Sun has released Virtualbox 3.0 yesterday. Virtualbox 3.0 brings one of the fixes I have been waiting for. It fixed the USB webcam problem. I haven’t tried it to see if it’s working. I would give that a try tonight. Here are some of the major fixes in Virtualbox 3.0, mostly related to Linux.
- Support for OpenGL 2.0 for Windows, Linux and Solaris guests
- Linux hosts: kernel module compile fixes for 2.6.31
- fixed 64 bits CentOS guest hangs during early boot
- GUI: added mini toolbar for fullscreen and seamless mode
- GUI: redesigned settings dialogs
- GUI: allow to create/remove more than one host-only network adapters
- 3D support: fixed VM crashes for client applications using incorrect OpenGL states
- support Windows 7 RDP client
- Networking: fixed another problem with TX checksum offloading with Linux kernels up to version 2.6.18
- VBoxManage: fixed incorrect partition table processing when creating VMDK files giving raw partition access
- VBoxManage: support cloning to existing image file
- Shared Folders: sometimes a file was created using the wrong permissions
- Shared Folders: allow to change file attributes from Linux guests and use the correct file mode when creating files
- Shared Folders: some content was incorrectly written under certain conditions
- Shared Folders: fixed incorrect file timestamps, when using Windows guest on a Linux host
- X11 clipboard: fix duplicate end of lines
- X11 guests: a number of shared clipboard fixes
- Linux guests: Guest Additions support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
- Linux guests: new daemon vboxadd-service to handle time synchronization and guest property lookup
- Linux guests: implemented guest properties (OS info, logged in users, basic network information)
- USB: Support for high-speed isochronous endpoints has been added. In addition, read-ahead buffering is performed for input endpoints (currently Linux hosts only). This should allow additional devices to work, notably webcams.
- USB: fixed error handling for some USB dongles
For more information on fixes, refer to changelog.
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