WSL crashes shortly after startup #14246
Description
Windows Version
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.26200.7840]
WSL Version
2.6.3.0
Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?
- WSL 2
- WSL 1
Kernel Version
6.6.87.2
Distro Version
Ubuntu 24.04
Other Software
No response
Repro Steps
This machine previously had Ubuntu 20.04 installed on WSL2, but it was removed using wsl --unregister.
To reproduce the problem:
- Execute
wsl --installto install Ubuntu 24.04. - Execute
wslto run Ubuntu 24.04. - It displays
Provisioning the new WSL instance Ubuntu
This might take a while...
Create a default Unix user account: tzeng
logger: socket /dev/log: No such file or directory
logging to syslog failed: command line logger --id=215 --tag=adduser --priority=user.info -- Adding user `tzeng' ... returned error: 256
logger: socket /dev/log: No such file or directory
logging to syslog failed: command line logger --id=215 --tag=adduser --priority=user.info -- Selecting UID/GID from range 1000 to 59999 ... returned error: 256
logger: socket /dev/log: No such file or directory
logging to syslog failed: command line logger --id=215 --tag=adduser --priority=user.info -- Adding new group `tzeng' (1000) ... returned error: 256
logger: socket /dev/log: No such file or directory
logging to syslog failed: command line logger --id=215 --tag=adduser --priority=user.info -- Adding new user `tzeng' (1000) with group `tzeng (1000)' ... returned error: 256
logger: socket /dev/log: No such file or directory
logging to syslog failed: command line logger --id=215 --tag=adduser --priority=user.info -- Creating home directory `/home/tzeng' ... returned error: 256
logger: socket /dev/log: No such file or directory
logging to syslog failed: command line logger --id=215 --tag=adduser --priority=user.info -- Copying files from `/etc/skel' ... returned error: 256
New password:
Retype new password:
passwd: password updated successfully
logger: socket /dev/log: No such file or directory
logging to syslog failed: command line logger --id=215 --tag=adduser --priority=user.info -- Adding new user `tzeng' to supplemental / extra groups `users' ... returned error: 256
logger: socket /dev/log: No such file or directory
logging to syslog failed: command line logger --id=215 --tag=adduser --priority=user.info -- Adding user `tzeng' to group `users' ... returned error: 256
wsl: Failed to start the systemd user session for 'tzeng'. See journalctl for more details.
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.
- After about 3 minutes, WSL will crash and jump back to the upper-level cmd window.
Expected Behavior
Normal continuous execution.
Actual Behavior
WSL crashes and jumps back to the upper-level cmd window.