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Userful Multiplier ChangeLog

v317 (March 03 2008)

• Support Fedora 8
• Better USB hotplugging support
• Prevent X crashing with invalid X configuration
• Upgraded X config generating procedure
• Support KDM config-version 2.3
• PulseAudio support for Multistation Sound

v3.0-16 (November 7 2007)

• Support more Linux distributions
  • Fedora 7, openSUSE 10.2, SLED10 SP1, Mandriva 2008, Ubuntu 7.10
• Available from Ubuntu Multiverse
  • Can be installed using "Add/Remove" Ubuntu tool
  • http://support.userful.com/wiki/index.php/How_To/Desktop_Multiplier_on_Ubuntu
• Enhanced licensing module
• Increased maximum number of X input devices
• Upgraded INSTALL/UNINSTALL program
  • Better User Interface and automatic version checking

v3.0-12 (July 5 2007)

• Added Userful Command Tool
  • The Userful Command Tool is the central user interface for all Desktop Multiplier related commands.
• Better support for NVIDIA and Matrox graphics cards
  • A monitor doesn't need to be connected to every configured NVIDIA head any more.
  • Added an install command for the Matrox driver.
• Added static configuration support for input devices
  • The configuration of input devices can be set to static (no automatic changes) after all assignments have been finalized.
• More information displayed during trial nagging message
  • Information about toggling between Multi X and Single X.
• Added Blacklist and Whitelist for video cards
  • Any devices in the Blacklist won't be used with Desktop Multiplier.
  • Only devices listed in the Whitelist will be used with Desktop Multiplier.
  • Blacklist and Whitelist can be manipulated through the Userful Command Tool.
• Added a Userful Command to enable/disable Ctrl-Alt-Break functionality
  • userful ctrlaltbreak <-disable|-enable>
• Support for more Linux distributions
  • Educational Linux support added.
• Better audio support with Pulseaudio

v3.0-8 (April 23 2007)

• Upgraded graphic drivers to support more graphics cards.
• Support more Linux distributions
  • Ubuntu 7.04, Kubuntu 6.10 and 7.04, Mepis 6.05, Pioneer Linux

v3.0-3 (February 25 2007)

• Supported new Multi-X server based on X11R7.1
• Upgraded touchscreen driver to evtouch 0.8.1 and virtualize it.
• Added blacklist handling module and config file for input devices
  • Any input devices listed on blacklist will be ignored.
• Upgraded device config daemons (kbd-daemon, mse-daemon and USBConfigDaemon)

2007-04-23 (v3.0-8)

• Upgraded graphic drivers to support more graphics cards.
• Support more Linux distributions
  • Ubuntu 7.04, Kubuntu 6.10 and 7.04, Mepis 6.05, Pioneer Linux

2007-02-26 (v3.0-3)

• Support new Multi-X server based on X11R7.1
• Upgrade touchscreen driver to evtouch 0.8.1
• Add blacklist handling module and config file for input devices
• Upgrade device config daemons

2006-12-15 (v2.2-7)

• Support more Linux distributions
  • Fedora Core 6, Ubuntu 6.10, Edubuntu 6.10, Dreamlinux 0.5-pre5
• Audio device support on FC6, Ubuntu 6.06/610 with extra package
  • separate audio support package required
• Improved USB-PS/2 adapter support
• Multilingual keyboard layout support on debian based distros
• Run authentication dialog for userful-control-panel.
• Better hotplug support

2006-10-04 (v2.2-6)

• openSUSE 10.1 support
• Enhanced debug reporting module
• Use "BIOS" for the value of "DisplayPriority" option in radeon driver
• Audio device support with extra package on FC4, SLED 10 and openSUSE 10.1 - separate audio support package required
• USB storage device support with extra package on SLED 10 and openSUSE 10.1 - separate storage support package required

2006-08-31 (v2.2-5)

• Support for Xandros 4.0
• Support for Freespire 1.0.4

2006-06-21 (v2.2-3)

• Support for Ubuntu 6.06
• Improved multi-station configuration tool

2006-05-18 (v2.2-3.beta 4)

• Support for Ubuntu 6.06

2006-05-05 (v2.2-2)

• Support for Ubuntu 5.10

2006-04-28 (v2.2-1)

• Added menu button and command to submit debug information

2006-04-24 (v2.2-0)

• Novell Linux Desktop 10 (SLED 10) support
• Added Udev rules for hotplug support

2006-04-11 (v2.1-5)

• Improved mouse cursor support
• Updated unlicensed registration reminder screen

2006-03-22 (v2.1-3)

• Upgrade Hotplug Agent for touch screen
• Better touch screen support

2006-03-10 (v2.1-0)

• Added touch screen support for MicroTouch 3M USB TouchScreen and Elo TouchSystems USB TouchScreen
• Keyboard LEDs now reset after keyboard assignment
• Added version number display to the system configuration tool

2006-02-07 (v2.0.3-6)

• Improve user interface of Userful Control Panel

2006-02-02 (v2.0.3-4)

• Enhanced mouse event support
• DualView support for Matrox graphic cards
• Upgrade startup procedure for multiple Savage cards

2006-01-09 (v2.0.3-1)

• Enhanced keyboard support
• Enhanced support for mouse events
• bug fix for specific hotplug events that caused 99% CPU usage

2005-12-15 (v2.0.2-4)

• Add virtualized TCP connection features
• Add Userful dialog and menu icons for license management

2005-11-25 (v2.0-1)

• Add LED indicator for unassigned keyboards
• Enable Ctrl-Alt-Break to reinitialize keyboard assignment
• Update GUI for system configuration
• Improved start-up procedure
• Enable internal speaker

2005-09-29 (v1.6.3-5)

• Support PCI Express cards: Radeon X300, nVidia GeForce 6600 GT
• Enable Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to reset a station
• Support DualView with nVidia graphic cards

2005-09-17 (v1.6.3-4)

• Support Debian 3.1 (Sarge)
• Small update for mga driver and KDM support.

2005-09-02 (v1.6.3-3)

• Upgrade license key processing module

2005-08-08 (v1.6.3-2)

• Support DualView
• Upgrade hotplug agent for USB input devices

2005-07-26 (v1.6.2-3)

• Upgraded input device assignment module
• Added support bar code scanners as input devices
• Added support magnetic card stripe readers as input devices
• Added support for unknown VGA cards by using a VESA driver
• Bug fix for UK and Turkey keyboard settings
• Expanded support for video cards based on the following chipsets: ATI Rage/Mach 64, SiS 5597/5598, SiS 300/305/315/330/340/550/630/660/730

2005-07-15 (v1.6.2-2)

• Added support for using a different standard resolution (640x480 up to 1280x1024) for each display

2005-07-02 (v1.6.2-1)

• Upgraded X config module to fix a display problem with Radeon 7000/VE video cards
• Updated trial message by making it more descriptive
• Added more error log information to 1box-server.log
• Updated README
• Small update in the startup procedure

2005-06-02 (v1.6.1-1)

• Added support for SimplyMEMPIS 3.3.1

2005-05-11 (v1.6-1.7)

• Upgraded daemons for keyboard/mouse assignment

2005-05-10 (v1.6-1.6)

• Bug fix for GDM greeter image of Novell Linux Desktop
• Minor bug fix for keyboard assignment and hotplug agents
• Runtime validation of license key - don't need to restart system to enable registered mode

2005-04-25 (v1.6-1.5)

• Bug fix for KDM support in Mandrake 10.1
• New GUI image for keyboard/mouse assignment

2005-04-13 (v1.6-1.4)

• Support for Linspire Linux 5
• Support for laptop computers

2005-04-07 (v1.6-1.3)

• Support for Ubuntu 5.04 "hoary"

2005-04-05 (v1.6-1.2)

• Support for Xandros v3, Redhat

Enterprise Linux ws 4 (CentOS 4)

2005-03-21 (v1.6-1.1)

• Add success image for keyboards/mice configuration

2005-03-11 (v1.5-7.24)

• Update pcitable for new graphic cards
• Multi-lingual keyboard fix

2005-03-09 (v1.5-7.23)

• Minor bug fix for hotplug usb.agent : 1Box-utils-k26-1.5-7.23.i386.rpm