Software Update: VirtualBox 6.1.30

Oracle has released the fifteenth update to VirtualBox version 6.1. VirtualBox can be used to install other operating systems in a virtual environment on a computer. In this way it is possible to use different operating systems on the same hardware side by side and at the same time. VirtualBox is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Solaris, and is capable of guest operating systems to turn. The changes made in version 6.1.30 are listed below:

This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:

• VMM: Fixed 6.1.28 regression preventing VMs starting when using Hyper-V mode on Windows 10
• GUI: Fixed inability to complete First Run wizard after browsing for an external image
• GUI: Fixed crash on macOS Big Sur while browsing for an external image from First Run wizard
• GUI: Fixed bug on Windows with inability to save taken screenshot under a folder with native name (bug #15561†
• GUI: Fixed bug on X11 with drag and drop initiated on single mouse click in VM storage settings
• GUI: Fixed settings check on machines not supporting hardware virtualization
• GUI: Non critical media related errors should not cause modal pop-up error messages
• Host-only networking: Fixed crash parsing /etc/vbox/networks.conf
• DVD: Fixed drive lock handling across VM reset
• VBoxHeadless: Fixed crash when running on macOS Monterey (bug #20636†
• VBoxManage: Fixed incorrect help text for “hostonlyif”
• vboximg-mount: Error message if no image is specified
• macOS host: fix multiple bugs specific to macOS Monterey in installer and startup of kernel extensions
• macOS host: show message indicating the unsupported CPU on M1 based Macs and abort installation
• Linux host: For all distribution specific packages (deb/rpm format) fix the packaging so that the feature for unattended installation of guest OSes works
• Linux host and guest: Introduced initial support for kernel 5.16
• Shared Clipboard: Improved communication between guest and host when guest has no clipboard data to report
• Linux Guest Additions: Allow running only one VBoxDRMClient instance (bug #19373†