresses for VMs which are imported
|
---|
3475 | several times</para>
|
---|
3476 | </listitem>
|
---|
3477 |
|
---|
3478 | <listitem>
|
---|
3479 | <para>VBoxManage: now supports renaming storage controllers and USB controllers</para>
|
---|
3480 | </listitem>
|
---|
3481 |
|
---|
3482 | <listitem>
|
---|
3483 | <para>Guest Control: major overhaul, for example fixing wrong parameter quoting
|
---|
3484 | (bug #13157)</para>
|
---|
3485 | </listitem>
|
---|
3486 |
|
---|
3487 | <listitem>
|
---|
3488 | <para>USB: added USB traffic capturing (see <xref linkend="usbtrafficcapturing" />)</para>
|
---|
3489 | </listitem>
|
---|
3490 |
|
---|
3491 | <listitem>
|
---|
3492 | <para>Made resizing X11 guests work more reliably</para>
|
---|
3493 | </listitem>
|
---|
3494 |
|
---|
3495 | <listitem>
|
---|
3496 | <para>API: block the removal of the current snapshot if it has child
|
---|
3497 | snapshots (only relevant for VMs without snapshottable hard disks,
|
---|
3498 | their presence always prevented removal), which resulted in VM
|
---|
3499 | config corruption</para>
|
---|
3500 | </listitem>
|
---|
3501 |
|
---|
3502 | <listitem>
|
---|
3503 | <para>API: mark VM configs with snapshots but without current snapshot
|
---|
3504 | as inaccessible, as this combination is nonsense</para>
|
---|
3505 | </listitem>
|
---|
3506 |
|
---|
3507 | <listitem>
|
---|
3508 | <para>API: fix information for some automatically generated events
|
---|
3509 | (only with XPCOM, Windows host was not affected), which caused
|
---|
3510 | errors when getting some of the attributes over the webservice
|
---|
3511 | (bug #12379)</para>
|
---|
3512 | </listitem>
|
---|
3513 |
|
---|
3514 | <listitem>
|
---|
3515 | <para>API: fix crashes in Java API clients using the XPCOM binding,
|
---|
3516 | happened with output parameters only (bug #11232)</para>
|
---|
3517 | </listitem>
|
---|
3518 |
|
---|
3519 | <listitem>
|
---|
3520 | <para>API: a number of settings (e.g. network settings) can now also
|
---|
3521 | be changed when the VM is in saved state</para>
|
---|
3522 | </listitem>
|
---|
3523 |
|
---|
3524 | <listitem>
|
---|
3525 | <para>API: fixed incorrect resuming of VMs on host-resume unless they were
|
---|
3526 | previously paused due to a host-suspend</para>
|
---|
3527 | </listitem>
|
---|
3528 |
|
---|
3529 | <listitem>
|
---|
3530 | <para>API: don't lose the saved state and "current state changed" flag
|
---|
3531 | during cloning of a VM</para>
|
---|
3532 | </listitem>
|
---|
3533 |
|
---|
3534 | <listitem>
|
---|
3535 | <para>API: OS type description consistency fix (bug #14162)</para>
|
---|
3536 | </listitem>
|
---|
3537 |
|
---|
3538 | <listitem>
|
---|
3539 | <para>VBoxSVC: don't keep the support driver permanently open</para>
|
---|
3540 | </listitem>
|
---|
3541 |
|
---|
3542 | <listitem>
|
---|
3543 | <para>Main/Properties: properly drop transient guest properties when
|
---|
3544 | the VM is powered off</para>
|
---|
3545 | </listitem>
|
---|
3546 |
|
---|
3547 | <listitem>
|
---|
3548 | <para>VRDP: fixed a couple of races which may cause a crash during
|
---|
3549 | VM poweroff</para>
|
---|
3550 | </listitem>
|
---|
3551 |
|
---|
3552 | <listitem>
|
---|
3553 | <para>ExtPack: don't fail if the TMP directory contains non-latin1
|
---|
3554 | characters (bug #14159)</para>
|
---|
3555 | </listitem>
|
---|
3556 |
|
---|
3557 | <listitem>
|
---|
3558 | <para>3D: fix potential race in which might cause a crash on VM
|
---|
3559 | termination</para>
|
---|
3560 | </listitem>
|
---|
3561 |
|
---|
3562 | <listitem>
|
---|
3563 | <para>3D: fixed a possible memory leak in the host service</para>
|
---|
3564 | </listitem>
|
---|
3565 |
|
---|
3566 | <listitem>
|
---|
3567 | <para>Serial: new TCP/IP backend (see <xref linkend="serialports"/>)</para>
|
---|
3568 | </listitem>
|
---|
3569 |
|
---|
3570 | <listitem>
|
---|
3571 | <para>Storage: added USB mass storage device class
|
---|
3572 | (see <xref linkend="harddiskcontrollers"/>)</para>
|
---|
3573 | </listitem>
|
---|
3574 |
|
---|
3575 | <listitem>
|
---|
3576 | <para>Storage: added <emphasis>vbox-img</emphasis> standalone tool for
|
---|
3577 | direct manipulation of virtual hard disk images without VBoxManage</para>
|
---|
3578 | </listitem>
|
---|
3579 |
|
---|
3580 | <listitem>
|
---|
3581 | <para>Storage: fixed crash as a result of I/O errors in certain conditions
|
---|
3582 | (bug #13105)</para>
|
---|
3583 | </listitem>
|
---|
3584 |
|
---|
3585 | <listitem>
|
---|
3586 | <para>NAT: fixed several potential crashes</para>
|
---|
3587 | </listitem>
|
---|
3588 |
|
---|
3589 | <listitem>
|
---|
3590 | <para>NAT: don't forcibly reset/drop all connections when the link goes
|
---|
3591 | down</para>
|
---|
3592 | </listitem>
|
---|
3593 |
|
---|
3594 | <listitem>
|
---|
3595 | <para>Netsniffer: properly handle changing of the trace file name
|
---|
3596 | at VM runtime</para>
|
---|
3597 | </listitem>
|
---|
3598 |
|
---|
3599 | <listitem>
|
---|
3600 | <para>Audio: fixed audio output and input when changing the default audio device
|
---|
3601 | more than once on OS X</para>
|
---|
3602 | </listitem>
|
---|
3603 |
|
---|
3604 | <listitem>
|
---|
3605 | <para>Audio: fixed audio input on OS X under certain circumstances</para>
|
---|
3606 | </listitem>
|
---|
3607 |
|
---|
3608 | <listitem>
|
---|
3609 | <para>ICH9: fixed the interrupt disable logic for MSI interrupts; should
|
---|
3610 | fix old Linux guests with AHCI</para>
|
---|
3611 | </listitem>
|
---|
3612 |
|
---|
3613 | <listitem>
|
---|
3614 | <para>USB: improve playback with USB sound devices attached to the emulated
|
---|
3615 | OHCI controller</para>
|
---|
3616 | </listitem>
|
---|
3617 |
|
---|
3618 | <listitem>
|
---|
3619 | <para>Audio: provide Linux guests a different AC'97 audio codec type so Linux
|
---|
3620 | ALSA does not mis-detect the link speed (default for new VMs)</para>
|
---|
3621 | </listitem>
|
---|
3622 |
|
---|
3623 | <listitem>
|
---|
3624 | <para>BIOS: fix for booting from SCSI CD/DVD media</para>
|
---|
3625 | </listitem>
|
---|
3626 |
|
---|
3627 | <listitem>
|
---|
3628 | <para>BIOS: fix for reads partially beyond end of disk (bug #14021)</para>
|
---|
3629 | </listitem>
|
---|
3630 |
|
---|
3631 | <listitem>
|
---|
3632 | <para>VRDP: fixed listening for IPv6 on some systems (bug #14038)</para>
|
---|
3633 | </listitem>
|
---|
3634 |
|
---|
3635 | <listitem>
|
---|
3636 | <para>rdesktop-vrdp: upgraded to version 1.8.3</para>
|
---|
3637 | </listitem>
|
---|
3638 |
|
---|
3639 | <listitem>
|
---|
3640 | <para>Linux hosts: fixed a bug which made the netfilter driver ignore
|
---|
3641 | certain events (bug #12264)</para>
|
---|
3642 | </listitem>
|
---|
3643 |
|
---|
3644 | <listitem>
|
---|
3645 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: El Capitan fixes</para>
|
---|
3646 | </listitem>
|
---|
3647 |
|
---|
3648 | <listitem>
|
---|
3649 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed a bug which might trigger a host kernel panic
|
---|
3650 | if a VM is started and another hypervisor is active</para>
|
---|
3651 | </listitem>
|
---|
3652 |
|
---|
3653 | <listitem>
|
---|
3654 | <para>Solaris hosts: Solaris 12 installer fix</para>
|
---|
3655 | </listitem>
|
---|
3656 |
|
---|
3657 | <listitem>
|
---|
3658 | <para>Guest Additions: added a heartbeat service
|
---|
3659 | (see <xref linkend="heartbeatservice" />)</para>
|
---|
3660 | </listitem>
|
---|
3661 |
|
---|
3662 | <listitem>
|
---|
3663 | <para>Linux hosts / guests: support for Linux distributions using systemd
|
---|
3664 | without sysv emulation (e.g. ArchLinux)</para>
|
---|
3665 | </listitem>
|
---|
3666 |
|
---|
3667 | <listitem>
|
---|
3668 | <para>Windows Additions/WDDM: improved video memory utilization and
|
---|
3669 | allow more/bigger guest screens with large resolutions (including HiDPI)
|
---|
3670 | </para>
|
---|
3671 | </listitem>
|
---|
3672 |
|
---|
3673 | <listitem>
|
---|
3674 | <para>Linux Additions: added <emphasis>-s</emphasis> parameter to
|
---|
3675 | <emphasis>mount.vboxsf</emphasis> to be sloppy with invalid parameters</para>
|
---|
3676 | </listitem>
|
---|
3677 |
|
---|
3678 | <listitem>
|
---|
3679 | <para>X11 Additions: fixed wrong DPI value (bug #14151)</para>
|
---|
3680 | </listitem>
|
---|
3681 |
|
---|
3682 | <listitem>
|
---|
3683 | <para>Mac OS X guests: limit the CPU family for legacy guests</para>
|
---|
3684 | </listitem>
|
---|
3685 |
|
---|
3686 | <listitem>
|
---|
3687 | <para>Solaris Additions: added quiesce support to co-operate with Solaris'
|
---|
3688 | fast-reboot feature</para>
|
---|
3689 | </listitem>
|
---|
3690 |
|
---|
3691 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
3692 |
|
---|
3693 | </sect1>
|
---|
3694 |
|
---|
3695 | <sect1>
|
---|
3696 | <title>Version 4.3.28 (2015-05-13)</title>
|
---|
3697 |
|
---|
3698 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
3699 | added:</para>
|
---|
3700 |
|
---|
3701 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
3702 |
|
---|
3703 | <listitem>
|
---|
3704 | <para>VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation when rebooting certain guests (for
|
---|
3705 | example Solaris doing fast reboot) by fixing the implementation for INIT IPI</para>
|
---|
3706 | </listitem>
|
---|
3707 |
|
---|
3708 | <listitem>
|
---|
3709 | <para>VMM: added some information for diagnosing rare
|
---|
3710 | <emphasis>VERR_VMX_INVALID_VMXON_PTR</emphasis> Guru Meditations (VT-x only)</para>
|
---|
3711 | </listitem>
|
---|
3712 |
|
---|
3713 | <listitem>
|
---|
3714 | <para>GUI: HID LEDs sync: prevent synchronization if VM window has no focus
|
---|
3715 | (Windows and Mac OS X hosts only)</para>
|
---|
3716 | </listitem>
|
---|
3717 |
|
---|
3718 | <listitem>
|
---|
3719 | <para>GUI: fixed drag and drop moving the cursor between guest screens on
|
---|
3720 | certain hosts</para>
|
---|
3721 | </listitem>
|
---|
3722 |
|
---|
3723 | <listitem>
|
---|
3724 | <para>3D: fixed a crash on restoring the VM state on X11 hosts (bug #12737)</para>
|
---|
3725 | </listitem>
|
---|
3726 |
|
---|
3727 | <listitem>
|
---|
3728 | <para>3D: fixed a crash on restoring the VM state</para>
|
---|
3729 | </listitem>
|
---|
3730 |
|
---|
3731 | <listitem>
|
---|
3732 | <para>3D: fixed a crash on Linux guest shutdown (bug #12772)</para>
|
---|
3733 | </listitem>
|
---|
3734 |
|
---|
3735 | <listitem>
|
---|
3736 | <para>VRDP: fixed incompatibility with rdesktop 1.8.3</para>
|
---|
3737 | </listitem>
|
---|
3738 |
|
---|
3739 | <listitem>
|
---|
3740 | <para>VRDP: fixed listening for IPv6 on some systems (bug #14038)</para>
|
---|
3741 | </listitem>
|
---|
3742 |
|
---|
3743 | <listitem>
|
---|
3744 | <para>Storage: don't crash if creating an asynchronous I/O context
|
---|
3745 | fails (e.g. when starting many VMs) and show a proper error message</para>
|
---|
3746 | </listitem>
|
---|
3747 |
|
---|
3748 | <listitem>
|
---|
3749 | <para>Floppy: several fixes</para>
|
---|
3750 | </listitem>
|
---|
3751 |
|
---|
3752 | <listitem>
|
---|
3753 | <para>Audio: improved the behavior of the volume control for the
|
---|
3754 | HD audio device emulation</para>
|
---|
3755 | </listitem>
|
---|
3756 |
|
---|
3757 | <listitem>
|
---|
3758 | <para>USB: increase the number of supported drivers from 3 to 5
|
---|
3759 | (Windows hosts only)</para>
|
---|
3760 | </listitem>
|
---|
3761 |
|
---|
3762 | <listitem>
|
---|
3763 | <para>PS/2 keyboard: synchronize the LED state on VM restore
|
---|
3764 | (Windows and Mac OS X hosts only)</para>
|
---|
3765 | </listitem>
|
---|
3766 |
|
---|
3767 | <listitem>
|
---|
3768 | <para>NAT Network: when running multiple NAT networks with multiple VMs,
|
---|
3769 | only stop the respective services when stopping VMs (bug #14090)</para>
|
---|
3770 | </listitem>
|
---|
3771 |
|
---|
3772 | <listitem>
|
---|
3773 | <para>NAT: don't kill UDP bindings on ICMP errors (bug #13475)</para>
|
---|
3774 | </listitem>
|
---|
3775 |
|
---|
3776 | <listitem>
|
---|
3777 | <para>NAT: bandwidth limit now works properly with NAT (bug #11485)</para>
|
---|
3778 | </listitem>
|
---|
3779 |
|
---|
3780 | <listitem>
|
---|
3781 | <para>BIOS: fixed the returned size value of the VBE 2.0 PMI function 0Ah
|
---|
3782 | (4.2.0 regression; bug #14096)</para>
|
---|
3783 | </listitem>
|
---|
3784 |
|
---|
3785 | <listitem>
|
---|
3786 | <para>Guest Control: fixed parameter quoting in Windows guests
|
---|
3787 | (bug #13157)</para>
|
---|
3788 | </listitem>
|
---|
3789 |
|
---|
3790 | <listitem>
|
---|
3791 | <para>Webcam passthrough improvements for Linux (V4L2) hosts to support more
|
---|
3792 | webcam models</para>
|
---|
3793 | </listitem>
|
---|
3794 |
|
---|
3795 | <listitem>
|
---|
3796 | <para>API: don't fail starting a VM with <emphasis>VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE</emphasis>
|
---|
3797 | under certain conditions (bug #13617)</para>
|
---|
3798 | </listitem>
|
---|
3799 |
|
---|
3800 | <listitem>
|
---|
3801 | <para>API: be more verbose on <emphasis>VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE</emphasis>
|
---|
3802 | if a medium is attached to a running VM (bug #13560)</para>
|
---|
3803 | </listitem>
|
---|
3804 |
|
---|
3805 | <listitem>
|
---|
3806 | <para>API: fixed a bug which could result in losing certain screen resize
|
---|
3807 | events with multi-monitor guests</para>
|
---|
3808 | </listitem>
|
---|
3809 |
|
---|
3810 | <listitem>
|
---|
3811 | <para>rdesktop-vrdp: fixed path to the keymaps (bug #12066)</para>
|
---|
3812 | </listitem>
|
---|
3813 |
|
---|
3814 | <listitem>
|
---|
3815 | <para>rdesktop-vrdp: switch to version 1.8.3</para>
|
---|
3816 | </listitem>
|
---|
3817 |
|
---|
3818 | <listitem>
|
---|
3819 | <para>Windows hosts: more hardening fixes (e.g. bugs #14051, #14052)</para>
|
---|
3820 | </listitem>
|
---|
3821 |
|
---|
3822 | <listitem>
|
---|
3823 | <para>Linux hosts: another fix for activated SMAP on Linux 3.19
|
---|
3824 | and newer (Broadwell and later; bug #13961)</para>
|
---|
3825 | </listitem>
|
---|
3826 |
|
---|
3827 | <listitem>
|
---|
3828 | <para>Linux hosts: Linux 4.1 compile fix (bug #14081)</para>
|
---|
3829 | </listitem>
|
---|
3830 |
|
---|
3831 | <listitem>
|
---|
3832 | <para>Solaris hosts: fixed using of VNIC templates with Crossbow based
|
---|
3833 | bridged networking to be compatible with vanity interface names</para>
|
---|
3834 | </listitem>
|
---|
3835 |
|
---|
3836 | <listitem>
|
---|
3837 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed crash during VM termination under rare
|
---|
3838 | circumstances</para>
|
---|
3839 | </listitem>
|
---|
3840 |
|
---|
3841 | <listitem>
|
---|
3842 | <para>Windows Additions/WDDM: improved video memory utilization and allow
|
---|
3843 | more/bigger guest screens with large resolutions (including HiDPI)</para>
|
---|
3844 | </listitem>
|
---|
3845 |
|
---|
3846 | <listitem>
|
---|
3847 | <para>X11 Additions: prevent flickering when updating mouse cursor</para>
|
---|
3848 | </listitem>
|
---|
3849 |
|
---|
3850 | <listitem>
|
---|
3851 | <para>Solaris Additions: fixed incorrect usage of 'prtconf' while
|
---|
3852 | installing Guest Additions (Solaris 10 only)</para>
|
---|
3853 | </listitem>
|
---|
3854 |
|
---|
3855 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
3856 | </sect1>
|
---|
3857 |
|
---|
3858 | <sect1>
|
---|
3859 | <title>Version 4.3.26 (2015-03-16)</title>
|
---|
3860 |
|
---|
3861 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
3862 | added:</para>
|
---|
3863 |
|
---|
3864 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
3865 |
|
---|
3866 | <listitem>
|
---|
3867 | <para>GUI: in the snapshots pane, protect the age of snapshots against
|
---|
3868 | wrong host time (bug #13955)</para>
|
---|
3869 | </listitem>
|
---|
3870 |
|
---|
3871 | <listitem>
|
---|
3872 | <para>NAT Network: fixed a bug which prevented to propagate any DNS
|
---|
3873 | name server / domain / search string information to the NAT network
|
---|
3874 | (4.3.24 regression; bugs #13915, #13918)</para>
|
---|
3875 | </listitem>
|
---|
3876 |
|
---|
3877 | <listitem>
|
---|
3878 | <para>NAT Network: don't delay the shutdown of VBoxSVC on
|
---|
3879 | Windows hosts</para>
|
---|
3880 | </listitem>
|
---|
3881 |
|
---|
3882 | <listitem>
|
---|
3883 | <para>Mouse support: the mouse could not be moved under rare
|
---|
3884 | conditions if no Guest Additions are installed (4.3.24 regression;
|
---|
3885 | bug #13935)</para>
|
---|
3886 | </listitem>
|
---|
3887 |
|
---|
3888 | <listitem>
|
---|
3889 | <para>Storage: if the guest ejects a virtual CD/DVD medium, make the
|
---|
3890 | change permanent (bugs #9858, #12885)</para>
|
---|
3891 | </listitem>
|
---|
3892 |
|
---|
3893 | <listitem>
|
---|
3894 | <para>VGA: made saving secondary screen sizes possible in X11 guests</para>
|
---|
3895 | </listitem>
|
---|
3896 |
|
---|
3897 | <listitem>
|
---|
3898 | <para>SDK: fixed the VirtualBox.tlb file (4.3.20 regression; bug #13943)</para>
|
---|
3899 | </listitem>
|
---|
3900 |
|
---|
3901 | <listitem>
|
---|
3902 | <para>rdesktop-vrdp: make it work with USB devices again
|
---|
3903 | (4.3.14 regression; bug #13901)</para>
|
---|
3904 | </listitem>
|
---|
3905 |
|
---|
3906 | <listitem>
|
---|
3907 | <para>USB: fixed a possible BSOD on Windows hosts under rare conditions</para>
|
---|
3908 | </listitem>
|
---|
3909 |
|
---|
3910 | <listitem>
|
---|
3911 | <para>iPXE: enable the HTTP download protocol on non-Linux hosts (bug #13628)</para>
|
---|
3912 | </listitem>
|
---|
3913 |
|
---|
3914 | <listitem>
|
---|
3915 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: don't panic on hosts with activated SMAP (Broadwell
|
---|
3916 | and later; bug #13951)</para>
|
---|
3917 | </listitem>
|
---|
3918 |
|
---|
3919 | <listitem>
|
---|
3920 | <para>Linux hosts: don't crash Linux 4.0 hosts (bug #13835)</para>
|
---|
3921 | </listitem>
|
---|
3922 |
|
---|
3923 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
3924 | </sect1>
|
---|
3925 |
|
---|
3926 | <sect1>
|
---|
3927 | <title>Version 4.3.24 (2015-03-02)</title>
|
---|
3928 |
|
---|
3929 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
3930 | added:</para>
|
---|
3931 |
|
---|
3932 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
3933 |
|
---|
3934 | <listitem>
|
---|
3935 | <para>VMM: emulation fix for the <emphasis>ENTER</emphasis> instruction
|
---|
3936 | under certain conditions; fixes Solaris 10 guests (VT-x without
|
---|
3937 | unrestricted guest execution)</para>
|
---|
3938 | </listitem>
|
---|
3939 |
|
---|
3940 | <listitem>
|
---|
3941 | <para>VMM: fix for handling NMIs on Linux hosts with X2APIC enabled</para>
|
---|
3942 | </listitem>
|
---|
3943 |
|
---|
3944 | <listitem>
|
---|
3945 | <para>NAT/NAT Network: fix connection drops when the host's DHCP lease
|
---|
3946 | was renewed (4.3.22 regression; Windows hosts only; bug #13839)</para>
|
---|
3947 | </listitem>
|
---|
3948 |
|
---|
3949 | <listitem>
|
---|
3950 | <para>NAT: don't crash on an empty domain list when switching the
|
---|
3951 | DNS host configuration (4.3.22 regression; Mac OS X hosts only;
|
---|
3952 | bug #13874)</para>
|
---|
3953 | </listitem>
|
---|
3954 |
|
---|
3955 | <listitem>
|
---|
3956 | <para>PXE: re-enable it on Windows hosts (4.3.22 regression; Windows hosts
|
---|
3957 | only; bug #13842)
|
---|
3958 | </para>
|
---|
3959 | </listitem>
|
---|
3960 |
|
---|
3961 | <listitem>
|
---|
3962 | <para>Shared Folders: fixed a problem with Windows guests (4.3.22 regression;
|
---|
3963 | bug #13786)</para>
|
---|
3964 | </listitem>
|
---|
3965 |
|
---|
3966 | <listitem>
|
---|
3967 | <para>Audio: improved record quality when using the DirectSound audio
|
---|
3968 | backend</para>
|
---|
3969 | </listitem>
|
---|
3970 |
|
---|
3971 | <listitem>
|
---|
3972 | <para>VBoxManage: when executing the <emphasis>controlvm</emphasis> command
|
---|
3973 | take care that the corresponding VM runtime changes are saved permanently
|
---|
3974 | (bug #13892)</para>
|
---|
3975 | </listitem>
|
---|
3976 |
|
---|
3977 | <listitem>
|
---|
3978 | <para>Windows Installer: properly install the 32-bit version of VBoxRes.dll
|
---|
3979 | on 32-bit hosts (bug #13876)</para>
|
---|
3980 | </listitem>
|
---|
3981 |
|
---|
3982 | <listitem>
|
---|
3983 | <para>Linux hosts / guests: Linux 4.0 fixes (bug #13835)</para>
|
---|
3984 | </listitem>
|
---|
3985 |
|
---|
3986 | <listitem>
|
---|
3987 | <para>OS/2 Additions: fixed mouse integration (4.3.22 regression;
|
---|
3988 | bug #13825)</para>
|
---|
3989 | </listitem>
|
---|
3990 |
|
---|
3991 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
3992 | </sect1>
|
---|
3993 |
|
---|
3994 | <sect1>
|
---|
3995 | <title>Version 4.3.22 (2015-02-12)</title>
|
---|
3996 |
|
---|
3997 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
3998 | added:</para>
|
---|
3999 |
|
---|
4000 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
4001 |
|
---|
4002 | <listitem>
|
---|
4003 | <para>VMM: refined measurement of TSC frequency on the host, improves
|
---|
4004 | timekeeping for guests</para>
|
---|
4005 | </listitem>
|
---|
4006 |
|
---|
4007 | <listitem>
|
---|
4008 | <para>VMM: decreased CPU load resulting from guest MMIO writes to the
|
---|
4009 | virtual APIC</para>
|
---|
4010 | </listitem>
|
---|
4011 |
|
---|
4012 | <listitem>
|
---|
4013 | <para>VMM: fixed interception of debug exceptions, observed while using
|
---|
4014 | the dbx debugger on Solaris guests (VT-x only)</para>
|
---|
4015 | </listitem>
|
---|
4016 |
|
---|
4017 | <listitem>
|
---|
4018 | <para>GUI: 3D overlay window positioning code improved, fixed potential
|
---|
4019 | misplacement of 3D accelerated guest graphics content</para>
|
---|
4020 | </listitem>
|
---|
4021 |
|
---|
4022 | <listitem>
|
---|
4023 | <para>GUI: fixed accident SSL authentication failures during update
|
---|
4024 | check on Windows hosts (bug #12969)</para>
|
---|
4025 | </listitem>
|
---|
4026 |
|
---|
4027 | <listitem>
|
---|
4028 | <para>GUI: never send the "ACPI power" keyboard scancode to the guest,
|
---|
4029 | we have the ACPI power button for that</para>
|
---|
4030 | </listitem>
|
---|
4031 |
|
---|
4032 | <listitem>
|
---|
4033 | <para>GUI: was unable to properly restore seamless mode VM from
|
---|
4034 | snapshot/saved-state under some circumstances</para>
|
---|
4035 | </listitem>
|
---|
4036 |
|
---|
4037 | <listitem>
|
---|
4038 | <para>VBoxHeadless: don't crash if 3D is enabled in the VM settings
|
---|
4039 | (bug #10250)</para>
|
---|
4040 | </listitem>
|
---|
4041 |
|
---|
4042 | <listitem>
|
---|
4043 | <para>ATA: fixed several passthrough issues (bugs #12310, #1360)</para>
|
---|
4044 | </listitem>
|
---|
4045 |
|
---|
4046 | <listitem>
|
---|
4047 | <para>Audio: fixed DirectSound failure when the the host has no audio
|
---|
4048 | input device (Windows hosts only; bug #9205)</para>
|
---|
4049 | </listitem>
|
---|
4050 |
|
---|
4051 | <listitem>
|
---|
4052 | <para>SB16: fixed compatibility issue (bug #13769)</para>
|
---|
4053 | </listitem>
|
---|
4054 |
|
---|
4055 | <listitem>
|
---|
4056 | <para>Storage: fixed broken CD/DVD passthrough when using the
|
---|
4057 | IDE controller (bug #12310)</para>
|
---|
4058 | </listitem>
|
---|
4059 |
|
---|
4060 | <listitem>
|
---|
4061 | <para>NAT: new ping proxy for Windows hosts (bug #11871)</para>
|
---|
4062 | </listitem>
|
---|
4063 |
|
---|
4064 | <listitem>
|
---|
4065 | <para>NAT: Properly report outbound connect(2) failures to
|
---|
4066 | guest with TCP RST or ICMP (bug #10525)</para>
|
---|
4067 | </listitem>
|
---|
4068 |
|
---|
4069 | <listitem>
|
---|
4070 | <para>NAT Network: no need for frequent wakeups in VBoxNetDHCP
|
---|
4071 | and VBoxNetNAT (bug #11681)</para>
|
---|
4072 | </listitem>
|
---|
4073 |
|
---|
4074 | <listitem>
|
---|
4075 | <para>Host-only adapter: prevent Windows from creating an "Unidentified
|
---|
4076 | network" (bug #9688)</para>
|
---|
4077 | </listitem>
|
---|
4078 |
|
---|
4079 | <listitem>
|
---|
4080 | <para>Bridged Networking: don't leak host-to-guest traffic to
|
---|
4081 | the wireless network when bridging to a wireless interface
|
---|
4082 | (bug #13714)</para>
|
---|
4083 | </listitem>
|
---|
4084 |
|
---|
4085 | <listitem>
|
---|
4086 | <para>Main: fixed a possible race when changing the medium leading
|
---|
4087 | to a deadlock under rare conditions (bug #13722)</para>
|
---|
4088 | </listitem>
|
---|
4089 |
|
---|
4090 | <listitem>
|
---|
4091 | <para>VBoxManage: fixed return code if starting a VM failed
|
---|
4092 | (bug #13773)</para>
|
---|
4093 | </listitem>
|
---|
4094 |
|
---|
4095 | <listitem>
|
---|
4096 | <para>Settings: on Windows host, do not use environment variable HOME
|
---|
4097 | at all, the settings location is derived from the user profile
|
---|
4098 | directory (bug #7689)</para>
|
---|
4099 | </listitem>
|
---|
4100 |
|
---|
4101 | <listitem>
|
---|
4102 | <para>API: fixed 2 deadlock opportunities related to medium handling
|
---|
4103 | (bugs #13789, #13801, thank you Alexander Urakov)</para>
|
---|
4104 | </listitem>
|
---|
4105 |
|
---|
4106 | <listitem>
|
---|
4107 | <para>API: fixed bug in XPCOM which created too few worker threads,
|
---|
4108 | sporadically resulting in a deadlock (bug #13802, thank you Alexander
|
---|
4109 | Urakov)</para>
|
---|
4110 | </listitem>
|
---|
4111 |
|
---|
4112 | <listitem>
|
---|
4113 | <para>SDK: fixed a garbage collection leak in the Python VirtualBox
|
---|
4114 | webservice API binding (bug #13817)</para>
|
---|
4115 | </listitem>
|
---|
4116 |
|
---|
4117 | <listitem>
|
---|
4118 | <para>Linux hosts: fixes for activated SMAP (Broadwell and later,
|
---|
4119 | bug #13820)</para>
|
---|
4120 | </listitem>
|
---|
4121 |
|
---|
4122 | <listitem>
|
---|
4123 | <para>X11 guests: prevent unwanted hiding of guest screens
|
---|
4124 | on multi-monitor guests (bug #13287)</para>
|
---|
4125 | </listitem>
|
---|
4126 |
|
---|
4127 | <listitem>
|
---|
4128 | <para>X11 guests: added support for X.Org Server 1.17</para>
|
---|
4129 | </listitem>
|
---|
4130 |
|
---|
4131 | <listitem>
|
---|
4132 | <para>X11 Additions: fixed a memory leak in VBoxService if libdbus
|
---|
4133 | is available but dbus-daemon isn't running (bug #13770)</para>
|
---|
4134 | </listitem>
|
---|
4135 |
|
---|
4136 | <listitem>
|
---|
4137 | <para>Windows Additions: prevent VBox WDDM driver from loading if host
|
---|
4138 | reports weak OpenGL capabilities. 3D content now can be shown over
|
---|
4139 | Remote Desktop connection</para>
|
---|
4140 | </listitem>
|
---|
4141 |
|
---|
4142 | <listitem>
|
---|
4143 | <para>Winodws Additions: some fixes for recent Windows 10 Previews</para>
|
---|
4144 | </listitem>
|
---|
4145 |
|
---|
4146 | <listitem>
|
---|
4147 | <para>Linux Additions: fixed a compatibility issue with 64-bit
|
---|
4148 | Linux 2.4 kernels</para>
|
---|
4149 | </listitem>
|
---|
4150 |
|
---|
4151 | <listitem>
|
---|
4152 | <para>Linux Additions: fixed a potential use-after-free when unloading
|
---|
4153 | the VBoxGuest module</para>
|
---|
4154 | </listitem>
|
---|
4155 |
|
---|
4156 | <listitem>
|
---|
4157 | <para>Linux Additions: Linux 3.19 fixes (bug #13741)</para>
|
---|
4158 | </listitem>
|
---|
4159 |
|
---|
4160 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
4161 | </sect1>
|
---|
4162 |
|
---|
4163 | <sect1>
|
---|
4164 | <title>Version 4.3.20 (2014-11-21)</title>
|
---|
4165 |
|
---|
4166 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
4167 | added:</para>
|
---|
4168 |
|
---|
4169 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
4170 |
|
---|
4171 | <listitem>
|
---|
4172 | <para>VMM: fixed reboot hang of 32-bit Windows SMP guests (bugs #13319,
|
---|
4173 | #13462)</para>
|
---|
4174 | </listitem>
|
---|
4175 |
|
---|
4176 | <listitem>
|
---|
4177 | <para>VMM: proper <emphasis>Math Fault</emphasis> handling with certain
|
---|
4178 | legacy guests (bug #9042, AMD hosts)</para>
|
---|
4179 | </listitem>
|
---|
4180 |
|
---|
4181 | <listitem>
|
---|
4182 | <para>VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation <emphasis>VINF_EM_TRIPLE_FAULT</emphasis>
|
---|
4183 | on older CPUs that don't support MSR bitmaps (VT-x only;
|
---|
4184 | bugs #13034, #13125, #13311, #13425, #13426, #13463, #13585)</para>
|
---|
4185 | </listitem>
|
---|
4186 |
|
---|
4187 | <listitem>
|
---|
4188 | <para>GUI: fix 3D overlay window reparenting issue when VM goes to
|
---|
4189 | full-screen mode on X11 hosts</para>
|
---|
4190 | </listitem>
|
---|
4191 |
|
---|
4192 | <listitem>
|
---|
4193 | <para>GUI: fix occasional loss of focus in full-screen mode on X11
|
---|
4194 | host systems (4.3.16 regression)</para>
|
---|
4195 | </listitem>
|
---|
4196 |
|
---|
4197 | <listitem>
|
---|
4198 | <para>GUI: Mac OS X: wizards should have Cancel button
|
---|
4199 | (bug #12541)</para>
|
---|
4200 | </listitem>
|
---|
4201 |
|
---|
4202 | <listitem>
|
---|
4203 | <para>GUI: added a global option to prevent automatic raising of the
|
---|
4204 | new window by mouse move with multi-screen guests (bug #8878)</para>
|
---|
4205 | </listitem>
|
---|
4206 |
|
---|
4207 | <listitem>
|
---|
4208 | <para>API: accept remote display port 0 as the default RDP port
|
---|
4209 | (bug #8534)</para>
|
---|
4210 | </listitem>
|
---|
4211 |
|
---|
4212 | <listitem>
|
---|
4213 | <para>VBoxManage: fixed crash when executing <emphasis>showvminfo</emphasis>
|
---|
4214 | command under certain circumstances (bug #13190)</para>
|
---|
4215 | </listitem>
|
---|
4216 |
|
---|
4217 | <listitem>
|
---|
4218 | <para>ACPI: fixed occassional Guru Meditations in ACPI timer code
|
---|
4219 | (4.3.18 regression; bug #13521)</para>
|
---|
4220 | </listitem>
|
---|
4221 |
|
---|
4222 | <listitem>
|
---|
4223 | <para>EFI: improved performance of IDE disk access</para>
|
---|
4224 | </listitem>
|
---|
4225 |
|
---|
4226 | <listitem>
|
---|
4227 | <para>EFI: fixed a bug in the EFI video driver which prevented
|
---|
4228 | Windows to boot in UEFI mode (bug #12022)</para>
|
---|
4229 | </listitem>
|
---|
4230 |
|
---|
4231 | <listitem>
|
---|
4232 | <para>EFI: properly announce the amount of RAM for big VMs
|
---|
4233 | (bugs #11103 and #13211)</para>
|
---|
4234 | </listitem>
|
---|
4235 |
|
---|
4236 | <listitem>
|
---|
4237 | <para>Storage: fixed a crash under certain cicrumstances when a medium
|
---|
4238 | was ejected from a drive attached to the SATA controller without
|
---|
4239 | inserting a new medium before pausing or closing the VM
|
---|
4240 | (4.3.16 regression) </para>
|
---|
4241 | </listitem>
|
---|
4242 |
|
---|
4243 | <listitem>
|
---|
4244 | <para>Storage: fixed an interrupt acknowledge issue causing hanging guests
|
---|
4245 | or slower I/O (4.3.18 regression)</para>
|
---|
4246 | </listitem>
|
---|
4247 |
|
---|
4248 | <listitem>
|
---|
4249 | <para>Storage: fixed broken resume after the VM was suspended due to
|
---|
4250 | a full disk if host I/O caching is used</para>
|
---|
4251 | </listitem>
|
---|
4252 |
|
---|
4253 | <listitem>
|
---|
4254 | <para>Storage: fixed a Guru Meditation under certain conditions when
|
---|
4255 | using the DevLsiLogic controller with VMs running in software
|
---|
4256 | virtualization mode (4.3 regression; bugs #12254, #12655, #12709,
|
---|
4257 | #12774, #12886)</para>
|
---|
4258 | </listitem>
|
---|
4259 |
|
---|
4260 | <listitem>
|
---|
4261 | <para>Guest Control: fixed a bug which might lead to a crash during
|
---|
4262 | recursive copy</para>
|
---|
4263 | </listitem>
|
---|
4264 |
|
---|
4265 | <listitem>
|
---|
4266 | <para>SDK: Java COM bindings fixes</para>
|
---|
4267 | </listitem>
|
---|
4268 |
|
---|
4269 | <listitem>
|
---|
4270 | <para>iPXE: enable the HTTP download protocol (bug #13628)</para>
|
---|
4271 | </listitem>
|
---|
4272 |
|
---|
4273 | <listitem>
|
---|
4274 | <para>Runtime: do not use a fixed stack size creating temporary threads
|
---|
4275 | during initialization (bug #13038)</para>
|
---|
4276 | </listitem>
|
---|
4277 |
|
---|
4278 | <listitem>
|
---|
4279 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed more startup problems on certain Windows hosts due
|
---|
4280 | to conflicts with anti-virus software; better error reporting
|
---|
4281 | (4.3.14 regression; bug #13187)</para>
|
---|
4282 | </listitem>
|
---|
4283 |
|
---|
4284 | <listitem>
|
---|
4285 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed DirectSound host audio failure under certain conditions
|
---|
4286 | (bug #13418)</para>
|
---|
4287 | </listitem>
|
---|
4288 |
|
---|
4289 | <listitem>
|
---|
4290 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed additional cases of 4.3.14 regression
|
---|
4291 | whereby AltGr stopped working for some people (bug #13216)</para>
|
---|
4292 | </listitem>
|
---|
4293 |
|
---|
4294 | <listitem>
|
---|
4295 | <para>Windows Additions: preserve guest monitor layout when resizing
|
---|
4296 | Windows 7 or newer guests</para>
|
---|
4297 | </listitem>
|
---|
4298 |
|
---|
4299 | <listitem>
|
---|
4300 | <para>Linux Additions: Linux 3.18 compile fixes (bug #13515)</para>
|
---|
4301 | </listitem>
|
---|
4302 |
|
---|
4303 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
4304 | </sect1>
|
---|
4305 |
|
---|
4306 | <sect1>
|
---|
4307 | <title>Version 4.3.18 (2014-10-10)</title>
|
---|
4308 |
|
---|
4309 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
4310 | added:</para>
|
---|
4311 |
|
---|
4312 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
4313 |
|
---|
4314 | <listitem>
|
---|
4315 | <para>VMM: fixed a potential misbehavior after restoring the A20 state
|
---|
4316 | from a saved state</para>
|
---|
4317 | </listitem>
|
---|
4318 |
|
---|
4319 | <listitem>
|
---|
4320 | <para>GUI: fixed full-screen mode mini-toolbar related regressions
|
---|
4321 | for different platforms and window managers (bug #13369)</para>
|
---|
4322 | </listitem>
|
---|
4323 |
|
---|
4324 | <listitem>
|
---|
4325 | <para>GUI: X11: fixed full-screen mode Unity panels quirk caused by
|
---|
4326 | mini-toolbar code changes in last release (bug #13365)</para>
|
---|
4327 | </listitem>
|
---|
4328 |
|
---|
4329 | <listitem>
|
---|
4330 | <para>GUI: X11: added possibility to use legacy full-screen mode
|
---|
4331 | as the new one can cause multi-screen issues under Unity, see
|
---|
4332 | <xref linkend="legacy-fullscreen-mode" xreflabel="here"/> (bug #13365)</para>
|
---|
4333 | </listitem>
|
---|
4334 |
|
---|
4335 | <listitem>
|
---|
4336 | <para>GUI: Mac OS X: fixed full-screen mode artifact causing black screen
|
---|
4337 | when 3D acceleration was enabled on 10.10 Yosemite hosts (bug #13448)</para>
|
---|
4338 | </listitem>
|
---|
4339 |
|
---|
4340 | <listitem>
|
---|
4341 | <para>GUI: Mac OS X: fixed regression in user-space swiping from/to
|
---|
4342 | VBox in full-screen mode</para>
|
---|
4343 | </listitem>
|
---|
4344 |
|
---|
4345 | <listitem>
|
---|
4346 | <para>GUI: Mac OS X: fixed issue with switching to VBox in full-screen
|
---|
4347 | mode through Alt+Tab and Mission Control</para>
|
---|
4348 | </listitem>
|
---|
4349 |
|
---|
4350 | <listitem>
|
---|
4351 | <para>Storage: fixed data corruption when resizing huge VHD images under
|
---|
4352 | certain circumstances (bug #11960)</para>
|
---|
4353 | </listitem>
|
---|
4354 |
|
---|
4355 | <listitem>
|
---|
4356 | <para>Storage: fixed a rare hang during startup when the BIOS enumerates the
|
---|
4357 | storage devices attached to the SATA controller</para>
|
---|
4358 | </listitem>
|
---|
4359 |
|
---|
4360 | <listitem>
|
---|
4361 | <para>Storage: follow the spec with AHCI interrupt acknowledge (bug #13474)</para>
|
---|
4362 | </listitem>
|
---|
4363 |
|
---|
4364 | <listitem>
|
---|
4365 | <para>Storage: fixed broken iSCSI authentication (4.3.14 regression; bugs #13386,
|
---|
4366 | #13435)</para>
|
---|
4367 | </listitem>
|
---|
4368 |
|
---|
4369 | <listitem>
|
---|
4370 | <para>NAT Network: properly parse port forwarding rules to allow UDP
|
---|
4371 | rules</para>
|
---|
4372 | </listitem>
|
---|
4373 |
|
---|
4374 | <listitem>
|
---|
4375 | <para>USB: fixed a crash on Linux hosts with older Linux kernels (bug #13400) and
|
---|
4376 | several other fixes</para>
|
---|
4377 | </listitem>
|
---|
4378 |
|
---|
4379 | <listitem>
|
---|
4380 | <para>ACPI: fixed ACPI timer anomalies (bug #12076)</para>
|
---|
4381 | </listitem>
|
---|
4382 |
|
---|
4383 | <listitem>
|
---|
4384 | <para>Guest Control: fixed a memory leak (bug #13434)</para>
|
---|
4385 | </listitem>
|
---|
4386 |
|
---|
4387 | <listitem>
|
---|
4388 | <para>Main: when removing a VM, do also remove the VBoxStartup.log file
|
---|
4389 | which might exist on Windows hosts (bug #13478)</para>
|
---|
4390 | </listitem>
|
---|
4391 |
|
---|
4392 | <listitem>
|
---|
4393 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed more startup problems on certain Windows hosts due
|
---|
4394 | to conflicts with anti-virus software; better error reporting
|
---|
4395 | (4.3.14 regression; bug #13187)</para>
|
---|
4396 | </listitem>
|
---|
4397 |
|
---|
4398 | <listitem>
|
---|
4399 | <para>Windows hosts: propagate the process startup information to the child
|
---|
4400 | process (4.3.14 regression; bug #13243)</para>
|
---|
4401 | </listitem>
|
---|
4402 |
|
---|
4403 | <listitem>
|
---|
4404 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: don't force using the discrete GPU (bug #11111)</para>
|
---|
4405 | </listitem>
|
---|
4406 |
|
---|
4407 | <listitem>
|
---|
4408 | <para>Windows Additions: some Windows 10 tweaks</para>
|
---|
4409 | </listitem>
|
---|
4410 |
|
---|
4411 | <listitem>
|
---|
4412 | <para>X11 guests: fix a bug handling video driver display properties
|
---|
4413 | which prevented GNOME Shell on Fedora 21 from starting</para>
|
---|
4414 | </listitem>
|
---|
4415 |
|
---|
4416 | <listitem>
|
---|
4417 | <para>Linux hosts / guests: fixed a few remaining warnings in the kernel
|
---|
4418 | log if memory allocation fails (bug #11171)</para>
|
---|
4419 | </listitem>
|
---|
4420 |
|
---|
4421 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
4422 | </sect1>
|
---|
4423 |
|
---|
4424 | <sect1>
|
---|
4425 | <title>Version 4.3.16 (2014-09-09)</title>
|
---|
4426 |
|
---|
4427 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
4428 | added:</para>
|
---|
4429 |
|
---|
4430 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
4431 |
|
---|
4432 | <listitem>
|
---|
4433 | <para>VMM: fixed restoring 32-bit FPU state on 64-bit capable VMs
|
---|
4434 | and restoring guest FPU in raw-mode VMs (bug #12646; 4.3 regression)</para>
|
---|
4435 | </listitem>
|
---|
4436 |
|
---|
4437 | <listitem>
|
---|
4438 | <para>GUI: properly restore normal/scale mode guest-screen size
|
---|
4439 | after exiting full-screen/seamless mode</para>
|
---|
4440 | </listitem>
|
---|
4441 |
|
---|
4442 | <listitem>
|
---|
4443 | <para>GUI: mini-toolbar should provoke less artifacts/conflicts with
|
---|
4444 | 3D guest rendering</para>
|
---|
4445 | </listitem>
|
---|
4446 |
|
---|
4447 | <listitem>
|
---|
4448 | <para>GUI: Mac OS X: Native full-screen multi-screen transition
|
---|
4449 | was able to blackout host-screens for nearly minute</para>
|
---|
4450 | </listitem>
|
---|
4451 |
|
---|
4452 | <listitem>
|
---|
4453 | <para>GUI: X11: Modern window managers should now use native full-screen
|
---|
4454 | multi-screen mapping API</para>
|
---|
4455 | </listitem>
|
---|
4456 |
|
---|
4457 | <listitem>
|
---|
4458 | <para>GUI: added extradata item for configuring the mouse capture
|
---|
4459 | behavior, see <xref linkend="mouse-capture" xreflabel="here"/>
|
---|
4460 | (bug #3506)</para>
|
---|
4461 | </listitem>
|
---|
4462 |
|
---|
4463 | <listitem>
|
---|
4464 | <para>Storage: fixed a VBoxSVC crash when querying an iSCSI target with
|
---|
4465 | authentication configured (4.3.14 regression)</para>
|
---|
4466 | </listitem>
|
---|
4467 |
|
---|
4468 | <listitem>
|
---|
4469 | <para>Storage: fixed a rare data corruption during reads if another
|
---|
4470 | allocating write is running concurrently and accesses the same range</para>
|
---|
4471 | </listitem>
|
---|
4472 |
|
---|
4473 | <listitem>
|
---|
4474 | <para>Storage: fixed a rare crash for certain VHD images from other products</para>
|
---|
4475 | </listitem>
|
---|
4476 |
|
---|
4477 | <listitem>
|
---|
4478 | <para>Storage: fixed a rare release assertion when using the AHCI controller</para>
|
---|
4479 | </listitem>
|
---|
4480 |
|
---|
4481 | <listitem>
|
---|
4482 | <para>Floppy: fixed read errors and guest memory corruption when running
|
---|
4483 | under control of QEMM</para>
|
---|
4484 | </listitem>
|
---|
4485 |
|
---|
4486 | <listitem>
|
---|
4487 | <para>3D: added experimental support for rendering on offline GPUs for Mac OS X host</para>
|
---|
4488 | </listitem>
|
---|
4489 |
|
---|
4490 | <listitem>
|
---|
4491 | <para>3D: fixed white window appearing on entering FullScreen mode on Mac OS X host</para>
|
---|
4492 | </listitem>
|
---|
4493 |
|
---|
4494 | <listitem>
|
---|
4495 | <para>3D: fixed video recording support for 3D data regression (bug #13073)</para>
|
---|
4496 | </listitem>
|
---|
4497 |
|
---|
4498 | <listitem>
|
---|
4499 | <para>3D: fixes for MS Office 2013 support</para>
|
---|
4500 | </listitem>
|
---|
4501 |
|
---|
4502 | <listitem>
|
---|
4503 | <para>3D: several fixes</para>
|
---|
4504 | </listitem>
|
---|
4505 |
|
---|
4506 | <listitem>
|
---|
4507 | <para>Bridged Networking: improved IPv6 support when bridging
|
---|
4508 | to a wireless interface</para>
|
---|
4509 | </listitem>
|
---|
4510 |
|
---|
4511 | <listitem>
|
---|
4512 | <para>NAT: prevent internal DNS service from stuck in host-resolver mode
|
---|
4513 | when host was switched from one network to another one while host was
|
---|
4514 | sleeping (Mac OS X hosts)</para>
|
---|
4515 | </listitem>
|
---|
4516 |
|
---|
4517 | <listitem>
|
---|
4518 | <para>NAT: preserve DF (if possible) and TOS when proxying
|
---|
4519 | outbound UDP datagrams (bugs #9440, #12309)</para>
|
---|
4520 | </listitem>
|
---|
4521 |
|
---|
4522 | <listitem>
|
---|
4523 | <para>NAT: don't let multicast datagrams out (bug #7338)</para>
|
---|
4524 | </listitem>
|
---|
4525 |
|
---|
4526 | <listitem>
|
---|
4527 | <para>NAT: fixed handling of large incoming UDP datagrams on
|
---|
4528 | Windows hosts (bug #12136)</para>
|
---|
4529 | </listitem>
|
---|
4530 |
|
---|
4531 | <listitem>
|
---|
4532 | <para>NAT: fixed handling of the RFC 1533 DHCP PAD option</para>
|
---|
4533 | </listitem>
|
---|
4534 |
|
---|
4535 | <listitem>
|
---|
4536 | <para>NAT Network: fixed inbound half-close on Windows hosts</para>
|
---|
4537 | </listitem>
|
---|
4538 |
|
---|
4539 | <listitem>
|
---|
4540 | <para>NAT Network: preserve IPv4 DF (if possible), TTL, TOS
|
---|
4541 | and IPv6 Hop Limit when proxying outbound UDP
|
---|
4542 | datagrams</para>
|
---|
4543 | </listitem>
|
---|
4544 |
|
---|
4545 | <listitem>
|
---|
4546 | <para>VRDP: fixed a rare crash when using remote audio input</para>
|
---|
4547 | </listitem>
|
---|
4548 |
|
---|
4549 | <listitem>
|
---|
4550 | <para>USB: fixed several regressions from 4.3.14 (bug #13320)</para>
|
---|
4551 | </listitem>
|
---|
4552 |
|
---|
4553 | <listitem>
|
---|
4554 | <para>Audio: made the HDA sound emulation work with certain Mac OS X guests
|
---|
4555 | (e.g. Mountain Lion)</para>
|
---|
4556 | </listitem>
|
---|
4557 |
|
---|
4558 | <listitem>
|
---|
4559 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed startup problems on certain Windows hosts due
|
---|
4560 | to conflicts with anti-virus software (4.3.14 regression; bug #13187)</para>
|
---|
4561 | </listitem>
|
---|
4562 |
|
---|
4563 | <listitem>
|
---|
4564 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed 4.3.14 regression whereby AltGr stopped
|
---|
4565 | working for some people (bug #13216)</para>
|
---|
4566 | </listitem>
|
---|
4567 |
|
---|
4568 | <listitem>
|
---|
4569 | <para>X11 hosts: made the extra key on Brazilian Thinkpads work
|
---|
4570 | (bug #8745)</para>
|
---|
4571 | </listitem>
|
---|
4572 |
|
---|
4573 | <listitem>
|
---|
4574 | <para>X11 hosts: fixed a problem of input focus cycles and immediately
|
---|
4575 | released key presses in full screen mode (bug #13238)</para>
|
---|
4576 | </listitem>
|
---|
4577 |
|
---|
4578 | <listitem>
|
---|
4579 | <para>Linux hosts: fixed flooding the kernel log with USB related messages
|
---|
4580 | when passing through certain USB devices to a VM (bug #13085)</para>
|
---|
4581 | </listitem>
|
---|
4582 |
|
---|
4583 | <listitem>
|
---|
4584 | <para>Linux guests: stop applications crashing when <emphasis>drm_wait_vblank</emphasis>
|
---|
4585 | is called (bug #13265)</para>
|
---|
4586 | </listitem>
|
---|
4587 |
|
---|
4588 | <listitem>
|
---|
4589 | <para>Linux guests: fix a crash in gnome-session (bug #13335)</para>
|
---|
4590 | </listitem>
|
---|
4591 |
|
---|
4592 | <listitem>
|
---|
4593 | <para>X11 guests: do not start VBoxClient over an SSH connection
|
---|
4594 | (bug #13107)</para>
|
---|
4595 | </listitem>
|
---|
4596 |
|
---|
4597 | <listitem>
|
---|
4598 | <para>X11 guests: added support for X.Org Server 1.16 (bug #13207)</para>
|
---|
4599 | </listitem>
|
---|
4600 |
|
---|
4601 | <listitem>
|
---|
4602 | <para>X11 guests: fixed a wrong parameter in the video driver which
|
---|
4603 | caused problems with full-screen X11 clients (bug #2748)</para>
|
---|
4604 | </listitem>
|
---|
4605 |
|
---|
4606 | <listitem>
|
---|
4607 | <para>VirtualKD: introduced stub/loader device for speeding up Windows
|
---|
4608 | kernel debugging, details see <ulink type=""
|
---|
4609 | url="http://virtualkd.sysprogs.org/">http://virtualkd.sysprogs.org/</ulink></para>
|
---|
4610 | </listitem>
|
---|
4611 |
|
---|
4612 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
4613 | </sect1>
|
---|
4614 |
|
---|
4615 | <sect1>
|
---|
4616 | <title>Version 4.3.14 (2014-07-15)</title>
|
---|
4617 |
|
---|
4618 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
4619 | added:</para>
|
---|
4620 |
|
---|
4621 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
4622 |
|
---|
4623 | <listitem>
|
---|
4624 | <para>VMM: more fixes for MSR emulation on certain hardware (bugs
|
---|
4625 | #12784, #12949, #13034)</para>
|
---|
4626 | </listitem>
|
---|
4627 |
|
---|
4628 | <listitem>
|
---|
4629 | <para>VMM: improve MSI handling under rare circumstances (only
|
---|
4630 | relevant for the ICH9 chipset)</para>
|
---|
4631 | </listitem>
|
---|
4632 |
|
---|
4633 | <listitem>
|
---|
4634 | <para>VMM: fixed #UD exception for 64-bit guests with the EFER.SCE bit
|
---|
4635 | and the <emphasis>SYSCALL</emphasis> instruction (VT-x only;
|
---|
4636 | 4.3 regression; bug #13008)</para>
|
---|
4637 | </listitem>
|
---|
4638 |
|
---|
4639 | <listitem>
|
---|
4640 | <para>VMM: fixed timekeeping after resuming SMP guests</para>
|
---|
4641 | </listitem>
|
---|
4642 |
|
---|
4643 | <listitem>
|
---|
4644 | <para>VMM: properly wake up a halted VCPU on NMI/SMI</para>
|
---|
4645 | </listitem>
|
---|
4646 |
|
---|
4647 | <listitem>
|
---|
4648 | <para>GUI: fixed a potential crash</para>
|
---|
4649 | </listitem>
|
---|
4650 |
|
---|
4651 | <listitem>
|
---|
4652 | <para>GUI: fixed stuck AltGr key on Windows hosts (bug #2537)</para>
|
---|
4653 | </listitem>
|
---|
4654 |
|
---|
4655 | <listitem>
|
---|
4656 | <para>GUI: fixed a potential error during the version check</para>
|
---|
4657 | </listitem>
|
---|
4658 |
|
---|
4659 | <listitem>
|
---|
4660 | <para>GUI: shortcut change should not require Enter/Return (or other
|
---|
4661 | trigger) to confirm (bugs #12828, #12847, #12937, #13087)</para>
|
---|
4662 | </listitem>
|
---|
4663 |
|
---|
4664 | <listitem>
|
---|
4665 | <para>GUI: fixed update check which was broken due to changing the
|
---|
4666 | location of the root certificates (bug #13096)</para>
|
---|
4667 | </listitem>
|
---|
4668 |
|
---|
4669 | <listitem>
|
---|
4670 | <para>VBoxManage: fixed typo in <emphasis>showvminfo --machinereadable</emphasis>
|
---|
4671 | (bug #13176)</para>
|
---|
4672 | </listitem>
|
---|
4673 |
|
---|
4674 | <listitem>
|
---|
4675 | <para>NAT: fixed inbound half-close (bug #13116)</para>
|
---|
4676 | </listitem>
|
---|
4677 |
|
---|
4678 | <listitem>
|
---|
4679 | <para>NAT: fixed slow upload speed under certain conditions
|
---|
4680 | (bug #10034)</para>
|
---|
4681 | </listitem>
|
---|
4682 |
|
---|
4683 | <listitem>
|
---|
4684 | <para>NAT Network: fixed potential loss of inbound TCP data</para>
|
---|
4685 | </listitem>
|
---|
4686 |
|
---|
4687 | <listitem>
|
---|
4688 | <para>NAT Network: fixed potential infinite stalls of TCP
|
---|
4689 | connections over IPv6</para>
|
---|
4690 | </listitem>
|
---|
4691 |
|
---|
4692 | <listitem>
|
---|
4693 | <para>NAT Network: fixed resets of TCP connections on Windows
|
---|
4694 | hosts</para>
|
---|
4695 | </listitem>
|
---|
4696 |
|
---|
4697 | <listitem>
|
---|
4698 | <para>NAT Network: fixed inbound half-close on Mac OS X hosts</para>
|
---|
4699 | </listitem>
|
---|
4700 |
|
---|
4701 | <listitem>
|
---|
4702 | <para>NAT Network: fixed socket leak on Solaris hosts</para>
|
---|
4703 | </listitem>
|
---|
4704 |
|
---|
4705 | <listitem>
|
---|
4706 | <para>NAT Network: fixed ping of mapped host loopback on Mac OS X
|
---|
4707 | and Solaris hosts, fixed proxying of IMCP errors on Mac OS X</para>
|
---|
4708 | </listitem>
|
---|
4709 |
|
---|
4710 | <listitem>
|
---|
4711 | <para>Host-Only Network: fixed SNMP <emphasis>ifConnectorPresent</emphasis>
|
---|
4712 | value on Windows (bug #13143)</para>
|
---|
4713 | </listitem>
|
---|
4714 |
|
---|
4715 | <listitem>
|
---|
4716 | <para>Storage: fixed a possible crash with CD/DVD passthrough under
|
---|
4717 | certain circumstances</para>
|
---|
4718 | </listitem>
|
---|
4719 |
|
---|
4720 | <listitem>
|
---|
4721 | <para>Storage: fixed a crash when trying to open an inaccessible QED
|
---|
4722 | or QCOW image (bug #12613)</para>
|
---|
4723 | </listitem>
|
---|
4724 |
|
---|
4725 | <listitem>
|
---|
4726 | <para>Storage: fixed data corruption or read errors under rare
|
---|
4727 | circumstances</para>
|
---|
4728 | </listitem>
|
---|
4729 |
|
---|
4730 | <listitem>
|
---|
4731 | <para>AHCI: fixed a crash under rare circumstances</para>
|
---|
4732 | </listitem>
|
---|
4733 |
|
---|
4734 | <listitem>
|
---|
4735 | <para>USB: performance fixes</para>
|
---|
4736 | </listitem>
|
---|
4737 |
|
---|
4738 | <listitem>
|
---|
4739 | <para>ICH9: properly reset MSI capability on reset</para>
|
---|
4740 | </listitem>
|
---|
4741 |
|
---|
4742 | <listitem>
|
---|
4743 | <para>Keyboard: active modifier keys during suspend were stuck after
|
---|
4744 | resuming the host</para>
|
---|
4745 | </listitem>
|
---|
4746 |
|
---|
4747 | <listitem>
|
---|
4748 | <para>3D: fixed misbehavior with huge guests (i.e. guest more than
|
---|
4749 | 4GB guest memory</para>
|
---|
4750 | </listitem>
|
---|
4751 |
|
---|
4752 | <listitem>
|
---|
4753 | <para>3D: several fixes</para>
|
---|
4754 | </listitem>
|
---|
4755 |
|
---|
4756 | <listitem>
|
---|
4757 | <para>API: properly detect the Windows 8.1 guest OS type (bug #13090)</para>
|
---|
4758 | </listitem>
|
---|
4759 |
|
---|
4760 | <listitem>
|
---|
4761 | <para>ExtPack: cleanup of dangling uninstallation directories</para>
|
---|
4762 | </listitem>
|
---|
4763 |
|
---|
4764 | <listitem>
|
---|
4765 | <para>Linux hosts / guests: compile fix for EL7 (bug #12638)</para>
|
---|
4766 | </listitem>
|
---|
4767 |
|
---|
4768 | <listitem>
|
---|
4769 | <para>Linux Additions: made 3D pass-through work with recent versions
|
---|
4770 | of Mesa in the guest (bug #12941)</para>
|
---|
4771 | </listitem>
|
---|
4772 |
|
---|
4773 | <listitem>
|
---|
4774 | <para>Linux Additions: Linux 3.16 fixes (bug #13123)</para>
|
---|
4775 | </listitem>
|
---|
4776 |
|
---|
4777 | <listitem>
|
---|
4778 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: when scanning for host CD/DVD devices also consider
|
---|
4779 | BlueRay devices</para>
|
---|
4780 | </listitem>
|
---|
4781 |
|
---|
4782 | <listitem>
|
---|
4783 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed host shutdown and reboot delay caused by running VBoxSVC
|
---|
4784 | process in some cases</para>
|
---|
4785 | </listitem>
|
---|
4786 |
|
---|
4787 | <listitem>
|
---|
4788 | <para>OS/2 Additions: fixed gengradd.dll library name (bug #12785)</para>
|
---|
4789 | </listitem>
|
---|
4790 |
|
---|
4791 | <listitem>
|
---|
4792 | <para>Solaris Additions: fixed permissions of files and directories
|
---|
4793 | located on shared folders</para>
|
---|
4794 | </listitem>
|
---|
4795 |
|
---|
4796 | <listitem>
|
---|
4797 | <para>Windows host installer: fixed the need for rebooting Windows after
|
---|
4798 | installation or upgrade, extended logging for NetFlt/NetAdp (un)installation</para>
|
---|
4799 | </listitem>
|
---|
4800 |
|
---|
4801 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
4802 |
|
---|
4803 | </sect1>
|
---|
4804 |
|
---|
4805 | <sect1>
|
---|
4806 | <title>Version 4.3.12 (2014-05-16)</title>
|
---|
4807 |
|
---|
4808 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
4809 | added:</para>
|
---|
4810 |
|
---|
4811 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
4812 |
|
---|
4813 | <listitem>
|
---|
4814 | <para>VMM: fixed an occasional Guru Meditation (Mac OS X hosts only;
|
---|
4815 | bugs #12727, #12954)</para>
|
---|
4816 | </listitem>
|
---|
4817 |
|
---|
4818 | <listitem>
|
---|
4819 | <para>VMM: fixed a rare condition that would fail to invalidate guest TLB
|
---|
4820 | entries or would invalidate them when not required (Windows hosts only)</para>
|
---|
4821 | </listitem>
|
---|
4822 |
|
---|
4823 | <listitem>
|
---|
4824 | <para>VMM: fixed a <emphasis>VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED</emphasis> Guru Meditation
|
---|
4825 | seen with certain guests, e.g. OpenServer 5.0.7</para>
|
---|
4826 | </listitem>
|
---|
4827 |
|
---|
4828 | <listitem>
|
---|
4829 | <para>VMM: more fixes for MSR emulation on certain hardware (bugs #12240,
|
---|
4830 | #12875)</para>
|
---|
4831 | </listitem>
|
---|
4832 |
|
---|
4833 | <listitem>
|
---|
4834 | <para>GUI: fixed mouse positioning with mouse integration disabled and
|
---|
4835 | multiple guest screens (Windows hosts only; bug #9059)</para>
|
---|
4836 | </listitem>
|
---|
4837 |
|
---|
4838 | <listitem>
|
---|
4839 | <para>GUI: fixed crash in VM manager (bug #12878)</para>
|
---|
4840 | </listitem>
|
---|
4841 |
|
---|
4842 | <listitem>
|
---|
4843 | <para>GUI: fixed crash under rare conditions on entering/exiting
|
---|
4844 | full-screen/seamless mode</para>
|
---|
4845 | </listitem>
|
---|
4846 |
|
---|
4847 | <listitem>
|
---|
4848 | <para>Shared Clipboard: don't stop working after taking a snapshot
|
---|
4849 | (bug #12700)</para>
|
---|
4850 | </listitem>
|
---|
4851 |
|
---|
4852 | <listitem>
|
---|
4853 | <para>AHCI: fixed a crash under rare circumstances</para>
|
---|
4854 | </listitem>
|
---|
4855 |
|
---|
4856 | <listitem>
|
---|
4857 | <para>API: fixed a hang during VM shutdown under rare conditions</para>
|
---|
4858 | </listitem>
|
---|
4859 |
|
---|
4860 | <listitem>
|
---|
4861 | <para>NAT: fixed generation of malformed ICMP error datagrams (4.3.10 regression)</para>
|
---|
4862 | </listitem>
|
---|
4863 |
|
---|
4864 | <listitem>
|
---|
4865 | <para>NAT: fixed potential crash in DNS proxy</para>
|
---|
4866 | </listitem>
|
---|
4867 |
|
---|
4868 | <listitem>
|
---|
4869 | <para>NAT Network: don't drop port forwarding rules after some time</para>
|
---|
4870 | </listitem>
|
---|
4871 |
|
---|
4872 | <listitem>
|
---|
4873 | <para>NAT: fixed ARP cache corruption and network loss in Windows guest caused
|
---|
4874 | by iSCSI service activity</para>
|
---|
4875 | </listitem>
|
---|
4876 |
|
---|
4877 | <listitem>
|
---|
4878 | <para>USB: improved check if a storage device is currently mounted to the host
|
---|
4879 | when the device is about to be attached to the VM (Mac OS X hosts only; #11038)</para>
|
---|
4880 | </listitem>
|
---|
4881 |
|
---|
4882 | <listitem>
|
---|
4883 | <para>3D support: several fixes, including better support for Ubuntu 14.04</para>
|
---|
4884 | </listitem>
|
---|
4885 |
|
---|
4886 | <listitem>
|
---|
4887 | <para>VRDP: fixed a potential crash on client disconnect (bug #12858)</para>
|
---|
4888 | </listitem>
|
---|
4889 |
|
---|
4890 | <listitem>
|
---|
4891 | <para>VBoxSVC: fixed a race when a new client is started a few seconds after
|
---|
4892 | the last client terminated (Windows hosts only; bugs #11309, #12509)</para>
|
---|
4893 | </listitem>
|
---|
4894 |
|
---|
4895 | <listitem>
|
---|
4896 | <para>VBoxSVC: fixed VirtualBox.xml registry corruption after VM renaming</para>
|
---|
4897 | </listitem>
|
---|
4898 |
|
---|
4899 | <listitem>
|
---|
4900 | <para>VBoxSVC: fixed a potential crash caused by incorrect USB device filter
|
---|
4901 | (Mac OS X hosts only; #11038)</para>
|
---|
4902 | </listitem>
|
---|
4903 |
|
---|
4904 | <listitem>
|
---|
4905 | <para>Windows hosts: partly support 32-bit COM on 64-bit systems</para>
|
---|
4906 | </listitem>
|
---|
4907 |
|
---|
4908 | <listitem>
|
---|
4909 | <para>Windows host installer: implemented merge module (msm) support</para>
|
---|
4910 | </listitem>
|
---|
4911 |
|
---|
4912 | <listitem>
|
---|
4913 | <para>Linux hosts: fixed dependency of boot script on older Debian systems
|
---|
4914 | (bug #12262)</para>
|
---|
4915 | </listitem>
|
---|
4916 |
|
---|
4917 | <listitem>
|
---|
4918 | <para>Linux guests: fix symbolic link to shared folder helper
|
---|
4919 | (bug #12879)</para>
|
---|
4920 | </listitem>
|
---|
4921 |
|
---|
4922 | <listitem>
|
---|
4923 | <para>Linux Additions: don't crash VBoxService during guest execute for
|
---|
4924 | users without a password (bug #12994)</para>
|
---|
4925 | </listitem>
|
---|
4926 |
|
---|
4927 | <listitem>
|
---|
4928 | <para>Linux Additions: fixed a bug in guest execution where the guest process
|
---|
4929 | terminated with <emphasis>VERR_INTERRUPTED</emphasis> to the host</para>
|
---|
4930 | </listitem>
|
---|
4931 |
|
---|
4932 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
4933 |
|
---|
4934 | </sect1>
|
---|
4935 |
|
---|
4936 | <sect1>
|
---|
4937 | <title>Version 4.3.10 (2014-03-26)</title>
|
---|
4938 |
|
---|
4939 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
4940 | added:</para>
|
---|
4941 |
|
---|
4942 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
4943 |
|
---|
4944 | <listitem>
|
---|
4945 | <para>VMM: more work on improving the emulation of certain MSR registers
|
---|
4946 | on certain host CPUs (e.g. bugs #12734, #12736, #12744, #12748, #12686,
|
---|
4947 | #12770)</para>
|
---|
4948 | </listitem>
|
---|
4949 |
|
---|
4950 | <listitem>
|
---|
4951 | <para>VMM: fixed single-stepping for real-mode guests (VT-x without
|
---|
4952 | unrestricted guest execution) and some I/O instructions (bug #12636)</para>
|
---|
4953 | </listitem>
|
---|
4954 |
|
---|
4955 | <listitem>
|
---|
4956 | <para>VMM: fixed a potential problem with COW pages if nested paging is
|
---|
4957 | not available</para>
|
---|
4958 | </listitem>
|
---|
4959 |
|
---|
4960 | <listitem>
|
---|
4961 | <para>GUI: Mac OS X: experimental native full screen support for
|
---|
4962 | Mountain Lion and Mavericks (bug #12292)</para>
|
---|
4963 | </listitem>
|
---|
4964 |
|
---|
4965 | <listitem>
|
---|
4966 | <para>GUI: Mac OS X: removed the mini-toolbar minimize button which
|
---|
4967 | doesn't work under Mac OS X full screen mode anyway</para>
|
---|
4968 | </listitem>
|
---|
4969 |
|
---|
4970 | <listitem>
|
---|
4971 | <para>GUI: experimental HID LEDs synchronization for Windows and Mac OS X hosts:
|
---|
4972 | fixed keyboard re-synchronization if the feature is disabled (as done by default;
|
---|
4973 | bug #12758)</para>
|
---|
4974 | </listitem>
|
---|
4975 |
|
---|
4976 | <listitem>
|
---|
4977 | <para>GUI: fixed a potential crash when opening the preferences menu
|
---|
4978 | (bug #12862)</para>
|
---|
4979 | </listitem>
|
---|
4980 |
|
---|
4981 | <listitem>
|
---|
4982 | <para>OVF: fixed a crash of the VirtualBox Manager when re-starting guest
|
---|
4983 | export (bug #12586)</para>
|
---|
4984 | </listitem>
|
---|
4985 |
|
---|
4986 | <listitem>
|
---|
4987 | <para>3D support: several fixes</para>
|
---|
4988 | </listitem>
|
---|
4989 |
|
---|
4990 | <listitem>
|
---|
4991 | <para>HGCM: fixed a problem with saved states which could cause several
|
---|
4992 | guest misbehavior after a VM was started from a saved state</para>
|
---|
4993 | </listitem>
|
---|
4994 |
|
---|
4995 | <listitem>
|
---|
4996 | <para>Storage: fixed a bug preventing to compact differential snapshots
|
---|
4997 | under certain conditions</para>
|
---|
4998 | </listitem>
|
---|
4999 |
|
---|
5000 | <listitem>
|
---|
5001 | <para>VBoxSVC: fixed a segmentation fault on Linux hosts if a very long path
|
---|
5002 | exists under /dev (bug #12760)</para>
|
---|
5003 | </listitem>
|
---|
5004 |
|
---|
5005 | <listitem>
|
---|
5006 | <para>API: fixed guest misbehavior under certain conditions if a storage
|
---|
5007 | medium was attached or removed at VM runtime</para>
|
---|
5008 | </listitem>
|
---|
5009 |
|
---|
5010 | <listitem>
|
---|
5011 | <para>Windows installer: make the <emphasis>--silent</emphasis>
|
---|
5012 | parameter work again (bug #12764)</para>
|
---|
5013 | </listitem>
|
---|
5014 |
|
---|
5015 | <listitem>
|
---|
5016 | <para>Mac OS X Networking: prevent local traffic (VM-to/from-host) from
|
---|
5017 | leaking to wire (bug #12750)</para>
|
---|
5018 | </listitem>
|
---|
5019 |
|
---|
5020 | <listitem>
|
---|
5021 | <para>Windows Additions: fixed the environment for guest processes
|
---|
5022 | (4.3.8 regression; bug #12782)</para>
|
---|
5023 | </listitem>
|
---|
5024 |
|
---|
5025 | <listitem>
|
---|
5026 | <para>Windows Additions/WDDM: fixed divide by zero exception with
|
---|
5027 | multiple guest screens under certain conditions</para>
|
---|
5028 | </listitem>
|
---|
5029 |
|
---|
5030 | <listitem>
|
---|
5031 | <para>Windows Additions/WDDM: fixed crashes with 2D video
|
---|
5032 | acceleration enabled (4.3.8 regression; bug #12745)</para>
|
---|
5033 | </listitem>
|
---|
5034 |
|
---|
5035 | <listitem>
|
---|
5036 | <para>Linux Additions: install correctly on Ubuntu guest systems
|
---|
5037 | with a /usr/lib64 directory (bug #12513)</para>
|
---|
5038 | </listitem>
|
---|
5039 |
|
---|
5040 | <listitem>
|
---|
5041 | <para>X11 Additions: fix for the VBoxClient process not exiting
|
---|
5042 | correctly (bug #12348) and consuming too much processor time</para>
|
---|
5043 | </listitem>
|
---|
5044 |
|
---|
5045 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
5046 | </sect1>
|
---|
5047 |
|
---|
5048 | <sect1>
|
---|
5049 | <title>Version 4.3.8 (2014-02-25)</title>
|
---|
5050 |
|
---|
5051 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
5052 | added:</para>
|
---|
5053 |
|
---|
5054 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
5055 |
|
---|
5056 | <listitem>
|
---|
5057 | <para>VMM: more work on improving the emulation of certain MSR registers
|
---|
5058 | (e.g. bugs #12224, #12544)</para>
|
---|
5059 | </listitem>
|
---|
5060 |
|
---|
5061 | <listitem>
|
---|
5062 | <para>VMM: fixed a <emphasis>VERR_INVALID_RPL</emphasis> Guru Meditation
|
---|
5063 | when booting certain guests (bug #11350)</para>
|
---|
5064 | </listitem>
|
---|
5065 |
|
---|
5066 | <listitem>
|
---|
5067 | <para>VMM: experimental support for SSE 4.1 / SSE 4.2 passthrough, see
|
---|
5068 | the user manual how to enable it (bug #8651)</para>
|
---|
5069 | </listitem>
|
---|
5070 |
|
---|
5071 | <listitem>
|
---|
5072 | <para>VMM: fix for recent Linux kernels with software virtualization</para>
|
---|
5073 | </listitem>
|
---|
5074 |
|
---|
5075 | <listitem>
|
---|
5076 | <para>GUI: experimental HID LEDs synchronization for Windows hosts, see
|
---|
5077 | <xref linkend="hidledssync" xreflabel="here"/></para>
|
---|
5078 | </listitem>
|
---|
5079 |
|
---|
5080 | <listitem>
|
---|
5081 | <para>GUI: warn the user if the Oracle Extension Pack is not installed and
|
---|
5082 | the user tries to activate the remote display feature (bug #9104)</para>
|
---|
5083 | </listitem>
|
---|
5084 |
|
---|
5085 | <listitem>
|
---|
5086 | <para>GUI: make sure that a minimized guest (using mini toolbar in
|
---|
5087 | full screen / seamless mode) keeps the minimized state (bug #12199)</para>
|
---|
5088 | </listitem>
|
---|
5089 |
|
---|
5090 | <listitem>
|
---|
5091 | <para>GUI: popup banner's "do not show this message again" check-box
|
---|
5092 | replaced with corresponding button</para>
|
---|
5093 | </listitem>
|
---|
5094 |
|
---|
5095 | <listitem>
|
---|
5096 | <para>GUI: network adapter cables can now be connected/disconnected directly through
|
---|
5097 | the running virtual machine Devices / Network menu a Network status-bar
|
---|
5098 | indicator</para>
|
---|
5099 | </listitem>
|
---|
5100 |
|
---|
5101 | <listitem>
|
---|
5102 | <para>GUI: the new VM wizard now proposes 64-bit guests on 64-bit hosts
|
---|
5103 | by default; better distinction between 32-bit OS types 64-bit OS types
|
---|
5104 | (bug #12533)</para>
|
---|
5105 | </listitem>
|
---|
5106 |
|
---|
5107 | <listitem>
|
---|
5108 | <para>GUI: better error message if appliance import fails
|
---|
5109 | (bug #12657)</para>
|
---|
5110 | </listitem>
|
---|
5111 |
|
---|
5112 | <listitem>
|
---|
5113 | <para>GUI: allow to set host-combination to 'None' using the Global settings
|
---|
5114 | / Input page (bug #12730)</para>
|
---|
5115 | </listitem>
|
---|
5116 |
|
---|
5117 | <listitem>
|
---|
5118 | <para>GUI: don't switch the guest to a black screen during online snapshot
|
---|
5119 | merge (4.3 regression)</para>
|
---|
5120 | </listitem>
|
---|
5121 |
|
---|
5122 | <listitem>
|
---|
5123 | <para>VBoxManage: when exporting an appliance, support the suppression
|
---|
5124 | of MAC addresses, which means they will be always recreated on
|
---|
5125 | import, avoiding duplicate MAC addresses for VMs which are imported
|
---|
5126 | several times</para>
|
---|
5127 | </listitem>
|
---|
5128 |
|
---|
5129 | <listitem>
|
---|
5130 | <para>AHCI: fixed a VM hang during suspend under certain circumstances</para>
|
---|
5131 | </listitem>
|
---|
5132 |
|
---|
5133 | <listitem>
|
---|
5134 | <para>AHCI: fixed a VM hang during online snapshot merge under certain
|
---|
5135 | circumstances</para>
|
---|
5136 | </listitem>
|
---|
5137 |
|
---|
5138 | <listitem>
|
---|
5139 | <para>AHCI: fixed a bug which resulted in Windows XP guest hangs if a
|
---|
5140 | SATA CDROM is attached (bug #12417)</para>
|
---|
5141 | </listitem>
|
---|
5142 |
|
---|
5143 | <listitem>
|
---|
5144 | <para>AHCI: fixed a Guru Meditation under certain conditions</para>
|
---|
5145 | </listitem>
|
---|
5146 |
|
---|
5147 | <listitem>
|
---|
5148 | <para>AHCI: ejecting a CD/DVD medium failed under certain conditions</para>
|
---|
5149 | </listitem>
|
---|
5150 |
|
---|
5151 | <listitem>
|
---|
5152 | <para>AHCI: disk hotplugging fixes</para>
|
---|
5153 | </listitem>
|
---|
5154 |
|
---|
5155 | <listitem>
|
---|
5156 | <para>NAT: transparent handling of host sleep/resume and network configuration
|
---|
5157 | changes if the dnsproxy is enabled or if the hostresolver is used
|
---|
5158 | (bug #12441)</para>
|
---|
5159 | </listitem>
|
---|
5160 |
|
---|
5161 | <listitem>
|
---|
5162 | <para>NAT: fixed crash and misbehaviour under some circumstances with
|
---|
5163 | ICMP packets having TTL=1</para>
|
---|
5164 | </listitem>
|
---|
5165 |
|
---|
5166 | <listitem>
|
---|
5167 | <para>NAT Network: fixed IPv6 reassembly</para>
|
---|
5168 | </listitem>
|
---|
5169 |
|
---|
5170 | <listitem>
|
---|
5171 | <para>NAT Network: ping proxy implemented</para>
|
---|
5172 | </listitem>
|
---|
5173 |
|
---|
5174 | <listitem>
|
---|
5175 | <para>OVF: fixed reading of the OVF 0.9 section element
|
---|
5176 | (4.3 regression; bug #12345)</para>
|
---|
5177 | </listitem>
|
---|
5178 |
|
---|
5179 | <listitem>
|
---|
5180 | <para>OVF: several fixes</para>
|
---|
5181 | </listitem>
|
---|
5182 |
|
---|
5183 | <listitem>
|
---|
5184 | <para>3D support: several fixes, multiscreen fixes (e.g. bug #9124)</para>
|
---|
5185 | </listitem>
|
---|
5186 |
|
---|
5187 | <listitem>
|
---|
5188 | <para>3D support: include 3D content in captured videos (bug #12666)</para>
|
---|
5189 | </listitem>
|
---|
5190 |
|
---|
5191 | <listitem>
|
---|
5192 | <para>3D support: include 3D content in captured screenshot (bug #11758)</para>
|
---|
5193 | </listitem>
|
---|
5194 |
|
---|
5195 | <listitem>
|
---|
5196 | <para>VGA: proper handling of legacy graphics modes if the Guest
|
---|
5197 | Additions are active (bug #6649)</para>
|
---|
5198 | </listitem>
|
---|
5199 |
|
---|
5200 | <listitem>
|
---|
5201 | <para>USB: fixed crash during isochronous transfer under rare
|
---|
5202 | circumstances</para>
|
---|
5203 | </listitem>
|
---|
5204 |
|
---|
5205 | <listitem>
|
---|
5206 | <para>BIOS: better disk geometry handling of SCSI drives</para>
|
---|
5207 | </listitem>
|
---|
5208 |
|
---|
5209 | <listitem>
|
---|
5210 | <para>API: fix crashes in Java API clients using the XPCOM binding,
|
---|
5211 | happened with output parameters only (bug #11232)</para>
|
---|
5212 | </listitem>
|
---|
5213 |
|
---|
5214 | <listitem>
|
---|
5215 | <para>VBoxSVC: documented the handling of host power management events
|
---|
5216 | (see <xref linkend="hostpowertweaks" xreflabel="here"/>) and
|
---|
5217 | added an extradata item for configuring the handling of the battery-low
|
---|
5218 | event (bug #9925)</para>
|
---|
5219 | </listitem>
|
---|
5220 |
|
---|
5221 | <listitem>
|
---|
5222 | <para>VBoxSVC: fixed a bug which could trigger a crash if a VM snapshot
|
---|
5223 | was restored the second time and the VM has associated bandwidth groups
|
---|
5224 | (bug #12569)</para>
|
---|
5225 | </listitem>
|
---|
5226 |
|
---|
5227 | <listitem>
|
---|
5228 | <para>VBoxSVC: properly detect ifconfig if located in <emphasis>/bin</emphasis>
|
---|
5229 | (bug #12713)</para>
|
---|
5230 | </listitem>
|
---|
5231 |
|
---|
5232 | <listitem>
|
---|
5233 | <para>Shared Folders: fixed a failure to restore transient shared folders
|
---|
5234 | when starting a VM from a saved state (bug #12578)</para>
|
---|
5235 | </listitem>
|
---|
5236 |
|
---|
5237 | <listitem>
|
---|
5238 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed issue when the application icon was frozen in
|
---|
5239 | the dock if the bridging interface was not connected to a network
|
---|
5240 | (bug #12241)</para>
|
---|
5241 | </listitem>
|
---|
5242 |
|
---|
5243 | <listitem>
|
---|
5244 | <para>Linux hosts: also consider the physical package ID when determining
|
---|
5245 | the number of physical CPU cores</para>
|
---|
5246 | </listitem>
|
---|
5247 |
|
---|
5248 | <listitem>
|
---|
5249 | <para>Linux hosts / guests: don't warn in kernel log if memory allocation
|
---|
5250 | fails (bug #11171)</para>
|
---|
5251 | </listitem>
|
---|
5252 |
|
---|
5253 | <listitem>
|
---|
5254 | <para>Solaris hosts: fixed the autostart SMF script (bug #11720)</para>
|
---|
5255 | </listitem>
|
---|
5256 |
|
---|
5257 | <listitem>
|
---|
5258 | <para>Windows hosts: fixes for non-ANSI code page user names and similar
|
---|
5259 | environment contents (bug #12596)</para>
|
---|
5260 | </listitem>
|
---|
5261 |
|
---|
5262 | <listitem>
|
---|
5263 | <para>Windows hosts / guests: fixed setting and using a guest user's process
|
---|
5264 | environment variables (relevant for Guest Control)</para>
|
---|
5265 | </listitem>
|
---|
5266 |
|
---|
5267 | <listitem>
|
---|
5268 | <para>Windows Additions: fixed handle leaks in VBoxTray (bug #12563)</para>
|
---|
5269 | </listitem>
|
---|
5270 |
|
---|
5271 | <listitem>
|
---|
5272 | <para>Windows Additions: fixed a crash while detecting active guest users</para>
|
---|
5273 | </listitem>
|
---|
5274 |
|
---|
5275 | <listitem>
|
---|
5276 | <para>Windows Additions: fixed restoring backed up D3D files on
|
---|
5277 | XPDM -> WDDM upgrade</para>
|
---|
5278 | </listitem>
|
---|
5279 |
|
---|
5280 | <listitem>
|
---|
5281 | <para>Guest Control: fixed setting and using a guest user's process
|
---|
5282 | environment variables</para>
|
---|
5283 | </listitem>
|
---|
5284 |
|
---|
5285 | <listitem>
|
---|
5286 | <para>Linux Additions: support Enterprise Linux 6.5 kernels
|
---|
5287 | (bug #12505)</para>
|
---|
5288 | </listitem>
|
---|
5289 |
|
---|
5290 | <listitem>
|
---|
5291 | <para>Linux Additions: fixed CPU hot-remove on newer Linux kernels</para>
|
---|
5292 | </listitem>
|
---|
5293 |
|
---|
5294 | <listitem>
|
---|
5295 | <para>Linux / Solaris Additions: don't automount a shared folder which is already
|
---|
5296 | mounted</para>
|
---|
5297 | </listitem>
|
---|
5298 |
|
---|
5299 | <listitem>
|
---|
5300 | <para>X11 Additions: support X.Org Server 1.15 (bug #12623)</para>
|
---|
5301 | </listitem>
|
---|
5302 |
|
---|
5303 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
5304 |
|
---|
5305 | </sect1>
|
---|
5306 |
|
---|
5307 | <sect1>
|
---|
5308 | <title>Version 4.3.6 (2013-12-18)</title>
|
---|
5309 |
|
---|
5310 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
5311 | added:</para>
|
---|
5312 |
|
---|
5313 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
5314 |
|
---|
5315 | <listitem>
|
---|
5316 | <para>VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation <emphasis>VINF_EM_TRIPLE_FAULT</emphasis>
|
---|
5317 | caused by VMCB caching with nested paging on certain AMD CPUs (bug #12451)</para>
|
---|
5318 | </listitem>
|
---|
5319 |
|
---|
5320 | <listitem>
|
---|
5321 | <para>VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation <emphasis>VERR_VMX_UNEXPECTED_INTERRUPTION_EXIT_TYPE</emphasis>
|
---|
5322 | while intercepting debug exceptions (VT-x only; bug #12410)</para>
|
---|
5323 | </listitem>
|
---|
5324 |
|
---|
5325 | <listitem>
|
---|
5326 | <para>VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation <emphasis>VERR_SVM_UNEXPECTED_EXIT</emphasis>
|
---|
5327 | while intercepting debug register accesses (AMD-V only; bug #12481)</para>
|
---|
5328 | </listitem>
|
---|
5329 |
|
---|
5330 | <listitem>
|
---|
5331 | <para>VMM: fixed a <emphasis>VERR_SSM_STRUCTURE_MAGIC</emphasis> error when trying
|
---|
5332 | to load a saved state made with VBox 4.3.4 when VT-x/AMD-V is disabled. Unfortunately,
|
---|
5333 | VBox 4.3.4 produced broken saved states for this configuration so you have to discard
|
---|
5334 | these states (bug #12414)</para>
|
---|
5335 | </listitem>
|
---|
5336 |
|
---|
5337 | <listitem>
|
---|
5338 | <para>VMM: added a few more MSRs to the whitelist required by certain guests
|
---|
5339 | (bug #12245)</para>
|
---|
5340 | </listitem>
|
---|
5341 |
|
---|
5342 | <listitem>
|
---|
5343 | <para>GUI: fixed deleting of inaccessible VMs (4.3 regression; bug
|
---|
5344 | #12205)</para>
|
---|
5345 | </listitem>
|
---|
5346 |
|
---|
5347 | <listitem>
|
---|
5348 | <para>GUI: fixed warnings in VM settings / number of guest processors
|
---|
5349 | (bug #12480)</para>
|
---|
5350 | </listitem>
|
---|
5351 |
|
---|
5352 | <listitem>
|
---|
5353 | <para>Main: don't automatically enable 64-bit guests on 64-bit hosts if
|
---|
5354 | VT-x/AMD-V is not available (bug #12424)</para>
|
---|
5355 | </listitem>
|
---|
5356 |
|
---|
5357 | <listitem>
|
---|
5358 | <para>Main: always expose the DMI memory information to Windows 2012 guests
|
---|
5359 | (bug #12017)</para>
|
---|
5360 | </listitem>
|
---|
5361 |
|
---|
5362 | <listitem>
|
---|
5363 | <para>Main: fixed occasional crashes on guest display resolution change
|
---|
5364 | (bug #7063)</para>
|
---|
5365 | </listitem>
|
---|
5366 |
|
---|
5367 | <listitem>
|
---|
5368 | <para>Main: fixed reporting back temporary name when calling
|
---|
5369 | <emphasis>IGuestSession::DirectoryCreateTemp()</emphasis> (bug #12498)</para>
|
---|
5370 | </listitem>
|
---|
5371 |
|
---|
5372 | <listitem>
|
---|
5373 | <para>API: fix for a hang when launching a GUI VM through the API, which crashes
|
---|
5374 | due to GUI unavailability</para>
|
---|
5375 | </listitem>
|
---|
5376 |
|
---|
5377 | <listitem>
|
---|
5378 | <para>Storage: fix for <emphasis>BLKCACHE_IOERR</emphasis> runtime errors under
|
---|
5379 | rare circumstances (bug #11030)</para>
|
---|
5380 | </listitem>
|
---|
5381 |
|
---|
5382 | <listitem>
|
---|
5383 | <para>Network: allow to start more than 5 PCNet instances (bug #12426)</para>
|
---|
5384 | </listitem>
|
---|
5385 |
|
---|
5386 | <listitem>
|
---|
5387 | <para>E1000: if the cable was disconnected before the guest initialized
|
---|
5388 | the device, the link status was not properly set to 'down' after the
|
---|
5389 | initialization completed despite the fact that there was no connection</para>
|
---|
5390 | </listitem>
|
---|
5391 |
|
---|
5392 | <listitem>
|
---|
5393 | <para>3D support: fixed offset of guest 3D image elements (Mac OS X Retina
|
---|
5394 | hosts only; bug #11021)</para>
|
---|
5395 | </listitem>
|
---|
5396 |
|
---|
5397 | <listitem>
|
---|
5398 | <para>Solaris hosts: fixed accessing the host driver from non-global zones
|
---|
5399 | (4.3 regression; bug #12271)</para>
|
---|
5400 | </listitem>
|
---|
5401 |
|
---|
5402 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
5403 |
|
---|
5404 | </sect1>
|
---|
5405 |
|
---|
5406 | <sect1>
|
---|
5407 | <title>Version 4.3.4 (2013-11-29)</title>
|
---|
5408 |
|
---|
5409 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
5410 | added:</para>
|
---|
5411 |
|
---|
5412 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
5413 |
|
---|
5414 | <listitem>
|
---|
5415 | <para>VMM: fix for a bug in the Local APIC emulation causing a BSOD when
|
---|
5416 | booting certain guests (4.3.0 regression; bug #12240)</para>
|
---|
5417 | </listitem>
|
---|
5418 |
|
---|
5419 | <listitem>
|
---|
5420 | <para>VMM: fixed loading of saved states if VT-x/AMD-V was disabled
|
---|
5421 | (4.3.2 regression; bug #12291)</para>
|
---|
5422 | </listitem>
|
---|
5423 |
|
---|
5424 | <listitem>
|
---|
5425 | <para>VMM: fixed single-stepping inside the guest for certain
|
---|
5426 | instructions (VT-x only; bug #10947)</para>
|
---|
5427 | </listitem>
|
---|
5428 |
|
---|
5429 | <listitem>
|
---|
5430 | <para>VMM: fixed a performance issue involving APIC accesses after rebooting
|
---|
5431 | a VM (4.3.0 regression; VT-x only; bug #12296)</para>
|
---|
5432 | </listitem>
|
---|
5433 |
|
---|
5434 | <listitem>
|
---|
5435 | <para>VMM: fixed TPR patching to be enabled for 32-bit guests even when
|
---|
5436 | the chosen guest type is 64-bit (4.3.0 regression; AMD-V only)</para>
|
---|
5437 | </listitem>
|
---|
5438 |
|
---|
5439 | <listitem>
|
---|
5440 | <para>VMM: fixed occasional <emphasis>VINF_EM_TRIPLE_FAULT</emphasis> errors on
|
---|
5441 | hosts without the unrestricted guest execution feature (bug #12198)</para>
|
---|
5442 | </listitem>
|
---|
5443 |
|
---|
5444 | <listitem>
|
---|
5445 | <para>GUI: don't bother the user with the BPP warning if no
|
---|
5446 | Guest Additions are installed</para>
|
---|
5447 | </listitem>
|
---|
5448 |
|
---|
5449 | <listitem>
|
---|
5450 | <para>GUI: fixed machine-window paint artifacts on VM reboot / guest-screen
|
---|
5451 | resize</para>
|
---|
5452 | </listitem>
|
---|
5453 |
|
---|
5454 | <listitem>
|
---|
5455 | <para>GUI: make sure the assigned license and description are attached to
|
---|
5456 | the exported appliance</para>
|
---|
5457 | </listitem>
|
---|
5458 |
|
---|
5459 | <listitem>
|
---|
5460 | <para>GUI: fixed bugs in close VM action restrictions handling (bug #12333)</para>
|
---|
5461 | </listitem>
|
---|
5462 |
|
---|
5463 | <listitem>
|
---|
5464 | <para>GUI: fixed incorrect wizards text colors for some unusual
|
---|
5465 | look and feel styles (bug #11743)</para>
|
---|
5466 | </listitem>
|
---|
5467 |
|
---|
5468 | <listitem>
|
---|
5469 | <para>GUI: should restore seamless mode as soon as possible after
|
---|
5470 | VM reboot or shutdown</para>
|
---|
5471 | </listitem>
|
---|
5472 |
|
---|
5473 | <listitem>
|
---|
5474 | <para>GUI: fixes for medium enumeration</para>
|
---|
5475 | </listitem>
|
---|
5476 |
|
---|
5477 | <listitem>
|
---|
5478 | <para>GUI: the OS X hot corners were not accessible while a VirtualBox VM
|
---|
5479 | is running (Mac OS X hosts only; bug #4139)</para>
|
---|
5480 | </listitem>
|
---|
5481 |
|
---|
5482 | <listitem>
|
---|
5483 | <para>GUI: fixed an old bug which bared the host from cleanly shutdown / reboot
|
---|
5484 | if the VM selector window is open (Mac OS X hosts only; bug #8254)</para>
|
---|
5485 | </listitem>
|
---|
5486 |
|
---|
5487 | <listitem>
|
---|
5488 | <para>Host-only Network: fixed creating of host-only network interfaces
|
---|
5489 | (4.3.0 regression; bug #12182)</para>
|
---|
5490 | </listitem>
|
---|
5491 |
|
---|
5492 | <listitem>
|
---|
5493 | <para>NAT: don't run into an infinite loop in case the host cannot
|
---|
5494 | access any DNS server (4.3.0 regression; bug #12300)</para>
|
---|
5495 | </listitem>
|
---|
5496 |
|
---|
5497 | <listitem>
|
---|
5498 | <para>NAT: don't re-connect the cable if the DNS information changes
|
---|
5499 | and the cable was disconnected before (4.3.0 regression; bug #12225)</para>
|
---|
5500 | </listitem>
|
---|
5501 |
|
---|
5502 | <listitem>
|
---|
5503 | <para>NAT: fixed several issues with automatically starting /
|
---|
5504 | terminating of NAT networks on VM start / stop and configuration
|
---|
5505 | changes</para>
|
---|
5506 | </listitem>
|
---|
5507 |
|
---|
5508 | <listitem>
|
---|
5509 | <para>VBoxNetDHCP: don't block prevent VBoxSVC from terminating
|
---|
5510 | (bug #12264)</para>
|
---|
5511 | </listitem>
|
---|
5512 |
|
---|
5513 | <listitem>
|
---|
5514 | <para>2D Video acceleration: fix crashes on presentation mode switches
|
---|
5515 | (bug #9194)</para>
|
---|
5516 | </listitem>
|
---|
5517 |
|
---|
5518 | <listitem>
|
---|
5519 | <para>BusLogic: allow to run VMs with more than one BusLogic SCSI
|
---|
5520 | controller enabled</para>
|
---|
5521 | </listitem>
|
---|
5522 |
|
---|
5523 | <listitem>
|
---|
5524 | <para>Keyboard: fixed a VM crash if a VM was resumed from a saved state
|
---|
5525 | where at least one key was pressed (bug #11289)</para>
|
---|
5526 | </listitem>
|
---|
5527 |
|
---|
5528 | <listitem>
|
---|
5529 | <para>VBoxSVC: fixed a heap corruption under certain conditions (4.3.0
|
---|
5530 | regression)</para>
|
---|
5531 | </listitem>
|
---|
5532 |
|
---|
5533 | <listitem>
|
---|
5534 | <para>VBoxSVC: fixed a race leading to a hang during initialization
|
---|
5535 | (bug #12349)</para>
|
---|
5536 | </listitem>
|
---|
5537 |
|
---|
5538 | <listitem>
|
---|
5539 | <para>OVF: fixed import logic for OVF appliances containing multiple
|
---|
5540 | VMs</para>
|
---|
5541 | </listitem>
|
---|
5542 |
|
---|
5543 | <listitem>
|
---|
5544 | <para>OVF: improved logic for finding an appropriate image format
|
---|
5545 | during OVF import</para>
|
---|
5546 | </listitem>
|
---|
5547 |
|
---|
5548 | <listitem>
|
---|
5549 | <para>API: block the removal of the current snapshot if it has child
|
---|
5550 | snapshots (only relevant for VMs without snapshottable hard disks,
|
---|
5551 | their presence always prevented removal), which resulted in VM
|
---|
5552 | config corruption</para>
|
---|
5553 | </listitem>
|
---|
5554 |
|
---|
5555 | <listitem>
|
---|
5556 | <para>API: mark VM configs with snapshots but without current snapshot
|
---|
5557 | as inaccessible, as this combination is nonsense</para>
|
---|
5558 | </listitem>
|
---|
5559 |
|
---|
5560 | <listitem>
|
---|
5561 | <para>API: fixed information for some automatically generated events
|
---|
5562 | (only with XPCOM, Windows host was not affected), which caused
|
---|
5563 | errors when getting some of the attributes over the webservice
|
---|
5564 | (bug #12379)</para>
|
---|
5565 | </listitem>
|
---|
5566 |
|
---|
5567 | <listitem>
|
---|
5568 | <para>SDK: extended the functionality coverage for the C bindings</para>
|
---|
5569 | </listitem>
|
---|
5570 |
|
---|
5571 | <listitem>
|
---|
5572 | <para>Guest Control: various bugfixes and improved VBoxManage help
|
---|
5573 | (bugs #8072, #11044, #12336, #12338, #12346, #12371)</para>
|
---|
5574 | </listitem>
|
---|
5575 |
|
---|
5576 | <listitem>
|
---|
5577 | <para>Windows hosts: another attempt to fix the massive DPC latency
|
---|
5578 | (bug #6242)</para>
|
---|
5579 | </listitem>
|
---|
5580 |
|
---|
5581 | <listitem>
|
---|
5582 | <para>Windows host installer: make registering file extensions optional,
|
---|
5583 | contributed by Tal Aloni (bug #8009)</para>
|
---|
5584 | </listitem>
|
---|
5585 |
|
---|
5586 | <listitem>
|
---|
5587 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: properly sign the kernel extensions for Mavericks
|
---|
5588 | hosts (bug #12256)</para>
|
---|
5589 | </listitem>
|
---|
5590 |
|
---|
5591 | <listitem>
|
---|
5592 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed a bug where the VirtualBox dock icon was
|
---|
5593 | not properly removed from the dock after a VM terminated preventing
|
---|
5594 | Mavericks hosts from shutting down (bug #12241)</para>
|
---|
5595 | </listitem>
|
---|
5596 |
|
---|
5597 | <listitem>
|
---|
5598 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: fixed minor installer issue (bug #12275)</para>
|
---|
5599 | </listitem>
|
---|
5600 |
|
---|
5601 | <listitem>
|
---|
5602 | <para>Linux hosts / guests: Linux 3.13 compile fixes (bug #12358)</para>
|
---|
5603 | </listitem>
|
---|
5604 |
|
---|
5605 | <listitem>
|
---|
5606 | <para>Linux guests: build the vboxvideo kernel module correctly on
|
---|
5607 | OL/RHEL 6.1 guests (bug #11996)</para>
|
---|
5608 | </listitem>
|
---|
5609 |
|
---|
5610 | <listitem>
|
---|
5611 | <para>Linux guests: make 3D work on Slackware 14.1
|
---|
5612 | (bug #12320 comments 3 and 4)</para>
|
---|
5613 | </listitem>
|
---|
5614 |
|
---|
5615 | <listitem>
|
---|
5616 | <para>Guest Additions/3D: fixed an occasional dead-lock (bug #12319)</para>
|
---|
5617 | </listitem>
|
---|
5618 |
|
---|
5619 | <listitem>
|
---|
5620 | <para>Windows Additions/3D: fixed possible memory leaking (bug #12228)</para>
|
---|
5621 | </listitem>
|
---|
5622 |
|
---|
5623 | <listitem>
|
---|
5624 | <para>Windows Additions/XPDM: use separate tables containing valid video
|
---|
5625 | modes for each virtual monitor</para>
|
---|
5626 | </listitem>
|
---|
5627 |
|
---|
5628 | <listitem>
|
---|
5629 | <para>Windows Additions: fixed automatic logins for Vista and newer Windows
|
---|
5630 | guests (bug #12332)</para>
|
---|
5631 | </listitem>
|
---|
5632 |
|
---|
5633 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
5634 | </sect1>
|
---|
5635 |
|
---|
5636 | <sect1>
|
---|
5637 | <title>Version 4.3.2 (2013-11-01)</title>
|
---|
5638 |
|
---|
5639 | <para>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or
|
---|
5640 | added:</para>
|
---|
5641 |
|
---|
5642 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
5643 |
|
---|
5644 | <listitem>
|
---|
5645 | <para>VMM: fixed restoring of the auxiliary TSC MSR in VT-x that caused host
|
---|
5646 | BSODs on Windows 8.1 hosts and unpredictable behavior on other hosts
|
---|
5647 | (bug #12237)</para>
|
---|
5648 | </listitem>
|
---|
5649 |
|
---|
5650 | <listitem>
|
---|
5651 | <para>VMM: provide fake values for a couple of MSRs to make more guests happy on
|
---|
5652 | certain hosts</para>
|
---|
5653 | </listitem>
|
---|
5654 |
|
---|
5655 | <listitem>
|
---|
5656 | <para>VMM: fixed detection of VT-x on certain machines where the BIOS would
|
---|
5657 | not set the VMX LOCK feature bit, which affected the VM settings in the GUI</para>
|
---|
5658 | </listitem>
|
---|
5659 |
|
---|
5660 | <listitem>
|
---|
5661 | <para>VMM: fixed TPR threshold which caused BSODs on Windows XP guests
|
---|
5662 | that use the I/O APIC (VT-x only; bug #12227)</para>
|
---|
5663 | </listitem>
|
---|
5664 |
|
---|
5665 | <listitem>
|
---|
5666 | <para>VMM: fixed PATM saved state incompatibility for software virtualized
|
---|
5667 | VMs (bug #12222)</para>
|
---|
5668 | </listitem>
|
---|
5669 |
|
---|
5670 | <listitem>
|
---|
5671 | <para>VMM: don't fail if AMD-V isn't available if the VM is configured
|
---|
5672 | to use software virtualization</para>
|
---|
5673 | </listitem>
|
---|
5674 |
|
---|
5675 | <listitem>
|
---|
5676 | <para>GUI: fixed guest resize breakage on visual representation mode change
|
---|
5677 | (when switching from normal to full screen etc)</para>
|
---|
5678 | </listitem>
|
---|
5679 |
|
---|
5680 | <listitem>
|
---|
5681 | <para>GUI: make sure the guest screen is resized after restoring a VM from a
|
---|
5682 | saved state if the host screen size changed</para>
|
---|
5683 | </listitem>
|
---|
5684 |
|
---|
5685 | <listitem>
|
---|
5686 | <para>GUI: disabled SCROLL LED sync from HID LEDs synchronization
|
---|
5687 | (Mac OS X hosts only)</para>
|
---|
5688 | </listitem>
|
---|
5689 |
|
---|
5690 | <listitem>
|
---|
5691 | <para>Webcam passthrough improvements including GUI support (see
|
---|
5692 | <xref linkend="webcam-passthrough" />)</para>
|
---|
5693 | </listitem>
|
---|
5694 |
|
---|
5695 | <listitem>
|
---|
5696 | <para>Guest Control: implemented more <computeroutput>IGuestSession</computeroutput>
|
---|
5697 | methods</para>
|
---|
5698 | </listitem>
|
---|
5699 |
|
---|
5700 | <listitem>
|
---|
5701 | <para>Guest Control: added support for deleting and renaming guest files + directories in
|
---|
5702 | VBoxManage</para>
|
---|
5703 | </listitem>
|
---|
5704 |
|
---|
5705 | <listitem>
|
---|
5706 | <para>Guest Control: various bugfixes</para>
|
---|
5707 | </listitem>
|
---|
5708 |
|
---|
5709 | <listitem>
|
---|
5710 | <para>API: incorrect handling of hardware UUID default value, resulting
|
---|
5711 | in an all zero DMI/SMBIOS UUID, which leads to Windows requesting
|
---|
5712 | re-activation (4.3 regression; bug #12244)</para>
|
---|
5713 | </listitem>
|
---|
5714 |
|
---|
5715 | <listitem>
|
---|
5716 | <para>3D support: fixed crash on shutdown if 2D video acceleration is enabled
|
---|
5717 | (Mac OS X hosts only)</para>
|
---|
5718 | </listitem>
|
---|
5719 |
|
---|
5720 | <listitem>
|
---|
5721 | <para>3D support: miscellaneous fixes</para>
|
---|
5722 | </listitem>
|
---|
5723 |
|
---|
5724 | <listitem>
|
---|
5725 | <para>Storage: fixed detection of CD/DVD media when switching from an empty
|
---|
5726 | to a host drive with passthrough enabled</para>
|
---|
5727 | </listitem>
|
---|
5728 |
|
---|
5729 | <listitem>
|
---|
5730 | <para>Storage: fixed hang of the VM process when the disk is full under certain
|
---|
5731 | circumstances</para>
|
---|
5732 | </listitem>
|
---|
5733 |
|
---|
5734 | <listitem>
|
---|
5735 | <para>NAT: listen for changes of NAT Network setting at runtime</para>
|
---|
5736 | </listitem>
|
---|
5737 |
|
---|
5738 | <listitem>
|
---|
5739 | <para>NAT: NAT Network DHCP server now saves leases to a persistent
|
---|
5740 | storage</para>
|
---|
5741 | </listitem>
|
---|
5742 |
|
---|
5743 | <listitem>
|
---|
5744 | <para>Main: monitor changes in host DNS configuration</para>
|
---|
5745 | </listitem>
|
---|
5746 |
|
---|
5747 | <listitem>
|
---|
5748 | <para>Mac OS X host: reworked a mechanism of adding a VM desktop alias
|
---|
5749 | from the VM selector</para>
|
---|
5750 | </listitem>
|
---|
5751 |
|
---|
5752 | <listitem>
|
---|
5753 | <para>Mac OS X installer: remove old kernel extensions during upgrade
|
---|
5754 | (bug #12258)</para>
|
---|
5755 | </listitem>
|
---|
5756 |
|
---|
5757 | <listitem>
|
---|
5758 | <para>Linux Additions: correctly set umask before installing
|
---|
5759 | (bug #12166)</para>
|
---|
5760 | </listitem>
|
---|
5761 |
|
---|
5762 | <listitem>
|
---|
5763 | <para>X11 Additions/3D: fix freezes starting 3D desktop (bug #11503,
|
---|
5764 | thank you Sam Spilsbury)</para>
|
---|
5765 | </listitem>
|
---|
5766 |
|
---|
5767 | <listitem>
|
---|
5768 | <para>X11 Additions/3D: fix depth buffer support (bug #11905)</para>
|
---|
5769 | </listitem>
|
---|
5770 |
|
---|
5771 | <listitem>
|
---|
5772 | <para>X11 Additions/3D: fix Age Of Empires 3 rendering (bug #11331)</para>
|
---|
5773 | </listitem>
|
---|
5774 |
|
---|
5775 | <listitem>
|
---|
5776 | <para>Windows Additions/3D: fix Google Earth plugin rendering</para>
|
---|
5777 | </listitem>
|
---|
5778 |
|
---|
5779 | <listitem>
|
---|
5780 | <para>Windows Additions/WDDM: autoresize fixes</para>
|
---|
5781 | </listitem>
|
---|
5782 |
|
---|
5783 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
5784 | </sect1>
|
---|
5785 |
|
---|
5786 | <sect1>
|
---|
5787 | <title>Version 4.3.0 (2013-10-15)</title>
|
---|
5788 |
|
---|
5789 | <para>This is a major update. The following major new features
|
---|
5790 | were added:</para>
|
---|
5791 |
|
---|
5792 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
5793 |
|
---|
5794 | <listitem>
|
---|
5795 | <para>VMM: major rewrite of the VT-x code and the AMD-V code including
|
---|
5796 | many bug fixes and performance improvements (for example bug #9659)</para>
|
---|
5797 | </listitem>
|
---|
5798 |
|
---|
5799 | <listitem>
|
---|
5800 | <para>VMM: introduced a lightweight instruction interpreter for
|
---|
5801 | situations not handled by hardware virtualization</para>
|
---|
5802 | </listitem>
|
---|
5803 |
|
---|
5804 | <listitem>
|
---|
5805 | <para>GUI: extended messaging mechanism (new non-modal popup overlays
|
---|
5806 | used to show non-critical warnings and provide user with additional information)</para>
|
---|
5807 | </listitem>
|
---|
5808 |
|
---|
5809 | <listitem>
|
---|
5810 | <para>GUI: keyboard shortcuts management (input page of global preferences
|
---|
5811 | extended with possibility to edit general keyboard shortcuts for
|
---|
5812 | VirtualBox Manager and Virtual Machine)</para>
|
---|
5813 | </listitem>
|
---|
5814 |
|
---|
5815 | <listitem>
|
---|
5816 | <para>GUI: video capturing support (bug #4766)</para>
|
---|
5817 | </listitem>
|
---|
5818 |
|
---|
5819 | <listitem>
|
---|
5820 | <para>Added USB touch device emulation</para>
|
---|
5821 | </listitem>
|
---|
5822 |
|
---|
5823 | <listitem>
|
---|
5824 | <para>Added experimental support for webcam passthrough
|
---|
5825 | complementing USB passthrough (see <xref linkend="webcam-passthrough" />)</para>
|
---|
5826 | </listitem>
|
---|
5827 |
|
---|
5828 | <listitem>
|
---|
5829 | <para>Added SCSI CD-ROM emulation, including boot support</para>
|
---|
5830 | </listitem>
|
---|
5831 |
|
---|
5832 | <listitem>
|
---|
5833 | <para>VRDP: support for IPv6</para>
|
---|
5834 | </listitem>
|
---|
5835 |
|
---|
5836 | <listitem>
|
---|
5837 | <para>Guest Control: guest sessions now are running in dedicated, impersonated
|
---|
5838 | session processes (needs at least Guest Additions 4.3 installed)</para>
|
---|
5839 | </listitem>
|
---|
5840 |
|
---|
5841 | <listitem>
|
---|
5842 | <para>Guest Control: implemented <computeroutput>IGuestFile</computeroutput>
|
---|
5843 | support</para>
|
---|
5844 | </listitem>
|
---|
5845 |
|
---|
5846 | <listitem>
|
---|
5847 | <para>NAT: experimental virtual router mode: several VMs are
|
---|
5848 | attached to the same internal network and share one NAT
|
---|
5849 | service (see <xref linkend="network_nat_service" />)
|
---|
5850 | </para>
|
---|
5851 | </listitem>
|
---|
5852 |
|
---|
5853 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
5854 |
|
---|
5855 | <para>In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:</para>
|
---|
5856 |
|
---|
5857 | <itemizedlist>
|
---|
5858 |
|
---|
5859 | <listitem>
|
---|
5860 | <para>VMM: significantly improved performance of NetWare 5.x/6.x
|
---|
5861 | guests on host systems without nested paging support</para>
|
---|
5862 | </listitem>
|
---|
5863 |
|
---|
5864 | <listitem>
|
---|
5865 | <para>VMM: fixed losing host NMIs while in VT-x guest-context</para>
|
---|
5866 | </listitem>
|
---|
5867 |
|
---|
5868 | <listitem>
|
---|
5869 | <para>VMM: changed order of actions in emulated task switch
|
---|
5870 | (bug #10532)</para>
|
---|
5871 | </listitem>
|
---|
5872 |
|
---|
5873 | <listitem>
|
---|
5874 | <para>VMM: allow to activate VT-x while in SMX mode and provide more
|
---|
5875 | information if that is not possible</para>
|
---|
5876 | </listitem>
|
---|
5877 |
|
---|
5878 | <listitem>
|
---|
5879 | <para>GUI: update check uses https</para>
|
---|
5880 | </listitem>
|
---|
5881 |
|
---|
5882 | <listitem>
|
---|
5883 | <para>GUI: numerous minor internal cleanups and bug fixes</para>
|
---|
5884 | </listitem>
|
---|
5885 |
|
---|
5886 | <listitem>
|
---|
5887 | <para>GUI: HID LEDs synchronization when switching between guest window(s)
|
---|
5888 | and host (Mac OS X hosts only)</para>
|
---|
5889 | </listitem>
|
---|
5890 |
|
---|
5891 | <listitem>
|
---|
5892 | <para>GUI, VBoxManage: when unregistering a VM, also unregister the
|
---|
5893 | hard disk images which are used exclusively (bug #10311)</para>
|
---|
5894 | </listitem>
|
---|
5895 |
|
---|
5896 | <listitem>
|
---|
5897 | <para>GUI: use the number of physical presented processor cores instead of
|
---|
5898 | the number of logical processor cores to check if the users assigned
|
---|
5899 | too many virtual CPUs to the guest</para>
|
---|
5900 | </listitem>
|
---|
5901 |
|
---|
5902 | <listitem>
|
---|
5903 | <para>Snapshots: made live snapshots work again (bug #9255)</para>
|
---|
5904 | </listitem>
|
---|
5905 |
|
---|
5906 | <listitem>
|
---|
5907 | <para>Teleportation: made it work again (bug #9455)</para>
|
---|
5908 | </listitem>
|
---|
5909 |
|
---|
5910 | <listitem>
|
---|
5911 | <para>Storage: implemented AHA-154x compatibility mode in the
|
---|
5912 | emulated BusLogic SCSI HBA</para>
|
---|
5913 | </listitem>
|
---|
5914 |
|
---|
5915 | <listitem>
|
---|
5916 | <para>Storage: significantly improved performance of large ATAPI PIO
|
---|
5917 | transfers (BeOS, Minix 3 guests affected)</para>
|
---|
5918 | </listitem>
|
---|
5919 |
|
---|
5920 | <listitem>
|
---|
5921 | <para>Storage: added floppy formatting emulation (NB: cannot be used
|
---|
5922 | to change existing media geometry)
|
---|
5923 | </para>
|
---|
5924 | </listitem>
|
---|
5925 |
|
---|
5926 | <listitem>
|
---|
5927 | <para>Settings: global and per-VM default frontend configuration,
|
---|
5928 | useful to select the use of alternative VM frontends</para>
|
---|
5929 | </listitem>
|
---|
5930 |
|
---|
5931 | <listitem>
|
---|
5932 | <para>Settings: limit depth of snapshot tree to 250 levels, as more
|
---|
5933 | will lead to decreased performance and may trigger crashes</para>
|
---|
5934 | </listitem>
|
---|
5935 |
|
---|
5936 | <listitem>
|
---|
5937 | <para>Settings: the per-VM hwvirtextexcl setting has been replaced
|
---|
5938 | by a global hwvirtexclusive property</para>
|
---|
5939 | </listitem>
|
---|
5940 |
|
---|
5941 | <listitem>
|
---|
5942 | <para>Main: new event queue implementation which does not use the host's
|
---|
5943 | native event queue for processing VirtualBox events anymore</para>
|
---|
5944 | </listitem>
|
---|
5945 |
|
---|
5946 | <listitem>
|
---|
5947 | <para>Main: eliminate the use of SysV semaphores on all host OSes
|
---|
5948 | other than Windows, namely Linux, Solaris and Mac OS X, with the
|
---|
5949 | consequence that no system reconfiguration is needed to run more
|
---|
5950 | than approximately 100 VMs</para>
|
---|
5951 | </listitem>
|
---|
5952 |
|
---|
5953 | <listitem>
|
---|
5954 | <para>Main: use the XDG standard configuration folder instead of
|
---|
5955 | .VirtualBox on systems where it is appropriate (bug #5099)</para>
|
---|
5956 | </listitem>
|
---|
5957 |
|
---|
5958 | <listitem>
|
---|
5959 | <para>Main: extension pack framework can now support loading HGCM
|
---|
5960 | modules, contributed by Jeff Westphal</para>
|
---|
5961 | </listitem>
|
---|
5962 |
|
---|
5963 | <listitem>
|
---|
5964 | <para>VBoxManage: list more information about hard disk/DVD/floppy
|
---|
5965 | media, and support the <computeroutput>--long</computeroutput>
|
---|
5966 | option to show really all available details</para>
|
---|
5967 | </listitem>
|
---|
5968 |
|
---|
5969 | <listitem>
|
---|
5970 | <para>VBoxManage: added support for optional command line parameters for
|
---|
5971 | the automatic Guest Additions update</para>
|
---|
5972 | </listitem>
|
---|
5973 |
|
---|
5974 | <listitem>
|
---|
5975 | <para>VBoxManage: added support for listing active guest sessions, guest
|
---|
5976 | processes and/or guest files via
|
---|
5977 | <computeroutput>guestcontrol list <all|sessions|processes|files></computeroutput>
|
---|
5978 | </para>
|
---|
5979 | </listitem>
|
---|
5980 |
|
---|
5981 | <listitem>
|
---|
5982 | <para>VBoxManage: added support for closing active guest sessions via
|
---|
5983 | <computeroutput>guestcontrol session close --session-id <ID>|
|
---|
5984 | --session-name <name or pattern>|--all</computeroutput>
|
---|
5985 | </para>
|
---|
5986 | </listitem>
|
---|
5987 |
|
---|
5988 | <listitem>
|
---|
5989 | <para>VBoxManage: added support for terminating active guest processes via
|
---|
5990 | <computeroutput>guestcontrol process kill|close|terminate --session-id <ID>|
|
---|
5991 | --session-name <name or pattern> <PID> ... <PID n></computeroutput>
|
---|
5992 | or
|
---|
5993 | <computeroutput>guestcontrol [p[s]]kill --session-id <ID>|
|
---|
5994 | --session-name <name or pattern> <PID> ... <PID n></computeroutput>
|
---|
5995 | </para>
|
---|
5996 | </listitem>
|
---|
5997 |
|
---|
5998 | <listitem>
|
---|
5999 | <para>VBoxManage: added support for watching guest sessions via
|
---|
6000 | <computeroutput>guestcontrol watch</computeroutput>
|
---|
6001 | </para>
|
---|
6002 | </listitem>
|
---|
6003 |
|
---|
6004 | <listitem>
|
---|
6005 | <para>VBoxManage: added <computeroutput>modifyvm --triplefaultreset</computeroutput>
|
---|
6006 | to make the VM reset on triple fault instead of triggering a Guru Meditation
|
---|
6007 | (see <xref linkend="vboxmanage-modifyvm"/>)</para>
|
---|
6008 | </listitem>
|
---|
6009 |
|
---|
6010 | <listitem>
|
---|
6011 | <para>3D support: several fixes</para>
|
---|
6012 | </listitem>
|
---|
6013 |
|
---|
6014 | <listitem>
|
---|
6015 | <para>3D support: several fixes for Mac OS X hosts</para>
|
---|
6016 | </listitem>
|
---|
6017 |
|
---|
6018 | <listitem>
|
---|
6019 | <para>OVF: several fixes</para>
|
---|
6020 | </listitem>
|
---|
6021 |
|
---|
6022 | <listitem>
|
---|
6023 | <para>Extpack Installer: make it work if the file is located in a folder with
|
---|
6024 | special characters</para>
|
---|
6025 | </listitem>
|
---|
6026 |
|
---|
6027 | <listitem>
|
---|
6028 | <para>Keyboard: fix for reporting key sequences like Ctrl+Alt+Del
|
---|
6029 | for the USB keyboard emulation</para>
|
---|
6030 | </listitem>
|
---|
6031 |
|
---|
6032 | <listitem>
|
---|
6033 | <para>Shared Clipboard/X11: support for BMP-format images, contributed
|
---|
6034 | by François Revol</para>
|
---|
6035 | </listitem>
|
---|
6036 |
|
---|
6037 | <listitem>
|
---|
6038 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: limited support for Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks)</para>
|
---|
6039 | </listitem>
|
---|
6040 |
|
---|
6041 | <listitem>
|
---|
6042 | <para>Mac OS X hosts: use a launchd script instead of the deprecated
|
---|
6043 | StartupItem mechanism (bug #8940)</para>
|
---|
6044 | </listitem>
|
---|
6045 |
|
---|
6046 | <listitem>
|
---|
6047 | <para>Windows hosts: don't cause massive DPC latency (only on certain
|
---|
6048 | hosts; still needs improving; bug #6242)</para>
|
---|
6049 | </listitem>
|
---|
6050 |
|
---|
6051 | <listitem>
|
---|
6052 | <para>Windows hosts: consider symlinks when retrieving volume information
|
---|
6053 | (bug #11962)</para>
|
---|
6054 | </listitem>
|
---|
6055 |
|
---|
6056 | <listitem>
|
---|
6057 | <para>Windows hosts: fixed an issue with USB2 devices being inaccessible
|
---|
6058 | when plugged into USB 3.0 ports</para>
|
---|
6059 | </listitem>
|
---|
6060 |
|
---|
6061 | <listitem>
|
---|
6062 | <para>Windows Additions: fixed misbehavior with guest display
|
---|
6063 | power management (WDDM driver only; bug #11170)</para>
|
---|
6064 | </listitem>
|
---|
6065 |
|
---|
6066 | <listitem>
|
---|
6067 | <para>Windows Additions: fixed memory leak caused by WTSQuerySessionInformation()
|
---|
6068 | on Windows 2000 guests (bug #12072)</para>
|
---|
6069 | </listitem>
|
---|
6070 |
|
---|
6071 | <listitem>
|
---|
6072 | <para>Windows Additions: ability to track guest user idle times through
|
---|
6073 | the newly introduced event <emphasis>IGuestUserStateChangedEvent</emphasis></para>
|
---|
6074 | </listitem>
|
---|
6075 |
|
---|
6076 | <listitem>
|
---|
6077 | <para>Linux Additions: fixed udev detection in the init script
|
---|
6078 | with Linux 3.x kernels</para>
|
---|
6079 | </listitem>
|
---|
6080 |
|
---|
6081 | </itemizedlist>
|
---|
6082 |
|
---|
6083 | </sect1>
|
---|
6084 |
|
---|
6085 | </chapter>
|
---|