FXApp::openDisplay: unable to open display :0

[rye2020]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.26120.1330]

WSL Version

WSL version: 2.3.14.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

Linux version 6.6.36.3-microsoft-standard-WSL2 (root@39abeb63c66c) (gcc (GCC) 11.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.37) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat Jun 29 07:01:04 UTC 2024

Distro Version

Ubuntu 22.04

Other Software

Any GUI app. xfe gives the message. So do many other GUI apps. Some other GUI apps just hang with no message.

Repro Steps

runnin any GUI app

Expected Behavior

none

Actual Behavior

jrm@LY7i:~$ xfe
FXApp::openDisplay: unable to open display :0
JM System Info.txt

Diagnostic Logs

Please see the attached file

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[rye2020]

logs are in the attached file

[rye2020]

see syslog data:

[OneBlue]

/logs

[rye2020]

WslLogs-2024-08-10_08-37-50.zip

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Diagnostic information

Detected appx version: 2.3.14.0

[EzequielBruni]

Anyone figure this out? I'm having the same problem.

[rye2020]

problem solved with "sudo do-release-upgrade"