[1for-matik]

Et voici que nous vient en cette fin d'année la version 1.5.4 de VirtualBox, qui apporte dans l'ensemble des corrections de bugs et quelques améliorations, mais.... deux grosses amélioration sortent du lot : Le support de l'USB 2.0 ainsi que le support de PulseAudio, le nouveau serveur de son des distributions Linux

Le reste du changelog :

Changelog
 
VirtualBox 1.5.4 (released 2007-12-29)

* USB 2.0 support
* PulseAudio backend
* GUI: fixed accelerators in German translation
* 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: don’t accept empty paths for serial/parallel ports in XML
* GUI: fixed NumLock / CapsLock synchronizazion on Windows hosts
* GUI: don’t start the kernel timer if no VM is active (Linux host)
* VMM: improved compatibility with FreeBSD guests
* VMM: properly restore CR4 after leaving VT-x mode
* VMM: patch code and disassembler updates
* 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
* API: don’t crash when trying to create a VM with a duplicate name
* API: don’t 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
* Floppy: fixed inverted write protect flag
* 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: don’t 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: don’t overwrite guest’s 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: sync NumLock / CapsLock sync 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 display incorrectly
* Linux additions: several small script fixes

Virtualbox est d'ores et déjà disponible dans les depôts Debian-based et en téléchargement sur le site du logiciel.

Télécharger VirtualBox 1.5.4 pour Windows/Linux

[1for-matik]

Innotek, qui s'est fait racheté par Sun il y a une semaine, vient de sortir une nouvelle version de maintenance de Virtualbox, l'un des quatre logiciels de virtualisation les plus connus du grand public et passe en version 1.5.6 avec comme nouveautés de simples corrections de bugs.
Cette version 1.5.6 permet maintenant à Windows de mettre à jour le logiciel sans devoir le désinstaller

Le reste des correctifs sont ci-dessous:

Changelog
 
VirtualBox 1.5.6 (released 2008-02-19)

* GUI: fixed several error messages
* GUI: fixed registration dialog crashes once and for all
* GUI: really ask before resetting the VM
* GUI: release mouse and keyboard before the host activates the screensaver
* GUI: fixed issue with license display on big screens
* GUI: added setting for network name for internal networks
* GUI: added setting for network device type
* GUI: keyboard fixes
* GUI: seamless mode and fullscreen mode fixes
* GUI: fixed soaked hostkey keyup event under certain conditions
* GUI: more informative message dialog buttons
* GUI: VM selector context menu
* VBoxSDL: added -termacpi switch
* VBoxSDL: fixed automatic adaption of the guest screen resolution to the size of the VM window
* VMM: under heavy guest activity, for example when copying files to/from a shared folder, the VM could crash with an assertion
* VMM: added an option to select PIIX4 (improves compatibility with Windows guests created by VMware)
* VMM: fixed a bug which could lead to memory corruption under rare circumstances
* VMM: improved performance of Solaris guests
* VRDP: fixed a 1.5.4 regression: VRDP client and server were out-of-sync if the VM was started using the GUI
* VRDP: proper error handling if the VRDP library could not be loaded
* VBoxManage: fixed crash during clonevdi
* VBoxManage: added ’list runningvms’ command
* VBoxManage: improved the compatibility when reading the partition table of a raw disk
* Shared Folders: added support for read-only shared folders
* Shared Clipboard: several fixes
* Network: experimental support for E1000 device emulation
* iSCSI: better check for misconfigured targets
* iSCSI: allow to directly attach to internal networks with integrated mini IP stack
* PulseAudio: don’t hang during VM initialization if no sound server is available
* VDI: fixed sized virtual disk images are now completely written during creation to workaround buggy sparse file handling on some OS (e.g. Vista)
* VDI/VMDK: prevent indexing of .vdi and .vmdk files on Windows hosts
* RDP: fixed compilation of the Linux rdesktop client on newer Linux kernels
* RDP: install rdesktop-vrdp on Linux hosts
* ACPI: added sleep button event
* Serial: proper handling of inaccessible host devices
* Windows installer: allow smooth upgrade without deinstallation
* Linux installer: fixed Slackware detection regression
* Linux installer: updated VBoxTunctl allowing to assign a tap device to a group on Linux kernels > 2.6.23
* Windows additions: several fixes, in particular for Windows NT4
* Linux additions: fixed installer for Kubuntu 8.04
* Linux additions: add default video mode for handling video mode hints from the host
* Linux host: compatibility fixes with Linux > 2.6.24

VirtualBox est multiplateforme et d'ores et déjà disponible en téléchargement depuis vos depots linux debian-based et sur le site pour les autres plateformes (à noter que la version Mac est toujours en bêta 3 )

Télécharger VirtualBox 1.5.6

[Benjy]

Originally Posted by 1for-matik

Innotek, qui s'est fait racheté par Sun il y a une semaine

Z'ont la santé chez Sun, après avoir racheté MySQL