Sun Microsystems VERSION 3.1.0_BETA2 user manual Version 1.5.2

12Change log

•Linux host: make sure the tun kernel module is loaded before initializing static TAP interfaces

•Windows Additions: fixed hang during HGCM communication

•Windows Additions: fixed delay when shutting down the guest

•Linux Additions: added sendfile support to allow HTTP servers to send files on shared folders

•Linux Additions: make Additions work with Fedora 8 (SELinux policy added)

•Linux Additions: sometimes ARGB pointers were displayed incorrectly

•Linux Additions: several small script fixes

12.26 Version 1.5.2 (2007-10-18)

This version is a maintenance release and mainly addresses issues discovered in VirtualBox 1.5.0 and improves compatibility with new guest and host OS revisions

•Windows Installer: fixed installation on Windows 2000 hosts

•Windows Installer: proper warning when installing a 32-bit VirtualBox version on 64-bit Windows and vice versa

•Linux Installer: no longer require license acceptance during install, instead at first GUI startup (addresses issues with hanging installer on Debian based distri- butions)

•GUI: added user registration dialog

•GUI: fixed crashes on 64-bit Linux hosts

•GUI: several fixes and improvements to seamless mode

•GUI: fixed DirectDraw mode with certain video cards (e.g. Intel i915)

•GUI: fixed incorrect guest resolution after leaving fullscreen mode

•GUI: improved keyboard handling on Linux host

•GUI: show fatal VM aborts (aka “Guru Meditation”)

•GUI: fixed crashes due to a display update race condition on some systems

•GUI: added ACPI shutdown option to the VM close dialog

•GUI: NLS improvements

•BIOS: fixed floppy boot menu

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