Error on WSL

[Berkmann18]

When I run serve . on WSL (Ubuntu 18.04.1 on Windows 10 with the kernel v4.4.0), I get this output:

ERROR: Cannot copy to clipboard: Command failed: xsel --clipboard --input
xsel: Can't open display: (null)
: Connection refused

I tried setting DISPLAY=localhost:0 but that doesn't help.

[chase-moskal]

serve automatically copies the local address to the clipboard

it looks like this automatic feature is failing on your machine

you can supply the -n flag to tell serve to skip the clipboard step, which may help you

try:

serve -n

let us know if this solves the issue for you 👋

[Berkmann18]

It does indeed ignore that, but it doesn't solve that per se.

[adriangabardo]

@Berkmann18 I also run serve from WSL, and it is not an operation-critic feature, as chase-moskal said, you can run the -n flag so that it doesn't try to put on the clipboard.

[rfgamaral]

Same issue here, but the root cause is actually here.

[Berkmann18]

@adriangabardo True, it's not an operation-critic thing but noisy and which leaves room for (potential) bugs (especially as the solution is just a workaround).

That being said, I don't use Windows anymore so I wouldn't be able to tell if it's still an issue on WSL as this problem doesn't occur on XFCE4's terminal on Arch.