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Sun Microsystems VIRTUALBOX VERSION 3.1.0_BETA2 User Manual

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12 Change 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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