My WSL2 Ubuntu 20.04 Environment

00-setup.md

My local Ubuntu 20.04 WSL2 setup.

Enable and Install WSL2

From Windows, as admin:

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart

Install the latest WSL2 kernel.

Restart, then:

wsl --set-default-version 2

Set up X410 Settings

• Install X410 from Windows Store
• Launch X410
• Right click tray menu, click "Allow Public Access", then allow through Windows Firewall

Set up Ubuntu 20.04

• Install Ubuntu 20.04 from Windows Store
• Run the installer and create a username and password

Initial setup inside Ubuntu Bash:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

# Installing common deps
sudo apt-get install git gpg vim tasksel

# Set up desktop environment
sudo tasksel

# Select "Ubuntu minimal desktop" in tasksel.

# Install the Dotnet Core framework repository
wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/20.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb

# Install Genie (for creating a pseudo-systemd-compatible environment to run in)
curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/arkane-systems/wsl-translinux/script.deb.sh | sudo bash

sudo apt install -y systemd-genie

• Create file desktop.sh in user root (below).
• chmod a+x desktop.sh

Launching

• Create a file launch-desktop.bat somewhere on the host OS (perhaps Desktop); contents listed below.
• Run the batch script to start up.

Shutting Down

Shut down the WSL2 instance by running:

wsl -t Ubuntu-20.04

01-desktop.sh

#!/bin/bash

export DISPLAY=$(cat /etc/resolv.conf | grep nameserver | awk '{print $2}'):0.0;

export XDG_SESSION_TYPE="x11"

export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=~/xdg

export XDG_SESSION_CLASS="user"

export XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=ubuntu

export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=ubuntu:GNOME

export DESKTOP_SESSION=ubuntu

export GDMSESSION=ubuntu

gnome-session

02-launch-desktop.bat

start /B x410.exe /desktop
ubuntu2004.exe run "genie -c ~/desktop.sh"

I am not sure whether the comment above still applies, as arkane-systems/genie#122 is closed.

and I confirm as of today the previous two steps are still necessary.

the procedure of installing genie has changed and the one shown here no longer works: https://github.com/arkane-systems/genie#debian

I had to mask these too

sudo systemctl mask multipathd.service
sudo systemctl mask systemd-modules-load.service