It takes too long to start WSL

[Heng-Zhou]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.3693]

WSL Version

WSL version: 2.0.9.0
Kernel version: 5.15.133.1-1
WSLg version: 1.0.59
MSRDC version: 1.2.4677
Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.19045.3693

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

Default Distribution: Ubuntu
Default Version: 2

Distro Version

Ubuntu 22.04

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

Run wsl from command line cmd.exe.

Expected Behavior

I can start wsl (enter Ubuntu) in a few seconds.

Actual Behavior

It takes 1 minute and 30 seconds to start wsl (enter Ubuntu).

wsl "dmesg" output:

[ 2.118330] systemd-journald[37]: Received client request to flush runtime journal.
[ 2.132267] systemd-journald[37]: File /var/log/journal/65e17a2efc1543a496e347928dfa741a/system.journal corrupted or uncleanly shut down, renaming and replacing.
[ 3.633146] misc dxg: dxgk: dxgglobal_acquire_channel_lock: Failed to acquire global channel lock
[ 49.170849] hv_balloon: Max. dynamic memory size: 8144 MB
[ 92.790399] Failed to query system state: Transport endpoint is not connected
[ 92.790880] WSL (2) ERROR: WaitForBootProcess:3237: /sbin/init failed to start within 10000
[ 92.790882] ms
[ 92.800087] WSL (2): Creating login session for

Diagnostic Logs

WslLogs-2023-12-08_18-45-25.zip

[github-actions]

Hi I'm an AI powered bot that finds similar issues based off the issue title.

Please view the issues below to see if they solve your problem, and if the issue describes your problem please consider closing this one and thumbs upping the other issue to help us prioritize it. Thank you!

Open similar issues:

• WSL just hangs when I start it. (#10028), similarity score: 0.87
• WSL2 does not start right away (#7298), similarity score: 0.86

Closed similar issues:

• WSL is taking a long time to start ~10s (#10341), similarity score: 0.91
• wsl2 takes very much longer time to start than wsl1. (#6534), similarity score: 0.89
• wsl2 ubuntu takes 20 mins to start (#10026), similarity score: 0.88
• WSL starts and exits immediately (#5171), similarity score: 0.86
• "first boot of the day" takes wsl a long time to start (#5680), similarity score: 0.86
• WSL takes too long to start after a Windows Update (#4673), similarity score: 0.85
• WSL not starting (#4993), similarity score: 0.84
• WSL CAN'T START (#5022), similarity score: 0.84

Note: You can give me feedback by thumbs upping or thumbs downing this comment.

[craigloewen-msft]

@Heng-Zhou did you close this issue because of one of the links from the other issues listed there? (I made the bot that responds to similar comments and want to check if it helped you out)

[Heng-Zhou]

@Heng-Zhou did you close this issue because of one of the links from the other issues listed there? (I made the bot that responds to similar comments and want to check if it helped you out)

Yes, I closed the ticket because I solved the issue myself. The solution is not from any of other issues your bot listed.

[suitable-name]

@Heng-Zhou How did you solve the problem?