{"id":747,"date":"2014-10-14T07:10:02","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T07:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pir8geek.com\/?p=747"},"modified":"2014-10-14T07:10:02","modified_gmt":"2014-10-14T07:10:02","slug":"virtualbox-4-3-18-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameseduard.com\/?p=747","title":{"rendered":"VirtualBox 4.3.18 Has Been Released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Virtualbox <\/strong>4.3.18 has been released 4 days ago with a lot of changes and bug fixes, below is the list of item were fixed and added on the new version of Virtualbox.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>VMM: fixed a potential misbehavior after restoring the A20 state from a saved state<\/li>\n<li>GUI: fixed full-screen mode mini-toolbar related regressions for different platforms and window managers (bug <a class=\"new ticket\" title=\"defect: Bottom toolbar is displayed incorrectly (new)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/ticket\/13369\">#13369<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>GUI: X11: fixed full-screen mode Unity panels quirk caused by mini-toolbar code changes in last release (bug <a class=\"new ticket\" title=\"defect: Unity Launcher and top panel overlays full screen mode (new)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/ticket\/13365\">#13365<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>GUI: X11: added possibility to use legacy full-screen mode as the new one can cause multi-screen issues under Unity, see the manual for more information (bug <a class=\"new ticket\" title=\"defect: Unity Launcher and top panel overlays full screen mode (new)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/ticket\/13365\">#13365<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>GUI: Mac OS X: fixed full-screen mode artifact causing black screen when 3D acceleration was enabled on 10.10 Yosemite hosts (bug <a class=\"closed ticket\" title=\"defect: Fullscreen does not work on secondary monitor under 10.10 Yosemite host (closed: fixed)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/ticket\/13448\">#13448<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>GUI: Mac OS X: fixed regression in user-space swiping from\/to VBox in full-screen mode<\/li>\n<li>GUI: Mac OS X: fixed issue with switching to VBox in full-screen mode through Alt+Tab and Mission Control<\/li>\n<li>Storage: fixed data corruption when resizing huge VHD images under certain circumstances (bug <a class=\"closed ticket\" style=\"text-decoration: line-through; color: #0000c0; border-bottom-style: none;\" title=\"defect: vboxmanage modifyhd corrupts vhd files =&gt; fixed in SVN (closed: fixed)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/ticket\/11960\">#11960<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Storage: fixed a rare hang during startup when the BIOS enumerates the storage devices attached to the SATA controller<\/li>\n<li>Storage: follow the spec with AHCI interrupt acknowledge (bug <a class=\"closed ticket\" style=\"text-decoration: line-through; color: #0000c0; border-bottom-style: none;\" title=\"defect: AHCI interrupt acknowledge violates specification =&gt; fixed in SVN (closed: fixed)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/ticket\/13474\">#13474<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Storage: fixed broken iSCSI authentication (4.3.14 regression, bugs <a class=\"closed ticket\" style=\"text-decoration: line-through; color: #0000c0; border-bottom-style: none;\" title=\"defect: iscsi not working since 4.3.12 on host Centos 6,5 =&gt; fixed in next ... (closed: fixed)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/ticket\/13386\">#13386<\/a>, <a class=\"closed ticket\" style=\"text-decoration: line-through; color: #0000c0; border-bottom-style: none;\" title=\"defect: iScsi CHAP auth failing since v4.3.14 =&gt; fixed in next maintenance release (closed: fixed)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/ticket\/13435\">#13435<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>NAT Network: properly parse port forwarding rules to allow UDP rules<\/li>\n<li>USB: fixed a crash on Linux hosts with older Linux kernels (bug <a class=\"closed ticket\" title=\"defect: USB crash WXP guest during scan preview Canon Lide210, crash W7 guest when ... (closed: fixed)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/ticket\/13400\">#13400<\/a>) and several other fixes<\/li>\n<li>ACPI: fixed ACPI timer anomalies (bug <a class=\"closed ticket\" style=\"text-decoration: line-through; color: #0000c0; border-bottom-style: none;\" title=\"defect: QueryPerformanceCounter() Anomalies =&gt; Fixed in SVN (closed: fixed)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/ticket\/12076\">#12076<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Guest Control: fixed a memory leak (bug <a class=\"closed ticket\" title=\"defect: Memory leak in VirtualBox (closed: fixed)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/ticket\/13434\">#13434<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Main: when removing a VM, do also remove the VBoxStartup.log file which might exist on Windows hosts (bug <a class=\"closed ticket\" title=\"defect: VirtualBox Manager should also remove VBoxStartup.log when deleting a VM ... (closed: fixed)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/ticket\/13478\">#13478<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Windows hosts: fixed more startup problems on certain Windows hosts due to conflicts with anti-virus software; better error reporting (4.3.14 regression; bug <a class=\"new ticket\" title=\"defect: VirtualBox 4.3.14 can't start VMs on certain Windows hosts (new)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/ticket\/13187\">#13187<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Windows hosts: propagate the process startup information to the child process (4.3.14 regression; bug <a class=\"closed ticket\" style=\"text-decoration: line-through; color: #0000c0; border-bottom-style: none;\" title=\"enhancement: Propagate startupinfo to the child process (&gt;= 4.3.14, Windows) (closed: fixed)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/ticket\/13243\">#13243<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Mac OS X hosts: don&#8217;t force using the discrete GPU (bug <a class=\"new ticket\" style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0000c0; border-bottom-style: none;\" title=\"defect: VirtualBox forces Mac laptops to use discrete GPU =&gt; Fixed in SVN (new)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/ticket\/11111\">#11111<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Windows Additions: some Windows 10 tweaks<\/li>\n<li>X11 guests: fix a bug handling video driver display properties which prevented GNOME Shell on Fedora 21 from starting<\/li>\n<li>Linux hosts \/ guests: fixed a few remaining warnings in the kernel log if memory allocation fails (bug <a class=\"closed ticket\" style=\"text-decoration: line-through; color: #0000c0; border-bottom-style: none;\" title=\"defect: repeating 'page allocation failure' error in debian squeeze 64bit =&gt; Fixed ... (closed: fixed)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/ticket\/11171\">#11171<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>VirtualBox<\/strong> is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware, targeted at server, desktop and embedded use.<br \/>\nHow to install Vurtualbox in Linux Distro&#8217;s.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>On Ubuntu distro:<\/strong><br \/>\n1. To install Oracle VirtualBox 4.3.18\u00a0in Ubuntu \u00a0open a Terminal (ctrl+alt+t, Add one of the following lines according to your distribution to your \/etc\/apt\/sources.list:<\/p>\n<pre> \ndeb http:\/\/download.virtualbox.org\/virtualbox\/debian trusty contrib\ndeb http:\/\/download.virtualbox.org\/virtualbox\/debian saucy contrib\ndeb http:\/\/download.virtualbox.org\/virtualbox\/debian raring contrib\ndeb http:\/\/download.virtualbox.org\/virtualbox\/debian quantal contrib\ndeb http:\/\/download.virtualbox.org\/virtualbox\/debian precise contrib\ndeb http:\/\/download.virtualbox.org\/virtualbox\/debian lucid contrib non-free\ndeb http:\/\/download.virtualbox.org\/virtualbox\/debian wheezy contrib\ndeb http:\/\/download.virtualbox.org\/virtualbox\/debian squeeze contrib non-free\n<\/pre>\n<p>2. Save and exit the file.<\/p>\n<pre>ctrl+o to save and ctrl+x to exit\n<\/pre>\n<pre>wget -q http:\/\/download.virtualbox.org\/virtualbox\/debian\/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -\n<\/pre>\n<p>3. Update source list<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt-get update\n<\/pre>\n<p>4. You can now instll Virtualbox<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.3.18\n<\/pre>\n<p>5. Requirements: Install dkms to ensure that the virtualbox host kernel modules are properly updated, if you upgrade your linux kernel version.<\/p>\n<pre>\nsudo apt-get install dkms\n<\/pre>\n<p>and where done enjoy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtualbox 4.3.18 has been released 4 days ago with a lot of changes and bug fixes, below is the list of item were fixed and added on the new version of Virtualbox. VMM: fixed a potential misbehavior after restoring the A20 state from a saved state GUI: fixed full-screen mode mini-toolbar related regressions for different<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,49],"tags":[374,375],"class_list":["post-747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-application","category-ubuntu","tag-virtualbox-4-3-18","tag-virtualizer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jameseduard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jameseduard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jameseduard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameseduard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameseduard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameseduard.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jameseduard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameseduard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jameseduard.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}