[XiLeeN2004]

VirtualBox 5.1.0

Nach nur einem Release Candidate steht jetzt die finale Version 5.1.0 auf der Projektseite zum Download bereit. Alternativ ist der Download vom FTP-Server (SHA256) möglich.

Changelog:

This is a major update. The following major new features were added:

• VMM: new APIC and I/O APIC implementations that result in significantly improved performance in certain situations
  
• VMM: added support for Hyper-V paravirtualized debugging of Windows guests
  
• VMM: emulate even more MMIO and shadow pagetable exits without going back to user mode
  
• GUI: overall migration to Qt5
  
• GUI: passive API event listener improving the VM GUI performance and response time
  
• Audio: added HDA (High Definition Audio) support for newer Linux guests
  
• Audio: added on-demand timers which should improve the overall performance and reduce the CPU consumption
  
• Audio: more fine-grained volume control for the AC'97 emulation, which now also takes the master volume control into account
  
• better support for Python 3

In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:

• VMM: activate the x2APIC by default for Linux guests
  
• VMM: many more fixes
  
• GUI: the Detach UI action is now a part of the VM Machine menu
  
• GUI: reworked session information window
  
• GUI: the new VM wizard now allows to choose the VM location for the VM which is being created
  
• GUI: fixed location of touch events in unscaled HiDPI mode
  
• GUI: various bugfixes and internal cleanup
  
• Storage: use fallocate() or similar if present to speed up creating fixed-sized disk images
  
• Storage: implemented NVMHCI-compatible storage controller
  
• Audio: various bugfixes and infrastructure improvements
  
• E1000: implemented interrupt throttling for performance improvements
  
• EFI: many improvements, for example allow to boot from USB
  
• OVF: improved handling of signed manifests
  
• API: Windows XP guests and Windows 2003 server guests now default to the E1000 T Server network card
  
• VBoxSVC: fixed several memory leaks when handling .dmg images
  
• Installers: ship VBoxBugReport
  
• Windows hosts: reworked COM proxy
  
• Linux installers: no longer rely on DKMS for module rebuilding
  
• Linux Additions: fix a problem when updating the initramfs after the guest modules are compiled
  
• Linux Additions: try to fix a problem where the OpenGL libraries where loaded by the X server when we only support X clients

[XiLeeN2004]

VirtualBox 5.1.2

Nur ein Release Candidate war wohl doch etwas wenig, denn hier kommt schon die erste Ladung Bugfix. Der Download steht auf der Projektseite und FTP-Server (SHA256) bereit.

Changelog:

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

• VMM: several fixes
  
• GUI: fixed screenshot if the VM is started in separate mode
  
• GUI: fixed issue with double-click/opening registered file types (.vbox and .vbox-extpack) on Mac OS X
  
• GUI: fixed a bug which made it impossible close some error/warning messages using the close button
  
• GUI: weakened the control over the VM window behavior allowing to resize it across multiple screens and to use in Snap Assist techniques
  
• GUI: jump to the second tab of the session information window
  
• GUI: fix for Alt-Tab
  
• Storage: fixed creating fixed size VHD images
  
• Storage: fixed a hang during power off if the VM was suspended before and a NVMe controller is configured
  
• USB: fixed a crash under certain conditions
  
• Audio: make AC'97 volume control work again
  
• Audio: fixed rare VM hangs when using AC'97 emulation
  
• Audio: SB16 fixes
  
• EFI: fixed access to devices attached to SATA port 2 and higher
  
• OVA: fix for checking certain signatures
  
• OVA: fixed MAC address generation for appliances created by VirtualBox
  
• API: fixed audio settings handling for older config files
  
• API: fixed truncation of USB product/vendor IDs on Linux hosts
  
• API: fixed VRDP with authentication
  
• API: don't crash if there is no graphics controller configured
  
• Linux hosts: fixed EL5 builds
  
• non-Windows hosts: fixed a crash during shutdown under rare circumstances
  
• Linux Additions: fixed SELinux issue which prevented certain Linux guests to work in 3D mode
  
• User Manual: updates

[XiLeeN2004]

VirtualBox 5.1.6

Der Download kann wie gewohnt über der Projektseite oder dem FTP-Server (SHA256) abgerufen werden.

Changelog:

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

• GUI: fixed issue with opening '.vbox' files and it's aliases
  
• GUI: keyboard grabbing fixes
  
• GUI: fix for passing through Ctrl + mouse-click (Mac OS X hosts only)
  
• GUI: fixed automatic deletion of extension pack files
  
• USB: fixed showing unknown device instead of the manufacturer or product description under certain circumstances
  
• XHCI: another fix for a hanging guest under certain conditions as result of the fix for bug #15747, this time for Windows 7 guests
  
• Serial: fixed high CPU usage with certain USB to serial converters on Linux hosts
  
• Storage: fixed attaching stream optimized VMDK images
  
• Storage: reject image variants which are unsupported by the backend
  
• Storage: fixed loading saved states created with VirtualBox 5.0.10 and older when using a SCSI controller
  
• Storage: fixed broken NVMe emulation if the host I/O cache setting is enabled
  
• Storage: fixed using multiple NVMe controllers if ICH9 is used
  
• NVMe: fixed a crash during reset which could happen under certain circumstances
  
• Audio: fixed microphone input
  
• Audio: fixed crashes under certain conditions
  
• Audio: fixed recording with the ALSA backend
  
• Audio: fixed stream access mode with OSS backend
  
• E1000: do also return masked bits when reading the ICR register, this fixes booting from iPXE
  
• BIOS: fixed 4bpp scanline calculation
  
• API: relax the check for the version attribute in OVF/OVA appliances
  
• Windows hosts: fixed crashes when terminating the VM selector or other VBox COM clients
  
• Linux Installer: fixed path to the documentation in .rpm packages
  
• Linux Installer: fixed the vboxdrv.sh script to prevent an SELinux complaint
  
• Linux hosts: don't use 32-bit legacy capabilities
  
• Linux Additions: Linux 4.8 fix for the kernel display driver
  
• Linux Additions: don't load the kernel modules provided by the Linux distribution but load the kernel modules from the official Guest Additions package instead
  
• Linux Additions: fix dynamic resizing problems in recent Linux guests
  
• User Manual: fixed error in the VBoxManage chapter for the getextradata enumerate example

[XiLeeN2004]

VirtualBox 5.1.10

Wie immer steht der Download auf der Projektseite und FTP-Server (SHA256) bereit.

Changelog:

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

• GUI: the USB filter settings dialog should allow to specify the USB revision in hexadecimal format
  
• GUI: fixed crash on certain hosts when pressing certain key combinations
  
• GUI: fixed issue with updating the available-geometry on host-screen work-area resize
  
• GUI: don't crash / hang on certain environments if accessibility support is enabled
  
• GUI: fixed various issues in Unscaled HiDPI Output mode
  
• GUI: extend the VM Input menu with Print Screen-related actions
  
• GUI: improved handling of inserting the Guest Additions ISO image by trying all available optical drives rather than only the first one and by not asking the user if he wants to force unmounting
  
• API: default to RTC using UTC for Solaris 11 guests
  
• Settings: be less restrictive when reading a VM configuration containing a host-only adapter without an interface name
  
• Storage: fixed resizing VDI images resulting in an unbootable image under certain circumstances
  
• NAT: fixed several 5.1.8 regressions on Mac OS X and Windows hosts
  
• Audio: fixed a few 5.1.x regressions by using the audio code from 5.0.x until the audio overhaul is completed
  
• VBoxManage: fixed documentation of the storagectl command
  
• Build system: another fix for building VirtualBox on systems which default to Python 3
  
• Windows hosts: hardening fix for Windows 10 build 14971
  
• Windows Additions: properly start the VirtualBox guest services even if the guest user name contains special characters
  
• Solaris Additions: fixed preemptible mouse notification callback being executed under a spinlock for Solaris guests
  
• Linux hosts / guests: Linux 4.9 fixes
  
• Linux Additions: fixed Linux kernel module override rule

[XiLeeN2004]

VirtualBox 5.1.14

Zum Download bitte hier entlang, oder direkt auf dem FTP-Server (SHA256) selbst zusammensuchen.

Changelog:

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

• VMM: fixed emulation of certain instructions for 64-bit guests on 32-bit hosts
  
• VMM: properly handle certain MSRs for 64-bit guests on ancient CPUs without VT-x support for MSR bitmaps
  
• GUI: fixed a crash with multimonitor setups under certain conditions
  
• GUI: allow cloning of snapshots when the VM is running
  
• NVMe: fixed compatibility with the Storage Performance Development Kit
  
• VBoxSVC: fixed a crash under rare circumstances
  
• VBoxManage: added a sanity check to modifymedium --resize to prevent users from resizing their hard disk from 1GB to 1PB
  
• Windows hosts: another fix for recent Windows 10 hosts
  
• Linux hosts: Linux 4.10 fixes
  
• Linux Additions: fixed protocol error during certain operations on shared folders

[XiLeeN2004]

VirtualBox 5.1.16

Wie gewohnt stehen die Binaries auf der Projektseite und FTP-Server (SHA256) zum Download bereit.

Changelog:

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

• VMM: don't access the MSR_IA32_SMM_MONITOR_CTL MSR if dual-monitor treatment is not available
  
• VMM: another fix for handling certain MSRs on ancient CPUs without VT-x support for MSR bitmaps
  
• VMM: fixed VERR_SSM_LOAD_CPUID_MISMATCH errors when restoring a saved state with SMP guests on hosts without the CPUID/HTT bit set
  
• VMM: fixed a bug in call gate emulation
  
• VMM: FWAIT instruction fix
  
• VMM: fixed a sporadic guest hang under certain conditions
  
• GUI: hide the mini-toolbar from the taskbar and the pager on certain X11 hosts
  
• GUI: better error handling on the global settings / network / host-only / DHCP server settings
  
• GUI: fixes for full-screen with multiple screens
  
• Host-only Network: fixed host-only adapter creation issue preventing VirtualBox installation on Windows 10 hosts
  
• NAT network: fixed two potential crashes in the DHCP server
  
• ICH9: fixed incorrect initialization of the primary bus for PCI bridges
  
• Storage: LsiLogic fix for Windows 10
  
• USB: fixed not being able to attach certain USB devices having invalid characters in the device strings
  
• USB: several fixes for the USB/IP support
  
• VBoxSVC: fixed another crash during shutdown under rare circumstances
  
• VBoxSVC: fixed a stack overflow on (Windows debug builds only
  
• OVF: when importing an appliance handle more than 10 network adapters if the OVA was created by VirtualBox
  
• OVF: fixes for exporting and importing appliances with many disks
  
• VBoxManage: fixed regression with modifyhd --resize
  
• rdesktop-vrdp: source code tarball fixes
  
• Linux Installers: do not rebuild kernel modules unnecessarily
  
• Linux hosts: added an action for opening the VM manager window to the .desktop file
  
• Linux hosts / guests: Linux 4.11 compile fixes
  
• Linux Additions: added vboxsf FS modules alias
  
• Linux Additions: fix for the shared folders kernel module to compile on Linux 4.10
  
• Linux Additions: properly install the Linux kernel module override rule on distributions without /etc/depmod.d
  
• Windows Additions: fixed a crash with recent Windows 10 builds if 3D is disabled

[XiLeeN2004]

VirtualBox 5.1.18

Kleiner Bugfix-Nachschlag... Zum Download bitte hier entlang, oder alternativ vom FTP-Server (SHA256).

Changelog:

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

• Shared Folders: fixed case insensitive filename access (5.1.16 regression; Windows guests only)
  
• Shared Folders: fixed access to long pathes (5.1.16 regression; Windows guests only)
  
• API: fixed snapshot handling of medium attachments and PCI device attachments
  
• API: make 32-bit Windows guests in raw mode boot again if the ICH9 chipset is used (5.1.16 regression)
  
• VBoxBugReport: fixed VM log collection issue
  
• Linux hosts: fixed autostart service script
  
• Windows Additions: fixed automatic logins for Windows Vista and newer (5.1.4 regression)

[XiLeeN2004]

VirtualBox 5.2.0 Beta 1

Changelog (unvollständig):

VirtualBox 5.2 will be a new minor release. Here is an incomplete list of changes:

• VM export to Oracle Cloud (OPC)
  
• Unattended guest installation (bug #5810; see the manual for more information)
  
• Overhauled VM selector GUI (improved tools VM / global tools handling, new icons)

In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:

• GUI: improvements with accessibility support
  
• Audio: implemented (optional) device enumeration support for audio backends
  
• Audio: implemented support for host device callbacks (e.g. when adding or removing an audio device)
  
• Audio: HDA emulation now uses asynchronous data processing in separate threads
  
• EFI: better video mode handling
  
• many unlisted fixes and improvements

Wie bei jeder Beta gilt: Diese Version sollte nicht produktiv eingesetzt werden, es ist lediglich eine sehr frühe Vorschau zu Testzwecken. Interessierte können sich die Binaries hier runterladen. Feedback ist im Forum generell willkommen, aber bitte keine Bugs im öffentlichen Bugtracker melden!

[XiLeeN2004]

VirtualBox 5.2.0 Beta 2

Changelog (unvollständige Liste der Änderungen seit der Beta 1):

VirtualBox 5.2 will be a new minor release.

• GUI: permanently save tools layout
  
• GUI: don't allow to decrease the size of a medium as this is not implemented
  
• Audio: fixed distortions when using the PulseAudio backend
  
• Audio: fixed recording when using the ALSA backend
  
• Storage: mark IDE0/IDE1 as initialized in the device emulation to repair EFI boot with ICH9
  
• Linux Additions: support RHEL 7.4
  
• Mac OS X hosts: fixed a GUI crash if Spotlight is used from file dialogs

Es gilt wie immer: Diese Version sollte keinesfalls produktiv eingesetzt werden, es ist lediglich eine frühe Vorschau zu Testzwecken. Interessierte können sich die Binaries hier runterladen. Feedback ist im Forum grundsätzlich willkommen, aber bitte keine Bugs im öffentlichen Bugtracker melden!