From df7fe98a7fde45792d9e2d28734e6b67f112c92a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adrian Calinescu Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 16:21:03 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Link to WSL issue from README --- README.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 15639a9..28c54f3 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ PowerShell uses a backtick [ **`** ] and cmd.exe uses a caret [ **^** ]. Note that destreamer won't run in an elevated (Administrator/root) shell. Running inside **Cygwin/MinGW/MSYS** may also fail, please use **cmd.exe** or **PowerShell** if you're on Windows. -**WSL** (Windows Subsystem for Linux) is not supported as it can't easily pop up a browser window. It *may* work by installing an XWindow server (like [Xming][xming]) and exporting the default display to it (`export DISPLAY=:0`) before running destreamer. However we didn't test this so it's pure speculation on our part. +**WSL** (Windows Subsystem for Linux) is not supported as it can't easily pop up a browser window. It *may* work by installing an X Window server (like [Xming][xming]) and exporting the default display to it (`export DISPLAY=:0`) before running destreamer. See [this issue for more on WSL v1 and v2][wsl]. ## How to build @@ -138,4 +138,5 @@ For other bugs, please open an [issue](https://github.com/snobu/destreamer/issue [ffmpeg]: https://www.ffmpeg.org/download.html [xming]: https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/ [node]: https://nodejs.org/en/download/ -[git]: https://git-scm.com/downloads \ No newline at end of file +[git]: https://git-scm.com/downloads +[wsl]: https://github.com/snobu/destreamer/issues/90#issuecomment-619377950