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15 Change log 15.17 Version 3.0.10 (2009-10-29) This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added: • VMM: guest SMP stability fixes • VMM: fixed guru meditation with nested paging and SMP guests (bug #5222) • VMM: changed VT-x/AMD-V usage to detect other active hypervisors necessary for e.g. Windows 7 XP compatibility mode (Windows & Mac OS X hosts only bug #4239) • VMM: guru meditation during SCO OpenServer installation and reboot (VT-x only bug #5164) • VMM: fixed accessed bit handling in certain cases (bug #5248) • VMM: fixed VPID flushing (VT-x only) • VMM: fixed broken nested paging for 64 bits guests on 32 bits hosts (AMD-V only bug #5285) • VMM: fixed loading of old saved states/snapshots (bug #3984) • Mac OS X hosts: fixed memory leaks (bug #5084) • Mac OS X hosts (Snow Leopard): fixed redraw problem in a dual screen setup (bug #4942) • Windows hosts: installer updates for Windows 7 • Solaris hosts: out of memory handled incorrectly (bug #5241) • Solaris hosts: the previous fix for #5077 broke the DVD host support on Solaris 10 (VBox 3.0.8 regression) • Linux hosts: fixed module compilation against Linux 2.6.32rc4 and later • Guest Additions: fixed possible guest OS kernel memory exhaustion • Guest Additions: fixed stability issues with SMP guests • Windows Additions: fixed color depth issue with low resolution hosts, netbooks, etc. (bug #4935) • Windows Additions: fixed NO_MORE_FILES error when saving to shared folders (bug #4106) • Windows Additions: fixed subdirectory creation on shared folders (bug #4299) • Linux Additions: sendfile() returned -EOVERFLOW when executed on a shared folder (bug #2921) • Linux Additions: fixed incorrect disk usage value (non-Windows hosts only) • Linux installer: register the module sources at DKMS even if the package provides proper modules for the current running kernel • 3D support: removed invalid OpenGL assertion (bug #5158) • Network: fixed the Am79C973 PCNet emulation for QNX (and probably other) guests (bug #3206) • VMDK: fix handling of split image variants 208

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15 Change log 15.17 Version 3.0.10 (2009-10-29) This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added: • VMM: guest SMP stability fixes • VMM: fixed guru meditation with nested paging and SMP guests (bug #5222) • VMM: changed VT-x/AMD-V usage to detect other active hypervisors necessary for e.g. Windows 7 XP compatibility mode (Windows & Mac OS X hosts only bug #4239) • VMM: guru meditation during SCO OpenServer installation and reboot (VT-x only bug #5164) • VMM: fixed accessed bit handling in certain cases (bug #5248) • VMM: fixed VPID flushing (VT-x only) • VMM: fixed broken nested paging for 64 bits guests on 32 bits hosts (AMD-V only bug #5285) • VMM: fixed loading of old saved states/snapshots (bug #3984) • Mac OS X hosts: fixed memory leaks (bug #5084) • Mac OS X hosts (Snow Leopard): fixed redraw problem in a dual screen setup (bug #4942) • Windows hosts: installer updates for Windows 7 • Solaris hosts: out of memory handled incorrectly (bug #5241) • Solaris hosts: the previous fix for #5077 broke the DVD host support on Solaris 10 (VBox 3.0.8 regression) • Linux hosts: fixed module compilation against Linux 2.6.32rc4 and later • Guest Additions: fixed possible guest OS kernel memory exhaustion • Guest Additions: fixed stability issues with SMP guests • Windows Additions: fixed color depth issue with low resolution hosts, netbooks, etc. (bug #4935) • Windows Additions: fixed NO_MORE_FILES error when saving to shared folders (bug #4106) • Windows Additions: fixed subdirectory creation on shared folders (bug #4299) • Linux Additions: sendfile() returned -EOVERFLOW when executed on a shared folder (bug #2921) • Linux Additions: fixed incorrect disk usage value (non-Windows hosts only) • Linux installer: register the module sources at DKMS even if the package provides proper modules for the current running kernel • 3D support: removed invalid OpenGL assertion (bug #5158) • Network: fixed the Am79C973 PCNet emulation for QNX (and probably other) guests (bug #3206) • VMDK: fix handling of split image variants 208

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15 Change log • VHD: do not delay updating the footer when expanding the image to prevent image incon- sistency • USB: stability fix for some USB 2.0 devices • GUI: added a search index to the .chm help file • GUI/Windows hosts: fixed CapsLock handling on French keyboards (bug #2025) • Shared clipboard/X11 hosts: fixed a crash when clipboard initialisation failed (bug #4987) 15.18 Version 3.0.8 (2009-10-02) This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added: • VMM: fixed 64 bits guest on 32 bits host regression in 3.0.6 (VT-x only bug #4947) • VMM: fixed a recompiler triple fault guru meditation (VT-x & AMD-V only bug #5058) • VMM: fixed hang after guest state restore (AMD-V, 32 bits Windows guest and IO-APIC enabled only bug #5059) • VMM: fixed paging issue with OS/2 guests • VMM: fixed guru meditation in rare cases (2.0 regression software virtualization only) • VMM: fixed release assertion during state restore when using the Sound Blaster 16 emula- tion (bug #5042) • Security: fixed vulnerability that allowed to execute commands with root privileges • Linux hosts: fixed runtime assertion in semaphore implementation which was triggered under certain conditions (bug #616) • Linux hosts: change the default USB access mode on certain distributions (bugs #3394 and #4291) • Linux hosts: on hardened Gentoo, the VBoxSVC daemon crashed by opening the VM net- work settings (bug #3732) • Linux hosts, Solaris hosts: pass the XAUTHORITY variable along the DISPLAY variable when starting a VM from VBoxManage or from the VM selector (bug #5063) • Linux hosts: use sysfs to enumerate host drives if hal is not available • Solaris hosts: fixed a bug which would hang the host sporadically as interrupts were not re-enabled every time • Solaris hosts: fixed a kernel panic with bridged and host-only networking (bug #4775) • Solaris hosts: fixed incorrectly persistent CD/DVD-ROMs when changing them (bug #5077) • X11-based hosts: support additional function keys on Sun keyboards (bug #4907) • Mac OS X hosts (Snow Leopard): fixed problem starting headless VMs without a graphical session (bug #5002) • Mac OS X hosts: fixed problem listing host-only adapter names with trailing garbage (at- tached VMs won’t start) 209

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15 Change log • VHD: do not delay updating the footer when expanding the image to prevent image incon- sistency • USB: stability fix for some USB 2.0 devices • GUI: added a search index to the .chm help file • GUI/Windows hosts: fixed CapsLock handling on French keyboards (bug #2025) • Shared clipboard/X11 hosts: fixed a crash when clipboard initialisation failed (bug #4987) 15.18 Version 3.0.8 (2009-10-02) This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added: • VMM: fixed 64 bits guest on 32 bits host regression in 3.0.6 (VT-x only bug #4947) • VMM: fixed a recompiler triple fault guru meditation (VT-x & AMD-V only bug #5058) • VMM: fixed hang after guest state restore (AMD-V, 32 bits Windows guest and IO-APIC enabled only bug #5059) • VMM: fixed paging issue with OS/2 guests • VMM: fixed guru meditation in rare cases (2.0 regression software virtualization only) • VMM: fixed release assertion during state restore when using the Sound Blaster 16 emula- tion (bug #5042) • Security: fixed vulnerability that allowed to execute commands with root privileges • Linux hosts: fixed runtime assertion in semaphore implementation which was triggered under certain conditions (bug #616) • Linux hosts: change the default USB access mode on certain distributions (bugs #3394 and #4291) • Linux hosts: on hardened Gentoo, the VBoxSVC daemon crashed by opening the VM net- work settings (bug #3732) • Linux hosts, Solaris hosts: pass the XAUTHORITY variable along the DISPLAY variable when starting a VM from VBoxManage or from the VM selector (bug #5063) • Linux hosts: use sysfs to enumerate host drives if hal is not available • Solaris hosts: fixed a bug which would hang the host sporadically as interrupts were not re-enabled every time • Solaris hosts: fixed a kernel panic with bridged and host-only networking (bug #4775) • Solaris hosts: fixed incorrectly persistent CD/DVD-ROMs when changing them (bug #5077) • X11-based hosts: support additional function keys on Sun keyboards (bug #4907) • Mac OS X hosts (Snow Leopard): fixed problem starting headless VMs without a graphical session (bug #5002) • Mac OS X hosts: fixed problem listing host-only adapter names with trailing garbage (at- tached VMs won’t start) 209

15 Change log • Shared Folders: performance improvements (Windows guests, bug #1728) • Windows, Linux and Solaris Additions: added balloon tip notifier if VirtualBox host version was updated and Additions are out of date • Solaris guests: fixed keyboard emulation (bug #1589) • Solaris Additions: fixed as_pagelock() failed errors affecting guest properties (bug #5337) • Windows Additions: added automatic logon support for Windows Vista and Windows 7 • Windows Additions: improved file version lookup for guest OS information • Windows Additions: fixed runtime OS detection on Windows 7 for session information • Windows Additions: fixed crash in seamless mode (contributed by Huihong Luo) • Linux Additions: added support for uninstalling the Linux Guest Additions (bug #4039) • Linux guest shared folders: allow mounting a shared folder if a file of the same name as the folder exists in the current directory (bug #928) • SDK: added object-oriented web service bindings for PHP5 15.16 Version 3.0.12 (2009-11-10) This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added: • VMM: reduced IO-APIC overhead for 32 bits Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 guests requires 64 bits support (VT-x only bug #4392) • VMM: fixed double timer interrupt delivery on old Linux kernels using IO-APIC (caused guest time to run at double speed bug #3135) • VMM: re-initizalize VT-x and AMD-V after host suspend or hibernate some BIOSes forget this (Windows hosts only bug #5421) • VMM: fixed loading of saved state when RAM preallocation is enabled • BIOS: ignore unknown shutdown codes instead of causing a guru meditation (bug #5389) • GUI: never start a VM on a single click into the selector window (bug #2676) • Serial: reduce the probability of lost bytes if the host end is connected to a raw file • VMDK: fixed handling of split image variants and fix a 3.0.10 regression (bug #5355) • VRDP: fixed occasional VRDP server crash • Network: even if the virtual network cable was disconnected, some guests were able to send / receive packets (E1000 bug #5366) • Network: even if the virtual network cable was disconnected, the PCNet card received some spurious packets which might confuse the guest (bug #4496) • Shared Folders: fixed changing case of file names (bug #2520) • Windows Additions: fixed crash in seamless mode (contributed by Huihong Luo) • Linux Additions: fixed writing to files opened in O_APPEND mode (bug #3805) • Solaris Additions: fixed regression in Guest Additions driver which among other things caused lost guest property updates and periodic error messages being written to the system log 207

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15 Change log • Shared Folders: performance improvements (Windows guests, bug #1728) • Windows, Linux and Solaris Additions: added balloon tip notifier if VirtualBox host version was updated and Additions are out of date • Solaris guests: fixed keyboard emulation (bug #1589) • Solaris Additions: fixed as_pagelock() failed errors affecting guest properties (bug #5337) • Windows Additions: added automatic logon support for Windows Vista and Windows 7 • Windows Additions: improved file version lookup for guest OS information • Windows Additions: fixed runtime OS detection on Windows 7 for session information • Windows Additions: fixed crash in seamless mode (contributed by Huihong Luo) • Linux Additions: added support for uninstalling the Linux Guest Additions (bug #4039) • Linux guest shared folders: allow mounting a shared folder if a file of the same name as the folder exists in the current directory (bug #928) • SDK: added object-oriented web service bindings for PHP5 15.16 Version 3.0.12 (2009-11-10) This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added: • VMM: reduced IO-APIC overhead for 32 bits Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 guests requires 64 bits support (VT-x only bug #4392) • VMM: fixed double timer interrupt delivery on old Linux kernels using IO-APIC (caused guest time to run at double speed bug #3135) • VMM: re-initizalize VT-x and AMD-V after host suspend or hibernate some BIOSes forget this (Windows hosts only bug #5421) • VMM: fixed loading of saved state when RAM preallocation is enabled • BIOS: ignore unknown shutdown codes instead of causing a guru meditation (bug #5389) • GUI: never start a VM on a single click into the selector window (bug #2676) • Serial: reduce the probability of lost bytes if the host end is connected to a raw file • VMDK: fixed handling of split image variants and fix a 3.0.10 regression (bug #5355) • VRDP: fixed occasional VRDP server crash • Network: even if the virtual network cable was disconnected, some guests were able to send / receive packets (E1000 bug #5366) • Network: even if the virtual network cable was disconnected, the PCNet card received some spurious packets which might confuse the guest (bug #4496) • Shared Folders: fixed changing case of file names (bug #2520) • Windows Additions: fixed crash in seamless mode (contributed by Huihong Luo) • Linux Additions: fixed writing to files opened in O_APPEND mode (bug #3805) • Solaris Additions: fixed regression in Guest Additions driver which among other things caused lost guest property updates and periodic error messages being written to the system log 207

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