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X apps running in WSL randomly stop displaying on X Server in Windows host #5339New issueCopy linkNew issueCopy linkClosedClosedX apps running in WSL randomly stop displaying on X Server in Windows host#5339Copy linkLabelsneeds-investigationlikely actionable and/or needs more investigationlikely actionable and/or needs more investigationnetwork

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gitblsopened on Jun 4, 2020Issue body actionsEnvironment Windows build number: Version 10.0.19041.264 Your Distribution version: Debian from the Windows Store with apt update/upgrade done Whether the issue is on WSL 2 and/or WSL 1: WSL 2 Steps to reproduce

1. Start an Xserver on the Windows system. I've reproduced this with both Xming and the Cygwin Xserver and with 3 or 4 different X apps (xterm, xclock, xcolors, for instance)

2. Start the Debian WSL app using the icon created when Debian installed

3. ping hostip (192.168.xx.32 in my case) to confirm. It works.

4. DISPLAY=192.168.xx.32:0 xterm &

Expected behavior

The X app displays on the host through the Xserver. X app continues to run until I kill the Xserver or the app. Happiness throughout the kingdom.

Actual behavior

At some random point later, the xterm window simply disppears, with no action on my part. This seems to take a few hours sometimes.

A ps aux in Debian still shows the xterm process as active.

I have tried doing some logging to capture the exact timing, but since the xterm and bash processes are still running, it's difficult to determine exactly when the app stopped displaying.

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