wsl and ubuntu: more

[Edward K. Ream]

The last thread is getting long, so I'm starting another.

This page discusses running gui (X11) apps in Ubuntu, running under wsl. So far, everything works for me.

Edward

[Edward K. Ream]

On Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 10:25:11 AM UTC-5 Edward K. Ream wrote:

This page discusses running gui (X11) apps in Ubuntu, running under wsl. So far, everything works for me.

Progress!  nautilus does not work:

$sudo apt install nautilus -y

[big snip]

$nautilus
** Message: 10:28:46.696: Connecting to org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files
libEGL warning: DRI3: Screen seems not DRI3 capable
libEGL warning: DRI3: Screen seems not DRI3 capable
WARNING: dzn is not a conformant Vulkan implementation, testing use only.
WARNING: Some incorrect rendering might occur because the selected Vulkan device (Microsoft Direct3D12 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080)) doesn't support base Zink requirements: feats.features.logicOp have_EXT_custom_border_color have_EXT_line_rasterization

Nothing appears on the screen. The message is similar to parts of the Leo messages.

Edward

[Edward K. Ream]

On Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 10:25:11 AM UTC-5 Edward K. Ream wrote:

This page discusses running gui (X11) apps in Ubuntu, running under wsl. So far, everything works for me.

I've just discovered this page: Run Linux GUI apps on the Windows Subsystem for Linux.

Amazing! I'll say more later.

Edward

[lewis]

On Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 4:16:03 AM UTC+11 Edward K. Ream wrote:

I've just discovered this page: Run Linux GUI apps on the Windows Subsystem for Linux.

Can you post the full link?

[Edward K. Ream]

On Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 12:16 PM Edward K. Ream wrote:

> I've just discovered this page: Run Linux GUI apps on the Windows Subsystem for Linux.

> Amazing! I'll say more later.

Running Windows apps from wsl is pretty amazing. So is viewing wsl files from Windows.

But I am abandoning, for now, the attempt to get Leo working in wsl. It's not worth the effort, for me or anyone else.

Furthermore, Leo in Windows is unlikely ever to be able to execute sage/python scripts because that would require running Ubuntu binaries from Windows. That's a bridge too far.

Summary

Running sage from wsl already works very well. Nothing more needs to be done.

I want to move on. Let's stop worrying about getting Leo to work on my system :-)

Next, I plan to experiment with running sage scripts from Leo in the real Ubuntu. I expect everything to go smoothly. We shall see...

Edward

[Edward K. Ream]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/filesystems

Edward