Install Desktop GUI for WSL | WSL Enable Desktop Guide

[@TroubleChute]

** Install xrdp as well! Use the following command: sudo apt install -y xrdp xfce4 xfce4-goodies

[@AreTwo2]

I have :-) so what is xrdp

[@DamLins45594]

Responce said: xfce4 is already the newest version (4.16). xfce4-goodies is already the newest version (4.14.0). xrdp is already the newest version (0.9.12-1.1). 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

[@DamLins45594]

@@AreTwo2 Remote Desktop Prototop Server

[@Isaacmats1]

Hi, the RDP localhost:3390 didn't work. localhost:3398 did opened the server page but login didn't work (username & password was correct though) could you please comment on this? many thanks mate!

[@mateusgontijo3802]

@@Isaacmats1 need to

[@jessederinger]

WARNING for anyone just watching this. ALOT of people are having trouble with this method. And although there are usually ways to resolve them, the questions aren’t being answered in the comments. Not to hate on this guy this is a great guide just doesn’t include any troubleshooting details.. ! if your reading this please like it so it’s seen by more people! I almost got it but I’m the remote when the gui login comes up, soon as I log in everything crashes. And I have yet to find a solution.

[@techkenya2]

Same, I even uninstalled WSL and started all over again

[@W1L7_]

Any luck?

[@n4bi10p]

same

[@artemzakharov8961]

same

[@goldboolean6819]

TroubleChute doesnt troubleshoot?? Outrageous!

[@shrinivasiyengar5799]

It seems a lot of people have the same problem: every step seems to work fine, but finally logging into the WSL through the RDP seems to fail.

[@wuffletuff]

If you have trouble connecting via remote desktop, the article in the comments has a typo which does not update the port correctly: Try the command: sudo sed -i 's/3398/3390/g' /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini At 5:04, the video has an error trying to replace 3389 (not 3398) with 3390. Try the provided command in this comment and rerun the start command:

[@chaotropy2893]

Legend

[@Jayknightfr]

Thanks!

[@DrunkSnowWhite]

my file seems to have actually come with 3389 as the original port number

[@HungNguyen-gr2rc]

You saved my day.

[@TSBoncompte]

fucking hero

[@response2u]

This guy just saved my life! I was about to take a painkiller for the terrible headache I got following others' instructions!

[@surrebral]

You are able to convey in 7.5 minutes what hundreds of others stretch out to a half hour! Great vid!

[@nukestrom5719]

Wonderful. After wasting so much time with other videos, this is the only solution I found that actually worked. Thanks a lot

[@shaman4874]

everything works fine except that after login in the remote connection, the screen is blank. just black screen with the blue bar above for closing, minimize, and pin and localhost name

[@tomdeu79]

you have to add a new user and use not the sudo one on the login screen!

[@sumit5294]

May the YT algo bless you keep making such content

[@BlackAnt02]

How did you get the GUI at 2:41 mine only shows a terminal design

[@KurdiKebord]

Same to me it's only shows a f****ing terminal -_-

[@BobSmith-gh5wj]

Great video - worked on my pc like a charm following your steps - Cheers!!

[@last.journey]

how do i know which port to connect to the server it did start and give me this massge * Starting slim slim [ OK ] but when i connect on the remote desktop it does not work

[@justrosy2635]

I'd take one of those stretched out videos, because I clearly missed something somewhere along the way. I posted my question about it under TroubleChoot's pinned comment.

[@belaliqbal8858]

terminal is not opening in remote desktop , what to do?

[@mitch_the_-itch]

I followed exactly and I never got the Ubuntu GUI installer. It asks to create a username and pw then puts me at a command prompt.

[@linkenparis9562]

why does my ubuntu version from the windows store doesn't open a gui to install it, but a regular console prompt ??

[@vocalsy]

Same here.

[@shyayetgani-ikilama500]

Very much appreciate this. Kept hyaving all sorts of issues and the articles weren't helping. Finally decided to just check youtube

[@prufenful]

I don't get a GUI for the ubuntu installer.

[@BlackAnt02]

idk how they did it

[@itstoufik8410]

I've been struggling with the DNS problem for a day. And then I found this. Thank you so much man

[@giomac6464]

in remote desktop i get this error [Window Title] Remote Desktop Connection [Content] Remote Desktop can't connect to the remote computer for one of these reasons: 1) Remote access to the server is not enabled 2) The remote computer is turned off 3) The remote computer is not available on the network Make sure the remote computer is turned on and connected to the network, and that remote access is enabled. [^] Hide details [OK] [Expanded Information] Error code: 0x204 Extended error code: 0x0 Timestamp (UTC): 09/24/23 02:37:46 PM Press Ctrl+C to copy.

[@YannMetalhead]

Great guide, thank you!

[@alooshianthings]

i am unable to do the remote connection with localhost:3390 any suggestions?

[@TheDidiDidi129]

Try a different port or disabling firewall

[@mowgligurroby9497]

excellent video, however when i got stuck , i went to your website where instructions there were easy to follow which made it easier to follow the steps. thanks for the upload.

[@littleghoost]

I did all the procedure, and when I go to connect to the remote area, the environment does not appear, the screen is all blue, in this part 6:15. Can you help me?

[@vagabond7199]

Is it possible to run KDE plasma desktop on WSL2?

[@dbishop9085]

im in windows 11 latest updates and it does not show a GUI at all. Only terminal.

[@geertvancompernolle2586]

Great video, both content wise as well as presentation wise! You got a new subscriber... 😏

[@elifatsawo6597]

i did not get the graphical interface for setting after installing ubuntu from the store

[@alvaroe2704]

You got some voice, mate. Greetings from Spain. I was about to go crazy with Gnome

[@Cballin]

i tried to to this but no installer came up, just a terminal window.. i followed everythign you did here

[@CDR64-ob8cg]

I had the same problem, and also I cant connect to the remote desktop. It is just stuck in the black screen. pls help

[@xandermidov]

After a couple of time, while i am connect, using rdp, ubuntu goes to blackscreen. Can you help with that problem?

[@Darkhollow255]

If I want to use Ubuntu-Desktop instead of XFCE4, what are the differences for the install/ setup ?

[@mdixon4az]

Not super useful to mention that it can be done but not even mention what to change to use a different GUI.

[@southernscots-irish4]

Because it's not worth doing.@@mdixon4az

[@ZiiiP2142]

Awesome, much appreciated.

[@Lauchmeister]

Everything works for me, but remote desktop won't connect to localhost:3390. It tries for a while & then gives a generic error message (can not connect for one of the following reasons...). What could be the problem?

[@srali7609]

hey dude have had any luck yet i have the same issue too

[@whadoyaneed]

@@srali7609 any success? Same problem here

[@srali7609]

​@gabperry1660 I gave up bro, I had a laptop at home that I installed ubuntu on so using that for my terminals Linux needs

[@stevememacct]

Same here. Bombed out last step.

[@philwebb59]

This works for Windows 10, but will you release an update for Windows 11? There seems to be a conflict between xrdp and the window manager built into wslg.

[@BuggaDude2012]

didn't work on remote desktop connection and also it said something different when i did the step before that

[@kenjohnsiosan9707]

after logging in I only see blank black screen, I cant see the icons

[@srednimax4200]

I follow this instruction, and after connecting to remote desktop I got only black screen and nothin happend and idea what I did wrong?

[@Ldenlord]

I am stuck on blue screen ??????

[@aram_learn1426]

Same here. I log on with Xorg as in 6:12 and then I just get that blue/turquoise/teal background and nothing happens. Did you eventually fix it?

[@MrJloa]

All good, but rdp lags like hell and btw why we actually need one, when there's a wslg? sudo startxfce4 seems like an option

[@rajthegamer4099]

Great video bro.

[@koja1122]

how can I log in in to xrdp ?

[@SpXLab]

If you do not get the GUI for the installer, thats ok. Just set user and password in the terminal and proceed, it dosen´t matter in the end.

[@mrjustcausegames5330]

my gui installer dosent work it just sends me to comand prompt

[@MarcioBrenerCosta]

Awesome! Thaks a lot!

[@anthonypitts7426]

I followed the instructions to the letter, however when I get Windows RD to login, I get the xrdp screen to enter my creds. Enter username & password. Then it just crashes out. Am I doing something wrong? Windows 11 Pro 23H2 WSL2 - Connecting to Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS Release: 22.04 Codename: jammy Installing xfce4 as per the guide and still no closer to solving this issue or having a gui in WSL winthin Windows 11 Pro 23H2.

[@joaquinnicolas2478]

Great tutorial.. thx u !!!!!!! subscribed and thumb up

[@muhammadqaisarali]

Is thos approach better than Virtual machine? For example installation on Virtual Box or VM ware?

[@juanc9147]

Worked for me.Thanks! BUT I needed to connect on Remote Desktop adding my ip address. "localhost:3390" didn't work.

[@iExamineLife]

dont work for me either, what show I do? thanks

[@biskys6718]

tried to install ubuntu from the microsoft store but i didnt get the installer set up shown in the video. it just set up my account in a terminal window

[@bipl8989]

What a PIA. This needs to be easier.

[@SachinBharadwajManjunath]

When I run the set of 4 commands the following message is displayed: echo xfce4-session > ~/.xsessioncp: cannot stat '/etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini': No such file or directory This not allowing me to continue the setup. Any sort of help is appreciated. Thanks.

[@senkij.6881]

"sudo apt install xrdp" needed before this 4 commands

[@BigBurgerBoy557]

The fact that you had debian and arch avaible and chose to use ubuntu baffles me.

[@darklegend7828]

debian and arch doesn't have a lot of guides for when it's in WSL, i had a lot of problems doing the simplest things

[@Sameer.Trivedi]

Debian is more or less the same as ubuntu, I prefer it because it's more stable and doesn't come with useless crap that ubuntu ships. The same goes with arch but it can be a huge pain at times.

[@kubo407]

Great! it worked! performance was awful though

[@dionwebiaswara7810]

very useful, thanks. but in xrdp section, must showed how to install xrdp package

[@giomac6464]

now it either crashes or takes me to a blank screen with a mouse pointer when i log in

[@breakfastcrafty4683]

I have also ran into problems with this and you do not include any troubleshooting methods

[@subhajitdhar536]

7:19 my installer doesn't start up as shown, only shows up cmd....what to do?

[@moliishu]

Can you make a video on how you made the start menu?

[@leanwell]

i think he used "start is back" program. you can search here on youtube how to use it.

[@srali7609]

I have done everything but when i try to get onto localhost:3390 via RDP it doesnt let me says give you that error message with the 3 reason why it didnt work

[@RichardHuble]

Im having trouble with network manager, cant seem to be able to connect it, ive tried all the commands

[@nafisahmed6247]

everything works, but after wsl is restarted rdp doesn't connect anymore

[@francoislepron2301]

Awesome.

[@fuxkag3908]

error login failed to display Tried again with a new user now it just crashes

[@modrribaz1691]

Considering that this video is 2 years old already, I think it's rather obsolete, specifically the part after 5:20 at least. I have no solution either.

[@nothing7ish]

Hi, I wanna uninstall everything I did in this video. How do I do that? Thanks.

[@nkapila6]

Hey thanks for the guide. Which start menu is this?

[@thanhlephuong7687]

my install is OK but the remote desktop is back windows. I tried to install NoCachine. It runs well

[@philwebb59]

I don't understand what you DNS problem is. I've never had that happen, even when running U18 on W7.

[@Neolisk]

Isn't there a better, more native approach in 2023 ?

[@beest_]

You can always export your X sessions. Have a X server running natively on Windows and your windows will be native to Windows. You could've always done this since UNIX days

[@joshua9803]

I was to ask a question, on the desktop gui installation is there a certain command for Cinnamon desktop environment? I installed every other package tho I could

[@AbhishekKeripale]

I get the following error when I run those 4 commands in the description. cp: cannot stat '/etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini': No such file or directory sed: can't read /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini: No such file or directory sed: can't read /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini: No such file or directory sed: can't read /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini: No such file or directory

[@josueize]

Please help I got to the server edit but IDK how to get out, what does sudo mean, does it have a shortcut?

[@latte5570]

i was able to run all commands with no errors but with 2 differences: 1. when i installed Ubuntu from the store (made sure its the same as in the video) i wasn't presented with a GUI but a text based one. 2. i did not run into any DNS server issues. after the last step i got the: * Starting Remote Desktop Protocol server [ OK ] but when I use the same windows 10 pc to RDC into: localhost:3390 after a long Initiating a connection i get a 3 error cant connect. remote access not enabled/remote computer is turned off/not available on the network. last 2 seem inapplicable. the 1st one i got a confirmation that it was started, so.. any ideas?

[@ShrirajGPethe]

For the GUI, i think the video author is using Windows 11. What OS are you using, what build no.? Search in windows for 'System Information'

[@ysy69]

@@ShrirajGPethe I think that's the case, I will try on Win 11

[@kaushmaisuria]

Thanks for this really helpful. I have one question though. On my windows 10 pro installation. When I try to remote connect, I'm not able to login using my Ubuntu login credentials. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks once again.

[@yugoyugito8967]

Same for me

[@diegomedina2359]

thanks! how can we have the windows tiles on the start menu again? please showcase that!!

[@PrimusProductions]

Hi, how do I configure the resolution from the terminal?

[@aljahlnasty]

hello @TroubleChute, i have an issue, after entering my username and password there's a black screen, can you give me some hints on how to fix this ? and thanks for your work really appreciated

[@thewonderfultartiflette4733]

I'm having the same issue, have you got it resolved ?

[@CDR64-ob8cg]

I am also having the same issue

[@jessederinger]

I know this was 3 months ago but same, anyone figure it out? Plus I don’t get a black screen mine just crashes…

[@uatilla13]

How to change from terminal interface to GUI?

[@whelankrystoff1084]

Having a problem with Sudo /etc/init.d/srdp start It says "command not found" Can somebody help me?

[@susguy446]

its not srdp

[@rwxrw]

Had to sub... Ciao.

[@draggador]

unfortunately, neofetch has been discontinued by its developer, who has given up on working in the software sector to become a farmer in australia

[@akhilmk]

4:00 how to see which name server im using ?

[@akhilmk]

4:58 that commands not in description

[@CDR64-ob8cg]

they are actually in the article, and its link is in the description, so technically its in the description;)

[@brockmajor]

I always have to add a new user and use that to login to RDC

[@Lemonator32]

My remove session closes whenever I try to log in.

[@Lemonator32]

I found a fix: in /etc/wsl.conf, change "systemd=true" to "systemd=false" and restart WSL.

[@gamecoc8034]

i can't run my remote desktop

[@91722854]

how is this different from just virtual machine? Is it just that as you add desktop env to WSL2, it just diminishes the benefits of using WSL2 in the first place and that WSL2 is more intended for just cmd line interface and operation?

[@memedew6677]

this runs smoother on older pcs. vms dont

[@andrewjones_fitness]

Was able to install the GUI, however when I go to click on the internet icon with the GUI I get the msg: Failed to execute default browser. Input/output error Please someone help if you know whats up

[@bktonyc]

There's no browser installed. You can just install Chrome with the command line

[@sunayanarao5205]

sudo /etc/init.d/xrdp start 5:56

[@ilyateterin6904]

Thanks for the video! After finishing the installation I found that the RDP connection closes right after the login screen. The error reported in ~/.xorgxrdp.10.log file was: systemd-logind: failed to take device /dev/dri/card0: Operation not permitted The solution for me was to create additional user and use it for RDP connection.

[@ccooksey1215]

Could you please expand and explain your solution?

[@maslak]

@@ccooksey1215 `sudo adduser somenewusername` , set pass, then when logging in to xrdp just use that new user. looks like it doesn't like the fact that you're logging in as sudo... :)

[@ramzibenhamlaoui5711]

@@maslak thank you!! It works creating by loging with a new user.

[@koenenbart1]

You are such a hero, this solved my problem not getting in the system.

[@New9-dq3tk]

need a similar for ubuntu-desktop

[@nexovec]

This does not work if you're using systemd.

[@sinkingmathematician3777]

Everything happened successfully but my windows 11 edition doesn't support remote desktop 😂😂

wow! that's really cool and worked very well for me. Now my question is... How can I execute Ubuntu default interface (ubuntu-desktop)?

[@alivecoding4995]

Does it work without issues?

[@noteswiper.archives]

Cannot connect into rdp

[@Maymar173]

same

[@vividavis]

I keep running into this error cp: target '/etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini' is not a directory

[@CDR64-ob8cg]

maybe you dont have xrdp installed?

[@breakfastcrafty4683]

Guys don't try this on other distros. It led to me fixing the package manager for nothing.

[@jvc1010]

I don't think this works anymore.

[@marcq1588]

Oh boy! Do you have a license for all these applications installed on your PC? Did you get bundle pricing?

[@Capocomico]

1 hour to end up with remote desktop that will never work

[@Uouttooo]

Why is that desktop so horrible?

[@cerealexperiments8189]

It really tickles me pink when I hear someone pronounce "Ubuntu" correctly.