Sun Microsystems VIRTUALBOX 3.0.0 - Manual (Page 187)

12 Change log
• Linux installer: fixed Slackware detection regression
• Linux installer: updated VBoxTunctl allowing to assign a tap device to a group
on Linux kernels > 2.6.23
• Windows Additions: several fixes, in particular for Windows NT4
• Windows Additions: made them uninstallable
• Linux Additions: fixed installer for Kubuntu 8.04
• Linux Additions: add default video mode for handling video mode hints from
the host
• Linux host: compatibility fixes with Linux > 2.6.24
12.18 Version 1.5.4 (2007-12-29)
This version is a maintenance release. It adds USB 2.0 support and a PulseAudio
backend.
• GUI: fixed registration dialog crashes
• GUI: allow to enter unicode characters to the name of the registration dialog
• GUI: pre-select attached media in the disk manager when opened from the VM
settings dialog
• GUI: remember the last active VM
• GUI: ask before reset the VM
• GUI: don’t accept empty paths for serial/parallel ports in XML
• GUI: fixed NumLock / CapsLock synchronization on Windows hosts
• GUI: don’t start the kernel timer if no VM is active (Linux host)
• GUI: fixed accelerators in German translation
• VMM: improved compatibility with Solaris guests
• VMM: properly restore CR4 after leaving VT-x mode
• VMM: fix interrupt storm with Windows guests under certain circumstances (e.g.
disable + re-enable the network adapter)
• VMM: with VT-x a pending interrupt could be cleared behind our back
• VMM: workaround for missed cpuid patch (some Linux guests refuse to boot on
multi-core CPUs)
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