VirtualBox About Screenshots Downloads Documentation End-user docs Technical docs Contribute Community search... LoginPreferences Changelog for VirtualBox 1.6 This page lists all changes of the VirtualBox 1.6 releases. All branches: 4.3 · 4.2 · 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.2 · 3.1 · 3.0 · 2.2 · 2.1 · 2.0 · 1.6 VirtualBox 1.6.6 (released 2008-08-26) This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added: VMM: ?xed excessive logging (bug #1901) VMM: AMD-V stability ?xes (bug #1685) GUI: added support for Ctrl+Caps reversed keyboards (bug #1891) SATA: ?xed BSODs of Windows guests on a SATA disk (bug #1941) SATA: ?xed hard disk detection on Solaris 10 U5 (bug #1789) VBoxHeadless: don’t start the clipboard service (bug #1743) VBoxHeadless: added -vrdp parameter which allows to start the VM session without VRDP (bug #1960) VBoxManage: ?xes to creating raw disk/partition VMDK ?les, now accepts removable media on Windows (bug #1869) VRDP: ?xed communication with MS Remote Desktop Connection on Mac OS X (bug #1337) VRDP: clipboard ?xes (bug #1410) VRDP: ?xed crash during PAM authentication (bug #1953) Shared Folders: ?xed a regression introduced in version 1.6.2: the shared folders service was sometimes not properly installed (Windows guests only, bug #1915) Shared Folders: don’t deny to load a VM if a shared folder is not accessible (bug #822) BIOS: allow to specify empty DMI strings (bug #1957) OSE archive: added missing Make?les (bug #1912) Linux hosts: workaround for buggy gcc-4.3 compilers (e.g. openSUSE 11) Linux hosts: one more ?x for compiling the kernel modules on Linux 2.6.27 (bug #1962) Mac OS X hosts: shared folders unicode ?x Solaris hosts: ?xed link issue (bug #1840) Windows additions: allow to downgrade the package Windows additions: ?xed corrupted installer icon on Windows 2000 (bug #1486) Windows additions: ?xed bug when creating intermediate directories (bug #1870) Windows additions: implemented /xres=, /yres= and /depth= switches for the installer (bug #1990) Linux additions: properly unregister the misc device when unloading the kernel module Linux additions: ?xed startup order for recent Linux distributions again (e.g. openSUSE 11) Linux additions: attempt to ?x the autostart issue of !VBoxClient with Mandriva guests (bug #1699) Linux additions: ?xed detection of patched Linux 2.6.18 kernels of RHEL5 / FC6 / CentOS 5.2 (bugs #1899, #1973) Linux additions: added new mount ?ags dmode, fmode, umask, dmask and fmask allowing to override the ?le mode (bug #1776) Documentation: added a note that jumbo frames don’t work (bug #1877) Documentation: document special host interface names on openSUSE11 (bug #1892) VirtualBox 1.6.4 (released 2008-07-30) This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added: AMD-V, VT-x: stability fixes Shared Folders: fixed host crash (Solaris host only, bugs #1336, #1646) Shared Folders: fixed BSOD when debugging with Visual Studio (bug #1627) Shared Folders: fixed BSOD when compiling on a shared folder (bug #1683) Shared Folders: several fixes/stability improvements SATA: fixed a race that could cause an occasional Windows guest system hang SATA: fixed spurious BIOS log messages Networking: fixed NIC tracing with NAT interfaces (bug #1790) USB: fixed crash under certain conditions when unplugging a USB device (bug #1295) Settings: fixed bug when converting 1.5.x settings RDP: fixed enabling the RDP server during runtime RDP: properly detect the rdesktop 1.6.0 RDP client RDP: fixed RDP crash (bug #1521) RDP: updated modified rdesktop client to version 1.6.0 GUI: NLS improvements BIOS: added SMBIOS header to make Solaris and Vista recognize the DMI data ACPI: properly hide a disabled floppy controller VMM: small fixes to protected mode without paging VMDK: fixed handling of .vmdk images without UUIDs Windows hosts: fixed driver parameter validation issue in VBoxDrv.sys that could allow an attacker on the host to crash the system Windows hosts: installer now contains web service examples mentioned in the manual Linux hosts: properly deregister the Linux kernel module before uninstalling a Linux deb/rpm package Linux hosts: kernel module works now with Linux 2.6.27 Linux hosts: fixed a typo in the vboxnet setup script for host network interfaces (bug #1714) Linux hosts: fixed usage of tar in installer (bug #1767) Linux hosts: fixed long guest shutdown time when serial port is enabled Solaris hosts: refuse to install in Sun xVM hypervisor dom0 Solaris hosts: accept Solaris raw disks when for raw disk access Windows additions: made installation of shared folders more robust Windows additions: improved installation Linux additions: accept every user-defined guest video mode in /etc/X11/xorg.conf Linux additions: fixed startup order for recent Linux distributions (e.g. openSUSE 11) VirtualBox 1.6.2 (released 2008-06-06) This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added: GUI: fixed a bug which prevented to add more than one SATA drive from the GUI GUI: fixed a regression introduced in 1.6.0: the fullscreen mode was left on every guest video mode switch GUI: fixed several minor issues Networking: fixed a host interface networking regression introduced in 1.6.0 VMM: fixed starting of VMs with AMD-V enabled VMM: massive performance enhancements for AMD-V VMM: stability improvements for AMD-V on Windows hosts VMM: correctly detect AMD CPUs with erratum 170 (AMD-V) VMM: detect inconsistent timestamp counters on certain AMD Phenom CPUs (Windows host only) VMM: fixed KVM check (Linux hosts only) XPCOM: fixed several races VMM: ?xed a regression introduced in 1.6.0: Windows stuck during installation SATA: improved performance with Vista guests SATA: fixed statistics counter Shared Folders: several fixes (iTunes download, speed up browsing) ATA/IDE: fixed boot from CDROM if a medium was added while the boot menu was active Networking: provide an Intel PRO/1000 T Server (82543GC) network device emulation which is recognized by Windows XP guests Networking: fixes for the E1000 emulation (don't crash if not attached, fixed a bug in the statistics counter implementation) NAT: don't crash if the guest sent a DHCPRELEASE message with an invalid IP address NAT: fixed ARP reply for the NAT gateway and for the NAT name server if the guest IP range was changed Internal Networking: fixed shutdown if more than two VMs are connected to the same network BIOS: allow to change the DMI information (see chapter 9.13, Con'guring the BIOS DMI information, User Manual page 125) RTC: fixed UIP emulation to prevent jumping of time in Solaris guests Windows host: VirtualBox installation directory corrected for 64 bits Windows Windows host: fixed VBoxVRDP.exe symlink Windows host: solved locking problems in raw partition VMDK support Windows host: fixed stability during high system load (page fault in KeQueryActiveProcessors) Mac OS X host: fixed crashes under certain conditions Shared Folders: limited users without admin rights now also can use Shared Folders on Windows guests Linux hosts: fixed default runlevel for the kernel module helper script Solaris hosts: enabled support for VT-x and AMD-V Solaris hosts: dynamic loading of libdlpi fixes a problem where Solaris 10 was not able to start a VM Linux additions: fixed runlevels for kernel module helper scripts Linux additions: compatibility fixes with Linux 2.6.26 Linux additions: fixed occasional guest kernel crash during unload of the vboxadd guest kernel module VirtualBox 1.6.0 (released 2008-04-30) This version is a major update. The following major new features were added: Solaris and Mac OS X host support Seamless windowing for Linux and Solaris guests Guest Additions for Solaris A webservice API SATA hard disk (AHCI) controller Experimental Physical Address Extension (PAE) support In addition, the following items were ?xed and/or added: GUI: added accessibility support (508) GUI: VM session information dialog VBoxHeadless: renamed from VBoxVRDP VMM: reduced host CPU load of idle guests VMM: many ?xes for VT-x/SVM hardware-supported virtualization ATA/IDE: better disk geometry compatibility with VMware images ATA/IDE: virtualize an AHCI controller Storage: better write optimization, prevent images from growing unnecessarily. Network: support PXE booting with NAT Network: ?xed the Am79C973 PCNet emulation for Nexenta guests NAT: improved builtin DHCP server (implemented DHCPNAK response) NAT: port forwarding stopped when restoring the VM from a saved state NAT: make subnet con?gurable XPCOM: moved to libxml2 XPCOM: ?xed VBoxSVC autostart race Audio: SoundBlaster 16 emulation USB: ?xed problems with USB 2.0 devices Mac OS X: ?xed seamless mode Mac OS X: better desktop integration, several look’n’feel ?xes Mac OS X: switched to Quartz2D framebuffer Mac OS X: added support for shared folders Mac OS X: added support for clipboard integration Solaris: added host audio playback support (experimental) Solaris: made it possible to run VirtualBox from non-global zones Shared Folders: made them work for NT4 guests Shared Folders: many bug?xes to improve stability Seamless windows: added support for Linux guests Linux installer: support DKMS for compiling the kernel module Linux host: compatibility ?xes with Linux 2.6.25 Windows host: support for USB devices has been signi?cantly improved; many additional USB devices now work Windows Additions: automatically install AMD PCNet drivers on Vista guests Linux additions: several ?xes, experimental support for RandR 1.2 Linux additions: compatibility ?xes with Linux 2.6.25 www.oracle.com Contact – Privacy policy – Terms of Use