0007916: Kali WSL kex --sl does not seem to work on windows 11 - Kali Linux Bug Tracker

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0007916	Kali Linux	Kali Package Bug	public	2022-09-08 21:18	2023-05-31 14:57

Reporter	Pwn94	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	open
Product Version	2022.3

Summary	0007916: Kali WSL kex --sl does not seem to work on windows 11
Description	Running the command "kex --sl" on updated kali WSL result in the following error: " Waited 100 seconds for desktop, giving up". Additionally, the expected behavior - seamless mode, does not occur.
Steps To Reproduce	Open kali WSL Ensure kali is updated & upgraded. Install kex according to the documentation: https://www.kali.org/docs/wsl/win-kex/ run: "kex --sl". Things I tried to resolve the issue (with no luck): Removing and reinstalling the package. Deleting /tmp/ files.
Additional Information	Edition Windows 11 Home Version 21H2 OS build 22000.856 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20GHz 2.21 GHz Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.9 GB usable) System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor VcXsrv logs: Welcome to the VcXsrv X Server Vendor: The VcXsrv Project Release: 1.20.14.0 OS: Windows NT 6.2 build 9200 (64-bit) Contact: [email protected] LoadPreferences: C:\Users\danie\AppData\Roaming.XWinrc not found LoadPreferences: Loading \wsl.localhost\kali-linux\usr\lib\win-kex\VcXsrv\system.XWinrc (II) AIGLX: Testing pixelFormatIndex 1 (II) GLX: enabled GLX_SGI_make_current_read (II) GLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control (II) GLX: enabled GLX_MESA_swap_control (II) GLX: enabled GLX_SGIX_pbuffer (II) GLX: enabled GLX_ARB_multisample (II) GLX: enabled GLX_SGIS_multisample (II) GLX: enabled GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float (II) GLX: enabled GLX_EXT_fbconfig_packed_float (II) GLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context (II) GLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context_profile (II) GLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context_robustness (II) GLX: enabled GLX_EXT_create_context_es2_profile (II) GLX: enabled GLX_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer (II) 103 pixel formats reported by wglGetPixelFormatAttribivARB (II) GLX: Initialized Win32 native WGL GL provider for screen 0 winClipboardThreadProc - DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:3.0 winClipboardProc - xcb_connect () returned and successfully opened the display. Using Composite redirection winMultiWindowWMProc - Error code: 8 (Match), ID: 0x00180000, Major opcode: 12 (ConfigureWindow), Minor opcode: 0 ((null))

Pwn94 2022-09-08 21:18 reporter	wsl_sl_not_working.png (19,158 bytes) wsl_sl_not_working.png (19,158 bytes)

g0tmi1k 2022-09-27 10:35 administrator ~0016836	With the recent update to WSL, which now has systemd support, it has broken a few thing. https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/8843 https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/8847

g0tmi1k 2023-05-31 14:57 administrator ~0018111	This report has been filed against an old version of Kali. We will be closing this ticket due to inactivity. Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux (https://www.kali.org/get-kali/)? If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing, and also give information about your setup? For more information, please read: https://www.kali.org/docs/community/submitting-issues-kali-bug-tracker/

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2022-09-08 21:18	Pwn94	New Issue
2022-09-08 21:18	Pwn94	File Added: wsl_sl_not_working.png
2022-09-27 10:35	g0tmi1k	Note Added: 0016836
2023-05-31 14:57	g0tmi1k	Note Added: 0018111
2023-05-31 14:57	g0tmi1k	Status	new => closed