Build 5626?

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strathglass

Junior Member
I see a build 5626 of Rel. 3.0 but it doesn't seem to be announced.
So I went looking to find release notes for any version and could find none!
Anyone know
#1 - where are the Parallels Desktop for Mac release notes kept on the web?
#2 - ...should we be upgrading to 3.0 build 5626 (I have 5608)?

Thanks,
Strathglass.
 
...and the question is: Why does it NOT work???

I have downloaded and installed it, but the only thing which does work is launching Parallels. As soon as I try to start a Windows XP VM, I get the beachball and that´s about it.

Over the past years, I have been a Parallels supporter, but since the last builds, there are more problems than solutions - which is not really nice.

Please advise how the latest build can be used. Thanks.

kind regards
Tom
 
And even worse: After force-quitting Parallels, my Mac Pro completely crashed. Had to cold boot it again.

The error report shows:

Mon Nov 10 21:08:45 2008
panic(cpu 3 caller 0x001A8CEC): Kernel trap at 0x6dc1d5cb, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x0000000d, CR3: 0x00e6b000, CR4: 0x00002660
EAX: 0x00000001, EBX: 0x14e5db40, ECX: 0x0050d444, EDX: 0x00534da0
CR2: 0x0000000d, EBP: 0x89937ee8, ESI: 0x00000003, EDI: 0x6d648000
EFL: 0x00010202, EIP: 0x6dc1d5cb, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x00530010
Error code: 0x00000000

Backtrace (CPU 3), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x89937ce8 : 0x12b0fa (0x459234 0x89937d1c 0x133243 0x0)
0x89937d38 : 0x1a8cec (0x4627a0 0x6dc1d5cb 0xe 0x461f50)
0x89937e18 : 0x19eed5 (0x89937e30 0x664ea000 0x89937ee8 0x6dc1d5cb)
0x89937e28 : 0x6dc1d5cb (0xe 0x6dc20048 0x89930010 0x190010)
0x89937ee8 : 0x6dc21cc5 (0x14e5db40 0x206 0x89937f18 0x6dc1ce27)
0x89937f18 : 0x6dc1e828 (0xe2cb884 0x6dc2603c 0x6dc26058 0x2c)
0x89937f48 : 0x6dc1c57f (0xe2cb884 0x6dc25690 0x6dc25670 0x28f)
0x89937f78 : 0x6dc1c6f2 (0x11000000 0x0 0x0 0x86febf0)
0x89937fc8 : 0x19eccc (0x0 0x0 0x1a20b5 0x9ca9048)
Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.parallels.kext.vmmain(3.0)@0x6dc1b000->0x6dc2afff

BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task

Mac OS version:
9F33

Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 9.5.0: Wed Sep 3 11:29:43 PDT 2008; root:xnu-1228.7.58~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacPro1,1 (Mac-F4208DC8)
 
Well Tom, after your experience I certainly won't rush out and install this new version!!!
Anyone care to let us know where the release notes are?
-Strathglass.
 
Hi Strathglas,

after proceeding as described here "http://kb.parallels.com/en/4790" and rebooting my Mac Pro several times, I can now again access the VMs.

So the installer obviously has "corrupted" something here which needed repair. For whatever reason...

Maybe you can give it a try once you are careful? ;)

Cheers
Tom
 
Since my installation of the earlier 5608 build is actually working fine, I think I will avoid the risk and not update at this time!
-Strathglass
 
I have always found with Parallels updates, that unless i rebooted the upgrade would beachball my VM's - like 9 out of 10 times. What I never have understood is why they don't just enforce a reboot as part of the upgrade.
 
So far so good

Just updated to 5626 from 5608 and as far as I can tell, no problems. So far, seamless. Not ready to completely believe it, but like I said above...so far, so good.
 
Can't Mount 3.0 build 5626 DMG

Running OS X 10.5.5, got an update notice when starting Parallels Desktop (current version 5608) - selected option to download the update, 5626, and after the DMG downloaded (110.7 MB), selected the option to install the update but got this message:

Warning

The following disk images failed to mount
Image Reason
Parallels-Desktop-5626-Mac-en-ND.dmg not recognized

While trying to google a solution, I read a suggestion to download the update directly from the Parallels site, but I'm taken to the Parallels 4.0 download site by the 5626 link. If this is a lame-brain ploy to get me to buy the new version, I'll buy VMWare instead. What's the problem? Is 5626 real or a marketing tool?
 
same issue here re:5626

Update fails to mount. Running 5600 on 20' Imac. Current version of Parallels is now working fine after a week of video "jitters" and errors. Not sure I should upgrade. Can't find any alternative download sites as others have seemed to have had success with doing this. Why isn't there a page for 3.0 support and downloads?


Brian
 
Thanks.

But as the previous poster asked, why isn't there a page for version 3 support and downloads? All I can find is the 4.0 upgrade which is cruel since I'm still at 10.4.11
 
@dzurn
PDM4 is supposed to work on Tiger according to the requirements page.
 
no updates visible on webpage - :-(

It is not good to "force" visitors and users to upgrade to a new release (4) by hiding any support for previous versions. This is not the way to keep them away from competitors. It works the other way round: If there is a clearly visible section for older updates people like me would appreciate that. Besides that it is true that updating parallels is a crashy thing...
 
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