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