What's New/What's Fixed in Beta4 (comments)
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Apr 18, 2006, 03:26 PM
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 STim Parallels Team Join: Mar 2006 Posts: 800 |
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. |
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Apr 18, 2006, 04:42 PM
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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, |
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Apr 18, 2006, 04:49 PM
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tacit_one Parallels Team Join: Mar 2006 Posts: 433 |
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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 ! |
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Apr 18, 2006, 05:07 PM
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Kelc Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 9 |
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This does not happen every time the MBP sleeps. Haven't seen a reboot on wake since Beta 2. |
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Apr 18, 2006, 05:34 PM
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erik Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 3 |
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* 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. |
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Apr 18, 2006, 06:09 PM
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cajetanus Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 18 |
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You guys have saved my sanity - I can now live in peace with my Mac and still make my boss happy with the one program that doesn't exist for the Mac. So if the whips don't work, I have my $50 ready when full screen works as it should :) |
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Apr 18, 2006, 06:57 PM
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dscottbuch Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 10 |
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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. |
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Apr 18, 2006, 07:32 PM
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Kelc Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 9 |
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Apr 18, 2006, 07:37 PM
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dscottbuch Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 10 |
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Apr 18, 2006, 11:49 PM
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CraigF Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 17 |
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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. __________________ 2.0Ghz MacBook Pro running Parallels 2.1Beta4 (WinXP Pro guest). |
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Apr 19, 2006, 12:22 AM
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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? |
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Apr 19, 2006, 12:23 AM
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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. |
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Apr 19, 2006, 12:25 AM
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Paul Linden Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 74 |
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xmodmap -e "keycode 94 = backslash bar" This doesn't fix mkpro7's problem though, where he needs \ on the login page. |
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