What's New/What's Fixed in Beta4 (comments)

Apr 18, 2006, 03:26 PM #1
STim Parallels Team Join: Mar 2006 Posts: 831	What's New/What's Fixed in Beta4 (comments) * Introduced full screen mode No comments here - just check. There's a known issue about that - native resolutions are not yet supported. Please be sure - we'll fix it in GA or even sooner :) * Introduced dual-monitor support You can now export the VM to second monitor and let it go fullscreen. Best experience is obtained when Parallels Tools are installed ;) * Improved real CD/DVD support Maybe not improved, but just seriously reworked. We really do expect it to work almost fine. The only known issue left is: - "Eject" button on the keyboard doesn't work when real CD/DVD device is connected to the VM. To eject the real CD/DVD, just disconnect it from the VM by right-clicking the CD icon in the bottom-left corner of the VM and selecting the appropriate control. After ~5 seconds the "Eject" button should work. * Improved, easier to use interface We polished it and removed some nasty bugs... * Better sound support, including a fix for Windows 2000 guest OS It should work with Windows 2000 guest now. As well, we removed nasty delays in sound and "repeating sound" problem. As a known issue - sound recording is not yet supported. * Networking kernel panics resolved Beta3 didn't solve all the kernel panics. Many of you were reporting that using PW with, say iTunes, can cause a kernel panic. This was fixed. Again, we expect no more kernel panics in beta4... * Bridged networking issues fixed * WiFi networking issues fixed We're expecting the problems with bridged Airport/Wireless issues like "it doesn't work sometimes" to go * Fixed some of the issues encountered when entering "Sleep" mode when a VM is running MBP sleep problems mostly. VM shouldn't freese after wake up. And, MacOS shouldn't go to reboot after wake up as well. * Many other minor bug fixes We do understand that the known issue list is not complete and we encourage you to keep the known issues coming. But.. There had been quite a few of problems that can be rated as a "known issue", just because they lack necessary info that helps us reproduce the problem here. As a reference here is what makes your problem a known issue: - Posting a platform where it happened (MacMini/iMac/MBP Solo/Duo) - Posting a version of MacOS X installed (10.4.4, 10.4.5 or 10.4.6) - Posting a guest OS information (like Windows XP Pro SP2 with all latest security updates) - Posting an info about what you were doing when the problem arised (I was just downloading a file from iTunes, guest WinXP was downloading latest security updates when the kernel panic arised). This info helps us very much to get to the core of the problem, fix it and test to make sure it's really fixed.

Apr 18, 2006, 03:26 PM

STim
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What's New/What's Fixed in Beta4 (comments)

* Introduced full screen mode
No comments here - just check. There's a known issue about that - native resolutions are not yet supported. Please be sure - we'll fix it in GA or even sooner :)

* Introduced dual-monitor support
You can now export the VM to second monitor and let it go fullscreen. Best experience is obtained when Parallels Tools are installed ;)

* Improved real CD/DVD support
Maybe not improved, but just seriously reworked. We really do expect it to work almost fine. The only known issue left is:
- "Eject" button on the keyboard doesn't work when real CD/DVD device is connected to the VM. To eject the real CD/DVD, just disconnect it from the VM by right-clicking the CD icon in the bottom-left corner of the VM and selecting the appropriate control. After ~5 seconds the "Eject" button should work.

* Improved, easier to use interface
We polished it and removed some nasty bugs...

* Better sound support, including a fix for Windows 2000 guest OS
It should work with Windows 2000 guest now. As well, we removed nasty delays in sound and "repeating sound" problem. As a known issue - sound recording is not yet supported.

* Networking kernel panics resolved
Beta3 didn't solve all the kernel panics. Many of you were reporting that using PW with, say iTunes, can cause a kernel panic. This was fixed. Again, we expect no more kernel panics in beta4...

* Bridged networking issues fixed
* WiFi networking issues fixed
We're expecting the problems with bridged Airport/Wireless issues like "it doesn't work sometimes" to go

* Fixed some of the issues encountered when entering "Sleep" mode when a VM is running
MBP sleep problems mostly. VM shouldn't freese after wake up. And, MacOS shouldn't go to reboot after wake up as well.

* Many other minor bug fixes

We do understand that the known issue list is not complete and we encourage you to keep the known issues coming.
But.. There had been quite a few of problems that can be rated as a "known issue", just because they lack necessary info that helps us reproduce the problem here. As a reference here is what makes your problem a known issue:
- Posting a platform where it happened (MacMini/iMac/MBP Solo/Duo)
- Posting a version of MacOS X installed (10.4.4, 10.4.5 or 10.4.6)
- Posting a guest OS information (like Windows XP Pro SP2 with all latest security updates)
- Posting an info about what you were doing when the problem arised (I was just downloading a file from iTunes, guest WinXP was downloading latest security updates when the kernel panic arised).

This info helps us very much to get to the core of the problem, fix it and test to make sure it's really fixed.

Apr 18, 2006, 04:02 PM #2
mithras Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 15	congratulations, guys. Very impressive work. I hope you let the coders out of their cages for brief walks periodically!

Apr 18, 2006, 04:16 PM #3
Ynot Parallels Team Join: Mar 2006 Posts: 385	Thank god, they took away guys with whips...

Apr 18, 2006, 04:42 PM

tacit_one
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Quote:

Originally Posted by Ynot

Thank god, they took away guys with whips...

Hey, Ynot, they will be back ;)

Apr 18, 2006, 04:42 PM #5
dscottbuch Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 10	While all the new stuff is great the keyboard problem in linux is stil there (unless I missed a work around somewhere) my \\| keys still map to <> making piping impossible and basically work almost impossible in either Fedora Core 5 or Debian. Will this be fixed? Is there a work around/setting I've missed? Thanks,

Apr 18, 2006, 04:49 PM

tacit_one
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Quote:

Originally Posted by dscottbuch

While all the new stuff is great the keyboard problem in linux is stil there (unless I missed a work around somewhere) my \| keys still map to <> making piping impossible and basically work almost impossible in either Fedora Core 5 or Debian.

Will this be fixed? Is there a work around/setting I've missed?

Thanks,

dscottbuch,

these keys should be configured inside your guest system (X, etc.) - Parallels does not know anything about '<' or '>' symbols, it just passes pressed keys to the guest. Just like your keyboard being connected to the real system. As far as i remember, workarounds were already discussed here - anyway, we will try to make it work as easy as possible.

thanks for your support !

Apr 18, 2006, 05:34 PM

erik
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Quote:

Originally Posted by tacit_one

I don't mind fiddling around a bit with keymaps to get things working the way I like it. Being a swedish user with a swedish keyboard (this is also true for a number of non-english keyboard layouts) i do would like to see a working AltGr key. Therefore I propose one the following (configurable) features to be implemented:

* Using the Command (Apple) key as AltGr like the way it's done in Apple X11, disabeling the key for host OS keyboard shortcuts while Parallels has focus.

and for those who have a Apple Pro keyboard and not a MacBook

* Distinguishing between right and left Alt (or Command) key mapping the right one to AltGr.

Apr 18, 2006, 06:57 PM

dscottbuch
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Quote:

Originally Posted by tacit_one

I don't think this is the case. The \ and | key are standard on every keyboard mapping I can find. The image of the keyboard mappings is the same as my physical layout. The results of typing are the same whether using as external keyboard or my Macbook. They are not really different than the a b c etc. I've also found this 'bug' reported many other places on these forums and noted that keymapping were 'fixed' in Beta 3. It doesn't make sense that these would NOT be processed correctly in the Guest OS as they are critical keys for using the os. This needs to have a solution for the linux systems to be usable. Again, maybe I've missed an already posted solution but I still have to think there is something in the interface from Parallels to the OS that is causing this.

I've paid my $39 and think this is a great product but I need to use with the linuxes (i) as well as Windows.

Apr 19, 2006, 10:18 AM

brettw
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Originally Posted by tacit_one

how lame ... if thats the case then why does the mac keyboard pass the correct codes with all other apps and even when the REAL machine is booted under different OSs (e.g. Solaris and Linux) ?? the workarounds presented are only applicable under a fully booted kernel and only under X on a system that assumes a sane representation in the VM of the key codes. perhaps you should reproduce the issue and try to understand it ....

at least this beta gives me hope VMware will soon have a port to OS X ....... I have a few hundred users clamoring for a decent VM solution with solid support behind it ...

Apr 19, 2006, 09:53 PM

#10

marktchurch
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Originally Posted by tacit_one

What about those of us who have no use for X? I want to run server VMs for testing purposes. Oracle and Java application servers take up enough memory with running an XServer and desktop environment just to get my '|' key to work.

Apr 18, 2006, 05:07 PM

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Kelc
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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Surgent

* Fixed some of the issues encountered when entering "Sleep" mode when a VM is running MBP sleep problems mostly. VM shouldn't freese after wake up. And, MacOS shouldn't go to reboot after wake up as well.

I am still finding the VM (Win XP Pro SP2, fully patched) frozen when I leave it running too long on my MacBook Pro (10.4.6). I suspect the MBP is sleeping during that time.

This does not happen every time the MBP sleeps.

Haven't seen a reboot on wake since Beta 2.

Apr 18, 2006, 05:31 PM #12
STim Parallels Team Join: Mar 2006 Posts: 831	Kelc, Does it freese "forever"? Does it revoke after some period of time?

Apr 18, 2006, 07:32 PM

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Kelc
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Originally Posted by Tim Surgent

Kelc,

Does it freese "forever"? Does it revoke after some period of time?

I have left it frozen for many minutes and it does not recover. Parallels itself is still responsive until I try to stop the frozen VM session, then Parallels becomes unresponsive as well.

Apr 20, 2006, 12:17 AM

#14

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kelc

I have left it frozen for many minutes and it does not recover. Parallels itself is still responsive until I try to stop the frozen VM session, then Parallels becomes unresponsive as well.

I'm experiencing the same issue. VM freezes when my MacBook Pro goes to sleep and then Parallels becomes unresponsive when I try to stop the frozen VM session.

Apr 22, 2006, 10:27 AM

#15

loge
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Quote:

Originally Posted by mejacobs

I'm experiencing the same issue. VM freezes when my MacBook Pro goes to sleep and then Parallels becomes unresponsive when I try to stop the frozen VM session.

Same for me, i am encountering this issue every day so its definitely reproducable. At the end i have to kill Parallels the ugly way. And its allways frighthening if there is anything lost inside the VM of the done work. So this should be really fixed.

Also i stil ldont know how to type in an @ in the germany layout. This is definitely ugly. There are definitely even more chars i dont know how to type in but the @ is the most serious one of course.

I also cant play Railroad Tycoon 3 for instance because when inserting the "playing" disc, the CD runs forever and nothing happens. The CD device itself is also a pain because i cant reject CD with the Mac reject key even if i am in an Mac application.

Right now i am definitely not convinced and will not pay upfront. I know this can be done much better, so i will wait until the final and if they dont fix the locale issue, to take one, i will use the other alternative with the "VM" in the name, which will be released also in some weeks i suspect.

Marc

Apr 21, 2006, 06:50 PM

#16

bericd
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Beachballing on screen-saver

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Surgent

Kelc,

Does it freese "forever"? Does it revoke after some period of time?

I have had similar happen on a few occasions.

I'll be running XP in parallels (exact program doesn't seem to matter), I'll move to another OS X window, work there for a while (maybe go to standby, sometimes not), and go back to the XP window. It will be in screen saver (but not moving) and any attempts to control the window end up beach-balling. I suspect this is the power saving or something in XP.

The beach-balling keeps going for up to an hour. I've never left if for longer.

If it were not for this I'd have already purchased the product.

B.

Apr 18, 2006, 06:57 PM #17
divsorbit Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 6	VPN issues continue Guys, Great work. Thanks. However, I am still having issues with the VPN connection. Any inputs? thanks, Div

Apr 18, 2006, 11:49 PM

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CraigF
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Quote:

Originally Posted by divsorbit

Guys,
Great work. Thanks. However, I am still having issues with the VPN connection. Any inputs?
thanks,
Div

What VPN client are you using? What type of connection?

I'm using the built-in XP VPN client to connect to a PPTP vpn server with no problem.

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2.0Ghz MacBook Pro running Parallels 2.1Beta4 (WinXP Pro guest).

Apr 19, 2006, 12:22 AM #19
Paul Linden Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 74	Ok, I know it's not really a high priority, but Civ III still won't play. Civ III requires the CD in the drive to play it. The CD is recognised when I put it in, the drive icon changes and the autorun starts. When I click on the "Play Civilization" the CD drive spins a few times and I get a messsage saying the CD couldn't be found, even though it was recognised initially. I no longer have a "real" PC to check if the CD is ok, but I was able to install from it. I have this and a few other old PC games that I wanted to play (like I said before, I can't think of anything else I need XP for). Until Civ III goes universal I thought I would be able to play in a VM. No biggie in this particular case ... but is it a symptom of a larger problem? Any idea if Alcohol 52% or 102% will be functional in the final version?

Apr 19, 2006, 12:22 AM

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Paul Linden
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Ok, I know it's not really a high priority, but Civ III still won't play.

Civ III requires the CD in the drive to play it. The CD is recognised when I put it in, the drive icon changes and the autorun starts. When I click on the "Play Civilization" the CD drive spins a few times and I get a messsage saying the CD couldn't be found, even though it was recognised initially.

I no longer have a "real" PC to check if the CD is ok, but I was able to install from it.

I have this and a few other old PC games that I wanted to play (like I said before, I can't think of anything else I need XP for). Until Civ III goes universal I thought I would be able to play in a VM.

No biggie in this particular case ... but is it a symptom of a larger problem?

Any idea if Alcohol 52% or 102% will be functional in the final version?

Apr 19, 2006, 12:23 AM #20
dzins Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 31	Great work, my en0 kernel panic is gone. In windows I use the windows VPN client and Cisco 4.6 with no problems. The only big issue I still have is that Control-Click performs a Right-Click, I have some applications that require me to be able to Control-Click. I have enabled RDP on the Windows guest and getting in with the RDP Client is interesting. Everything works, sound (don't really care about sound in windows), full-screen at full resolution, Control-Click ... but it's too cludgy and slow.

Apr 19, 2006, 12:23 AM

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dzins
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Great work, my en0 kernel panic is gone.

In windows I use the windows VPN client and Cisco 4.6 with no problems.

The only big issue I still have is that Control-Click performs a Right-Click, I have some applications that require me to be able to Control-Click.

I have enabled RDP on the Windows guest and getting in with the RDP Client is interesting. Everything works, sound (don't really care about sound in windows), full-screen at full resolution, Control-Click ... but it's too cludgy and slow.

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