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Removed `MESA_GL_OVERRIDE` instruction from WSL and expanded on the XServer setup on the Windows side.
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Helveg authored Sep 7, 2021
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Expand Up @@ -146,9 +146,15 @@ their Windows machine and use X11-forwarding to display the GUI.

1. Install [VcXsrv](https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/).
Make sure you add the right firewall rules and a subnet mask for the
incoming connections.
incoming connections. An alternative is to disable access control when
you start the XServer but this could have security implications for you.
[This](https://github.com/cascadium/wsl-windows-toolbar-launcher#firewall-rules)
is a great write-up of all the pitfalls you can encounter.

Key to the XServer forwarding are the extra settings during XServer startup:

![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/28923979/132318568-7877810a-c73a-4062-a712-91746bdc6266.png)


2. Add the following to `.bashrc`. Please note that it is similar
but not identical to snippets you\'ll find elsewhere:
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