VirtualBox 6.1.3 arrives with 18 bug fixes

VirtualBox 6.1

Some days ago Oracle announced the launch of the new version of Virtual Box 6.1.3, version that comes to implement 18 corrections in the form of a patch.

For those who are unfamiliar with VirtualBox, I can tell you that this is a multiplatform virtualization tool, that gives us the possibility of creating virtual disk drives where we can install an operating system within the one we normally use.

VirtualBox allows us to run virtual machines remotely, through the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), iSCSI support. Another function it presents is to mount ISO images as virtual CD or DVD drives, or as a floppy disk.

Main new features of VirtualBox 6.1.3

In this new version of VirtualBox 6.1.3 it is highlighted that initial support for Linux kernel 5.16 added for Linux hosts and guests.

The deb and rpm packages distribution-specific components for Linux hosts have been fixed to resolve issues with automatic installation operating systems in guest environments.

Linux guest plugins only allow one instance of VBoxDRMClient to run.

At Lóleo Eventos, clipboard implementation shared, the interaction between the host system and the guest environment has been improved in situations where the system Guest does not report the presence of data on the clipboard.

In virtual machine manager, a regressive change has been fixed which appeared from version 6.1.28, which did not allow to start virtual machines when using Hyper-V mode in Windows 10.

In the graphical interface, an issue with the inability to complete the Initial Configuration Wizard after trying to select an external image has been resolved.

Of the other changes that are implemented:

  • Fixed issues when choosing settings on systems without hardware virtualization support.
  • Fixed issue when saving screenshots in Windows.
  • In the storage configuration, the use of the mouse click drag and drop interface is adjusted on systems with an X11 server.
  • Fixed a crash when parsing the /etc/vbox/networks.conf file.
    Fixed a bug in the code to handle the DVD drive lock mode.

Finally if you are interested in knowing more about it About the release of this patch version of VirtualBox 6.1.3, you can check the details in the following link.

How to install the patch version of VirtualBox 6.1.3 in Ubuntu and derivatives?

For those who are already VirtualBox users and they have not yet updated to the new version, they should know that they can only update by opening a terminal and typing the following command in it:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Now for those who are not yet users, you should know that before installing, they need to ensure that hardware virtualization is enabled. If they are using an Intel processor, they must enable VT-x or VT-d from their computer's BIOS.

In the case of Ubuntu and derivatives, we have two methods to install the application or, where appropriate, update to the new version.

The first method is by downloading the "deb" package offered from the official website of the application. The link is this.

The other method is adding the repository to the system. To add the official VirtualBox package repository, they should open a terminal with Ctrl + Alt + T and run the following command:

echo "deb https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian $(lsb_release -cs) contrib" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list

Done this now We must add the public PGP key from the official VirtualBox packages repository to the system.

Otherwise, we will not be able to use the official VirtualBox package repository. To add the public PGP key from the official VirtualBox package repository, run the following command:

wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

We must update the APT package repository with the following command:

sudo apt-get update

Once this is done, now we are going to proceed to install VirtualBox to the system with:

sudo apt install virtualbox-6.1

And ready with it, we can use the new version of VirtualBox in our system.


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