beautypg.com

27 version 1.5.0 (2007-08-31), 27version 1.5.0 (2007-08-31) – Sun Microsystems VIRTUALBOX VERSION 3.1.0_BETA2 User Manual

Page 215

background image

12 Change log

• Windows Additions: fixed issues with Additions on NT 4 guests

• Windows Additions: added support for 8-bit video modes

• Windows Additions: allow specifying custom resolutions for secondary screens

• Windows Additions: several fixes and improvements for DirectDraw

• Windows Additions: improved the mouse filter driver compatibility with other

mouse drivers

• Linux Additions: several fixes and enhancements to Shared Folders

• Linux Additions: added support for X.org Server 1.4

• Shared Folders: fixed MS Powerpoint access issues (Linux host)

• API: fixed RPC_E_CHANGED_MODE startup error on Windows hosts

• API: fixed SMP race condition on Linux hosts

• API: fixed stability issues on Windows hosts in low memory conditions

12.27 Version 1.5.0 (2007-08-31)

As major new features, Version 1.5 adds:

• Seamless windows (see chapter

4.8

,

Seamless windows

, page

71

)

• Virtual serial ports (see chapter

3.9

,

Serial ports

, page

55

)

• Support for 64-bit Windows hosts (see chapter

1.4

,

Supported host operating

systems

, page

14

)

• Intel PXE 2.1 network boot

• Guest Additions for IBM OS/2 Warp

In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:

• GUI: sometimes two mouse cursors were visible when Windows guest Additions

became active

• GUI: added VT-x/AMD-V settings

• GUI: disable ’Show log...’ menu entry to prevent crash if VM list is empty

• GUI: the log window grabbed the keyboard

• GUI: fixed error handling if Linux host clipboard initialization fails

215