Keine drei Wochen nach dem letzten Release wurde gestern die Version 2.2.2 der kostenlosen Virtualisierungssoftware VirtualBox veröffentlicht. Es wurden zahlreiche Fehler beseitigt. Außerdem wird nun die kommende Version von OS X, Codename "Snow Leopard", als Hostsystem unterstützt.
VirtualBox ist für Windows, Mac OS X, Linux und Solaris verfügbar. Zu den unterstützten Gastsystemen zählen neben Windows, Linux und Solaris auch OS/2, DOS und einige BSD-Derivate.
Changelog 2.2.0 zu 2.2.2
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
Host and guest clipboard: fixed a number of issues affecting hosts and guests running the X window system.
Guest Additions: make sure the virtual mouse autodetection works on first reboot after installing the Additions on X.Org server 1.5 and later.
Guest Additions: properly report process identity number of running services
Guest Additions: clean up properly if the X Window server terminates
Linux Additions: fixed installation path for OpenGL libraries in some 64-bit guests (bug #3693)
Solaris Additions: fixed installation to work when X.Org is not installed on the guest
Solaris Additions: fixed a bug that could panic the guest when unmounting a busy shared folder
Windows Additions: fixed mouse pointer integration of some Windows guests (2.2.0 regression, bug #3734)
Windows Additions: fixed installation on Windows Server 2008 Core (bug #2628)
Main: do not try to use older versions of D-Bus (Linux hosts only, bug #3732)
VMM: fixed out-of-memory conditions on Windows hosts (bug #3657)
VMM: fixed occasional hangs when attaching USB devices during VM startup (2.2.0 regression; bugs #3787)
VMM: fixed guru meditation related to memory management (software virtualization only)
Virtual disks: fix possible data corruption when writing to diff images, incorrect detection of redundant writes
GUI: reworked network settings dialog
GUI: properly show the detailed settings dialog of NAT networks (bug #3702)
GUI: HostKey could not be changed (2.2.0 regression, bug #3689)
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