GUI file dialogue not working on WSL

[Aleosiss]

Description

When attempting to set a mod output directory, the dialogue instantly closes and I am unable to enter a path.

2023-06-21.19-43-08.mp4

Steps to reproduce

From the history output on a fresh install of Ubuntu on WSL2.0
1. curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
2. source "$HOME/.cargo/env"
3. sudo apt-get update
4. sudo apt install build-essential
5. cargo install ferium
6. ferium modpack add kosmolot-unofficial-masa-mods

Operating System

Linux

Are you using the latest version of ferium?

• I am using the latest version of ferium

Additional Information

Installing on WSL2

[theRookieCoder]

I would recommend using the no-gui version (cargo install ferium --no-default-features) for now while I figure this out.

[ok-coder1]

@theRookieCoder, you could add a option in ferium for typing the path in.

[theRookieCoder]

@theRookieCoder, you could add a option in ferium for typing the path in.

There is, all commands that have any directory argument have command line flags for it.

[ok-coder1]

@theRookieCoder, you could add a option in ferium for typing the path in.

There is, all commands that have any directory argument have command line flags for it.

So, shouldn't this be closed?

[theRookieCoder]

No, the GUI file dialogue still doesn't work via WSL to my knowledge? The command line flag and nogui are just workarounds.

[ok-coder1]

How does the dialog box work? It's supposed to be using the Windows dialogue box as AFAIK, WSL doesn't have(install) the Linux file selection dialog right?

[theRookieCoder]

I use this library called rfd, on linux (including anything running inside WSL) it will communicate using the xdg desktop portal to use the system's default file picker.