5 version 2.1.4 (2009-02-16) – Sun Microsystems VIRTUALBOX 3.0.0 User Manual

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12 Change log

12.5 Version 2.1.4 (2009-02-16)

This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:

• Windows hosts: fixed host crashes/hangs on certain 32 bits Windows systems

when running Linux guests (bugs #1606, #2269, #2763)

• Windows hosts: fixed network component BSOD issue (bugs #3168, #2916)

• Windows hosts: fixed installation issues (bugs #2517, #1730, #3130)

• Linux hosts: fixed occasional kernel oopses (bug #2556)

• Linux hosts: fixed module dependency for shipped modules (bug #3115)

• Linux hosts: moved the udev rules for USB forward so that they don’t override

existing system rules (bug #3143)

• Linux hosts: fixed the issue with guest not being able to communicate with each

other when attached via TAP interfaces (bug #3215)

• Linux hosts: give up probing for USB gracefully if DBus or hal are not available

(bug #3136)

• Linux hosts: fixed warnings in installer when SELinux was disabled (bug #3098)

• Linux hosts: VirtualBox sometimes failed to start if it had been started using

sudo previously (bug #3270)

• Solaris hosts: fixed high CPU load while running many guests in parallel

• Solaris hosts: fixed inability to start more than 128 VMs

• VMM: fixed performance regression for Windows guests (bug #3172)

• VMM: ignore CPU stepping when restoring a saved state/snapshot

• REM: fixed inability to use gdb to debug programs in Linux guests with software

virtualization (bug #3245)

• GUI: fixed dead key handling on Solaris hosts (bug #3256)

• GUI: in the shutdown dialog, disable the action send the shutdown signal if the

guest is currently not using ACPI

• GUI: suppress additional key release events sent by X11 hosts when keys are

auto-repeated (bug #1296)

• API: restore case insensitive OS type name lookup (bug #3087)

• VBoxHeadless: really don’t start X11 services (clipboard service, 3D acceleration;

Solaris & Darwin hosts only; bug #3199)

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