# "vtkXOpenGLRenderWindow (0x7fffd7237640): Could not find a decent config"

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtkxopenglrenderwindow-0x7fffd7237640-could-not-find-a-decent-config/5206
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 18, 2021, 9:17am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtkxopenglrenderwindow-0x7fffd7237640-could-not-find-a-decent-config/5206 "2021-02-18T09:17:09Z")
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### Author: ![lassoan](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/lassoan/32/50_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/lassoan)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2021, 12:53pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtkxopenglrenderwindow-0x7fffd7237640-could-not-find-a-decent-config/5206/3 "2021-02-18T12:53:29Z")

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I tried running VTK-based applications with a GUI on WSL2 a few days ago and everything worked perfectly:

> **[Slicer can be built and runs well on Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2)](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-can-be-built-and-runs-well-on-windows-subsystem-for-linux-wsl2/16022)**
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> Some information for Windows developers who want to develop/test Slicer on Linux. On current Windows 10 versions, it is very easy to install Linux and run Linux GUI applications such as Slicer, by using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2). Ubuntu...

I’ve followed these instructions for setting up the GUI desktop (it is much simpler than most other tutorials that I’ve found, you just need to copy-paste 10-20 lines of code to the console):

> **[How To Enable WSL2 Ubuntu GUI and use RDP to Remote - NEXTOFWINDOWS.COM](https://www.nextofwindows.com/how-to-enable-wsl2-ubuntu-gui-and-use-rdp-to-remote)**
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> WSL2 continues to be one of my top features I want to explore and learn more about in the entire Windows 10 offering. What Microsoft is doing with WSL is

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