Closed nicolnt closed 4 months ago
marc-vdm
commented
4 months ago Hey, thanks for making this issue!
I'm not entire sure you can run applications with a user-interface from WSL. May I ask why you're using WSL instead of just using the Windows version of Conda?
nicolnt
commented
4 months ago Hi,
I can confirm that activity-browser works if I install Anaconda on Windows directly and run it from the installed command prompt. I thought that AB was a web-based GUI, so I was expecting to use my browser.
I use WSL to have a proper Linux environment, as I cannot install it directly on my managed laptop.
Furthermore, I will investigate, as it appears that I can run GUI according to official documentation: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/wsl/blob/main/WSL/tutorials/gui-apps.md
marc-vdm
commented
4 months ago Thanks for the update. I'm sorry to hear this, managed devices are sometimes a pain to work with. WSL is not something we've had on the radar as a use-case, but we'll see if we can support you in working with AB through WSL.
While we are looking behind the screens for a solution, could you verify that you followed all install steps required to run GUI apps on WSL as described in your link?
nicolnt
commented
4 months ago Thanks for the update. I'm sorry to hear this, managed devices are sometimes a pain to work with. WSL is not something we've had on the radar as a use-case, but we'll see if we can support you in working with AB through WSL.
Thanks, that could help future users
While we are looking behind the screens for a solution, could you verify that you followed all install steps required to run GUI apps on WSL as described in your link?
Yes. My WSL config is set to run GUI apps. I just tried with vlc and it works fine. Tried again with activity-browser, and it failed with the same error. I actually didn't change anything as my GPU driver was already installed and my Windows 10 version is 19045, with WSL version 2. Those are the prerequisites listed here.
marc-vdm
commented
4 months ago Alright, thanks for letting us know. I expect you may be faster with requesting conda access on your managed device through whoever manages your computer than we may be in fixing this. But once this is resolved, we will let you know here.
nicolnt
commented
4 months ago No worries really, this is not locking me and this issue is more to make the project and potential WSL users aware 😉
In my situation, I can run activity-browser from Anaconda shell, like you suggested. What I meant by having a managed device is that I cannot install a GNU/Linux distribution as a main or second OS. But I can install anything on Windows with my admin rights.
marc-vdm
commented
4 months ago Alright thanks for informing us at least :)! I will close this for now
Updating AB
What happened?
I just installed activity-browser on my WSL from my Windows 10 machine. I followed the instructions from here: https://github.com/LCA-ActivityBrowser/activity-browser?tab=readme-ov-file#installation When I run
activity-browserI get a segfaultCould be linked with #212
Windows 10 Pro Version 22H2 Build 19045.4046
WSL version: 10.0.19041.3691 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS Release: 22.04 Codename: jammy
Relevant errors
Operating system
Windows 10
Conda environment