Questions tagged [wslg]
WSLg is a feature of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) that enables Linux GUI apps to run on the Windows desktop.
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Cannot share wslg stuff in skype
When in a skype conversation, I have a wslg window open (with emacs running there) and want to share it. When I invoke screen sharing I am presented with a choice of buttons corresponding to sharing ...
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google-chrome when ran from Ubuntu / WSL gives weird visual glitches [duplicate]
I'm working on a fresh install of Windows (Windows 11; 22H2 OS Build 22621.2715). I enabled WSL, installed Ubuntu 22.04.3 from the Microsoft App store and then did the following in Ubuntu:
get https://...
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Refresh problems with X11 software with WSL2
I've been running ubuntu 22.04 LTS on wsl2 on Windows 11 pro for a couple of months. I was able to successfully run gnuplot, gimp and xmgrace but, all of a sudden, I got refresh problems when I click ...
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Low GUI performance of some apps running in WSL
I have very low GUI performance of certain apps running in WSL (specifically Google Chrome and IntelliJ IDEA). It feels like there's no hardware acceleration. GUI windows are very unresponsive (key ...
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Disappearing windows - now in wslg
This is a followup to old questions
WSL2 X11 programs "disappear" and
Is there a way to re-attach an X Window if my X Server is in Windows?
These are from the pre-wslg era, but now I have ...
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WSL2/WSLg: PulseAudio: Unable to Connect: Conection Refused
I broke my sound somehow. Whenever I try to play any sound (e.g. using sox), I get:
ALSA lib pulse.c:242:(pulse_connect) PulseAudio: Unable to connect: Connection refused
play FAIL sox: Sorry, there ...
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BSOD when enabling Virtual Machine Platform in combination with vt-d
I did a new install of windows 11 on my laptop. Everything was fine until I ran "wsl --install"
Got the BSOD with INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. After I disable VT for Direct I/O in BIOS my ...
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Start menu shortcut on Windows for WSL2 GUI app not working
I am not able to get a custom start menu shortcut to a WSL2 GUI app working inside Windows 11. The app in question is Android Studio which is installed with snap using https://github.com/arkane-...
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WSLg: how to run GUI WSL app as root?
I'm getting started with WSLg, and I can run apps like nautilus OK, but I can't run them as root.
If I run it with the Windows "Run as administrator" option, then the app just seems to run ...
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Garbled texts on WSL GUI application
Non-English characters are garbled on the WSL GUI application.
For example, I created a text file that contains foreign characters like this:
$ touch yoi.txt
$ echo "English한국어日本語" > yoi....
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GUI apps not working in WSL2 for Windows 11
When launching an app with GUI I have no error message but no window shows up.
My display variable is set to 192.168.128.1:0 (don't know if it helps).
Running on a AMD laptop with a Ryzen 5 2500U.
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wsl throws error when a GUI app is launched
I'm currently in windows 11 (22000.258) i tried running google chrome in wsl (debian distro) it throws me this error "[124:124:1015/185302.103087:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(1400)] Unable to open ...
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New feature WSL 2 GUI apps is not woking properly :(
Microsoft has released a new feature for WSL that runs Linux GUI applications on Windows
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/gui-apps
I followed the steps but I'm not working ...
