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Regarding WSL question
coniferous
Feb 4, 2023 02:00
yah, I know that. I’m confused why I’m still being prompted for a password and such, tho, after uninstalling and then reinstalling
coniferous
Feb 4, 2023 01:59
@NotTheDr01ds
coniferous
Feb 2, 2023 14:24
@NotTheDr01ds
coniferous
Jan 31, 2023 16:35
Idk if my @ worked on the post, but it's here:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1452835/how-to-diagnose-fix-mysql-install-issue-returning-error-cant-connect-to-loca
coniferous
Jan 30, 2023 22:13
Sounds good. Ty
coniferous
Jan 30, 2023 18:18
@NotTheDr01ds
coniferous
Jan 30, 2023 18:17
You wouldn't be able to also help me figure out MySQL would you? I upgraded Ubuntu so I could install MySQL8, but I'm having trouble/getting confused between mysql, mysqld, mariadb, mysql-server, etc.
coniferous
Jan 29, 2023 03:55
So, I can remove the tarball, but not the vhdx, right? @NotTheDr01ds
coniferous
Jan 29, 2023 02:59
I created my old user 'coni' and it opened everything as it was!!! OMFG... I kind of hate computers, but love you.
coniferous
Jan 29, 2023 02:58
IT CAME BACK!!!
coniferous
Jan 29, 2023 02:48
I also am realizing that I probably THOUGHT that the tar was Ubuntu 18 because I was confused by the naming stuff at the time (and it was already updated to 22 even though the name didn't change). The pressing question is if my files exist anywhere
coniferous
Jan 29, 2023 02:46
No luck... I'm stressing out a bit. I thought I was creating the distribution based on my tar file and it would have all my old files... I kind of want to give up and buy a mac... @NotTheDr01ds
coniferous
Jan 27, 2023 21:28
@NotTheDr01ds ? (wasn't sure if the first message sent you a notification since I edited it)
coniferous
Jan 27, 2023 15:05
@NotTheDr01ds
coniferous
Jan 27, 2023 15:05
Ah, okay. That makes more sense. I did get confused given the multiple possible solutions then.

So, after doing the `--import` I can see the distribution in Windows Terminal, but there aren't any files in the directory... did I lose all my files? It's also already the 22.04 distribution, which confuses me because I thought I created the tarball before upgrading.

Also, (after I figure out if I have any of my old files anywhere) is it safe to delete the .vhdx file?
coniferous
Jan 26, 2023 21:06
I'm going back over everything and starting from the `--import` command (I ran `--unregister` and deleted the existing .vdhx files in the coniferous_ubuntu dir)

So... the `--import` command creates an Ubuntu instance (that I can see with `wsl -l -v` AND creates the .vhdx file (I see both after running that command).

I then ran this command to create the $ubuntuDist variable:
Get-ChildItem HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Lxss\ |
ForEach-Object {
(Get-ItemProperty $_.PSPATH) | Where-Object { $_.DistributionName -eq "coniferous_ubuntu" }
coniferous
Jan 26, 2023 03:24
Okay... I feel like I missed something, but sounds good
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 15:54
@NotTheDr01ds
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 15:54
So the error messages have gone away now that we've removed those paths from PATH, but I'm still not able to run the --import command because a file is in use by some process...
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 15:52
J> wsl ~ -d coniferous_ubuntu
root@DESKTOP-0L8HNEG:~#
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 15:49
*update...
> wsl --import --vhd coniferous_ubuntu "$env:USERPROFILE\wsl\coniferous_ubuntu" "\\?\C:\Users\John J\wsl\coniferous_ubuntu\ext4.vhdx"
The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
Error code: Wsl/0x80070020

> wsl -l -v
NAME STATE VERSION
* coniferous_ubuntu Stopped 2
Ubuntu Stopped 2
docker-desktop Stopped 2
docker-desktop-data Stopped 2

> wsl --shutdown
> wsl --import --vhd coniferous_ubuntu "$env:USERPROFILE\wsl\coniferous_ubuntu" "\\?\C:\Users\John J\…
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 15:38
Is it an issue that Ubuntu 22.04 started up when I launched windows terminal? I had it set as the default previously
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 15:37
Cool.
Sounds good
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 15:36
@NotTheDr01ds Do I need to restart my terminal for the change to be registered?
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 15:29
@NotTheDr01ds
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 15:29
remove them?
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 15:27
yup. They're both in my path:
\\wsl$\Ubuntu-18.04\home\coni\.pyenv\bin\pyenv;\\wsl$\Ubuntu-18.04\home\coni\.local\bin;
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 15:10
Sounds good. Thank you!
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 15:08
Ha.
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 15:07
@NotTheDr01ds
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 15:04
wsl --shutdown shouldn't return anything, right?
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 15:03
# cat /etc/wsl.conf
[automount]
root="/"
options="metadata,umask=22,fmask=11"
[boot]
systemd=false
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 15:02
> wsl ~
<3>WSL (9) ERROR: UtilTranslatePathList:2671: Failed to translate \\wsl$\Ubuntu-18.04\home\coni\.pyenv\bin\pyenv
<3>WSL (9) ERROR: UtilTranslatePathList:2671: Failed to translate \\wsl$\Ubuntu-18.04\home\coni\.local\bin
root@DESKTOP-0L8HNEG:~#
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 15:01
got it
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 15:00
ya
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 14:59
what are the commands to write and exit?
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 14:58
it is enabled
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 14:57
ah
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 14:57
> cat /etc/wsl.conf
cat : Cannot find path 'C:\etc\wsl.conf' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:1
+ cat /etc/wsl.conf
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\etc\wsl.conf:String) [Get-Content], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetContentCommand
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 14:56
it might be
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 14:56
> wsl ~ -e ls /
<3>WSL (502) ERROR: UtilTranslatePathList:2671: Failed to translate \\wsl$\Ubuntu-18.04\home\coni\.pyenv\bin\pyenv
<3>WSL (502) ERROR: UtilTranslatePathList:2671: Failed to translate \\wsl$\Ubuntu-18.04\home\coni\.local\bin
bin c etc init lib64 media opt root sbin sys usr wsl
boot dev home lib lost+found mnt proc run srv tmp var wslg
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 14:55
O.o
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 14:54
ah
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 14:53
Before I was trying to update ubuntu, I did install pyenv and pipenv
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 14:52
ha, okay
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 14:52
completed successfully
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 14:51
> wsl -l -v
NAME STATE VERSION
* docker-desktop Stopped 2
coniferous_ubuntu Running 2
docker-desktop-data Stopped 2
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 14:50
Wait. Nvm, it does switch to a new shell:
bash-5.1#
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 14:50
That just returns the error messages and doesn't switch to 22.04:
```
<3>WSL (456) ERROR: UtilTranslatePathList:2671: Failed to translate \\wsl$\Ubuntu-18.04\home\coni\.pyenv\bin\pyenv
<3>WSL (456) ERROR: UtilTranslatePathList:2671: Failed to translate \\wsl$\Ubuntu-18.04\home\coni\.local\bin
bash-5.1#
```
coniferous
Jan 25, 2023 14:47
@NotTheDr01ds