VirtualBox v1.5.4 released

[Mooney]

"Virtualizer" for x86 hardware.

* 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

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