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WSL2 hangs on launch #5756
Description
Environment
# Windows build number: [run `[Environment]::OSVersion` for powershell, or `ver` for cmd]
~ $ [Environment]::OSVersion
Platform ServicePack Version VersionString
-------- ----------- ------- -------------
Win32NT 10.0.20185.0 Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.20185.0
# Your Distribution version: [On Debian or Ubuntu run `lsb_release -r` in WSL]
can't launch wsl
Whether the issue is on WSL 2 and/or WSL 1: [run `cat /proc/version` in WSL]
can't launch wsl
Steps to reproduce
Expected behavior
launch wsl2 without drama or ceremony. make it just work.
Actual behavior
doesn't work. hangs. wastes my time.
~ $ wsl -l
Windows Subsystem for Linux Distributions:
Alpine (Default)
Ubuntu-20.04
Debian
Suggestion [4,General]: The most similar commands are: h, H:, %, ?, cp, cd, md, ll, fl, ft.
~ $ alpine
The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.
Activity
therealkenc commentedon Aug 14, 2020
What does
wsl -l -vreturn.airtonix commentedon Aug 14, 2020
airtonix commentedon Aug 14, 2020
i think this has to do with my
$env:Pathis too long. if i reduce it to the wsl.exe path then i can launch. i can't test it now because i forget where the wsl.exe is in order to accurately reduce the$env:Pathto just where wsl.exe istherealkenc commentedon Aug 14, 2020
/dupe #5633. You'll be good next roll.