WSL Not starting at all.

[JustGuardian]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22631.3085]

WSL Version

2.0.4.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

Can't get the kernel version cause wsl can't start

Distro Version

Ubuntu

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

Just launch wsl from any terminal, even with administrator

Expected Behavior

Normal wsl terminal(?)

Actual Behavior

Processing fstab with mount -a failed.
Failed to mount C:, see dmesg for more details.
Failed to mount D:, see dmesg for more details.

<3>WSL (7) ERROR: CreateProcessEntryCommon:511: execvpe /bin/bash failed 2
<3>WSL (7) ERROR: CreateProcessEntryCommon:514: Create process not expected to return

Diagnostic Logs

WslLogs-2024-02-03_18-37-36.zip

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[shyammohammed]

I was having the exact same issue for the past week or so and updating WSL seems to have fixed it. Give it a try and see if it works in your case.

❯ wsl --update
Checking for updates.
Updating Windows Subsystem for Linux to version: 2.0.14.

❯ wsl --version
WSL version: 2.0.14.0
Kernel version: 5.15.133.1-1

Cheers

[OneBlue]

Based on the error you're getting it looks like your distribution doesn't have the required files to start (in this case, a shell).

Does importing a new distribution solve the issue ?

[JustGuardian]

I unregistered and reinstalled my distro, and now it works.