12Change log

12.24Version 1.5.6 (2008-02-19)

This version is a maintenance release. It adds an experimental Intel Gigabit Ethernet device emulation and read-only shared folders.

•GUI: fixed several error messages

•GUI: fixed registration dialog crashes once and for all

•GUI: really ask before resetting the VM

•GUI: release mouse and keyboard before the host activates the screensaver

•GUI: fixed issue with license display on big screens

•GUI: added setting for network name for internal networks

•GUI: added setting for network device type

•GUI: keyboard fixes

•GUI: seamless mode and fullscreen mode fixes

•GUI: fixed soaked hostkey keyup event under certain conditions

•GUI: more informative message dialog buttons

•GUI: VM selector context menu

•VBoxSDL: added -termacpi switch

•VBoxSDL: fixed automatic adaption of the guest screen resolution to the size of the VM window

•VMM: under heavy guest activity, for example when copying files to/from a shared folder, the VM could crash with an assertion

•VMM: added an option to select PIIX4 (improves compatibility with Windows guests created by VMware)

•VMM: fixed a bug which could lead to memory corruption under rare circum- stances

•VMM: improved performance of Solaris guests

•VRDP: fixed a 1.5.4 regression: VRDP client and server were out-of-sync if the VM was started using the GUI

•VRDP: proper error handling if the VRDP library could not be loaded

•VRDP: fixed compilation of the Linux rdesktop client on newer Linux kernels

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