Oracle releases VM VirtualBox 4.2

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Oracle and the VirtualBox developers have released version 4.2 of their open source desktop virtualisation application with network and management improvements, as well as support for new platforms. The major update is the first VM VirtualBox release to officially support Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system, Mac OS X 10.8 Lion and version 6.3 of Oracle Linux from the end of June, and it brings with it several new features aimed at advanced users.

A new “expert mode” has been added to wizards to make them quicker for experienced users and, for users with a large number of virtual machines (VMs), these can now be organised into categories and groups to make them easier to find. Additionally, the GUI now allows users to modify some settings while a VM is running; previously a VM needed to be shut down first. Support for automatically launching VMs at startup on Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris hosts has also been added, a very long-awaited feature.

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Networking improvements include support for VLAN tagging, new bandwidth controls to limit network I/O bandwidth and the addition of support for up to 36 network cards in conjunction with an ICH9 chipset configuration; previously a maximum of eight cards were supported. The developers have also added support for dragging and dropping files from hosts to Linux guests; support for guest-to-host drag-and-drop and additional guests has yet to be implemented, but is planned for a future version.

Further information about the major update, including a full list of changes, can be found in the announcement press release and in the change log. VirtualBox 4.2 is available to download for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris from the project’s site. For those new to the software, documentation, including an online and PDF versionhttp://www.h-online.com/icons/file-pdf.gif of the user manual, is provided.

Source code and binaries for VirtualBox are distributed under the terms of the GPLv2; the Extension Pack, which adds support for USB 2.0 and remote boot, can be downloaded under a Personal Use and Evaluation (PUEL) licence.

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Article Found Here: Oracle releases VM VirtualBox 4.2 - The H Open: News and Features

Links: openSUSE 11.4 / 12.1 / 12.2 i386 | AMD64

** VirtualBox 4.2 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack** All platforms

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VirtualBox 4.2 is not treated as an upgrade to 4.1 and so when you install the new version, you will want to search for VirtualBox 4.1.x and uninstall it at the same time 4.2.0 gets installed. Then, when you run the new VM, it will still have all of your VM’s listed as before. You must install the new extension pack before you can update any of your existing VM’s. I just upgraded to 4.2 into openSUSE 12.2, taking my suggestions of removing the old version while installing the new version and everything worked out just fine on my 64 bit system under KDE.

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It seems that the white background is hardcoded somehow in version 4.2. You can not changed it by setting the base color with qtconfig, as it used to be possible with the previous version (under non KDE desktops) . I don’t know if it is a vbox or a qt issue, since the qt color palette has changed as well (at least from what you can see in qtconfig).

This is the best I could get with 4.2. The font has to be black because you can not change the white background.

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VirtualBox 4.2 / QT 4.8.1 (openSUSE 12.2) VirtualBox 4.1 / QT 4.7.4 (openSUSE 12.1)
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Under KDE, it previously used the normal background of the view color set. Now this setting has no effect. Unless I missed something (I might have), this interface is unusable with dark themes under KDE: white or light text on #F0F0F0 (hardcoded?) background.

http://imageshack.us/a/img853/3567/virtualbox42kdesmall.png](http://imageshack.us/a/img706/7484/virtualbox42kde.png)

I’m open to suggestions (other than “use a light theme”… or downgrade to version 4.1 ).

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Check the detail settings of the color scheme. We’ve seen issues like this in libreoffice.

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This one was a theme I wrote. But if you try the dark themes shipped with KDE, like “Obsidian Coast” or “Zion Reversed” , you’ll get the same problem with VirtualBox. Libreoffice sucks too with dark themes, but you can enforce GTK by exporting OOO_FORCE_DESKTOP=gnome. Then it is usable under KDE as well.

As for VirtualBox, I read somewhere that it will use the tooltip color for its base. This is not true (well, not as far as I can see/tell). But I did notice from time to time - maybe when compositing is disable - that tooltips under KDE appear in the same unreadable white text on almost white background (#ffffff on #f0f0f0). I have no explanation, but it’s the same foreground/background combination as Virtualbox. When it happens, I would normally restart KDE with compositing enable.

Anyway all I can change in VirtualBox is the text color and not the background - inside KDE in the color scheme, or outside KDE with qtconfig (4) which saves color settings in ~/.config/Trolltech.conf. But if I change the text to black in a dark theme, then everything else becomes unreadable under KDE. Under Gnome, it’s at least readable, because qtconfig affects only a few QT based but non KDE applications.

Hmmm … Have issues with opera too (white text on white background in navigation and search bar). Several applications which are QT but not KDE don’t play very well with dark themes in KDE. But the previous VirtualBox version was OK.

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That bugreport seems to describe the same problem: QTBUG-13446: Many widgets use white background instead of what is set in Trolltech.conf or kdeglobals

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Just over one month after VirtualBox 4.2 arrived, Oracle has released the second update to its open source desktop virtualisation system, which should improve its overall stability and fix various regressions. Version 4.2.4 of VirtualBox includes fixes for the recent Linux 3.7-rc1 kernel (both for Linux hosts and guests) and addresses a problem that stopped virtual machines (VMs) from booting under Mac OS X 10.8.2.

Guest Additions for Linux now include support for X Server 1.13 and correct a problem that caused X Server to hang when restarted with old guests. VirtualBox’s GUI has been updated to restore missing tooltip functionality and address a bug that, when first creating a VM, prevented users from changing settings. Other changes include updates to Windows Guest Additions to correct a screen resize issue, and fixes for Solaris hosts. Several bugs that caused the application to crash were also fixed.

A full list of updates and fixes can be found in the change log. Version 4.2.2 of VirtualBox supports Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris hosts, and can be downloaded from the project’s site. Source code and binaries for VirtualBox are distributed under the terms of the GPLv2; the Extension Pack, which adds support for USB 2.0 and remote boot, can be downloaded under a Personal Use and Evaluation (PUEL) licence.

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VirtualBox Site: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

**Links: openSUSE 11.4 / 12.1 / 12.2 i386 | AMD64

VirtualBox 4.2.4 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack** All platforms

VirtualBox 4.2.4 (released 2012-10-26)

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

  • GUI: fixed validation warning on global settings / proxy page (4.2.2 regression, bug #11089](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11089))
  • GUI: fixed crash with multiple guest screens on certain conditions (OS X hosts only)
  • VBoxBalloonCtrl: fixed command line argument handling of ballooning module
  • VRDP: fixed occasional crash during a video playback in the guest (bug #11082](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11082))
  • BIOS: fixed broken DMI information (4.2 regression)
  • BIOS: workaround for booting from Windows 2000 floppy disks
  • EFI: fixed video mode selection loss on VM reboot (#10983](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10983))
  • Parallel: fixed parallel port printing failure/ paper queue empty error (Windows hosts only; bug #2226](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/2226))
  • NAT: fixed crash on alias-less DNS responses when host-resolver is used
  • Storage: fixed hang under rare circumstances

VirtualBox 4.2.2 (released 2012-10-18)

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

  • VMM: adapted to changes in Mac OS X 10.8.2 (bug #10965](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10965))
  • GUI: restored VM item tool-tip functionality (4.2 regression)
  • GUI: added group item tool-tip functionality
  • GUI: fixed handling of the .ova/.ovf file name association (4.2 regression)
  • GUI: it was not possible to change any setting before the first VM was created (bug #10928](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10928))
  • GUI: disable grouping action if all the selected items are full children list of the same group already
  • GUI: added menu for runtime drag-and-drop option change
  • GUI: cleanup shared-clipboard menu on visual-mode change
  • GUI: make sure VM receives keyboard focus on entering fullscreen-mode on Win host (bug #11051](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11051))
  • GUI: disable proxy authentication for security reasons
  • 3D Support: DrawIndexedPrimitiveUP
    implementation fixes for the Windows WDDM video driver (bug #10929](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10929)) - Storage: fixed a release assertion in the AHCI emulation when requests where canceled with asynchronous I/O disabled
  • Storage: fixed a hang during VM reset under certain circumstances (bug #10898](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10898))
  • NAT: fixed a crash under rare circumstances (Windows hosts only; bug #10128](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10128))
  • NAT: automatically use the host resolver if the host name server is set to some unusual loopback value (bug #10864](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10864))
  • E1000: fixed a VirtualBox crash during intensive network transfers (4.2 regression; bugs #10936](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10936), #10969](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10969), #10980](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10980))
  • ICH9: fixed PCI bridge initialization
  • USB mouse: ensure that the last mouse event doesn’t get lost if no URBs are available
  • BIOS: certain legacy guests (e.g. Windows 95) didn’t find the boot device after a warm reboot
  • BIOS: don’t trash the palette in text modes when setting the border color
  • EFI: fixed OS X guest autoboot (4.2 regression)
  • VBoxManage: fixed output of showvminfo --machinereadable
    (bug #10973](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10973)) - VBoxManage: fixed parsing of storageattach --discard
    (bug #11023](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11023)) - VBoxManage: fixed wrong output of the HPET setting in showvminfo
    (bug #11065](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11065)) - VBoxManage: fixed closing the guest session after executing a guest process via guest control
  • VBoxShell: adaptions to interface name changes
  • Guest Additions device: fixed a Guest Additions hang when a machine was reset after a crash
  • Linux hosts / guests: Linux 3.7-rc1 fixes
  • Linux Additions: support X.Org Server 1.13
  • Linux Additions: fixed a hang when the X server was restarted with old guest kernels
  • Linux Additions: fixed a VBoxService crash during CPU hot remove (bug #10964](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10964))
  • Windows Additions: fixed automatic screen resize issue for NT4 guests
  • OS/2 Additions: fixed shutdown hang
  • OS/2 Additions: fixed mouse driver panic
  • Solaris hosts: fixed autostart service going into maintenance mode after all VMs started
  • Solaris hosts: fixed linking the host driver with the dtrace module

VirtualBox 4.2.0 (released 2012-09-13)

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

  • Improved Windows 8 support, in particular many 3D-related fixes
  • GUI: VM groups (bug #288](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/288))
  • GUI: expert mode for wizards
  • GUI: allow to alter some settings during runtime
  • Support for up to 36 network cards, in combination with an ICH9 chipset configuration (bug #8805](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/8805))
  • Resource control: added support for limiting network IO bandwidth; see the manual for more information (bug #3653](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/3653))
  • Added possibility to start VMs during system boot on Linux, OS X and Solaris; see the manual for more information (bug #950](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/950))
  • Added experimental support for Drag’n’drop from the host to Linux guests. Support for more guests and for guest-to-host is planned. (bug #81](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/81))
  • Added support for parallel port passthrough on Windows hosts
  • Enhanced API for controlling the guest; please see the SDK reference and API documentation for more information

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

  • Mac OS X hosts: sign application and installer to avoid warnings on Mountain Lion
  • VMM: fixed a potential host crash triggered by shutting down a VM when another VM was running (only affected 32-bit hosts and 64-bit OS X hosts, 4.1 regression, bug #9897](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9897))
  • VMM: fixed a potential host crash under a high guest memory pressure (seen with Windows 8 guests)
  • VMM: improved VM context switch performance for Intel CPUs using nested paging
  • VMM: added support for FlushByASID
    features of AMD CPUs (Bulldozer and newer) - VMM: fixed unreal mode handling on older CPUs with VT-x (gPXE, Solaris 7/8/9; bug #9941](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9941))
  • VMM: fixed MP tables fixes for I/O APIC interrupt routing relevant for ancient SMP guests (e.g. old OS/2 releases)
  • VMM: support recent VIA CPUs (bug #10005](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10005))
  • VMM: fixed handling of task gates if VT-x/AMD-V is disabled
  • VMM: page fusion fixes
  • GUI: network operations manager
  • GUI: allow taking screenshots of the current VM window content (bug #5561](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/5561))
  • GUI: allow automatically sorting of the VM list
  • GUI: allow starting of headless VMs from the GUI
  • GUI: allow reset, shutdown and power off from the Manager window
  • GUI: allow to globally limit the maximum screen resolution for guests
  • GUI: show the full medium part on hovering the list of recently used ISO images
  • GUI: do not create additional folders when a new machine has a separator character in its name (bug #6541](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/6541))
  • GUI: don’t crash on terminate if the settings dialog is still open (bug #9973](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9973))
  • GUI: consider scaled DPI values when display fonts on Windows hosts (bug #9864](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9864))
  • GUI: if a bridged network interface cannot be found, don’t refuse to start the VM but allow the user to change the setting immediately
  • Snapshots: fixed a crash when restoring an old snapshot when powering off a VM (bugs #9364](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9364), #9604](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9604), #10491](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10491))
  • Clipboard: disable the clipboard by default for new VMs (see the manual for more information). It can be enabled at any time using the VM menu.
  • Settings: sanitize the name of VM folders and settings file (bug #10549](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10549))
  • Settings: allow to store the iSCSI initiator secret encrypted
  • NAT: improvements for the built-in TFTP server (bugs #7385](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/7385), #10286](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10286))
  • NAT: fixed memory leak when disabling the NAT engine (bug #10801](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10801))
  • E1000: 802.1q VLAN support (bug #10429](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10429))
  • Storage: implemented burning of audio CDs in passthrough mode
  • Storage: fixed audio CD passthrough for certain media players
  • Storage: implemented support for discarding unused image blocks through TRIM for SATA and IDE and UNMAP for SCSI when using VDI images
  • Storage: added support for QED images
  • Storage: added support for QCOW (full support for v1 and readonly support for v2 images)
  • Storage: added readonly support for VHDX images
  • USB: don’t crash if a USB device is plugged or unplugged when saving or loading the VM state (SMP guests only)
  • Solaris additions: added support for X.org Server 1.11 and 1.12
  • Solaris additions: switched to using an in-kernel mouse driver
  • Windows hosts: no need to recreate host-only adapters after a VirtualBox update
  • Windows hosts: updated toolchain; make the source code compatible to VC 2010 and enable some security-related compiler options
  • Windows Additions: fixed memory leak in VBoxTray (bug #10808](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10808))

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IMO, it’s unlikely that the interface will be usable with dark themes under KDE any time soon. One can use it under other desktops though - while still using a dark theme under KDE - with a little trick, that also applies to other non KDE QT4 applications. I used something similar in the past for Opera, which menus just became unreadable under Gnome after KDE had been started. Indeed while initializing, KDE overwrites ~/.config/Trolltech.conf with settings from the currently used color theme, unless there is a way I don’t know to prevent this from happening - it will certainly not be “Apply colors to non-KDE4 applications”. This option applies to GTK apps under KDE, and it’s a matter of taste whether it should be ckecked or not. The consequence of KDE overwriting user settings in ~/.config/Trolltech.conf is illustraded by the picture in post #4. It is not fixed in the latest version ( 4.2-4.2.4_81684).

To have a readable interface under other desktops without touching your KDE dark theme, configure qt4 color palette - outside of KDE - with qtconfig. qtconfig is included in package libqt4-x11. I don’t know if this package is installed by default. Your configuration will be saved in the file ~/.config/Trolltech.conf. Make a copy of this file in the same directory. For the script below to work, the name of the new file has to start with the word “Trolltech”, for example “Trolltech-vbox.conf”

$ cp ~/.config/Trolltech.conf ~/.config/Trolltech-vbox.conf

Put the following script in the directory ~/.kde4/shutdown - create this directory if it doesn’t already exist:


#!/bin/sh

trolltech_alt=`find $HOME/.config -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -name "Trolltech?*.conf" | head -1`
if  "$trolltech_alt" ]; then
        cp -v $trolltech_alt $HOME/.config/Trolltech.conf
fi

call the script “qt4conf-restore.sh” and make it executable

$ chmod 755 ~/.kde4/shutdown/qt4conf-restore.sh

Here’s an example of Trolltech-vbox.conf which works - outside of KDE!. The almost white background color (#f0f0f0) can not be changed (that’s precisely the bug in VirtualBox 4.2).


[qt]
Palette\active=#ffffff, #3c6f60, #5aa790, #4b8b78, #1e3730, #284a40, #000000, #ffffff, #ffffff, #598c85, #336651, #000000, #3b9962, #000000, #80b5ff, #dd7575, #82afa8, #000000, #5cb696, #000000
Palette\inactive=#ffffff, #3c6f60, #5aa790, #45806e, #1e3730, #284a40, #000000, #ffffff, #ffffff, #598c85, #336651, #000000, #3b9962, #000000, #80b5ff, #dd7575, #82afa8, #000000, #5cb696, #000000
Palette\disabled=#808080, #3c6f60, #5aa790, #45806e, #1e3730, #284a40, #808080, #ffffff, #808080, #598c85, #336651, #000000, #3b9962, #808080, #80b5ff, #dd7575, #82afa8, #000000, #5cb696, #000000
KWinPalette\activeBackground=#008080
KWinPalette\activeBlend=#e0edff
KWinPalette\activeForeground=#ffffff
KWinPalette\frame=#111d1b
KWinPalette\activeTitleBtnBg=#111d1b
KWinPalette\inactiveBackground=#1e3233
KWinPalette\inactiveBlend=#3a4a46
KWinPalette\inactiveForeground=#6b8588
KWinPalette\inactiveFrame=#161c1b
KWinPalette\inactiveTitleBtnBg=#161c1b
KDE\contrast=5
customColors\0=4294967295
customColors\1=4294967295
customColors\2=4294967295
customColors\3=4294967295
customColors\4=4294967295
customColors\5=4294967295
customColors\6=4294967295
customColors\7=4294967295
customColors\8=4294967295
customColors\9=4294967295
customColors\10=4294967295
customColors\11=4294967295
customColors\12=4294967295
customColors\13=4294967295
customColors\14=4294967295
customColors\15=4294967295
font="DejaVu Sans,9,-1,5,25,2,0,0,0,0"
fontPath=@Invalid()
embedFonts=true
style=Cleanlooks
doubleClickInterval=400
cursorFlashTime=1000
wheelScrollLines=3
resolveSymlinks=false
globalStrut\width=0
globalStrut\height=0
useRtlExtensions=false
XIMInputStyle=On The Spot
DefaultInputMethod=xim
audiosink=Auto
videomode=Auto
GUIEffects=none
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The developers of Oracle’s VirtualBox have announced a maintenance update to the lead version of their virtualisation platform. Version 4.2.6 is released along with maintenance releases of older branches of the software: 3.2.16., 4.0.18 and 4.1.24. The changes in 4.2.6 are focused on stability and on correcting a number of regressions – there are no new features. Fixes include ensuring that stale virtual machine events are not sent to resetting VMs, fixing the appearance of text in the GUI, corrections to the 3D support, fixing hangs with some storage and adding network rate and disk usage to the metrics.

Linux-specific changes include a fix for leaking connections in bridged networking, support for ConsoleKit session in VBoxService’s vminfo and a fix for a kernel crash during some remounts. The metrics for guest memory tracking have also been fixed. Some other changes include a fix for Windows 8 auto-login installation and new user-contributed translations for the Windows host installation. Details of the changes for 4.1.24, 4.0.18 and 3.2.16 are also available.

VirtualBox 4.2.6 is available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris from the project’s site; builds for specific Linux distributions are also available and include Ubuntu (12.10, 12.04LTS, 11.10, 11.04, 10.4 and 8.04), Debian 7 and 6, OpenSUSE 11.4, 12.1 and 12.2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 and 10, Fedora 18, 17 and 16, Mandriva 2011.0, 2010.0 and 2010.1, and Oracle Linux/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 5 and 4. Downloads for older builds are also provided. VirtualBox binaries from version 4.0 onwards are licensed under the GPL; source code is available from the downloads page.

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**VirtualBox 4.2.8 has been released. Here are the links:

openSUSE 11.4 / 12.1 / 12.2** i386 | AMD64

VirtualBox 4.2.8 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack All supported platforms

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Oracle has released a maintenance update to its open source VirtualBox virtualisation package that fixes several crashing problems, compilation problems with the rc0 release of the 3.9 version of the Linux kernel, and incompatibilities of virtual hard disk “differencing” images with Microsoft’s Hyper-V hypervisor. VirtualBox 4.2.10, which was released less than a month after the last maintenance release (4.2.8), also fixes a bug on Mac OS X where the virtualised host was not able to detect the correct keyboard type over an SSH-forwarded X11 connection.

Among the crashing issues fixed in the new version is a crash with multi-monitor setups on Mac OS X, crashes when the host computer was waking up from hibernation, and problems with VBoxService crashing on Linux hosts when libdbus was not available. Multimedia redirection on Windows hosts can now also be upgraded correctly again. More details of all bug fixes in this release are available in the VirtualBox change log.

VirtualBox 4.2.10 is available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris from the project’s site; builds for specific Linux distributions are also available and include Ubuntu (12.10, 12.04LTS, 11.10, 11.04, 10.4 and 8.04), Debian 7 and 6, openSUSE 11.4, 12.1 and 12.2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 and 10, Fedora 18, 17 and 16, Mandriva 2011.0, 2010.0 and 2010.1, and Oracle Linux/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 5 and 4. Downloads for older builds are also provided. VirtualBox binaries from version 4.0 onwards are licensed under the GPL; source code is available from the downloads page.

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VirtualBox 4.2.10 has been released. Here are the links:

openSUSE 11.4 / 12.1 / 12.2 / 12.3 i386 | AMD64

VirtualBox 4.2.10 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack All supported platforms

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VirtualBox 4.2.12 (release 2013-04-12)

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

  • VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation on putting Linux guest CPU online if nested paging is disabled
  • VMM: invalidate TLB entries even for non-present pages
  • GUI: Multi-screen support: fixed a crash on visual-mode change
  • GUI: Multi-screen support: disabled guest-screens should now remain disabled on visual-mode change
  • GUI: Multi-screen support: handle host/guest screen plugging/unplugging in different visual-modes
  • GUI: Multi-screen support: seamless mode: fixed a bug when empty seamless screens were represented by fullscreen windows
  • GUI: Multi-screen support: each machine window in multi-screen configuration should have correct menu-bar now (Mac OS X hosts)
  • GUI: Multi-screen support: machine window View menu should have correct content in seamless/fullscreen mode now (Mac OS X hosts)
  • GUI: VM manager: vertical scroll-bars should be now updated on content/window resize
  • GUI: VM settings: fixed crash on machine state-change event
  • GUI: don’t show warnings about enabled or disabled mouse integration if the VM was restored from a saved state
  • Virtio-net: properly announce that the guest has to handle partial TCP checksums (bug #9380](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9380))
  • Storage: Fixed incorrect alignment of VDI images causing disk size changes when using snapshots (bug #11597](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11597))
  • Audio: fixed broken ALSA & PulseAudio on some Linux hosts due to invalid symbol resolution (bug #11615](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11615))
  • PS/2 keyboard: re-apply keyboard repeat delay and rate after a VM was restored from a saved state (bug #10933](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10933))
  • BIOS: updated DMI processor information table (type 4): corrected L1 & L2 cache table handles
  • Timekeeping: fix several issues which can lead to incorrect time, Solaris guests sporadically showed time going briefly back to Jan 1 1970
  • Main/Metrics: disk metrics are collected properly when software RAID, symbolic links or rootfs are used on Linux hosts
  • VBoxManage: don’t stay paused after a snapshot was created and the VM was running before
  • VBoxManage: introduced controlvm nicpromisc
    (bug #11423](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11423)) - VBoxManage: don’t crash on controlvm guestmemoryballoon
    if the VM isn’t running (bug #11639](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11639)) - VBoxHeadless: don’t filter guest property events as this would affect all clients (bug #11644](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11644))
  • Guest control: prevent double CR in the output generated by guest commands and do NLS conversion
  • Linux hosts / guests: fixed build errors on Linux 3.5 and newer kernels if the CONFIG_UIDGID_STRICT_TYPE_CHECKS
    config option is enabled (bug #11664](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11664)) - Linux Additions: handle fall-back to VESA driver on RedHat-based guests if vboxvideo cannot be loaded
  • Linux Additions: RHEL/OEL/CentOS 6.4 compile fix (bug #11586](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11586))
  • Linux Additions: Debian Linux kernel 3.2.0-4 (3.2.39) compile fix (bug #11634](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11634))
  • Linux Additions: added auto-logon support for Linux guests using LightDM as the display manager
  • Windows Additions: Support for multimonitor. Dynamic enable/disable of secondary virtual monitors. Support for XPDM/WDDM based guests
  • X11 Additions: support X.Org Server 1.14 (bug #11609](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11609))
  • Appears to support the new kernel 3.9-rcx (Based on my testing - jdmcdaniel3)

**openSUSE 11.4 / 12.1 / 12.2 / 12.3 **i386 | AMD64

VirtualBox 4.2.12 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack All supported platforms

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Quick question: Is there a HOW-TO to install VirtualBox and make is start in boot?

That’s what I’m trying to do right now without any luck…

sorry if it’s the wrong place to do this kind on question.:frowning:

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There is a Article on installing VirtualBox https://forums.opensuse.org/content/59-how-install-virtualbox-opensuse-11-4-12-1-tumbleweed.html, basically, use the most recent version links here and download the VirtuaBox Application (32 or 64 bit) and the common Extensions pack. Then read through the article. You can use a terminal command like “VirtualBox startvm VmName” to start a VM session. You could create a BASH script with this command and set it to auto load if you wanted to do so. First, get VirtualBox installed and setup, next create a VM that works as you wish, next formulate a terminal command that works, next decide how you want to auto load this command of which there is more than one way to do.

Thank You,

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VirtualBox 4.2.14 (released 2013-06-21)

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

  • VMM: another TLB invalidation fix for non-present pages
  • VMM: fixed a performance regression (4.2.8 regression; bug #11674](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11674))
  • GUI: fixed a crash on shutdown
  • GUI: prevent stuck keys under certain conditions on Windows hosts (bugs #2613](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/2613), #6171](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/6171))
  • VRDP: fixed a rare crash on the guest screen resize
  • VRDP: allow to change VRDP parameters (including enabling/disabling the server) if the VM is paused
  • USB: fixed passing through devices on Mac OS X host to a VM with 2 or more virtual CPUs (bug #7462](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/7462))
  • USB: fixed hang during isochronous transfer with certain devices (4.1 regression; Windows hosts only; bug #11839](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11839))
  • USB: properly handle orphaned URBs (bug #11207](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11207))
  • BIOS: fixed function for returning the PCI interrupt routing table (fixes NetWare 6.x guests)
  • BIOS: don’t use the ENTER
    / LEAVE instructions in the BIOS as these don’t work in the real mode as set up by certain guests (e.g. Plan 9 and QNX 4) - DMI: allow to configure DmiChassisType (bug #11832](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11832))
  • Storage: fixed lost writes if iSCSI is used with snapshots and asynchronous I/O (bug #11479](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11479))
  • Storage: fixed accessing certain VHDX images created by Windows 8 (bug #11502](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11502))
  • Storage: fixed hang when creating a snapshot using Parallels disk images (bug #9617](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9617))
  • 3D: seamless + 3D fixes (bug #11723](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11723))
  • 3D: version 4.2.12 was not able to read saved states of older versions under certain conditions (bug #11718](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11718))
  • Main/Properties: don’t create a guest property for non-running VMs if the property does not exist and is about to be removed (bug #11765](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11765))
  • Main/Properties: don’t forget to make new guest properties persistent after the VM was terminated (bug #11719](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11719))
  • Main/Display: don’t lose seamless regions during screen resize
  • Main/OVF: don’t crash during import if the client forgot to call Appliance::interpret() (bug #10845](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10845))
  • Main/OVF: don’t create invalid appliances by stripping the file name if the VM name is very long (bug #11814](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11814))
  • Main/OVF: don’t fail if the appliance contains multiple file references (bug #10689](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10689))
  • Main/Metrics: fixed Solaris file descriptor leak
  • Settings: limit depth of snapshot tree to 250 levels, as more will lead to decreased performance and may trigger crashes
  • VBoxManage: fixed setting the parent UUID on diff images using sethdparentuuid
  • Linux hosts: work around for not crashing as a result of automatic NUMA balancing which was introduced in Linux 3.8 (bug #11610](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11610))
  • Windows installer: force the installation of the public certificate in background (i.e. completely prevent user interaction) if the --silent command line option is specified
  • Windows Additions: fixed problems with partial install in the unattended case
  • Windows Additions: fixed display glitch with the Start button in seamless mode for some themes
  • Windows Additions: Seamless mode and auto-resize fixes
  • Windows Additions: fixed trying to to retrieve new auto-logon credentials if current ones were not processed yet
  • Windows Additions installer: added the /with_wddm
    switch to select the experimental WDDM driver by default - Linux Additions: fixed setting own timed out and aborted texts in information label of the lightdm greeter
  • Linux Additions: fixed compilation against Linux 3.2.0 Ubuntu kernels (4.2.12 regression as a side effect of the Debian kernel build fix; bug #11709](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11709))
  • X11 Additions: reduced the CPU load of VBoxClient in drag’and’drop mode
  • OS/2 Additions: made the mouse wheel work (bug #6793](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/6793))
  • Guest Additions: fixed problems copying and pasting between two guests on an X11 host (bug #11792](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11792))
  • openSUSE 11.4 / 12.1 / 12.2 / 12.3
    i386 | AMD64 (Download on or the other) - VirtualBox 4.2.14 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack
    All supported platforms (Everyone should download this)

Download the two files, startup your file managers such as Dolphin and install the new VirtualBox Version:

http://paste.opensuse.org/view/download/43012551

Once Installed, you need to install the new Extension Pack (Select File/Preferences):

http://paste.opensuse.org/view/download/91287461

Then Elect to load and Browse to the new Extension Pack:

http://paste.opensuse.org/view/download/63243659

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By downloading, you agree to the terms and conditions of the respective license.

  • VirtualBox platform packages
    . The binaries are released under the terms of the GPL version 2. - openSUSE 11.4 / 12.1 / 12.2 / 12.3
    i386 | AMD64 - VirtualBox 4.2.16 Software Developer Kit (SDK)
    All platforms

VirtualBox 4.2.16 (released 2013-07-04)

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

  • OVF/OVA: don’t crash on import if no manifest is used (4.2.14 regression; bug #11895](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11895))
  • GUI: do not restore the current snapshot if we power-off after a Guru Mediation
  • Storage: fixed a crash when hotplugging an empty DVD drive to the VM
  • Storage: fixed a crash when a guest read from a DVD drive attached to the SATA controller under certain circumstances
  • EFI: don’t fail with 64-bit guests on 32-bit hosts (bug #11456](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11456))
  • Autostart: fixed VM startup on OS X
  • Windows hosts: native Windows 8 controls
  • Windows hosts: restore native style on Vista 32
  • Windows hosts / guests: Windows 8.1 adaptions (bug #11899](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11899))
  • Mac OS X hosts: after removing VirtualBox with VirtualBox_Uninstall.tool
    , remove it from the pkgutil --pkgs list as well

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**Get the latest VirtualBox 4.2.18 Binary release and Extension packs with the links below:

openSUSE 11.4 / 12.1 / 12.2 / 12.2:** i386 | AMD64

VirtualBox 4.2.18 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack: All supported platforms

VirtualBox 4.2.18: (released 2013-09-06)

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

  • VMM: properly handle NMIs on Linux hosts with X2APIC enabled
  • VMM: fixed potential crashes with 64-bit guests on 32-bit hosts (bug #11979](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11979))
  • GUI / seamless: properly handle mouse wheel scroll events
  • GUI, VBoxManage: when unregistering a VM, also unregister the hard disk images which are used exclusively (bug #10311](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10311))
  • GUI: prevent crashes under certain conditions on X11 hosts
  • 3D: multiscreen fixes (incorrect mouse position, flickers)
  • 3D Support: several fixes for the Windows WDDM video driver (multiscreen, seamless)
  • Snapshots: made live snapshots work again (bug #9255](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9255))
  • Teleportation: made it work again (bug #9455](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/9455))
  • VBoxManage: on snapshot take, --pause is default and --live is for doing live snapshots
  • VBoxSVC: don’t crash on systems with many VLAN interfaces (Solaris hosts only)
  • Network: after the host resumes from suspend, disconnect and reconnect the virtual network cables to force renewing the DHCP leases for the guests. So far only Mac OS X hosts and Windows hosts (bug #10063](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/10063)).
  • NAT: on name server changes force a reconnect of the virtual network cable to notify the guest (Mac OS X hosts only)
  • Mac OS X installer: keep previously installed Extension Packs on VirtualBox upgrade
  • Linux hosts / guests: Linux 3.11 fixes (bug #12001](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/12001))
  • Solaris hosts: fixed a potential kernel panic caused due to unexpected preemption due to logging.
  • Windows hosts: fixed an issue with USB2 devices being inaccessible when plugged into USB3 ports.
  • Linux Additions: added PCI device identifier to vboxvideo.ko fixing DRI initialization under certain conditions (bug #11957](https://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/11957))

Use DKMS to reload the kernel driver on each kernel version update per this blog: DKMS & systemd - How to get Dynamic Kernel Module Support to work in openSUSE 12.1 - Blogs - openSUSE Forums

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Checkout https://github.com/Jetchisel/VBoxAutostart/archive/master.zip and the instructions are there as well cheers lol!

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What is the purpose of the zip file link you have posted? I can’t recommend anyone download a file if you do not know what it is for!

Thank You,