BeOS Release 4.5.2
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Architecture | x86, PPC |
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Compiled | 1999-08-24 |
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BeOS Release 4.5.2 is an update to BeOS Release 4.5.
Bug fixes[edit | edit source]
- Fixed WAV file writing from 3dsound
- Fixed AIFF file writing so the files work on other OSes
- Fixed the MS-ADPCM encoder on PowerPC
- Fixed the DV encoder so it no longer crashes when passed a bad format
- Fixed the PPP script so it will work with more ISPs
- Fixed the JPEG and PNG interpreters to handle non-32-bit images better
- Fixed a Print Server hang when a driver couldn't be found
- Fixed tar onto floppies
- Fixed a Mail Server crash when receiving strange lines
- Fixed a number of bugs in SoftwareValet
- Fixed a bug in Expander's destination dialog
- Fixed a number of NetPositive bugs:
- images with errors will still draw
- better MIME sniffing of JPEG images
- page loading status is correct on single images
- improved View -> Show HTML command
- Fixed a USB kernel memory corruption problem
- Fixed a kernel bug related to profiling on multi-processor systems
- Fixed
clone_area()
so it works on physical areas - Fixed a watchpoints-setting problem in
bdb
- Fixed an app_server bug with
InverseClipToPicture()
- Fixed fix some BFS problems with heavily multi-threaded I/O to the same file
- Fixed a few bugs with large queries and BFS
- Fixed fix a crash in PoorMan
Improvements[edit | edit source]
- Improved AVI and QuickTime file writing
- Added YCbCr output to the Indeo5 decoder
- Enabled symbolic links longer than 144 characters
- Improved the built-in debugger's symbol-loading speed
New and improved drivers[edit | edit source]
New drivers[edit | edit source]
- EMU APS/10K1 driver
- Adaptec 7890 (Ultra2) support
- 3Com 3c905C
Driver improvements[edit | edit source]
- Fixed the ATI driver to work on more machines
- Fixed the Matrox driver so the frame buffer doesn't cross a 4MB boundary
- Fixed the TNT2 driver to recognize more cards
- Fixed many bugs in the BT-848 driver and media node
- Fixed ess Solo-1 recording on the SiS 5595 chipset
- Fixed a crashing bug in the ess Solo-1 driver
- Fixed the NE-2000 driver to handle bad packets
- Fixed a crash in the 3Com 3c905 driver
- Fixed a crash caused by the DEC Ethernet chipset driver
- Fixed Symbios controllers to recognize drive IDs greater than 7