GTK_BACKEND doesn't match available dispalys

[adonese]

I'm trying to get some GUI applications to work in Bash like firefox for instance. But it seems Bash doesn't recognize my display, or at least that what I understood. When I try to launch any of these programs I got this error message GDK_BACKEND doesn't match available displays.
I've tried to set this parameter in Bash, but the problem still exists.
$: pkexec env DISPLAY=$DISPLAY XAUTHORITY=$XAUTHORITY

I'm using WIndows 10 build 14367

[jackchammons]

GUI applications are not something that we explicitly support right now. Please provide this feedback on our user voice page to help us prioritize this going forward.

[benhillis]

@adonese You should be able to get some support by installing an X11 server (like XMing) on windows and setting your DISPLAY variable as such:

export DISPLAY=:0.0

[adonese]

I've installed XMing and it solved the problem. GUI applications are also important, you need to be able to -atleast launch the browser.

[aseering]

@adonese -- I'm curious -- could you describe in more detail what you're using a Linux browser for?

I do a bunch of Web stuff in WSL; I usually just use a native Windows browser, it's better for testing anyway as it has IE, Edge, etc available natively. (You can use a Windows browser to interact with a website running in WSL. Just use the same URL as you would use with a Linux browser.)

[adonese]

Two things in my mind for now. I want to launch IPython notebook, and also
working with jekyll. The later might not be so requested, but I does still
need the browser. Is it possible to run windows applications from the Bash
on Windows for that purpose?

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 2:10 AM, Adam Seering [email protected]
wrote:

@adonese https://github.com/adonese -- I'm curious -- could you
describe in more detail what you're using a Linux browser for?

I do a bunch of Web stuff in WSL; I usually just use a native Windows
browser, it's better for testing anyway as it has IE, Edge, etc available
natively. (You can use a Windows browser to interact with a website running
in WSL. Just use the same URL as you would use with a Linux browser.)

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[aseering]

I actually use ipython notebook a lot. I launch it by running the following command at a bash shell:

$ ipython notebook --no-browser

It then prints out a URL. I copy that URL and paste it into a Windows browser and it works fine.

I haven't worked with jekyll, but I imagine it would work the same way.

There's no built-in way to run Windows applications from within WSL, but the third-party app cbwin can do so.

[aseering]

Also, note that one of ipython notebook's dependencies has a bug that prevents it from working in some environments, including WSL. You'll need the fixed version on ticket #185 . The fix is working its way through the process but for now you still need to get it from the ticket.

[adonese]

Thank you so much for that!

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Also, note that one of ipython notebook's dependencies has a bug that
prevents it from working in some environments, including WSL. You'll need
the fixed version on ticket #185
#185 . The fix is
working its way through the process but for now you still need to get it
from the ticket.

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