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ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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0007427 | Kali Linux | [All Projects] Kali Package Bug | public | 2021-10-27 05:19 | 2023-05-08 01:17 |
Reporter | Assraful | Assigned To | |||
Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
Status | closed | Resolution | duplicate | ||
Product Version | 2020.3 | ||||
Target Version | Fixed in Version | ||||
Summary | 0007427: kex --sl does not start seamless mode on Windows 10 WSL2 | ||||
Description | Using latest kali linux on Windows 10 x64 Version 2004 Build 19041.508), followed steps to install kex as given here: https://www.kali.org/docs/wsl/win-kex/ running kex as soon as I login to WSL works pretty fine, it launches window mode GUI and work flawlessly. Where as when I try the seamless mode, VcXsrv crashes showing fatal error message box. (attached screenshot for your reference). Please help me resolve this. | ||||
Steps To Reproduce | 1. Install WSL and kali linux on Windows 10 (professional edition) 2. 2. Install Kex following steps given here: https://www.kali.org/docs/wsl/win-kex/ 3. kex --sl VcXsrv crashes with fatal error. (screenshot attached) | ||||
Additional Information | OS: Kali GNU/Linux Rolling on Windows 10 x86_64 Kernel: 4.19.104-microsoft-standard Uptime: 23 mins Packages: 1131 (dpkg) Shell: bash 5.0.18 Terminal: /dev/pts/0 CPU: Intel i7-9750H (12) @ 2.592GHz Memory: 93MiB / 6248MiB winver: Windows 10 x64 Version 2004 Build 19041.508) | ||||
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The error log file when VcXsrv failed to lanuch. win-kexsl.log (1,503 bytes) |
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There should be a fix for this coming - can you rm the win-kex.log file and do again? This seems to stem from running kex seamless as root, and root owning the log file, so when you try to run it as a normal user, it can't write to the log. |
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Tried removing the log files, this time it ran without any errors, however, nothing appeared on the desktop. No Xfce desktop bar for seamless usage. Even tried starting a program from console and received error "Error: no DISPLAY environment variable specified". when is the fix arriving? any planned dates? |
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I must thank you for your swift reply though. Highly appreciated! |
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Can you reproduce this with the latest version of kex? |
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hello @pavangr did you resolve the issue?? please let me know if you did. thank you |
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@igt1400 @steev let me re-check and report. |
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Yep!! that's working great!! wow!! Thanks guys!! Screenshot 2021-10-24 035449.png (1,952,547 bytes) |
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I open other native programs like file manager..etc and then open the Firefox browser. The browser don't come-up but other windows opened before freezes and eventually vcx server crashes. Screenshot 2021-10-24 040008 (Medium).png (389,194 bytes) |
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vcxserver crash window.. |
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I have 4K monitor and wondering why it is not taking my native resolution. it would be great if it identify the native resolutions. |
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Are you using an Nvidia GPU on that system? We've seen some issues running Firefox and Nvidia GPUs but we aren't sure where the issue is exactly. |
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you are right, I am using nvidia. |
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Yet another wrongly cloned issue... Duplicate of 0006767 |
Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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2021-10-27 05:19 | Assraful | New Issue | |
2021-10-27 05:19 | Assraful | Issue generated from: 0006767 | |
2023-05-06 10:11 | kali-bugreport | Note Added: 0017885 | |
2023-05-08 01:17 | arnaudr | Assigned To | steev => |
2023-05-08 01:17 | arnaudr | Status | assigned => closed |
2023-05-08 01:17 | arnaudr | Resolution | open => duplicate |
2023-05-08 01:17 | arnaudr | Relationship added | duplicate of 0006767 |