Nautilus requires dbus-x11 on Debian to save preferences

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Type of issue

Missing information

Feedback

When Nautilus is installed on a fresh Debian installation running on WSL, the preferences do not work as expected. When changing an option, it instantly switches back.

I searched for the error message written in the terminal and found a solution that worked for me: installing dbus-x11.
So, sudo apt install dbus-x11 -y. Nautilus also behaves as configured. I did not further research or testing.

IMHO, this could be added as a Note or Information pane. But feel free to decline my input.

PS: Thank you all very much for the incredible work done with/on WSL. Its amazing 😄.

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/tutorials/gui-apps

Content source URL

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/wsl/blob/main/WSL/tutorials/gui-apps.md

Author

@craigloewen-msft

Document Id

03d806dd-56d9-f230-b7f8-b6f583168247