formatting tick labels in grouped violin, box plots

Question

I am struggling to get legible tick labels in a holoviews violin or box plot. Below are what I've tried, with comments describing how each fails to get the job done. I don't understand how to use the documented xtick and/or xformatter options for viollin and box

import hvplot
import hvplot.xarray
import xarray as xr
import numpy as np
from bokeh.models import BasicTickFormatter

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # make a dummy xarray dataset with two dimensions
    dim1_size = 10000
    dim2_size = 50
    xds = xr.Dataset(
        {"values": (("dim1", "dim2"), np.random.random((dim1_size, dim2_size)))},
        coords={"dim1": np.arange(dim1_size), "dim2": np.arange(dim2_size)},
    )

    # this works, but the horizontal axis labels overrun and are illegible
    p = xds.hvplot.violin("values", by="dim2")
    hvplot.show(p)

    # --------------------------------------------------
    # for each of the following, a server starts and no plot appears at all

    # p = xds.hvplot.violin("values", by="dim2", xticks=[0, 25, 50])
    # hvplot.show(p)

    # p = xds.hvplot.violin("values", by="dim2").opts(xticks=[1, 25, 50])
    # hvplot.show(p)

    # formatter = BasicTickFormatter()
    # p = xds.hvplot.violin("values", by="dim2").opts(xformatter=formatter)
    # hvplot.show(p)