dharmik (@dharmik@linuxusers.in)

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dharmik » 2024-11-30
@dharmik@linuxusers.in

i have wsl2 installed, but have never tried installing linux gui apps. tried to install gnome but i get a weird session bus error.

(gnome-text-editor:956): Gtk-WARNING **: 18:03:25.241: Unable to acquire session bus: Failed to execute child process “dbus-launch” (No such file or directory)

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/gui-apps#install-gnome-text-editor

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Drew » 2024-11-30
@crmsnbleyd@hachyderm.io

@dharmik sudo apt install dbus-x11 ?

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dharmik » 2024-11-30
@dharmik@linuxusers.in

in the process, i installed it, but still got the same error.

after your reply, i installed it again and then,

GTK_A11Y=none gnome-text-editor.

voila, now it works.

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picture of gnome text editor on wsl2.

notptr » 2024-11-30
@notptr@mastodon.sdf.org

@dharmik i don't have access to wsl anymore.

In wsl2 with it being the most updated I was able to use firefox and gui emacs.