mintty
wsltty may cause WSL to hang (Windows 10)
Every couple of months my WSL hangs until I restart my computer or kill WSL related processes in the task manager. By "hangs," I mean clicking on the terminal icon on my taskbar does not bring up a window, or, it brings up a window that never shows a prompt. I'll go into more detail at the bottom of this issue, or you can see the details I've already described in the WSL tracker
In the title, I use the word "may" because I'm not hundred percent sure wsltty is responsible, but I do have some evidence. When my WSL hangs:
- Killing wslbridge2.exe in the task manager sometimes unfreezes WSL so that the
wsl --shutdowncommand completes. - I can't find wslbridge2.exe in the task manager when my system is "stuck," but all the other WSL process seem to be running.
I know this isn't enough information to troubleshoot, but is there a way to generate wsltty logs or wslbridge2.exe logs the next time this happens so that I may be able to provide enough troubleshooting information to rule wsltty out as the cause?
Thanks!
Here's how I start wsltty: %LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\bin\mintty.exe --tabbar=4 -o "KeyFunctions=t:new-window-cwd;w:close;AppID=wsltty" --WSL="Ubuntu" --configdir="%APPDATA%\wsltty" -h always - Notice that if an error were causing this problem, the shortcut is set to keep the window open so I could see it: since the window doesn't open at all or doesn't print anything when it opens, WSL/wsltty seems to be experiencing some sort of deadlock. I also want to note that when I'm in this state, no wsl.exe commands complete: if I run wsl --shutdown, the command never finishes.
clicking on the terminal icon
which means the wsltty icon or the native WSL console icon?
is there a way to generate wsltty logs or wslbridge2.exe logs
I'm afraid no. @Biswa96 ?
I do not use the WSL anymore and ready to give away the wslbridge2 repository if anyone is interested to maintain it.
clicking on the terminal icon
which means the wsltty icon or the native WSL console icon?
Sorry, I didn't notice this question until now. I'm clicking on an Ubuntu icon in my taskbar, but I manually changed the icon to look like this. I don't remember what it originally looked like.
If you are asking me if it's a Windows terminal or wsltty, the latter:
Here's how I start wsltty:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\wsltty\bin\mintty.exe --tabbar=4 -o "KeyFunctions=t:new-window-cwd;w:close;AppID=wsltty" --WSL="Ubuntu" --configdir="%APPDATA%\wsltty" -h always -
If I haven't provided the information you're looking for, could you word your question a different way because I don't think I understand what you are asking.