Colors in the property or default tab are different from what are applied...
I am trying to change the background color of my wsl ubuntu, but for some reason, the color panel of properties or defaults contains the default colors (I'm pretty sure they are default colors) instead...
View ArticleHow to recover lost 20.04.1.0 administrative password on WSL (Windows...
How do I either recover or reset my admin password in a situation where I installed Ubuntu using the Windows Subsystem for Linux? I am running Ubuntu 20.04.1.0.
View ArticleWhy is it that about 50% of the time, when I start ubuntu under WSL 2...
I have my .bash_profile configured to launch emacs, and usually the first time it tries to, nothing happens, the command shows up in my "log file" but I don't get an emacs, but then if I start another...
View ArticleInstalling Ubuntu - "The specified network name is no longer available."
Screenshot of the issue.I installed Ubtunu 20.04 LTS (as I've read that I need Ubuntu to use ruby on rails on windows 10).When I open it up for the first time, after installing, it reads:"Installing,...
View ArticleHow to change mouse highlight colour in Ubuntu Windows Subsystem for Linux in...
This is the screenshot of my current mouse highlighting text. See the orange underlined.The highlighted texts only turn dark grey its font colour instead of changing its background to dark grey. This...
View ArticleUbuntu 20.04 under WSL 2: All snaps are always "broken" after reboot
I suspect (but not sure) that snapd uses temporary space for persistence. This is what findmnt tells me:TARGET - SOURCE - FSTYPE/snap - /dev/sdb[/snap] - ext4/snap/snapd/12398 - snapfuse -...
View ArticleBackup WSL without using wsl --import or --export
I need to reinstall windows on my computer but keep all the files, but I'm not sure if it'll keep or delete my installed distros. Also, I can't open a terminal and run wsl --import because the terminal...
View Articleinstalling linux-headers-standard on Ubuntu 20.04 / WSL2
When I use VBoxManage to create a vm I'm told I need to have linux-headers-generic installed. So I try sudo apt-get install linux-headers-standard and get this message:Reading package lists......
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gedit Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused in ubuntu WSL
I have installed WSL with ubuntu 18.04 . I want to use gedit which I have already installed . The problem is that whenever I run a command with gedit I getUnable to init server: Could not connect:...
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How do I increase the physical space for WSL2
How do I increase the physical size of a WSL virtual disk? I only managed to increase the virtual size..
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Cant make wsl2 working with on docker and on ubuntu
This is the list:aaa@2UL:~$ wsl.exe --list --verbose NAME STATE VERSION* Ubuntu-20.04 Running 1 <------------note - this is version one docker-desktop-data Running 2 docker-desktop Running 2When I...
View ArticleHow to locate docker drive location on WSL2
When I run docker inspect mysql:"Mounts": [ {"Type": "volume","Name": "backend_sql","Source": "/var/lib/docker/volumes/backend_sql/_data","Destination": "/var/lib/mysql","Driver": "local","Mode":...
View ArticleWhat is difference between ubuntu 18 and 20?
I hope to know what is difference between ubuntu 18 and 20.If you can help me, please post your answer.Thanks.
View ArticleError with OpenGL in WSL2
I am trying to install a software to use with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS in my Windows 10 PC (with an NVIDIA GeForce Gt 730 graphics card). It requires certain packages installed (freeglut3-dev, gfortran,...
View ArticleUnable to change the root password in Windows 10 WSL
I have tried both commandssudo passwdandsudo -u root /bin/bashBut as soon as I enter the new password twice, it says password has been updated. You close the shell and open a new instance, it is still...
View ArticlePackage gtk+-3.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path
I'm running Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTSWhen runningpkg-config --cflags gtk+-3.0 I get the following error -Package gtk+-3.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.Perhaps you should add the directory...
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How to select a specific subsysmtem on WSL?
Hello I have the following installations on my WSL.I want to 1)select and 2) update the following subsystem: Ubuntu-18.04Update:I can runwsl -s Ubuntu-18.04 to select some release
View ArticleCan't make a live USB using Linux subsystem
I'm trying to install Linux-liteTried Rufus but uefi option didn't show up in boot sequence.So I thought I would use the dd command using Linux bash on Windows.Obviously lsblk doesn't workSo I got the...
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Directory locations when using WSL
I'm new to the Ubuntu world and I need some help. (Windows 10, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, x64 system type)I created a directory called "Submarine" using this : mkdir SubmarineI want the directory "Submarine" to...
View ArticleHow to link WSL to my already installed python on windows?
So, recently I installed the WSL from the Windows Store and now I'm having some problems with python.I already have python and some of its libraries installed on my Windows 10, but whenever I type py...
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