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Running graphical Linux desktop applications from WSL 2 – "Error E233: cannot open display"

How can I run graphical Linux desktop applications from the command line of Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)? First, I installed WSL 2 following these steps on how to install Linux on Windows with WSL : I installed Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview…
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How windows handle the clipboard interface with Xming?

My question comes from a problem: I Use Xming on Windows 7 to connect to a Linux host (through PuTTY) in order to start and display a gnome-terminal. I have some troubles using the Windows clipboard: Copy from Windows to Xming works well. (Ctrl-C…
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Forward X11 failed: Network error: Connection refused

I have a VPS which OS is CentOS6.3. I want to run startx via PuTTY and Xming. But, it produces this error: PuTTY X11 proxy: unable to connect to forwarded X server: Network error: Connection refused The whole condition: Using username…
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tkinter in Ubuntu inside Windows 10. Error: "no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable"

I have recently installed the Ubuntu app for Windows 10 so that I can use it for a class. I am following some cryptic assignment directions to "try out tkinter". I installed the package python3-tk in the Ubuntu terminal window following instructions…
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Xming Display is very slow when using SSH

I am using SSH and Xming to run Simics simulator and connect to some Linux guest machine. I use x11 Tunneling. The x server seems to be very slow and I need to spend a long time to run a single command on the linux guest machine. Do you have any…
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Use xming / vcxsrv / xwin to setup two screens for i3wm

I'd like to use i3 on my Windows 10 Linux subsystem with two monitors. With: vcxsrv.exe :1 -nodecoration -wgl -multimonitors -screen 0 3840x1160 I can create one large Window that spans over my two monitors. This configuration works with i3,…
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SSH into vagrant with X server set up

I am running into problems with setting up X11 forwarding on vagrant VM. I am running Xming for X server and PuTTY as my SSH client. This is what I get when I run vagrant ssh-config: Host default HostName 127.0.0.1 User vagrant Port 2200 …
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Using Xming X Window Server over a VPN

I have the Xming X Window Server installed on a laptop running Windows XP to connect to some UNIX development servers. It works fine when I connect directly to the company network in the office. However, it does not work when I connect to the…
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Netbeans Forwarded over X11 Font Problem

I'm trying to forward my IDE, Netbeans, over ssh to the Xming server on my Windows Desktop. I'm able to get Netbeans to launch and run, but the fonts look terrible because they aren't being anti-aliased. I've uploaded a screenshot here. If I…
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Type Chinese into VcXsrv(or other X Server) using Windows-pinyin IME

I want to run IDEA in WSL(windows subsystem for linux) so I followed wsl-tutorial. But I don't want xfce4 desktop because costs performance, so I just install needed GUI packages and run IDEA succussfully. But unfortunately I can't type Chinese in…
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How can xming work with OpenGL?

I have an OpenGL (Java + applications) application deployed on a Linux machine. I need to start this application from a Windows machine, display and operate it on Windows. My application shows a whole screen of 2D graphics which is constantly…
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alt-b, alt-f does not work in xterm

I use xterm under cygwin/Xming. Alt+B (jump one word backwards) and Alt-F (one word forward) do not work, but instead display some diacritical characters or something. I have created a file .Xresources and a file .Xdefaults in my home dir, each…
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Java swing menu doesn't stay up

So I'm running netbeans 7.0-1 using Arch Linux. I'm running xming for my x-server. What's going on is, when I use netbeans' Desktop Applications, it starts with two menus: File and Help. Whenever I click the drop down menu, the drop down…
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SSH using Putty and Xming: how to reconnect to display after logout?

I am using Putty and Xming to SSH to a remote linux machine. I use screen so that I can keep things running in the background after I logout or a dropped connection. However, when I reattach back to the screen subsequently, the display window of…
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Avoid opening browser on remote server during selenium call

I have written a selenium application using webdriver. I wish to run it on a remote server. When I do that by logging into the server via putty (along with Xming), the selenium tries opening the browser on the server only and load the pages through…
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