Unable to test Wine i686/x86_64 targets on Windows Host under WSL2

[Sewer56]

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Note: This is probably a WSL issue rather than a cross issue; but I am reporting this here for any soul that comes across the same issue with a working workaround (so people can find it when searching for issues). Then crossposting this to WSL issues.

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OS: Win11 build 22621 (also tested on 23475)
WSL (Latest):

WSL version: 1.2.5.0
Kernel version: 5.15.90.1
WSLg version: 1.0.51
MSRDC version: 1.2.3770
Direct3D version: 1.608.2-61064218
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.23475.1000

On Windows, running Rust tests on a WSL based container (e.g. Docker+WSL2) or raw WSL leads to runtime errors; both on x86_64 and i686 targets. Appears to be an issue with test runner itself in this environment; the tested code has no effect on result.

Example:

    Finished test [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in
 26.28s
     Running unittests src/lib.rs (/target/x86_64-pc-win
dows-gnu/debug/deps/reloaded_memory_buffers-13b5df74e878
54aa.exe)
0044:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Application tried t
o create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
0044:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Make sure that your
 X server is running and that $DISPLAY is set correctly.
0044:err:systray:initialize_systray Could not create tray window
00fc:err:virtual:virtual_setup_exception stack overflow 2704 bytes
in thread 00fc addr 0x170054b4a stack 0xed0570 (0xed0000-0xed1000-0
x10d0000)

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Other Platforms/Backends

(for Reference)

Linux (Ubuntu VM):

Runs flawlessly.

Docker inside WSL

Running cross inside WSL exhibits the same behaviour as Windows+Docker:

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Workaround:

Today, the Windows install instructions specifically instruct you to install Docker with WSL2 backend.

You can work around this issue (for now) by being a rebel and doing the exact opposite:

(uncheck the box in Docker Desktop)

This should get tests successfully running under Wine:

What target(s) are you cross-compiling for?

x86_64-pc-windows-gnu

Which operating system is the host (e.g computer cross is on) running?

• macOS
• Windows
• Linux / BSD
• other OS (specify in description)

What architecture is the host?

• x86_64 / AMD64
• arm32
• arm64 (including Mac M1)

What container engine is cross using?

• docker
• podman
• other container engine (specify in description)

cross version

cross 0.2.5

Example

# Make sure you have Docker/Podman first
rustup target add x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
cross build --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
cross test --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu

Additional information / notes

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[Sewer56]

This is a crosspost with: microsoft/WSL#10188