wslg worked before, now doesn't seem to work.

[kundeng]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22635.3140]

WSL Version

WSL version: 2.2.4.0 Kernel version: 5.15.153.1-2 WSLg version: 1.0.61 MSRDC version: 1.2.5326 Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511 DXCore version: 10.0.26091.1-240325-1447.ge-release Windows version: 10.0.22635.3140

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.153.1-2

Distro Version

Ubuntu 22.04

Other Software

Docker Desktop.
WSL is configured to start with windows as a service.

Repro Steps

Have worked before, no longer working. Running any GUI application will appear as if the GUI is running, but nothing shows up.
e.g.

$ xclock
Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion

Expected Behavior

However, when using mobaxterm which comes with its own X11 server (running at a different port), it works fine.

Actual Behavior

gui application seems to be connected to a X11 server at :0, but nothing appears on screen.

Diagnostic Logs

No response

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Open similar issues:

• X applications rendered without window frame and with blank decoration buttons (#8754), similarity score: 0.75

Closed similar issues:

• X11 Forwarding not Working through SSH (#7090), similarity score: 0.78
• wslg not working on windows 11 (#9206), similarity score: 0.75
• X Windows broken on fast ring WSL2 (?) (#5106), similarity score: 0.74
• GUI Apps That Are Defaults With Linux Distro's Don't Work. (#8669), similarity score: 0.74

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Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/microsoft/WSL/master/diagnostics/collect-wsl-logs.ps1" -OutFile collect-wsl-logs.ps1
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
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The script will output the path of the log file once done.

If this is a networking issue, please use collect-networking-logs.ps1, following the instructions here

Once completed please upload the output files to this Github issue.

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Open similar issues:

• 1.3.11 prerelease GUI apps dont open (but system is now "responsive") (#10201), similarity score: 0.75

Closed similar issues:

• wslg not working on windows 11 (#9206), similarity score: 0.80
• wslg is not installed in 21H2 (#7720), similarity score: 0.78
• WSLG Not Running (#9735), similarity score: 0.77
• X11 Forwarding not Working through SSH (#7090), similarity score: 0.77

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[kundeng]

WslLogs-2024-07-31_10-57-51.zip

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Diagnostic information

.wslconfig found
Detected appx version: 2.2.4.0

[kundeng]

this thing really sucks. Fixed it with wsl --update --pre-release

[OneBlue]

Closing since the issue was resolved by updating WSL to a newer version.