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12 Change log

• Clipboard: fixed a SEGFAULT on VM exit (Linux host)

• Clipboard: fixed a buffer overflow (Linux host)

• Shared Folders: fixed memory leaks

• Linux installer: remove the old kernel module before compiling a new one

• Linux host: compatibility fixes with Linux 2.6.24

• Linux host: script fixes for ArchLinux

• Linux host: load correct HAL library to determine DVD/floppy (libhal.so.1 not

libhal.so)

• Linux host: make sure the tun kernel module is loaded before initializing static

TAP interfaces

• Windows Additions: fixed hang during HGCM communication

• Windows Additions: fixed delay when shutting down the guest

• Linux Additions: added sendfile support to allow HTTP servers to send files on

shared folders

• Linux Additions: make Additions work with Fedora 8 (SELinux policy added)

• Linux Additions: sometimes ARGB pointers were displayed incorrectly

• Linux Additions: several small script fixes

12.19 Version 1.5.2 (2007-10-18)

This version is a maintenance release and mainly addresses issues discovered in
VirtualBox 1.5.0 and improves compatibility with new guest and host OS revisions

• Windows Installer: fixed installation on Windows 2000 hosts

• Windows Installer: proper warning when installing a 32-bit VirtualBox version

on 64-bit Windows and vice versa

• Linux Installer: no longer require license acceptance during install, instead at

first GUI startup (addresses issues with hanging installer on Debian based distri-
butions)

• GUI: added user registration dialog

• GUI: fixed crashes on 64-bit Linux hosts

• GUI: several fixes and improvements to seamless mode

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