can't open gedit on ubuntu warning unable to connect to server

Asked Jan 14 '20 at 03:18

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error message when using gedit on ubuntu

I keep getting an error whenever I try to open gedit on ubuntu from Windows 10. I already redownloaded and updated gedit but still keep getting the same error.

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asked Jan 14 '20 at 03:18

Konan00781

"from Windows 10" meaning what, exactly? Are you using WSL, or connecting to a remote Ubuntu server over SSH for example? – steeldriver Jan 14 '20 at 03:22
I'm using Windows 10 subsystem for Linux. I'm using ubuntu locally on my desktop – Konan00781 Jan 14 '20 at 03:27
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Have you configured it to run graphical applications, as described in What's the easiest way to run GUI apps on Windows Subsystem for Linux as of 2018? for example? – steeldriver Jan 14 '20 at 03:30
I just did it and I'm still getting the same error message – Konan00781 Jan 14 '20 at 03:59
In the link that @steeldriver listed, did you run the command export DISPLAY=localhost:0.0 from the second answer? WSL still needs to know where the display is. There is a chance that if you type in echo $DISPLAY it will probably come up blank until you type in that export command. – Terrance Jan 14 '20 at 04:41
I fixed it by downloading VcXsrv from this website https://github.com/ArcticaProject/vcxsrv/releases – Konan00781 Jan 14 '20 at 18:05

can't open gedit on ubuntu warning unable to connect to server

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