BeOS Release 4.5.2


R4.5.2
Build of BeOS
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Architecturex86, PPC
Compiled1999-08-24
Works in
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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:
  1. images with errors will still draw
  2. better MIME sniffing of JPEG images
  3. page loading status is correct on single images
  4. 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

Gallery[edit | edit source]