VirtualBox 1.5.4

What's new in this version:

This version is a maintenance release. It adds USB 2.0 support and a PulseAudio backend.

" GUI: fixed registration dialog crashes
" GUI: allow to enter unicode characters to the name of the registration dialog
" GUI: pre-select attached media in the disk manager when opened from the VM
settings dialog
" GUI: remember the last active VM
" GUI: ask before reset the VM
" GUI: dont accept empty paths for serial/parallel ports in XML
" GUI: fixed NumLock / CapsLock synchronizazion on Windows hosts
" GUI: dont start the kernel timer if no VM is active (Linux host)
" GUI: fixed accelerators in German translation
" VMM: improved compatibility with Solaris guests
" VMM: properly restore CR4 after leaving VT-x mode
" VMM: fix interrupt storm with Windows guests under certain circumstances (e.g.
disable + re-enable the network adapter)
" VMM: with VT-x a pending interrupt could be cleared behind our back
" VMM: workaround for missed cpuid patch (some Linux guests refuse to boot on
multi-core CPUs)
" VMM: fixed code for overriding CPUID values
" VMM: improved error handling on out-of-memory conditions
" API: dont crash when trying to create a VM with a duplicate name
" API: dont crash when trying to access the settings of a VM when some other VMs
are not accessible
" API: fixed several memory leaks
" ATA/IDE: fixed SuSE 9.1 CD read installer regression
" Serial: several fixes
" Floppy: fixed inverted write protect flag
" Floppy: fixed handling of read-only images
" USB: virtualize an EHCI controller
" USB: several minor fixes
" Network: fixed MAC address check
" Network: host interface fixes for Solaris guests
" Network: guest networking stopped completely after taking a snapshot
" Network: dont crash if a network card is enabled but not attached
" PXE: fix for PXE-EC8 error on soft reboot
" NAT: update the DNS server IP address on every DNS packet sent by the guest
" VGA: reset VRAM access handers after a fullscreen update
" VGA: dont overwrite guests VRAM when displaying a blank screen
" ACPI: implemented the sleep button event
" VRDP: fixed crash when querying VRDP properties
" VRDP: netAddress fixes
" VRDP: fixed the Pause/Break keys over VRDP
" VRDP: workaround for scrambled icons with a guest video mode of 16bpp
" VRDP: reset modifer keys on RDP_INPUT_SYNCHRONIZE
" VRDP: reset RDP updates after resize to prevent obsolete updates
" Clipboard: Windows host/guest fixes
" Clipboard: fixed a SEGFAULT on VM exit (Linux host)
" Clipboard: fixed a buffer overflow (Linux host)
" Shared Folders: fixed memory leaks
" Linux installer: remove the old kernel module before compiling a new one
" Linux host: compatibility fixes with Linux 2.6.24
" Linux host: script fixes for ArchLinux
" Linux host: load correct HAL library to determine DVD/floppy (libhal.so.1 not
libhal.so)
" Linux host: make sure the tun kernel module is loaded before initializing static
TAP interfaces
" Windows additions: fixed hang during HGCM communication
" Windows additions: fixed delay when shutting down the guest
" Linux additions: added sendfile support to allow HTTP servers to send files on
shared folders
" Linux additions: make additions work with Fedora 8 (SELinux policy added)
" Linux additions: sometimes ARGB pointers were displayed incorrectly
" Linux additions: several small script fixes