[OpenIndiana-discuss] OI 2017/10 lightdm under VBox 5.1.28

[Harry Putnam]

Christian Meier <meierch75 at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi
>> I do a pkg update yesterday on my PC (OI native install). After reboot all is OK.
>>
>> I do the same on a VirtualBox (5.1.28) hosted under Windows Seven.
>>
>> After reboot lightdm won't start
>>
>> Both were 2017/04 OI with update about every month
>
> you need to switch to vesa
>
> see Release Notes:
>
> Xorg was updated to 1.19.5 (Note, that if you run OI as VirtualBox
> guest, you should switch to vesa driver, as latest VirtualBox guest
> additions (currently 5.1.30 or 5.2.0) don't provide Solaris xorg drivers
> for Xorg 1.19)
>

Sorry about dumbo question, but can you mention briefly how this
switching is done?