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diff --git a/doc/manual/en_US/user_BasicConcepts.xml b/doc/manual/en_US/user_BasicConcepts.xml index ab9ddf5d..d6afb212 100644 --- a/doc/manual/en_US/user_BasicConcepts.xml +++ b/doc/manual/en_US/user_BasicConcepts.xml @@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ card, and, if you so choose, give the host system, other guests, or computers on the Internet access to the guest system.</para> - <sect1> - <title id="guestossupport">Supported guest operating systems</title> + <sect1 id="guestossupport"> + <title>Supported guest operating systems</title> <para>Since VirtualBox is designed to provide a generic virtualization environment for x86 systems, it may run operating systems of any kind, @@ -84,6 +84,15 @@ </glossentry> <glossentry> + <glossterm>Linux 3.x</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + <para>All versions/editions are fully supported (32 bits and 64 + bits). Guest Additions are available.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry> <glossterm>Solaris 10 (u6 and higher), Solaris 11 (including Solaris 11 Express)</glossterm> @@ -394,6 +403,19 @@ </glossentry> <glossentry> + <glossterm>Drag'n'Drop</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>This setting allows to enable Drag and Drop: Select a file + on the desktop, click the left mouse button, move the mouse + to the VM window and release the mouse button. The file is + copied from the host to the guest. This feature is currently + only implemented for Linux guests and only for copying files + from the host to the guest.<footnote><para>Support + for Drag'n'Drop was added with VirtualBox 4.2</para></footnote></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry> <glossterm>Removable media: remember runtime changes</glossterm> <glossdef> @@ -415,6 +437,8 @@ seamless mode, control machine execution or enable certain devices. If you don't want to see the toolbar, disable this setting.</para> + <para>The second setting allows to show the toolbar at the top + of the screen instead of showing it at the bottom.</para> </glossdef> </glossentry> </glosslist></para> @@ -428,6 +452,8 @@ you may find this space useful to note down things like the configuration of a virtual machine and the software that has been installed into it.</para> + <para>To insert a line break into the description text field, press + <emphasis>Shift+Enter</emphasis>.</para> </sect2> </sect1> @@ -496,7 +522,7 @@ as Mac OS X, that old chipset is no longer well supported. As a result, VirtualBox 4.0 introduced an emulation of the more modern ICH9 chipset, which supports PCI express, three PCI - buses, PCI-to-PCI bridges and Message Signalled Interrupts + buses, PCI-to-PCI bridges and Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI). This allows modern operating systems to address more PCI devices and no longer requires IRQ sharing. Note that the ICH9 support is experimental and not recommended for guest operating @@ -505,6 +531,31 @@ </glossentry> <glossentry> + <glossterm>Pointing Device</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + <para>The default virtual pointing devices for older guests is the + traditional PS/2 mouse. If set to <emphasis>USB tablet</emphasis>, + VirtualBox reports to the virtual machine that a USB tablet + device is present and communicates mouse events to + the virtual machine through this device. The third setting is + a <emphasis>USB Multi-Touch Tablet</emphasis> which is suited + for recent Windows guests.</para> + + <para>Using the virtual USB tablet has the advantage that + movements are reported in absolute coordinates (instead of as + relative position changes), which allows VirtualBox to translate + mouse events over the VM window into tablet events without + having to "capture" the mouse in the guest as described in <xref + linkend="keyb_mouse_normal" />. This makes using the VM less + tedious even if Guest Additions are not installed.<footnote> + <para>The virtual USB tablet was added with VirtualBox 3.2. + Depending on the guest operating system selected, this is + now enabled by default for new virtual machines.</para> + </footnote></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + <glossentry> <glossterm>Enable I/O APIC</glossterm> <glossdef> @@ -558,29 +609,6 @@ </glossdef> </glossentry> - <glossentry> - <glossterm>Enable absolute pointing device</glossterm> - - <glossdef> - <para>If enabled, VirtualBox reports to the virtual machine that - a USB tablet device is present and communicates mouse events to - the virtual machine through this device. If disabled, mouse - events are communicated through a traditional PS/2 virtual mouse - device.</para> - - <para>Using the virtual USB tablet has the advantage that - movements are reported in absolute coordinates (instead of as - relative position changes), which allows VirtualBox to translate - mouse events over the VM window into tablet events without - having to "capture" the mouse in the guest as described in <xref - linkend="keyb_mouse_normal" />. This makes using the VM less - tedious even if Guest Additions are not installed.<footnote> - <para>The virtual USB tablet was added with VirtualBox 3.2. - Depending on the guest operating system selected, this is - now enabled by default for new virtual machines.</para> - </footnote></para> - </glossdef> - </glossentry> </glosslist></para> <para>In addition, you can turn off the <emphasis role="bold">Advanced @@ -610,13 +638,14 @@ virtual machine.</para> <para>You should not, however, configure virtual machines to use more - CPU cores than you have available physically.</para> + CPU cores than you have available physically (real cores, no hyperthreads).</para> - <para>On this tab you can also set the CPU execution cap. This setting + <para>On this tab you can also set the <emphasis role="bold">"CPU execution + cap"</emphasis>. This setting limits the amount of time a host CPU spents to emulate a virtual CPU. The default setting is 100% meaning that there is no limitation. A setting of 50% implies a single virtual CPU can use up to 50% of a single host - CPU. Notet that limiting the execution time of the virtual CPUs may induce + CPU. Note that limiting the execution time of the virtual CPUs may induce guest timing problems.</para> <para>In addition, the <emphasis role="bold">"Enable PAE/NX"</emphasis> @@ -761,6 +790,16 @@ <xref linkend="vrde" />.</para> </glossdef> </glossentry> + + <glossentry> + <glossterm>Video Capture</glossterm> + + <glossdef> + <para>Under the "Video Capture" tab you can enable video capturing + for this VM. Note that this feature can also be enabled/disabled + while the VM is executed.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> </glosslist> </sect1> @@ -946,7 +985,7 @@ <para>On a Linux host, depending on your host configuration, you can also select between the OSS, ALSA or the PulseAudio subsystem. On newer Linux - distributions (Fedora 8 and above, Ubuntu 8.04 and above) the PulseAudio + distributions (Fedora 8 and above, Ubuntu 8.04 and above), the PulseAudio subsystem should be preferred.</para> </sect1> @@ -1331,8 +1370,8 @@ <para>To control GOP, use the following <computeroutput>VBoxManage</computeroutput> command: <screen>VBoxManage setextradata "VM name" VBoxInternal2/EfiGopMode N</screen> - Where N can be one of 0,1,2,3,4 referring to the 640x480, 800x600, - 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1440x900 screen resolution respectively.</para> + Where N can be one of 0,1,2,3,4,5 referring to the 640x480, 800x600, + 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1920x1200 screen resolution respectively.</para> <para>To change the UGA resolution: <screen>VBoxManage setextradata "VM name" VBoxInternal2/UgaHorizontalResolution 1440 VBoxManage setextradata "VM name" VBoxInternal2/UgaVerticalResolution 900</screen></para> |