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WSL settings and issue fixes

WSL Settings and Issue Fixes

Enable systemd

  1. Get the latest version WSL from the Windows Store

  2. Ensure /etc/wsl.conf has

    [boot]
    systemd=true
    
  3. Restart WSL by wsl.exe --shutdown

Refer to

Set custom host name for a distro

  1. Edit /etc/wsl.conf like

    [network]
    hostname=your-host-name
    generateHosts=false
    

    Replace your-host-name with your host name.

  2. Edit /etc/hosts, replacing every occurrence of the old host name with your new host name.

  3. Restart WSL by wsl.exe --shutdown

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Change the default login user for a distro

Use a distro command like

ubuntu2204.exe config --default-user your-user-name

Fix the time issue after Windows sleep

The issue is that when a WSL distro is open and Windows starts sleep, then the date time on the distro may be incorrect after the sleep. The fix is to to enable the systemd-timesyncd service on the distro.

  1. Ensure systemd is enabled as said by Enable systemd

  2. Install systemd-timesyncd if not, by

    sudo apt install systemd-timesyncd
  3. Edit its config by

    sudo systemctl edit systemd-timesyncd

    Ensure the config has

    [Unit]
    ConditionVirtualization=
    
  4. Start or restart it by

    sudo systemctl start systemd-timesyncd

    or

    sudo systemctl restart systemd-timesyncd

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