WSL Shutdown problem

[mshane911]

Windows Build Number

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19042.928]

WSL Version

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.4.72

Distro Version

Kali Linux 2021.1

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

1. Run WSL
2. Open Task Manager
3. Observe vmmem is running
4. Shutdown WSL (wsl --shutdown)
5. VMMEM shutdown for a while then run again after a few seconds
6. check wsl (wsl -l -v)
7. WSL is running again

Expected Behavior

i want to stop vmem if im not using wsl

Actual Behavior

vmem kept running after wsl shutdown

Diagnostic Logs

No response

[therealkenc]

Kali Linux 2021.1

Did you install Win-Kex?

[mshane911]

Kali Linux 2021.1

Did you install Win-Kex?

Nope

[therealkenc]

I cannot reproduce here; Kex was the wild ass guess. You would have mentioned Docker if you were using it, and that wouldn't start a WSL distribution (kali-linux). Breathing on the \\wsl$\kali-linux filesystem (for example in Explorer) will start it, but that probably isn't your case either. That's all the guesses I have on the externality that is starting your kali-linux distro.

[benhillis]

I suspect that a file from \\wsl$ of \\wsl.localhost is in your recently used files. Can you clear your file explorer history and see if the problem persists?

[ghost]

This issue has been automatically closed since it has not had any author activity for the past 7 days. If you're still experiencing this issue please re-open it.

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