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[SRU] Please detect sound and X server in WSL2, too

Bug #1853343 reported by Balint Reczey
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Bug Description

[Impact]

 * Ubuntu in WSL2 does not detect the PulseAudio or X11 server running on Windows. Detecting them is easy and doing so improves the setup experience.
 * The additional detection logic slowed down the login further, thus a minor speed optimization is also part of the change.

[Test Case] (Run once in WSL1 and once in WSL2)

 * Install and start PulseAudio for Windows ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WSL#Enabling_Sound )
 * Install and start an X11 server for Windows ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WSL#Running_Graphical_Applications )
 * Start the Ubuntu WSL terminal
 * Make sure pulseaudio is not installed:
   $ pulseaudio

   Command 'pulseaudio' not found, but can be installed with:

   apt install pulseaudio

 * Observe environment variables properly set:
   $ echo DISPLAY=$DISPLAY PULSE_SERVER=$PULSE_SERVER

 * Install pulseaudio
   $ sudo apt install pulseaudio
 * Close all Ubuntu WSL sessions
 * Start the Ubuntu WSL terminal again
 * Observe environment variables properly set:
   $ echo DISPLAY=$DISPLAY PULSE_SERVER=$PULSE_SERVER

(Opening and closing the terminal can be replaced by clearing the environment variables and the cache implemented in LP: #1855898)

[Regression Potential]

 * Since the detection takes place in setting the profile mistakes in the implementation may trigger errors show to the users on login. Detecting X and PulseAudio may also break in WSL1 with the changed detection logic, but tests include verifying that this still works.

See original description

Related branches

~rbalint/ubuntu/+source/wslu:wsl2-sound-x
Sebastien Bacher: Pending requested
Ubuntu Core Development Team: Pending requested
Diff: 37 lines (+20/-10)
1 file modified
debian/wsl-integration.sh (+20/-10)
Balint Reczey (rbalint)
description: updated
Balint Reczey (rbalint)
Changed in wslu (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
Balint Reczey (rbalint)
summary: - Please detect sound and X server in WSL2, too
+ [SRU] Please detect sound and X server in WSL2, too
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package wslu - 2.3.2-0ubuntu3

---------------
wslu (2.3.2-0ubuntu3) focal; urgency=medium

  * Detect X and PulseAudio in WSL2, too (LP: #1853343)
  * debian/wsl-integration.sh: Use type instead of which for faster execution.
    Also skip all detection steps when pactl and xvinfo are not installed.

 -- Balint Reczey <email address hidden> Mon, 25 Nov 2019 10:50:14 +0100

Changed in wslu (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello Balint, or anyone else affected,

Accepted wslu into eoan-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wslu/2.3.2-0ubuntu2~19.10.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-eoan to verification-done-eoan. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-eoan. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

Changed in wslu (Ubuntu Eoan):
status: New → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed verification-needed-eoan
Changed in wslu (Ubuntu Disco):
status: New → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed-disco
Revision history for this message
Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote :

Hello Balint, or anyone else affected,

Accepted wslu into disco-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wslu/2.3.2-0ubuntu2~19.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-disco to verification-done-disco. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-disco. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

Changed in wslu (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: New → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed-bionic
Revision history for this message
Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote :

Hello Balint, or anyone else affected,

Accepted wslu into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wslu/2.3.2-0ubuntu2~18.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

Changed in wslu (Ubuntu Xenial):
status: New → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed-xenial
Revision history for this message
Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote :

Hello Balint, or anyone else affected,

Accepted wslu into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wslu/2.3.2-0ubuntu2~16.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-xenial to verification-done-xenial. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-xenial. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

Revision history for this message
Balint Reczey (rbalint) wrote :

Verified using WSL1 on Xenial, Bionic, Disco and Eoan.
Still needs verification using WSL2.

Revision history for this message
Balint Reczey (rbalint) wrote :

Verified using WSL2 on Xenial, Bionic, Disco and Eoan.

tags: added: verification-done verification-done-bionic verification-done-disco verification-done-eoan verification-done-xenial
removed: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic verification-needed-disco verification-needed-eoan verification-needed-xenial
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package wslu - 2.3.2-0ubuntu2~19.10.1

---------------
wslu (2.3.2-0ubuntu2~19.10.1) eoan; urgency=medium

  * Detect X and PulseAudio in WSL2, too (LP: #1853343)
  * debian/wsl-integration.sh: Use type instead of which for faster execution.
    Also skip all detection steps when pactl and xvinfo are not installed.

 -- Balint Reczey <email address hidden> Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:38:57 +0100

Changed in wslu (Ubuntu Eoan):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote : Update Released

The verification of the Stable Release Update for wslu has completed successfully and the package is now being released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package wslu - 2.3.2-0ubuntu2~19.04.1

---------------
wslu (2.3.2-0ubuntu2~19.04.1) disco; urgency=medium

  * Detect X and PulseAudio in WSL2, too (LP: #1853343)
  * debian/wsl-integration.sh: Use type instead of which for faster execution.
    Also skip all detection steps when pactl and xvinfo are not installed.

 -- Balint Reczey <email address hidden> Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:40:55 +0100

Changed in wslu (Ubuntu Disco):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package wslu - 2.3.2-0ubuntu2~18.04.1

---------------
wslu (2.3.2-0ubuntu2~18.04.1) bionic; urgency=medium

  * Detect X and PulseAudio in WSL2, too (LP: #1853343)
  * debian/wsl-integration.sh: Use type instead of which for faster execution.
    Also skip all detection steps when pactl and xvinfo are not installed.

 -- Balint Reczey <email address hidden> Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:42:28 +0100

Changed in wslu (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package wslu - 2.3.2-0ubuntu2~16.04.1

---------------
wslu (2.3.2-0ubuntu2~16.04.1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * Detect X and PulseAudio in WSL2, too (LP: #1853343)
  * debian/wsl-integration.sh: Use type instead of which for faster execution.
    Also skip all detection steps when pactl and xvinfo are not installed.

 -- Balint Reczey <email address hidden> Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:44:05 +0100

Changed in wslu (Ubuntu Xenial):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Robie Basak (racb) wrote :

This change was reverted due to regression bug 1855520, so the matter of this bug is valid and open again for the stable releases.

Changed in wslu (Ubuntu Xenial):
status: Fix Released → Triaged
Changed in wslu (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: Fix Released → Triaged
Changed in wslu (Ubuntu Disco):
status: Fix Released → Triaged
Changed in wslu (Ubuntu Eoan):
status: Fix Released → Triaged
Revision history for this message
Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote : Please test proposed package

Hello Balint, or anyone else affected,

Accepted wslu into eoan-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wslu/2.3.2-0ubuntu2~19.10.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-eoan to verification-done-eoan. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-eoan. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

Changed in wslu (Ubuntu Eoan):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed verification-needed-eoan
removed: verification-done verification-done-eoan
Changed in wslu (Ubuntu Disco):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed-disco
removed: verification-done-disco
Revision history for this message
Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote :

Hello Balint, or anyone else affected,

Accepted wslu into disco-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wslu/2.3.2-0ubuntu2~19.04.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-disco to verification-done-disco. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-disco. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

Changed in wslu (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed-bionic
removed: verification-done-bionic
Revision history for this message
Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote :

Hello Balint, or anyone else affected,

Accepted wslu into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wslu/2.3.2-0ubuntu2~18.04.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-bionic to verification-done-bionic. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-bionic. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

Revision history for this message
Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100) wrote :

Hello Balint, or anyone else affected,

Accepted wslu into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wslu/2.3.2-0ubuntu2~16.04.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from verification-needed-xenial to verification-done-xenial. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-xenial. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

Changed in wslu (Ubuntu Xenial):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
tags: added: verification-needed-xenial
removed: verification-done-xenial
Balint Reczey (rbalint)
description: updated
description: updated
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Balint Reczey (rbalint) wrote :

Please see for verification of all combinations on all releases in the screenshots.

tags: added: verification-done verification-done-bionic verification-done-disco verification-done-eoan verification-done-xenial
removed: verification-needed verification-needed-bionic verification-needed-disco verification-needed-eoan verification-needed-xenial
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package wslu - 2.3.2-0ubuntu2~19.10.3

---------------
wslu (2.3.2-0ubuntu2~19.10.3) eoan; urgency=medium

  * Detect X and PulseAudio in WSL2, too (LP: #1853343)
  * debian/wsl-integration.sh: Use type instead of which for faster execution.
    Also skip all detection steps when pactl and xvinfo are not installed.
  * debian/wsl-integration.sh: Set timeouts for X and PulseAudio detection.
    This fixes long startup time when detection fails after waiting for long.
    (LP: #1855520)
  * Cache results of detecting X and sound server in
    $HOME/.cache/wslu/integration. (LP: #1855898)
    Reuse results when starting new shells in the same running
    WSL Ubuntu instance.

 -- Balint Reczey <email address hidden> Wed, 11 Dec 2019 21:33:12 +0100

Changed in wslu (Ubuntu Eoan):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package wslu - 2.3.2-0ubuntu2~19.04.3

---------------
wslu (2.3.2-0ubuntu2~19.04.3) disco; urgency=medium

  * Detect X and PulseAudio in WSL2, too (LP: #1853343)
  * debian/wsl-integration.sh: Use type instead of which for faster execution.
    Also skip all detection steps when pactl and xvinfo are not installed.
  * debian/wsl-integration.sh: Set timeouts for X and PulseAudio detection.
    This fixes long startup time when detection fails after waiting for long.
    (LP: #1855520)
  * Cache results of detecting X and sound server in
    $HOME/.cache/wslu/integration. (LP: #1855898)
    Reuse results when starting new shells in the same running
    WSL Ubuntu instance.

 -- Balint Reczey <email address hidden> Wed, 11 Dec 2019 21:33:12 +0100

Changed in wslu (Ubuntu Disco):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package wslu - 2.3.2-0ubuntu2~18.04.3

---------------
wslu (2.3.2-0ubuntu2~18.04.3) bionic; urgency=medium

  * Detect X and PulseAudio in WSL2, too (LP: #1853343)
  * debian/wsl-integration.sh: Use type instead of which for faster execution.
    Also skip all detection steps when pactl and xvinfo are not installed.
  * debian/wsl-integration.sh: Set timeouts for X and PulseAudio detection.
    This fixes long startup time when detection fails after waiting for long.
    (LP: #1855520)
  * Cache results of detecting X and sound server in
    $HOME/.cache/wslu/integration. (LP: #1855898)
    Reuse results when starting new shells in the same running
    WSL Ubuntu instance.

 -- Balint Reczey <email address hidden> Wed, 11 Dec 2019 21:33:12 +0100

Changed in wslu (Ubuntu Bionic):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package wslu - 2.3.2-0ubuntu2~16.04.3

---------------
wslu (2.3.2-0ubuntu2~16.04.3) xenial; urgency=medium

  * Detect X and PulseAudio in WSL2, too (LP: #1853343)
  * debian/wsl-integration.sh: Use type instead of which for faster execution.
    Also skip all detection steps when pactl and xvinfo are not installed.
  * debian/wsl-integration.sh: Set timeouts for X and PulseAudio detection.
    This fixes long startup time when detection fails after waiting for long.
    (LP: #1855520)
  * Cache results of detecting X and sound server in
    $HOME/.cache/wslu/integration. (LP: #1855898)
    Reuse results when starting new shells in the same running
    WSL Ubuntu instance.

 -- Balint Reczey <email address hidden> Wed, 11 Dec 2019 21:33:12 +0100

Changed in wslu (Ubuntu Xenial):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Francis Ginther (fginther)
tags: added: id-5ce6a5e345ddef1e155c1fcd
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