Sun Microsystems VERSION 3.1.0_BETA2 user manual

12Change log

•VMM: fixed out-of-memory errors under certain environments with enough ap- propriate memory available

•API: fixed occasional crashes of the VBoxSVC server during VM shutdown (Linux host)

•API: some components were not notified when mounting a CD/DVD

•VMDK: improve geometry compatibility with existing VMDK images

•IDE/Floppy: optionally make non-available host device non-fatal

•IDE: improve emulation accuracy of the IRQ line between master and slave drive

•IDE: guest could freeze when unmounting the CD/DVD drive

•VGA: several text mode fixes in particular with Windows DOS boxes

•USB: fixed some issues with Windows hosts

•USB: fixed race condition between udev and USB filters (Linux host)

•Shared Folders: reversed network provider order to increase mapping perfor- mance (Windows guest)

•Shared Folders: browsable from Windows Explorer (Windows guests)

•Shared Folders: stability fixes (Windows guest)

•Shared Folders: case sensitivity fixes (Windows guest and Linux host)

•Audio: fall back to the NULL audio driver if no voice could be opened

•NAT: fixed crash

•Guest Additions: reworked the shared clipboard for Linux hosts and guests based on user feedback about problems with individual applications

•Guest Additions: don’t allow to disable mouse pointer integration for Linux guests as an Xorg hardware mouse cursor cannot be turned into a software mouse cursor

•Guest Additions: Linux guests shipping Xorg 1.3 (e.g. Fedora 7, Ubuntu Gutsy) are now supported

•Guest Additions: added DirectDraw support to the Windows display driver

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