VirtualBox 1.5.4 (released 2007-12-29)

VirtualBox 1.5.4 (released 2007-12-29)
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