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 Jul 1 2009, 05:52 PM
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This version is a major update. The following major new features were added: * Guest SMP with up to 32 virtual CPUs (VT-x and AMD-V only Windows guests: ability to use Direct3D 8/9 applications / games Support for OpenGL 2.0 for Windows, Linux and Solaris guests # GUI: added mini toolbar for fullscreen and seamless mode (Thanks to Huihong Luo) # GUI: redesigned settings dialogs # GUI: allow to create/remove more than one host-only network adapters (non Windows hosts) # GUI: display estimated time for long running operations (e.g. OVF import/export) # GUI: fixed rare hangs when open the OVF import/export wizards (bug #4157) # 3D support: fixed VM crashes for client applications using incorrect OpenGL states # 3D support: fixed memory corruption when querying for supported texture compression formats # 3D support: fixed incorrect rendering of glDrawRangeElements # 3D support: fixed memory leak when using VBOs # 3D support: fixed glew library detection # 3D support: fixed random textures corruption # VRDP: support Windows 7 RDP client # Networking: fixed another problem with TX checksum offloading with Linux kernels up to version 2.6.18 # NAT: fixed “open ports on virtual router 10.0.2.2 - 513, 514” (forum) # NAT: allow to configure socket and internal parameters # NAT: allow to bind sockets to specific interface # PXE boot: significant performance increase (VT-x/AMD-V only) # VHD: properly write empty sectors when cloning of VHD images (bug #4080) # VHD: fixed crash when discarding snapshots of a VHD image # VHD: fixed access beyond the block bitmap which could lead to arbitrary crashes # VBoxManage: fixed incorrect partition table processing when creating VMDK files giving raw partition access (bug #3510) # VBoxManage: support cloning to existing image file # OVF: several OVF 1.0 compatibility fixes # OVF: fixed exporting of disk images when multiple virtual machines are exported at once # Virtual mouse device: eliminated micro-movements of the virtual mouse which were confusing some applications (bug #3782) # Shared Folders: sometimes a file was created using the wrong permissions (2.2.0 regression; bug #3785) # Shared Folders: allow to change file attributes from Linux guests and use the correct file mode when creating files # Shared Folders: some content was incorrectly written under certain conditions (bug #1187) # Shared Folders: fixed incorrect file timestamps, when using Windows guest on a Linux host (bug #3404) # X11 clipboard: fix duplicate end of lines (bug #4270) # X11 guests: a number of shared clipboard fixes # Linux guests: Guest Additions support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 # Linux guests: new daemon vboxadd-service to handle time synchronization and guest property lookup # Linux guests: implemented guest properties (OS info, logged in users, basic network information) # Windows host installer: VirtualBox Python API can now be installed automatically (requires Python and Win32 Extensions installed) # USB: Support for high-speed isochronous endpoints has been added. In addition, read-ahead buffering is performed for input endpoints (currently Linux hosts only). This should allow additional devices to work, notably webcams (bug #242). # USB: fixed error handling for some USB dongles # Web service: fixed inability to handle NULL pointers for object arguments, which are valid values for a lot of APIs, in both the raw and the object-oriented web service. # Web service: object-oriented bindings for JAX-WS did not exhibit interface inheritance correctly, fixed # Web service: added support for IDisplay and IGuest interfaces, which were previously unavailable # Registration dialog uses Sun Online accounts now |
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