12Change log
12.5Version 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
•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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