Version Bump to 6.1.40
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
GUI: Fixed missed machine-items state translation on language change
USB: Fixed possible crash when the device got detached while the controller is resetting the port
Main: Provide guest's absolute pointing mouse device with buttons state when mouse integration is ON
Linux Host and Guest Additions: Prevented build failure on 5.8+ 32-bit kernels
Linux Host and Guest Additions: Introduced additional fixes for kernel 6.0
Linux Host and Guest Additions: Introduced additional fixes for Debian specific kernels
Solaris and Linux Guest Additions: Added better handling of negative screen sizes which some X11 desktop environments are reporting
Windows Guest Additions: Added fixes related to VBoxTray IPC
- Fix boo#1204233 boo#1204331 boo#1202851
- Remove file fix_error_in_USB_header.patch - fixed upstream
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1029812
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=661
- Version bump to 6.1.38r86 released by Oracle September 02 2022
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
GUI: Improvements in Native Language Support area
Main: OVF Export: Added support for exporting VMs containing Virtio-SCSI controllers
Recording settings: Fixed a regression which could cause not starting the COM server (VBoxSVC) under certain circumstances (bug #21034)
Recording: More deterministic naming for recorded files (will now overwrite old .webm files if present)
Linux Host and Guest Additions installer: Improved check for systemd presence in the system (bug #19033)
Linux Guest Additions: Introduced initial support for kernel 6.0
Linux Guest Additions: Additional fixes for kernel RHEL 9.1 (bug #21065)
Windows Guest Additions: Improvements in Drag and Drop area
Fixes permission problem with /dev/vboxuser (boo#1203370)
Fixes boo#1203306 - 6.1.38 is available
Fixes missing firewall opening (boo#1203086)
Fixes boo#1201720 CVE items for CVE-2022-21571, CVE-2022-21554
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1004165
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=653
File "remove_vbox_video_build.patch" added as current versions of Xorg no longer need this component.
Version update to 5.2.4 (released 2017-12-19 by Oracle)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
User interface: Adjusting desktop file for X11 window managers (bug #17312)
User interface: various high resolution display adjustments
Audio: fixed SB16 volume handling (5.2 regression)
Audio: various fixes
USB/OHCI: fixed a problem where OHCI emulation might sporadically drop data transfers
Linux hosts: fixed screen corruption when the host screen changes and a virtual machine window is maximized
X11 Guest Additions: fixed a hang at the GNOME Shell login screen with 3D enabled (5.2 regression, bugs #17189 and #17190)
Version bump to 5.2.2 (released 2017-11-24 by Oracle)
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:
User interface: various improvements for high resolution screens
User interface: added functionality to duplicate optical and floppy images
User interface: various improvements for the virtual media manager
VMM: fixed emulation so that Plan 9 guests can start once more (5.1.0 regression)
Storage: fixed regression breaking iSCSI (bug #17196)
Audio: added HDA support for more exotic guests (e.g. Haiku)
Serial: fixed hanging I/O when using named pipes on Windows (5.2.0 regression; bug #17227)
Serial: fixed broken communication with certain devices on Linux hosts
USB/OHCI: improved behavior so that the controller state after a VM reset is closer to the initial state after VM start
EFI: fixed HFS+ driver which in rare cases failed to access most files on a volume
Shared clipboard: fixed hang with OS X host and Linux guest (bug #15782)
Linux hosts: fixed kernel module compilation and start failures with Linux kernel 4.14 (bug #17267)
X11 hosts: better handle WM_CLASS setting (bug #12534)
Linux guests: fixed kernel module compilation and other problems with Linux kernel 4.14 (bug #12534)
Linux guests: fixed kernel module compilation and other problems with Linux kernel 4.14
Linux guests: fixed various 5.2.0 regressions (bug #17163)
Bridged networking: fixed duplicate EtherType in VLAN/priority tags on Linux (5.2.0 regression; bug #17277)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=393
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 (bug #15400)
GUI: fixed crash on certain hosts when pressing certain key combinations (Windows hosts only; bug #15719)
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 (bug #15707)
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 (which doesn't work in most cases anyway)
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 (bug #15983)
NAT: fixed several 5.1.8 regressions on Mac OS X and Windows hosts (bug #16084)
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 (bug #15971)
Build system: another fix for building VirtualBox on systems which default to Python 3
Windows hosts: hardening fix for Windows 10 build 14971 (bug #16202)
Windows Additions: properly start the VirtualBox guest services even if the guest user name contains special characters (bug #15982)
Solaris Additions: fixed preemptible mouse notification callback being executed under a spinlock for Solaris guests
Linux hosts / guests: Linux 4.9 fixes (bugs #16155 and #16064)
Linux Additions: fixed Linux kernel module override rule (thanks Mark Furneaux)
OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Virtualization/virtualbox?expand=0&rev=293
