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labs Error: Unable to initialize GTK+, is DISPLAY set properly? (all 8)

12:03pm Tue 12th Mar, Christopher M.

ANONYMOUS wrote:

> Install Windows Terminal from the Microsoft Store and set this as the default terminal. Then open CMD in this and run cnet. It should resolve the problem.

Great if this works. How does WT support/manage setting up the windowing, by setting DISPLAY to a known, required value, or by directing a command's graphical output the a display server before the command is even invoked? Anyone else tried it? If working well, I'll add it to the installation instructions.

labs Error: Unable to initialize GTK+, is DISPLAY set properly? (all 8)

3:39pm Tue 12th Mar, ANONYMOUS

I have tried to use the export commands but the issue persists, I have also tried using Windows Terminal and I'm still getting the same issue. When running export DISPLAY=$(awk '/nameserver / {print $2; exit}' /etc/resolv.conf 2>/dev/null):0 or when running export DISPLAY=$(hostname):0.0 It still gives me the same error Error: Unable to initialize GTK+, is DISPLAY set properly?

labs Error: Unable to initialize GTK+, is DISPLAY set properly? (all 8)

4:01pm Tue 12th Mar, Uzziah S.

I managed to get mine working by following this blog: https://nickymeuleman.netlify.app/blog/gui-on-wsl2-cypress The main issue was that I didn't have an xserver running which meant I couldn't run GUI programs from WSL. This blog uses VcXsvr which random stackoverflow people seemed to have a lot of success with, but there are also other programs out there.

labs Error: Unable to initialize GTK+, is DISPLAY set properly? (all 8)

4:57pm Tue 12th Mar, ANONYMOUS

Thank you it seems to work now

labs Error: Unable to initialize GTK+, is DISPLAY set properly? (all 8)

3:40am Wed 13th Mar, Christopher M.

"Uzziah Smith" <23*6*6*6@s*u*e*t*u*a*e*u*a*> wrote:

> I managed to get mine working by following this blog: > > https://nickymeuleman.netlify.app/blog/gui-on-wsl2-cypress

Thank you - seems a very good solution (I wonder why Windows, or WSL-2, doesn't actually provide an Xserver as part of their distribution?). I have added this information to our installation instructions - [CITS3002]⬈