0008830: Kali Win-KeX breaks when .wslconfig is changed

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0008830	Kali Linux	General Bug	public	2024-07-19 06:12	2025-03-20 13:02

Reporter	COHEJH	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	have not tried
Status	closed	Resolution	open

Summary	0008830: Kali Win-KeX breaks when .wslconfig is changed
Description	Usually, I run WSL2 with Kali Linux installed. Then, I launch the GUI with `kex --esm --ip -s` which provides a GUI to use Kali with. However, when I edit my `.wslconfig` file, and add the following two lines: `[wsl2] networkingMode=mirrored` Suddenly `kex --esm --ip -s` no longer works, and it fails to launch, leaving me stuck with no GUI. I assume this is because of the IP address change.

g0tmi1k 2025-03-20 13:02 administrator ~0020376	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
2024-07-19 06:12	COHEJH	New Issue
2025-03-20 13:02	g0tmi1k	Note Added: 0020376
2025-03-20 13:02	g0tmi1k	Status	new => closed