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I've managed to successfully install Kali with WSL2 on a Windows 11 home machine. I've also managed to install (and reinstall) kali-win-kex. kex --win -s works as expected, but when I run

$ kex --sl -s

Two things happen: A Kali panel appears at the top of my Windows desktop as expected, but then a Kali (gnome) desktop immediately launches afterward and covers the Windows desktop.

The output (within Kali) from the command to run Kex in seamless is:

Starting Win-KeX server (SL)
        Unable to find Win-KeX server (SL) running on host: 172.24.0.1  Win-KeX server (SL) stopped
        Win-KeX server (SL) is stopped
Starting Win-KeX client (SL)
        Unable to find Win-KeX server (SL) running on host: 172.24.0.1  Enabling Win-KeX client (SL)

        xfDesktop started after 3 seconds
        Enabling transparency now


        Saving Win-KeX server (SL) session
        Started Win-KeX server (SL)

How can I configure Kex or Kali to work correctly in seamless?

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I also had same issue but I have found this on GitLab, in that there is a post from Chrysta Hall saying that,

"I also encountered this issue and found a more elegant fix that worked for me, posting in case it helps anyone:

  • 1. In Settings -> Session and Startup -> Current Session
  • 2. Change the "Restart Style" for the xfdesktop entry to "Never"
  • 3. Restart Win-KeX"

which fixed the issue on my end.

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