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WSL - Unhandled Exception when executing Out-Gridview command

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Description: In Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) the following exception occurs when executing the Out-Gridview command:

dir | select name | out-gridview

Exception message:

Unhandled Exception: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'OutGridView.Application.AvaloniaAppRunner' threw an exception. ---> System.Exception: XOpenDisplay failed
   at Avalonia.X11.AvaloniaX11Platform.Initialize(X11PlatformOptions options)
   at Avalonia.Controls.AppBuilderBase`1.Setup()
   at OutGridView.Application.AvaloniaAppRunner.BuildAvaloniaApp() in D:\a\1\s\src\OutGridView.Gui\AvaloniaAppRunner.cs:line 34
   at OutGridView.Application.AvaloniaAppRunner..cctor() in D:\a\1\s\src\OutGridView.Gui\AvaloniaAppRunner.cs:line 31
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at OutGridView.Application.Program.Main(String[] args) in D:\a\1\s\src\OutGridView.Gui\Program.cs:line 26

Environment:

Windows 10: WSL 1 (Windows Build 1903) and 2 (Windows 10 Insider Build 18985) - Linux Ubuntu 18.04

PowerShell 7 Preview.4

Microsoft.PowerShell.GraphicalTools v 0.2.0

OG_03_2019-09-23_11-47-36

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 4 years ago
Comments:10 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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tigcommented, Aug 24, 2022

@andschwa This should be closed as won’t fix since it’s for the Avalona version.

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rokejulianlockhartcommented, Aug 24, 2022

The Windows Subsystem For Linux Preview natively provides an X-server, so this remains important.

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