Enable GPU acceleration

[wambugukinyua]

How do i enable gpu acceleration in wsl since my distro is using llwmpipe to render which is slow.
am using intel graphics.

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[wambugukinyua]

OS: Windows 11 23H2
Distro:

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rom my glxinfo -B output:

:~$ glxinfo -B
name of display: :0
display: :0  screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):
    Vendor: Mesa (0xffffffff)
    Device: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7, 256 bits) (0xffffffff)
    Version: 25.1.4
    Accelerated: no
    Video memory: 3931MB
    Unified memory: yes
    Preferred profile: core (0x1)
    Max core profile version: 4.5
    Max compat profile version: 4.5
    Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
    Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.2
Memory info (GL_ATI_meminfo):
    VBO free memory - total: 31 MB, largest block: 31 MB
    VBO free aux. memory - total: 3399 MB, largest block: 3399 MB
    Texture free memory - total: 31 MB, largest block: 31 MB
    Texture free aux. memory - total: 3399 MB, largest block: 3399 MB
    Renderbuffer free memory - total: 31 MB, largest block: 31 MB
    Renderbuffer free aux. memory - total: 3399 MB, largest block: 3399 MB
Memory info (GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info):
    Dedicated video memory: 1503219 MB
    Total available memory: 1507150 MB
    Currently available dedicated video memory: 31 MB
OpenGL vendor string: Mesa
OpenGL renderer string: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7, 256 bits)
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.5 (Core Profile) Mesa 25.1.4 - kisak-mesa PPA
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.50
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile

OpenGL version string: 4.5 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 25.1.4 - kisak-mesa PPA
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.50
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: compatibility profile

OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 25.1.4 - kisak-mesa PPA
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20