Saturday, May 30, 2009

VirtualBox 2.2.4 – Open Source Virtualizer

VirtualBox 2.2.4 (Windows, Open Source, 63MB) [alt DL] s a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software.

Changes:

  • Windows Installer: fixed a potential hang during installation
  • Windows Installer: fixed several problems
  • Solaris hosts: make it work with Solaris build 114 or later
  • Solaris hosts: fixed a bug serial port character handling found during loopback
  • Linux hosts: adapted vboxdrv.sh to the latest changes in VBoxManage list runningvms
  • Windows hosts: fixed a crash caused by host-only/bridged networking
  • Mac OS X hosts: fixed access to host DVD with passthrough disabled
  • Guest Additions: fixed problems with KDE 4 not recognizing mouse clicks
  • Windows Additions: fixed incorrect 8-bit guest color depth in Windows 7 guests
  • GUI: warn if VT-x/AMD-V could not be enabled for guests that require this setting
  • VMM: fixed occasional crash due to insufficient memory
  • VMM: fixed hanging 64 bits Solaris guests
  • VMM: restore from a saved state occasionally failed
  • And much more fixes and enhancements

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