When I try to SSH into my QSL install from Cursor, I get an error: [2024-09-24 15:05:04.067] Extension version: 0.81.8 [2024-09-24 15:05:04.068] L10N bundle: undefined [2024-09-24 15:05:04.084] authorityHierarchy: wsl+ubuntu20 [2024-09-24 15:05:04.084] WSL extension activating for a local WSL insta…

Hi @mikehale Try this: [image] SSH still not working Bug Report Thanks for the details. I will try to reproduce this setup and see if we can add Windows support. In the mean time, you can explore if it may be possible to setup WSL2 with ssh and connect to that instead? …

I’m already using WSL, the issue is I can’t connect to it from Cursor

Tried a fresh install, when Cursor runs I see a notification in the lower left corner “Starting VS Code in WSL: Unpacking 0%” Then I get an error that “VS Code server for WSL closed unexpectedly” The logs show this: [2024-10-01 14:53:56.534] Removing previous installation… [2024-10-01 14:53:56.5…

[image] mikehale: mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/home/mike/.cursor-server/bin/51c8aff7cb5a89f4a0e462fbacab938bdbfaf140-1727794437’: Permission denied you need to resolve this permission issue. maybe deleting ~/.cursor-server will be enough

Can't SSH into WSL

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deanrie (Dean Rie) September 26, 2024, 7:31am 2

Hi @mikehale

Try this:

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Can't SSH into WSL

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