VirtualBox 3.2.6 Released


  1. Posts : 18,404
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    VirtualBox 3.2.6 Released


    June 25, 2010

    VirtualBox 3.2.6 is available. Changelog below.

       Information

    This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:

    • VMM: fixed host crash when running 64-bit guests on 32-bit hosts with certain Intel CPUs (VT-x only; bug #6166)
    • VMM: allow 64-bit SMP guests on 32-bit hosts (VT-x and AMD-V only; does not apply to Mac OS X, which already supports it)
    • VMM: fixed Guru mediation if guests with more than 2GB are booted with VT-x/AMD-V disabled (bug #5740)
    • VMM: fixed TR limit trashing (VT-x and 64-bit host only; bug #7052)
    • Page Fusion: several bug fixes for SMP guests (including bug #6964)
    • Teleportation: several fixes and improvements
    • Mac OS X server guests: compatibility fix
    • EFI: fixed memory detection for guests with 2GB or more RAM assigned
    • GUI: added a workaround for a Linux kernel bug which affecting asynchronous I/O on ext4 / xfs file systems (Linux hosts only)
    • GUI: added setting for multiple VRDP connections; useful if multiple screens are enabled
    • GUI: another fix for the keyboard capturing bug under metacity (bug #6727)
    • GUI: fixed quit dialog when used in seamless or fullscreen mode (Mac OS X hosts only; bug #6938)
    • GUI: handle the extra key on the Brazilian keyboard on X11 hosts again (bug #7022).
    • 2D Video acceleration: fixed crashes when leaving the fullscreen mode (bug #6768)
    • VBoxManage: fixed storageattach error handling (bug #6927)
    • VBoxManage: fixed dhcpserver add (3.2.0 regression; bug #7031)
    • Storage: fixed hang with images located on filesystems which don't support async I/O (bug #6905)
    • Storage: fixed raw disks on Windows hosts (3.2.0 regression; bug #6987)
    • LsiLogic: fixed hang with older Linux guests
    • BusLogic: fixed hang during I/O
    • SATA: set initial number of ports to 1 as some guests can't handle 30 ports (e.g. CentOS 4 and FreeBSD; bug #6984)
    • SATA: performance improvement
    • SCSI: fixed error when using the full format option during Windows installation (bug #5101)
    • iSCSI: fixed authentication (bug #4031)
    • Host-only/bridged networking: fixed excessive host kernel warnings under certain circumstances (Linux hosts only; 3.2.0 regression; bug #6872)
    • NAT: fixed potential memory leaks
    • NAT: increased the size of the memory pool for 16K Jumbo frames (performance tweak)
    • NAT: allow to link/unlink the network cable even if the VM is currently paused
    • E1000: disconnect cable was not properly handled if the NIC was not yet initialized by the guest
    • OVF: export performance optimization
    • OVF: upgraded OS type definitions to CIM 2.25.0 so that Windows 7 and other OSes are now tagged correctly on export
    • Settings: the setting for disabling the host I/O cache was sometimes not properly saved
    • Settings: save machine state into XML correctly even when snapshot folder has been changed to a non-default location (bug #5656)
    • USB: allow the guest to disable an EHCI port
    • USB: find a valid language ID before querying strings (bug #7034)
    • POSIX hosts: fixed several memory leaks (3.2.0 regression)
    • Solaris hosts: fixed VDI access problem under certain circumstances (IDE/SATA; 3.2.0 regression)
    • Solaris hosts: fixed VM fails to start on 32-bit hosts (3.2.0 regression; bug #6899)
    • Windows hosts (32-bit): increase guest RAM limit if the host kernel allows for more virtual address space
    • Linux Additions: re-read a directory after a file was removed (bug #5251)
    • Linux Additions: install the DRI driver in the right location on ArchLinux guests (bug #6937)
    • X11 Additions: fixed spurious mouse movement events (bug #4260)
    • Solaris Additions: fixed guest control execution
    • Windows Additions: automatic logon on Windows Vista/Windows 7 is now able to handle renamed and principal user accounts; added various bugfixes
    • Windows Additions: improved command line parsing of the installer
    • Windows Additions: fixed driver verifier bugcheck in VBoxMouse (bug #6453)
    • 3D support: fixed OpenGL support for 32bit apps under 64bit Windows guests



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    Last edited by Airbot; 25 Jun 2010 at 14:59.
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  2. Posts : 872
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #2

    Thanks for the heads-up! Maybe this will fix my problem for me...
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  3. Posts : 18,404
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
    Thread Starter
       #3

    June 22, 2010

    3.2.6 Beta 2 released. Changelog below.


       Information

    The following items were fixed and/or since the first Beta:


    • The warning for the ext4 Linux kernel bug was extended to the xfs file system which suffers from the same problem
    • Teleportation: several fixes and improvements
    • VMM: fixed two saved-state regressions from 3.2.6 Beta 1
    • GUI: fixed quit dialog when used in seamless or fullscreen mode (Mac OS X hosts only; bug #6938)
    • VBoxManage: fixed dhcpserver add (3.2.0 regression; bug #7031)
    • NAT: fixed potential memory leak
    • NAT: increased the size of the memory pool for 16K Jumbo frames (performance tweak)
    • E1000: disconnect cable was not properly handled if the NIC was not yet initialized by the guest
    • 3D support: fixed OpenGL support for 32bit apps under 64bit Windows guests


    VirtualBox 3.2.6 Beta 2 released
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  4. Posts : 1,083
    Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit
       #4

    Did I just read support for 64-bit guests under 32-bit hosts?
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  5. Posts : 18,404
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
    Thread Starter
       #5

    First post updated with 3.2.6 final.
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