WSL - Ubuntu fails to install with 0x80004005

[Diliskar]

Windows Version

10.0.22000.3079

WSL Version

2.3.11.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

No response

Distro Version

Ubuntu 22.04

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

1. Activate WSL / Virtualization
2. Install Ubuntu 22.04 from the MS Store
3. Restart device
4. Launch Ubuntu

Expected Behavior

Ubuntu should be installed and launched without any error.

Actual Behavior

Ubuntu fails while installing with error code 0x80004005

Diagnostic Logs

WslLogs-2024-07-22_14-31-46.zip

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Diagnostic information

Detected appx version: 2.3.11.0
Detected user visible error: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/GetDefaultDistro/WSL_E_DEFAULT_DISTRO_NOT_FOUND
Detected user visible error: Wsl/Service/CreateInstance/GetDefaultDistro/WSL_E_DEFAULT_DISTRO_NOT_FOUND

[Diliskar]

after some futher testing, we noticed that Ubuntu will launch if installed using WSL 1.
When trying to change the distros WSL version to 2, it will fail

Directly installing Ubuntu while the default WSL version is set to 2, will result in the error shown above.

[OneBlue]

Thank you @Diliskar. This looks like a processor topology issue. Which CPU do you have on your machine ?

Also, can you try adding:

[wsl2]
processors=1

To %USERPROFILE%/.wslconfig ?

[Diliskar]

Hey @OneBlue ,
thanks for the reply.

The CPU on that device is a intel(r) xeon(r) gold 6226r cpu @ 2.90ghz.
We ll give the .wslconfig change a try, thanks!

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