{"id":6980,"date":"2017-07-18T16:20:47","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T16:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6980"},"modified":"2017-07-18T16:20:47","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T16:20:47","slug":"oracle-virtualbox-5-1-24-released-with-many-fixes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/07\/oracle-virtualbox-5-1-24-released-with-many-fixes\/","title":{"rendered":"Oracle Virtualbox 5.1.24 Released with Many Fixes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/virtualbox-icon245.png\" alt=\"Virtualbox\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6036\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oracle Vritualbox got an update for its 5.1 series earlier today with lots of bug-fixes.<\/p>\n<p>For Linux users, Virtualbox 5.1.24 brings fixes to Kernel 4.12 and Kernel 4.13, fixes for loading shared libraries, fixes for  kernel modules built with gcc-7, makes 2D video acceleration available for older Linux distributions.<\/p>\n<p>Other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/wiki\/Changelog\" target=\"_blank\">changes in Virtualbox 5.1.24<\/a> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>VMM: mask the VME CPUID capability on AMD Ryzen processors.<\/li>\n<li>VMM: emulate more SSE2 instructions<\/li>\n<li>VMM: properly clear the TF and AC flags when dispatching real-mode interrupts<\/li>\n<li>GUI: fixes to make the mini-toolbar work with recent versions of KDE \/ Plasma<\/li>\n<li>GUI: fixed a potential crash when a VM with multiple screens is running in full screen \/ seamless mode and a host screen is removed.<\/li>\n<li>GUI: fixed initial size hints for guests which set intermediate sizes before responding<\/li>\n<li>GUI: prevent stopped screen updates or black screen on reboot in a multi-screen setup under certain conditions<\/li>\n<li>Audio: many improvements for Windows 10 guests<\/li>\n<li>Storage: fixed possible crash when using Intels SPDK<\/li>\n<li>API: use the correct file name of the VM machine state if the VM settings directory is renamed, for example during grouping \/ ungrouping a VM<\/li>\n<li>API: return the correct error code if powering up a VM fails<\/li>\n<li>API: video recording did not automatically start at VM start when enabled in the VM settings<\/li>\n<li>API: when relocating a medium, check that the target path is fully qualified<\/li>\n<li>EFI: fix for VMs with more than 3504MB RAM<\/li>\n<li>Host-only adapter: correctly determine IPv4 netmasks on Windows hosts<\/li>\n<li>NAT network: properly do the refcounting for starting \/ stopping the NAT \/ DHCP services if the NAT network is changed while the adapter network connection type is anything else but NAT network<\/li>\n<li>VBoxManage: fixed controlvm videocapfile<\/li>\n<li>Windows hosts: fixed crashes if driver verifier is enabled<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Download \/ Install Virtualbox:<\/h4>\n<p>The official Linux binaries (i386 for 32-bit, amd64 for 64-bit) for Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04 are available for download at the link below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href='https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/wiki\/Linux_Downloads' class='arconix-button arconix-button-large arconix-button-gray' target=\"_blank\" >Virtualbox Linux Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have a previous 5.1 series installed, and enabled the Virtualbox Linux repository, you can simply upgrade Virtualbox via  Software Updater:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/upgrade-virtualbox-450x289.jpg\" alt=\"upgrade virtualbox\" width=\"450\" height=\"289\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/upgrade-virtualbox-450x289.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/upgrade-virtualbox-600x385.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/upgrade-virtualbox.jpg 790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To manually add the VirtualBox Linux repository, do:<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching it from app launcher, when it opens, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo sh -c 'echo \"deb http:\/\/download.virtualbox.org\/virtualbox\/debian $(lsb_release -cs) contrib\" >> \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/virtualbox.list'<\/pre>\n<p><i> for Linux Mint 18.x, replace <code>$(lsb_release -cs)<\/code> in the code with <code>xenial<\/code><\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/virtualbox-repository-600x94.jpg\" alt=\"Virtualbox Official Linux repository\" width=\"600\" height=\"94\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/virtualbox-repository-600x94.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/virtualbox-repository-450x70.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/virtualbox-repository.jpg 857w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Download and install the gpg key:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">wget -q https:\/\/www.virtualbox.org\/download\/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -<\/pre>\n<p>To install virtualbox 5.1 for the first time, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.1<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oracle Vritualbox got an update for its 5.1 series earlier today with lots of bug-fixes. 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