Use accelerated graphics on Windows 10 Linux subsystem with Xming?

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I've got Ubuntu 16.04 running in Windows 10 16251.0 as a Linux subsystem, and I've got Xming-mesa 6.9.0.31 installed.

I launch Xming using Xming :0 -multiwindow -clipboard

Then in my Ubuntu bash shell I type export DISPLAY=:0 and I can launch graphical applications in Xming.

However, I do not get accelerated graphics, so when I launch an editor (e.g. sudo spyder3), I have to deal with the jerky scrolling and such that you get without acceleration.

How do I fix this? I'm sure my video card (AMD RX480 latest drivers) supports OpenGL, but for some reason I'm not activating it correctly.

geofurb

Posted 2017-08-08T19:54:34.050

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Run export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 in WSL to force rendering to happen on the Windows side of things.

Aido

Posted 2017-08-08T19:54:34.050

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export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 export DISPLAY=:0 sudo spyder3

No change :( – geofurb – 2017-08-08T20:04:40.450

@geofurb What if you try it with glxgears? – Aido – 2017-08-08T20:06:25.323

How would I do that? – geofurb – 2017-08-08T20:06:55.377

glxgears isn't realted to spyder3, I want you to see if LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT impacts glxgears. – Aido – 2017-08-08T20:07:59.890

~1300FPS, but it jolts every so often. (Unless that's part of the intended behavior?) – geofurb – 2017-08-08T20:10:07.480

What's the difference when LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT is and isn't set. – Aido – 2017-08-08T20:10:59.473

Similar performance after executing export LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=0 – geofurb – 2017-08-08T20:11:35.927

Did you unset LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT before running it the first time? – Aido – 2017-08-08T20:12:56.100

Negative; confirmed with export -p that LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT was set for the first run and unset for the second run. – geofurb – 2017-08-08T20:14:57.853

I don't know, then. Sorry. – Aido – 2017-08-08T20:17:03.643

What's the reasoning there? – geofurb – 2017-08-09T02:40:38.710

@geofurb Oh I just remembered, it's an option in XMing as well, or at least VcXsrv has it. – Aido – 2017-08-09T04:40:04.633

So setting LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=0 doesn't refert the framerate from glxgears to software accelerated speeds; HOWEVER, rebooting the machine restores it to software acceleration, and you get ~60fps instead of ~1300fps. What's going on that Spyder isn't benefiting from this graphical acceleration? – geofurb – 2017-08-10T00:16:00.553

Would XDMCP offer better performance or worse, since I'm rendering on the Windows computer? – geofurb – 2017-08-10T01:29:59.963

When I use this with -wgl it makes glxgears far slower. The only smooth animation is no -wgl and no LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT. – user541686 – 2019-04-18T23:42:03.570

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