[1for-matik]

Et re ! Décidément, Sun n'arrive plus à s'arrêter et nous offre (encore) une nouvelle version de virtualbox qui arrive en version 2.0.2.
Au sommaire, des corrections de bugs en tous genres dont un bug qui affectait Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 et les kernels 2.6.26 et supérieurs.

La meilleure chose pour savoir ce qu'il y a de nouveau est de lire ce si formidable changelog :

Changelog
 
VirtualBox 2.0.2 (released 2008-09-12)

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

* VMM: fixed inability to run more than one VM in parallel (AMD-V on CPUs with erratum 170 only; bug #2167)
* VMM: VT-x stability fixes (bug #2179 and others)
* VMM: fixed Linux 2.6.26+ kernel crashes (used by Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha, Fedora 10 Alpha; bug #1875)
* VMM: fixed 64 bits Linux 2.6.26 kernel crashes (Debian)
* VMM: fixed Vista (32 bits) guest crash during boot when PAE and NX are enabled (applied to 64 bits hosts with VT-x enabled only)
* VMM: fixed OS/2 guest crashes during boot (AMD-V; bug #2132)
* GUI: fixed crash when trying to release an inaccessible image in the virtual disk manager
* GUI: fixed invalid error message for a changed snapshot path even if that path wasn't changed (bug #2064)
* GUI: fixed crash when creating a new hard disk image (bug #2060)
* GUI: fixed crash when adding a hard disk in the VM settings (bug #2081)
* GUI: fixed a bug where VirtualBox isn't working with the new QGtkStyle plugin (bug #2066)
* GUI: fixed VM close dialog in seamless mode (Mac OS X hosts only; bug #2067)
* GUI: fixed standard menu entries for NLS versions (Mac OS X hosts only)
* GUI: disable the VT-x/AMD-V setting when it's not supported by the CPU (or on Mac OS X hosts)
* VBoxManage: fixed crash during internalcommands createrawvmdk (bug #2184)
* VBoxManage: fixed output of snapshot showvminfo (bug #69
* Guest properties: added information about guest network interfaces (Windows guests only)
* Shared Folders: fixed regression that caused Windows guest crashes (bug #2055)
* API: fixed number of installed CPUs (Solaris hosts only)
* VRDP: allow a client to reconnect to an existing session on the VRDP server by dropping the existing connection (configurable and disabled by default; only relevant when multiconnection mode is disabled)
* VRDP: fixed an image repaint problem
* Linux hosts: fixed bug in vboxdrv.ko that could corrupt kernel memory and panic the kernel (bug #207
* Linux hosts: compile fixes for kernel module on Linux 2.6.27
* Mac OS X hosts: added Python support
* Additions: fixed a possible hang in HGCM communication after a VM reboot
* Windows additions: added support for Windows XP 64 bits (bug #2117)
* Linux additions: deactivate dynamic resizing on Linux guests with buggy X servers
* Linux additions: support Ubuntu 8.10 guests and Fedora 9 guests (dynamic resizing disabled for the latter) (bug #1854)
* Linux additions: added installer check for the system architecture
* Linux additions: fixed Xorg modules path for some Linux distributions (bug #212
* VMDK: be more liberal with ambiguous parts of the format specification and accept more format variants (bug #2062)
* VHD: fixed a bug in the VHD backend which resulted in reading the wrong data (bug #2085)
* Solaris hosts: fixed kernel panic on certain machines when starting VMs with host interface networking (bug #2183)
* Solaris hosts: fixed inability to access NFS shares on the host when host interface networking was enabled
* Solaris hosts: installer now detects and reports when installing under the wrong architecture
* Solaris hosts: fixed security hardening that prevented starting VMs from non-global zones even as root (bug #194
* Solaris additions: combined the 32 bit and 64 bit additions installer into a single package
* Mac OS X hosts: experimental support for attaching a real serial port to the guest

Télécharger Sun xVM Virtualbox 2.0.2

[1for-matik]

En cette fin octobre, Sun nous offre une nouvelle version de son outil de virtualisation appelé Virtualbox. La version du logiciel est désormais numéroté 2.0.4 et corrige quelques bugs et crash en tous genres dont une fuite de mémoire qui n'affectait que Windows Vista.

Pour les autres corrections, voici le changelog :

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

* VMM: better error reporting for VT-x failures
* VMM: don’t overflow the release log with PATM messages (bug #1775)
* VMM: fixed save state restore in real mode (software virtualization only)
* GUI: work around a Qt bug on Mac OS X (bug #2321)
* GUI: properly install the Qt4 accessible plugin (bug #629)
* SATA: error message when starting a VM with a VMDK connected to a SATA port (bug #2182)
* SATA: fixed Guru mediation when booting OpenSolaris/64; most likely applies to other guests as well (bug #2292)
* Network: don’t crash when changing the adapter link state if no host driver is attached (bug #2333)
* VHD: fixed bug which prevents booting from VHD images bigger than 4GB (bug #2085)
* VRDP: fixed a repaint problem when the guest resolution was not equal to the client resolution
* Clipboard: don’t crash when host service initialization takes longer than expected (Linux hosts only; bug #2001)
* Windows hosts: VBoxSVC.exe crash (bug #2212)
* Windows hosts: VBoxSVC.exe memory leak due to a Windows WMI memory leak (Vista only) (bug #2242)
* Windows hosts: VBoxSVC.exe delays GUI startup
* Linux hosts: handle jiffies counter overflow (VM stuck after 300 seconds of host uptime; bug #2247)
* Solaris hosts: fixed host or guest side networking going stale while using host interface networking (bug #2474)
* Solaris hosts: added support for using unplumbed network interfaces and Crossbow Virtual Network Interfaces (VNICs) with host interface networking
* Solaris hosts: reworked threading model improves performance for host interface networking
* Windows additions: fixed crash when accessing deep directory structures in a shared folder
* Windows additions: improved shared folder name resolving (bug #172
* Windows additions: fixed Windows 2000 shutdown crash (bug #2254)
* Windows additions: fixed error code for MoveFile() if the target exists (bug #2350)
* Linux additions: fixed seek() for files bigger than 2GB (bug #2379)
* Linux additions: support Ubuntu 8.10
* Linux additions: clipboard fixes (bug #2015)
* Web services: improved documentation and fixed example (bug #1642)

Télécharger Sun xVM Virtualbox 2.0.4 pour toutes les plateformes

[1for-matik]

Et rebelote, fin novembre, une nouvelle mise à jour de Virtualbox est disponible. Sun nous offre donc une version de maintenance contenant des corrections de bugs et des améliorations de performances (notamment dans la gestion des disques durs SATA virtuels).

Changelog
 
VirtualBox 2.0.6 (released 2008-11-21)

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

* VMM: fixed Guru meditation when running 64 bits Windows guests (bug #2220)
* VMM: fixed Solaris 10U6 boot hangs (VT-x and AMD-V) bug #2565)
* VMM: fixed Solaris 10U6 reboot hangs (AMD-V only; bug #2565)
* GUI: the host key was sometimes not properly displayed (Windows hosts only, bug #1996)
* GUI: the keyboard focus was lost after minimizing and restoring the VM window via the Windows taskbar (bugs #784)
* VBoxManage: properly show SATA disks when showing the VM information (bug #2624)
* SATA: fixed access if the buffer size is not sector-aligned (bug #2024)
* SATA: improved performance
* SATA: fixed snapshot function with ports>1 (bug #2510)
* E1000: fixed crash under rare circumstances
* USB: fixed support for iPhone and Nokia devices (Linux host: bugs #470 & #491)
* Windows host installer: added proper handling of open VirtualBox applications when updating the installation
* Windows host installer: fixed default installation directory on 64-bit on new installations (bug #2501)
* Linux/Solaris/Darwin hosts: verify permissions in /tmp/vbox-$USER-ipc
* Linux hosts: fixed assertion on high network load (AMD64 hosts, fix for Linux distributions with glibc 2.6 and newer (bug #616)
* Linux hosts: don’t crash during shutdown with serial ports connected to a host device
* Solaris hosts: fixed incompatibility between IPSEC and host interface networking
* Solaris hosts: fixed a rare race condition while powering off VMs with host interface networking
* Solaris hosts: fixed VBoxSDL on Solaris 10 by shipping the required SDL library (bug #2475)
* Windows additions: fixed logged in users reporting via guest properties when using native RDP connections
* Windows additions: fixed Vista crashes when accessing shared folders under certain circumstances (bug #2461)
* Windows additions: fixed shared folders access with MS-Office (bug #2591)
* Linux additions: fixed compilation of vboxvfs.ko for 64-bit guests (bug #2550)
* SDK: added JAX-WS port caching to speedup connections

Télécharger Sun xVM Virtualbox 2.0.6 pour toutes les plateformes

[1for-matik]

Noël approchant à grand pas, les éditeurs de logiciels nous offrent de beaux cadeaux. Et c'est le cas de Sun qui nous offre une nouvelle version de son outil de virtualisation appelé Virtualbox et numéroté 2.1.0, ce qui signifie de façon claire et nette que ce n'est pas une version de maintenance mais une version majeure avec de vraies nouveautés à l'intérieur !

Et quelles nouveautés ! Support de la paravirtualisation sous MacOS X, support des OS 64 Bits virtualisé sous des OS 32bits hôtes, support de la 3D dans la machine virtualisée grâce à OpenGL, support des Core i7 et support des images disques VMDK/VHD ! Mais arrêtez c'est trop beau ! Ajoutez à ça des corrections de bugs et des améliorations de performances... ça nous donne vraiment l'impression d'une très belle mise à jour spéciale Noël

Bon, le blablabla est passé, voici le changelog complet (ce beau changelog, roi des changelog.. que j'aime sa... longueur) :

Changelog
 
VirtualBox 2.1.0 (released 2008-12-17)

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

* Support for hardware virtualization (VT-x and AMD-V) on Mac OS X hosts
* Support for 64-bit guests on 32-bit host operating systems (experimental; see user manual, chapter 1.6, 64-bit guests, page 16)
* Added support for Intel Nehalem virtualization enhancements (EPT and VPID; see user manual, chapter 1.2, Software vs. hardware virtualization (VT-x and AMD-V), page 10))
* Experimental 3D acceleration via OpenGL (see user manual, chapter 4.8, Hardware 3D acceleration (OpenGL), page 66)
* Experimental LsiLogic and BusLogic SCSI controllers (see user manual, chapter 5.1, Hard disk controllers: IDE, SATA (AHCI), SCSI, page 70)
* Full VMDK/VHD support including snapshots (see user manual, chapter 5.2, Disk image files (VDI, VMDK, VHD), page 72)
* New NAT engine with significantly better performance, reliability and ICMP echo (ping) support (bugs #1046, #2438, #2223, #1247)
* New Host Interface Networking implementations for Windows and Linux hosts with easier setup (replaces TUN/TAP on Linux and manual bridging on Windows)

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

* VMM: significant performance improvements for VT-x (real mode execution)
* VMM: support for hardware breakpoints (VT-x and AMD-V only; bug #477)
* VMM: VGA performance improvements for VT-x and AMD-V
* VMM: Solaris and OpenSolaris guest performance improvements for AMD-V (Barcelona family CPUs only)
* VMM: fixed guru meditation while running the Dr. Web virus scanner (software virtualization only; bug #1439)
* VMM: deactivate VT-x and AMD-V when the host machine goes into suspend mode; reactivate when the host machine resumes (Windows, Mac OS X & Linux hosts; bug #1660)
* VMM: fixed guest hangs when restoring VT-x or AMD-V saved states/snapshots
* VMM: fixed guru meditation when executing a one byte debug instruction (VT-x only; bug #2617)
* VMM: fixed guru meditation for PAE guests on non-PAE hosts (VT-x)
* VMM: disallow mixing of software and hardware virtualization execution in general (bug #2404)
* VMM: fixed black screen when booting OS/2 1.x (AMD-V only)
* GUI: pause running VMs when the host machine goes into suspend mode (Windows & Mac OS X hosts)
* GUI: resume previously paused VMs when the host machine resumes after suspend (Windows & Mac OS X hosts)
* GUI: save the state of running or paused VMs when the host machine’s battery reaches critical level (Windows hosts)
* GUI: properly restore the position of the selector window when running on the compiz window manager
* GUI: properly restore the VM in seamless mode (2.0 regression)
* GUI: warn user about non optimal memory settings
* GUI: structure operating system list according to family and version for improved usability
* GUI: predefined settings for QNX guests
* IDE: improved ATAPI passthrough support
* Networking: added support for up to 8 Ethernet adapters per VM
* Networking: fixed issue where a VM could lose connectivity after a reboot
* iSCSI: allow snapshot/diff creation using local VDI file
* iSCSI: improved interoperability with iSCSI targets
* Graphics: fixed handling of a guest video memory which is not a power of two (bug #2724)
* VBoxManage: fixed bug which prevented setting up the serial port for direct device access.
* VBoxManage: added support for VMDK and VHD image creation
* VBoxManage: added support for image conversion (VDI/VMDK/VHD/RAW)
* Solaris hosts: added IPv6 support between host and guest when using host interface networking
* Mac OS X hosts: added ACPI host power status reporting
* API: redesigned storage model with better generalization
* API: allow attaching a hard disk to more than one VM at a time
* API: added methods to return network configuration information of the host system
* Shared Folders: performance and stability fixes for Windows guests (Microsoft Office Applications)

Toujours multiplateforme, le logiciel est disponible et tout prêt à être testé !
Télécharger Virtualbox 2.1.0 pour les systèmes d'exploitation existants (ou presque...)

[Benjy]

Quelle verve !

[1for-matik]

Un mois après la précédente version, Sun nous offre une mise à jour de maintenance de leur virtualisateur de système d'exploitation alias Virtualbox et est numéroté 2.1.2.
Alors, parmi les nouveauté de la bête, on pourra noter des corrections de bugs au niveau de la gestion des machines virtuelles elles-mêmes, de l'amélioration du support de l'USB sur les dernières distributions linux ainsi que le support de Windows 7

Plus d'infos ci-dessous :

Changelog
 
VirtualBox 2.1.2 (released 2009-01-21)

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

* USB: improved support for recent Linux hosts
* VMM: fixed guru meditation for PAE guests on non-PAE hosts (AMD-V)
* VMM: fixed guru meditation on Mac OS X hosts when using VT-x
* VMM: allow running up to 1023 VMs on 64-bit hosts (used to be 127)
* VMM: several FreeBSD guest related fixes (bugs #2342, #2341, #2761)
* VMM: fixed guru meditation when installing Suse Enterprise Server 10U2 (VT-x only; bug #3039)
* VMM: fixed guru meditation when booting Novell Netware 4.11 (VT-x only; bug #2898 )
* VMM: fixed VERR_ADDRESS_TOO_BIG error on some Mac OS X systems when starting a VM
* VMM: clear MSR_K6_EFER_SVME after probing for AMD-V (bug #3058 )
* VMM: fixed guru meditation during Windows 7 boot with more than 2 GB guest RAM (VT-x, nested paging only)
* VMM: fixed hang during OS/2 MCP2 boot (AMD-V and VT-x only)
* VMM: fixed loop during OpenBSD 4.0 boot (VT-x only)
* VMM: fixed random crashes related to FPU/XMM with 64 bits guests on 32 bits hosts
* VMM: fixed occasional XMM state corruption with 64 bits guests
* VMM: speed improvements for real mode and protected mode without paging (software virtualization only)
* GUI: raised the RAM limit for new VMs to 75% of the host memory
* GUI: added Windows 7 as operating system type
* VBoxSDL: fixed -fixed fixedmode parameter (bug #3067)
* Clipboard: stability fixes (Linux and Solaris hosts only, bug #2675 and #3003)
* 3D support: fixed VM crashes for certain guest applications (bugs #2781, #2797, #2972, #3089)
* LsiLogic: improved support for Windows guests (still experimental)
* VGA: fixed a 2.1.0 regression where guest screen resize events were not properly handled (bug #2783)
* VGA: significant performance improvements when using VT-x/AMD-V on Mac OS X hosts
* VGA: better handling for VRAM offset changes (fixes GRUB2 and Dos DOOM display issues)
* VGA: custom VESA modes with invalid widths are now rounded up to correct ones (bug #2895)
* IDE: fixed ATAPI passthrough support (Linux hosts only; bug #2795)
* Networking: fixed kernel panics due to NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernels < 2.6.20 (Linux hosts only; bug #2827)
* Networking: fixed intermittend BSODs when using the new host interface (Windows hosts only; bugs #2832, #2937, #2929)
* Networking: fixed several issues with displaying hostif NICs in the GUI (Windows hosts only; bugs 2814, #2842)
* Networking: fixed the issue with displaying hostif NICs without assigned IP addresses (Linux hosts only; bug #2780)
* Networking: fixed the issue with sent packets coming back to internal network when using hostif (Linux hosts only; bug #3056).
* NAT: fixed port forwarding (Windows hosts only; bug #2808 )
* NAT: fixed booting from the builtin TFTP server (bug #1959)
* NAT: fixed occasional crashes (bug #2709)
* SATA: vendor product data (VPD) is now configurable
* SATA: raw disk partitions were not recognized (2.1.0 regression, Windows host only, bug #2778 )
* SATA: fixed timeouts in the guest when using raw VMDK files (Linux host only, bug #2796)
* SATA: huge speed up during certain I/O operations like formatting a drive
* SATA/IDE: fixed possible crash/errors during VM shutdown
* VRDP: fixed loading of libpam.so.1 from the host (Solaris hosts only)
* VRDP: fixed RDP client disconnects
* VRDP: fixed VRDP server misbehavior after a broken client connection
* VBoxManage showvminfo: fixed assertion for running VMs (bug #2773)
* VBoxManage convertfromraw: added parameter checking and made it default to creating VDI files; fixed and documented format parameter (bug #2776)
* VBoxManage clonehd: fixed garbled output image when creating VDI files (bug #2813)
* VBoxManage guestproperty: fixed property enumeration (incorrect parameters/exception)
* VHD: fixed error when attaching certain container files (bug #2768 )
* Solaris hosts: added support for serial ports (bug #1849)
* Solaris hosts: fix for Japanese keyboards (bug #2847)
* Solaris hosts: 32-bit and 64-bit versions now available as a single, unified package
* Linux hosts: don’t depend on libcap1 anymore (bug #2859)
* Linux hosts: compile fixes for 2.6.29-rc1
* Linux hosts: don’t drop any capability if the VM was started by root (2.1.0 regression)
* Mac OS X hosts: save the state of running or paused VMs when the host machine’s battery reaches critical level
* Mac OS X hosts: improved window resizing of the VM window
* Mac OS X hosts: added GUI option to disable the dock icon realtime preview in the GUI to decrease the host CPU load when the guest is doing 3D
* Mac OS X hosts: polished realtime preview dock icon
* Windows Additions: fixed guest property and logging OS type detection for Windows 2008 and Windows 7 Beta
* Windows Additions: added support for Windows 7 Beta (bugs #2995, #3015)
* Windows Additions: fixed Windows 2000 guest freeze when accessing files on shared folders (bug #2764)
* Windows Additions: fixed Ctrl-Alt-Del handling when using VBoxGINA
* Windows Additions Installer: Added /extract switch to only extract (not install) the files to a directory (can be specified with /D=path)
* Linux installer and Additions: added support for the Linux From Scratch distribution (bug #1587) and recent Gentoo versions (bug #2938 )
* Additions: added experimental support for X.Org Server 1.6 RC on Linux guests
* Linux Additions: fixed bug which prevented to properly set fmode on mapped shared folders (bug #1776)
* Linux Additions: fixed appending of files on shared folders (bug #1612)
* Linux Additions: ignore noauto option when mounting a shared folder (bug #2498 )
* Linux Additions: fixed a driver issue preventing X11 from compiling keymaps (bug #2793 and #2905)
* X11 Additions: workaround in the mouse driver for a server crash when the driver is loaded manually (bug #2397)

Télécharger Sun xVM Virtualbox 2.1.2 pour tout système d'exploitation

[1for-matik]

Nouveau mois, nouvelle version, En effet Sun offre la version 2.1.4 de son logiciel de virtualisation appelé xVM Virtualbox qui comme son prédécesseur est une version de maintenance destinée à corriger quelques bugs.
Parmi les bugs corrigés on pourra citer les problèmes de performances et de freeze rencontrés sur des machines Windows/Linux invités et la correction de la gestion de l'USB dans les hôtes Linux.

La changelog est disponible ci-dessous :

Changelog
 
VirtualBox 2.1.4 (released 2009-02-16)

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

* Windows hosts: fixed host crashes/hangs on certain 32 bits Windows systems when running Linux guests (bugs #1606, #2269, #2763)
* Windows hosts: Fixed network component BSOD issue (bugs #3168, #2916)
* Windows hosts: Fixed installation issues (bugs #2517, #1730, #3130)
* Linux hosts: fixed occasional kernel oopses (bug #2556)
* Linux hosts: fixed module dependency for shipped modules (bug #3115)
* Linux hosts: moved the udev rules for USB forward so that they don’t override existing system rules (bug #3143)
* Linux hosts: fixed the issue with guest not being able to communicate with each other when attached via TAP interfaces (bug #3215)
* Linux hosts: give up probing for USB gracefully if dbus or hal are not available (bug #3136)
* Linux hosts: fixed warnings in installer when SELinux was disabled (bug #309
* Linux hosts: VirtualBox sometimes failed to start if it had been started using sudo previously (bug #3270)
* Solaris hosts: fixed high CPU load while running many guests in parallel
* Solaris hosts: fixed inability to start more than 128 VMs
* VMM: fixed performance regression for Windows guests (bug #3172)
* VMM: ignore CPU stepping when restoring a saved state/snapshot
* REM: fixed inability to use gdb to debug programs in Linux guests with software virtualization (bug #3245)
* GUI: fixed dead key handling on Solaris hosts (bug #3256)
* GUI: in the shutdown dialog, disable the action send the shutdown signal if the guest is currently not using ACPI
* GUI: suppress additional key release events sent by X11 hosts when keys are auto-repeated (bug #1296)
* API: restore case insensitive OS type name lookup (bug #3087)
* VBoxHeadless: really don’t start X11 services (clipboard service, 3D acceleration; Solaris & Darwin hosts only; bug #3199)
* NAT: fixed occasional crashes when the guest is doing traceroute (non-Windows hosts; bug #3200)
* NAT: fixed crashes under high load (bug #3110)
* NAT: fixed truncated downloads (Windows hosts only, bug #3257)
* NAT: don’t intercept TFTP packages with a destination address different from the builtin TFTP server (bug #3112)
* USB: several fixes for USB passthrough on Linux hosts
* USB: reduced host CPU utilization if EHCI is active
* VRDP: fixed VRDP server black screen after a client reconnect (bug #1989)
* VRDP: modified rdesktop client (rdesktop-vrdp) now uses NumLock state synchronization (bug #3253)
* LsiLogic: make FreeBSD guests work (bug #3174)
* ATA: fixed deadlock when pausing VM due to problems with the virtual disk (e.g. disk full, iSCSI target unavailable)
* iSCSI: fixed possible crash when pausing the VM
* 3D support: added missing GL_MAX_TEXTURE_COORDS_ARB (bug #3246)
* Windows Additions: fixed ERROR (e0000101) error during installation (bug #1923)
* Windows Additions: fixed Windows Explorer hang when browsing shared folders with 64 bit guests (bug #2225)
* Windows Additions: fixed guest screen distortions during a video mode change
* Windows Additions: fixed the Network drive not connected message for mapped shared folders drives after the guest startup (bug #3157)
* Linux Additions: fixed occasional file corruption when writing files in O_APPEND mode to a shared folder (bug #2844)
* Linux Additions: the mouse driver was not properly set up on X.Org release candidates (bug #3212)
* Linux Additions: fixed installer to work with openSUSE 11.1 (bug #3213)
* Linux Additions: disable dynamic resizing if the X server is configured for fixed resolutions
* Linux/Solaris Additions: handle virtual resolutions properly which are larger than the actual guest resolution (bug #3096)

Télécharger Sun xVm VirtualBox 2.1.4 pour les systèmes d'exploitations actuels