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		<title>VirtualBox 3.2.10</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Released 2010-10-08) This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added: VMM: V8086 mode fix for legacy DOS/Windows guests with EMM386 (3.2.8 regression) VMM: stability fix (bug #7342) VMM: fixed a Guru meditation related to large pages (bug #7300) VMM: fixed support for large pages on Linux hosts VMM: fixed a Guru [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong></strong>(Released 2010-10-08)</p>
<p>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:</p>
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<li>VMM: V8086 mode fix for legacy DOS/Windows guests with EMM386 (3.2.8 regression)</li>
<li>VMM: stability fix (bug #7342)</li>
<li>VMM: fixed a Guru meditation related to large pages (bug #7300)</li>
<li>VMM: fixed support for large pages on Linux hosts</li>
<li>VMM: fixed a Guru meditation for large memory 64-bit guests on 32-bit hosts with nested paging (bug #7544</li>
<li>VMM: performance improvements for VMs with more than 2 GB RAM (bug #6928)</li>
<li>GUI: fixed host key handling if the host key is set to Left Alt (Linux/Solaris hosts only; 3.2.0 regression; bug #6758)</li>
<li>GUI: the VM can be minimized from the mini toolbar (bug #4952)</li>
<li>GUI: handle Ctrl+Break properly on X11 hosts (3.2.0 regression; bug #6122)</li>
<li>GUI: fixed the case where the user aborted the media selector for selecting the boot hard disk from the VM wizard</li>
<li>GUI: added a check for Linux kernels 2.6.36 or later which are known to have the asynchronous I/O bug on ext4 / xfs file systems fixed (Linux hosts only)</li>
<li>OpenSolaris guests: use SATA controller by default</li>
<li>Storage: fixed I/O errors in the guest after compacting VDI images (3.2.6 regression; bug #7294)</li>
<li>Storage: automatically repair base disk images with non-zero parent UUID which made them inaccessible (bug #7289)</li>
<li>Storage: fixed corrupted images if a merge operation was canceled</li>
<li>IDE: added ATAPI passthrough support for audio CDs (bug #3494)</li>
<li>SATA: fixed a potential hang during boot of recent Solaris guests</li>
<li>SATA: handle out of disk space and similar conditions better</li>
<li>iSCSI: fixed sporadic hangs when closing the connection</li>
<li>VGA: fixed missing redraw with multiple screens under certain circumstances (bug #7291)</li>
<li>VGA: serveral small fixes for legacy VGA graphics modes</li>
<li>Bridged networking: fixed occasional host freeze during VM shutdown (Linux hosts only)</li>
<li>NAT: don&#8217;t check for the existence of the TFTP prefix when delivering a file via bootp (bug #7384)</li>
<li>NAT: fixed resolving of names at the host resolver (bug #7138)</li>
<li>NAT: under rare conditions the NAT engine consumed 100% CPU load (non-Windows hosts only)</li>
<li>VRDP: fixed memory leak under certain circumstances (bug #5966)</li>
<li>VRDP: fixed missing redraws with Windows guests under certain circumstances</li>
<li>USB: properly discard blocking outstanding bulk URBs, fixes some printers</li>
<li>USB: Blackberry fix (bug #6465)</li>
<li>VBoxHeadless: fixed event queue processing problems which led to hangs if the VM could not be started successfully</li>
<li>VBoxManage: don&#8217;t crash if parameters with invalid characters are passed (bug #7388)</li>
<li>VBoxManage: clonehd: fixed a bug where the command aborted with an error message under rare circumstances</li>
<li>VBoxManage: metrics: made it work for directly started VMs again (3.2.8 regression; bug #7482)</li>
<li>3D support: report GLX_ARB_get_proc_address as supported extension</li>
<li>3D support: guest application stack corruption when using glGetVertexAttrib[ifd]v (bug #7395)</li>
<li>3D support: fixed broken 3D support when switching to fullscreen/seamless modes (bug #7314)</li>
<li>3D support: fixed 32bit OpenGL apps under 64bit Windows XP/Vista (bug #7066)</li>
<li>OVF: fixed bug when exporting a VM with multiple attached disks (bug #7366)</li>
<li>OVF: fixed slow export for certain filesystems (bug #3719)</li>
<li>OVF: disabled manifest (.mf file) support; manifests are no longer verified on import nor written on export</li>
<li>Shared clipboard/Windows: improved the reliability of the shared clipboard on Windows hosts and guest (partial fix to bug #5266)</li>
<li>Shared Folders: don&#8217;t show an empty directory if filenames with an invalid encoding exist on the host (bug #7349)</li>
<li>Shared Folders: return the proper error code when trying to list files for a non-existing wildcard (bug #7004)</li>
<li>Audio: fixed guest memory corruption when capturing from the NULL audio backend (bug #6911)</li>
<li>Audio: improved playback quality (less choppy) (bug #6816)</li>
<li>Web service: avoid unnecessary creation of idle threads</li>
<li>Additions: fixed bug in the guest execution feature when passing more than one environment variable</li>
<li>Additions: refresh all guest properties written by VBoxService after the VM was restored from a saved state</li>
<li>Additions: fixed a division by zero crash of VBoxService under certain circumstances</li>
<li>Additions: immediately resynchronize the guest time with the host time after the VM was restored from a saved state (bug #4018)</li>
<li>Additions/Windows: fixed LsaEnumerate error when enumerating logged in users</li>
<li>Additions/X.Org: support X.Org Server 1.9 (bug #7306)</li>
<li>Additions/X.Org: don&#8217;t crash VBoxClient during reboot</li>
<li>Solaris hosts: fixed host DVD drive enumeration on Solaris 10</li>
<li>Solaris hosts: added a custom core dumper to procure more data in the event of a VM crash</li>
<li>Solaris guests: fixed user idle detection</li>
<li>Solaris guests: fixed a possible panic in Shared Folders when using the wrong user or group IDs (bug #7295)</li>
<li>Solaris guests: fixed Shared Folders from truncating files to 2GB on 32-bit guests (bug #7324)</li>
<li>Windows hosts: fixed a BSOD under certain circumstances in VBoxNetFlt.sys (bug #7448)</li>
<li>Linux hosts/guests: Linux 2.6.36 fixes</li>
<li>Linux hosts/guests: DKMS fixes (bug #5817)</li>
<li>Mac OS X hosts: fixed missing dock menu entries (bug #7392)</li>
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		<title>VirtualBox 3.1.2 released</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil Smith</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sun today released VirtualBox 3.1.2, a maintenance release of VirtualBox 3.1 which improves stability and fixes regressions. See the ChangeLog for details. This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added: VMM: fixed SMP stability regression USB: fixed USB related host crashes on 64 bits Windows hosts (#5237) Main: wrong default HWVirtExExclusive [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong></strong><a href="http://www.marketgrid.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/vbox_logo2_gradient.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18" title="Virtualbox logo" src="http://www.marketgrid.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/vbox_logo2_gradient.png" alt="" width="140" height="180" /></a><br />
Sun today released VirtualBox 3.1.2, a maintenance release of VirtualBox  3.1 which improves stability and fixes regressions. See the <a href="http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog"> ChangeLog</a> for  details.</p>
<p>This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or  added:</p>
<ul>
<li>VMM: fixed SMP stability regression</li>
<li>USB: fixed USB related host crashes on 64 bits Windows hosts (<a title="non-VT-X/AMD-V mode broken in 3.0.8 under 64-bit hosts (closed)" href="http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/5237">#5237</a>)</li>
<li>Main: wrong default HWVirtExExclusive value for new VMs (bug <a title="Turn on new created guest by 3.1.0 will hang all running VMs  -&gt; fixed in  ... (closed)" href="http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/5664">#5664</a>)</li>
<li>Main: DVD passthrough setting was lost (bug <a title="VBox forgets  that DVD drive is set for passthrough =&gt; fixed in SVN, fix  ...  (closed)" href="http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/5681">#5681</a>)</li>
<li>VBoxManage: iSCSI disks do not support adding a comment (bug <a title="iSCSI disk property &quot;comment&quot; not implemented =&gt;  fixed in SVN/3.1.2 (closed)" href="http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/4460">#4460</a>)</li>
<li>VBoxManage: added missing <em>&#8211;cpus</em> and <em>&#8211;memory</em> options to OVF <em>&#8211;import</em></li>
<li>GUI: fixed VBox URL in update dialog for German and Dutch  languages</li>
<li>GUI: NLS updates</li>
<li>OVF: fixed export of non standard storage controller names (bug  <a title="OVF export problems with storage settings -&gt; Fixed in SVN  (closed)" href="http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/5643">#5643</a>)</li>
<li>Solaris hosts: several USB fixes (including support for Apple  iPhone)</li>
<li>Mac OS X hosts: several fixes for the 3D support</li>
<li>Mac OS X hosts: re-enabled CMD+Key combinations, even if the  Host-Key isn&#8217;t CMD (bug <a title="Lose access to cmd-H  and cmd-Q if host key redefined -&gt; Fixed in SVN (closed)" href="http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/5684">#5684</a>)</li>
<li>Mac OS X hosts: fixed to fast scrolling if the mouse wheel is  used inside the guest (bug <a title="Mouse scrolling too  fast (pageup/pagedown triggered) -&gt; Fixed in SVN (reopened)" href="http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/5672">#5672</a>)</li>
<li>Mac OS X hosts: dock &amp; menubar don&#8217;t disappear in  fullscreen when the VM is not running on the primary display (bug <a title="OSX: Dock should not disappear when running full screen on  secondary  ... (closed)" href="http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/1762">#1762</a>)</li>
<li>Mac OS X hosts: added an option for enabling &#8220;Auto show Dock  &amp; Menubar in fullscreen&#8221; (bug <a title="Re-enable macosx top  menu bar and dock on fullscreen (VB 3.1.0) -&gt; fixed  ... (closed)" href="http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/5636">#5636</a>)</li>
<li>Windows host installer: fixed starting VBox with wrong  privileges right after installation (bug <a title="VirtualBox installer  on Windows starts VBox as administrator (closed)" href="http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/4162">#4162</a>)</li>
<li>Host interface and host-only networking: prevent driver from  unloading while a VM is still active (Windows host only)</li>
<li>Host-only networking: fixed host-only interface creation  (Windows host only) (bug <a title="cannot create a  host-only interface in virtualbox 3.1.0 (closed)" href="http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/5708">#5708</a>)</li>
<li>Virtio-net: don&#8217;t crash without an attached network</li>
<li>Virtio-net: fixed the issue with intermittent network in VM  with several virtual CPU cores.</li>
<li>NAT: fixed port-forwarding regressions (bug <a title="close &gt;  save state &gt; restart  - leads to deactivating port forwards (closed)" href="http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/5666">#5666</a>)</li>
<li>NAT: fixed crash under certain conditions (bug <a title="Windows 7  64bit host, guest GUI crashes during file transfer =&gt; Fixed in  ...  (closed)" href="http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/5427">#5427</a>)</li>
<li>NAT: fixed resolving of names containing a slash or underscore  when using the host resolver DNS proxy (bug <a title="Host resolver proxy  unable to resolve host or domain names containing a  ... (closed)" href="http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/5698">#5698</a>)</li>
<li>ATA: fixed sporadic crash when resuming after a VM was  forcefully paused (e.g. due to iSCSI target being unavailable)</li>
<li>SATA: fixed raw vmdk disks (bug <a title="SATA Freeze on boot  with 3.1.0 (NCQ / DRDY Error) =&gt; fixed in SVN/3.1.2 (closed)" href="http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/5724">#5724</a>)</li>
<li>Linux guests: increased the default memory for Redhat and  Fedora guests</li>
<li>Linux Guest Additions: fixed installation on RHEL 3.9 guests  and on some 64bit guests</li>
<li>Linux Guest Additions: prevent SELinux warnings concerning text  relocations in VBoxOGL.so (bug <a title="SELinux warning  saying VBoxGuestAdditions requires text relocation -&gt;  ...  (reopened)" href="http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/5690">#5690</a>)</li>
<li>X11 guests: fixed mouse support for some Xorg 1.4 guests  (openSUSE 11.0)</li>
<li>X11 guests: fixed xorg.conf modification for some older Xorg  releases (openSUSE 11.1)</li>
<li>Windows guests: fixed some VBoxService shutdown issues</li>
<li>Windows guests: fixed VBoxVideo spinlock issues on NT4</li>
<li>Windows Guest Additions: fixed uninstallation issues of NT4</li>
<li>Shared folders: fixed resolving of symlink target (bug <a title="Windows guests don't follow symlinks on shared folders -&gt;  Fixed in SVN (closed)" href="http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/5631">#5631</a>)</li>
<li>2D Video acceleration: delay loading of OpenGL dlls for Windows  hosts to avoid GUI crashes on misconfigured systems</li>
<li>2D Video acceleration: fixed issues with video picture not  displayed on playback</li>
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