Package: virtualbox-guest-x11
Version: 5.1.12-dfsg-2
Severity: wishlist
I wanted to test some things in stretch so I downloaded the 2017-01-12
daily build of the installer ISO, setup a VirtualBox guest and ran the
installer in that. The host is running jessie.
It worked immediately for text mode, but after doing
apt-get install gnome
the VM screen was flashing and no graphical login appeared.
Installing xserver-xorg-legacy allowed me to log in at 1024x768
resolution but this was not ideal.
I then proceeded to remove xserver-xorg-legacy and install the following
apt-get install dkms linux-headers-amd64 virtualbox-guest-dkms
virtualbox-guest-utils virtualbox-guest-x11
I had to manually download the virtualbox-guest-* packages from sid,
everything else installed fine from stretch.
After installing all of that and rebooting, I had X / GNOME working.
Could you please clarify if this is the right procedure for running
stretch as a VirtualBox guest and add the steps to the wiki?
