Re: Monitor attributes on Windows 11/WSL2

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Den l=C3=B6r 1 aug. 2026 15.12martin rudalics <[email protected]> skrev:

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> around line 6991 of xfns.c since the source reported by the OP is Gdk
> (source . "Gdk").  But maybe xrandr can do better (unless the user is on
> Wayland).
>

As far as I understand, WSL2 uses a Wayland compositor (Weston) that
renders to an RDP backend. Unless the app is a native Wayland app (PGTK
Emacs), the XWayland compatibility layer is used on top of of Weston.
XRandR is not involved.

See: https://wsl-ui.octasoft.co.uk/blog/wsl2-gui-part1-wslg

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<div dir=3D"auto"><div><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_contai=
ner"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">Den l=C3=B6r 1 aug. 2026 15.12ma=
rtin rudalics &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt=
; skrev:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .=
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around line 6991 of xfns.c since the source reported by the OP is Gdk<br>
(source . &quot;Gdk&quot;).=C2=A0 But maybe xrandr can do better (unless th=
e user is on<br>
Wayland).<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=
=3D"auto">As far as I understand, WSL2 uses a Wayland compositor (Weston) t=
hat renders to an RDP backend. Unless the app is a native Wayland app (PGTK=
 Emacs), the XWayland compatibility layer is used on top of of Weston. XRan=
dR is not involved.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">See:=
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/wsl-ui.octasoft.co.uk/blog/wsl2-gui-part1-wslg</a></div><div dir=3D"auto">=
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