[SOLVED] Lutris won't find a file on an external drive

iskander · December 16, 2024, 1:51pm

Hello everyone!

On my system, Lutris says it could not find an executable if it is located on a mounted non-system drive. The game starts OK if I cd into its directory and run it through Wine. The game starts OK through Lutris if it is located on a system drive.

I don’t know if it is a bug or not. I hope someone here could help me resolve my problem. Below, I describe the problem in details.

Required:

Lutris 0.5.18.
The game is installed on external (non-system) drive. This drive is connected to the system.

Steps I do to reproduce:

mount /dev/disk/by-uuid/uuid /mnt/uuid.
Launch Lutris.
Press Add Game.
Select Add locally installed game.
Enter game’s Name.
Select option Wine in Runner.
Into the field Executable, manually type the absolute path to the game’s executable: /mnt/uuid/.wine/drive_c/…/…exe.
Into the field Working directory, manually type the absolute path to the executable’s directory: /mnt/uuid/.wine/drive_c/…
Press Save.
Select added game and press Play.

Result:
Error message appears: “Lutris has encountered an error. The file … could not be found”. See screenshot.

Why I type the paths manually:
If I select the executable through three dots option, the graphical file finder appears. The mounted directory and its contains are perfectly visible there, but after selecting an executable/path that way, the actual value of the field looks like some directory under /run: /run/user/1000/doc/…

Log output of lutris -d is in the replies. There is a line #21 with the same error message as in the graphical interface. There are weird #10-#15 lines above it, but I think they do not matter because they appear as I just move from the Game info tab to the Game options tab.

iskander · December 16, 2024, 1:52pm

INFO 2024-12-16 12:35:24,538 [application.do_command_line:480]:Starting Lutris 0.5.18
INFO 2024-12-16 12:35:24,568 [startup.run_all_checks:120]:“card1” is AMD Radeon RX 7600 (1002:7480 1458:240b amdgpu) Driver 24.3.1
DEBUG 2024-12-16 12:35:24,724 [path_cache._update_missing_games:114]:Checking for missing games
DEBUG 2024-12-16 12:35:24,754 [api.check_stale_runtime_versions:52]:Modified at Sun 15 Dec 2024 22:52:38 , will update after Mon 16 Dec 2024 04:52:38
DEBUG 2024-12-16 12:35:24,754 [http._request:88]:GET https://lutris.net/api/runtimes/versions?pci_ids=1002:7480%201458:240B
DEBUG 2024-12-16 12:35:24,992 [lutriswindow.create_runtime_updater_cb:1358]:Runtime up to date
DEBUG 2024-12-16 12:35:27,049 [application.show_window:396]:Showing window AddGamesWindow{‘parent’: <lutriswindow.LutrisWindow object at 0x7cbfda7cdac0 (LutrisWindow at 0x64f6c944d330)>}
DEBUG 2024-12-16 12:35:28,216 [application.on_app_window_destroyed:421]:Removed window AddGamesWindow{‘parent’: <lutriswindow.LutrisWindow object at 0x7cbfda7cdac0 (LutrisWindow at 0x64f6c944d330)>}
INFO 2024-12-16 12:35:55,042 [game_common._switch_runner:600]:Creating new configuration with runner wine
WARNING 2024-12-16 12:35:56,296 [runner.game_config:92]:Accessing game config while runner wasn’t given one.
WARNING 2024-12-16 12:35:56,296 [runner.game_config:92]:Accessing game config while runner wasn’t given one.
ERROR 2024-12-16 12:35:56,296 [wine.game_exe:655]:The game doesn’t have an executable
WARNING 2024-12-16 12:35:56,297 [runner.game_config:92]:Accessing game config while runner wasn’t given one.
WARNING 2024-12-16 12:35:56,297 [runner.game_config:92]:Accessing game config while runner wasn’t given one.
ERROR 2024-12-16 12:35:56,297 [wine.game_exe:655]:The game doesn’t have an executable
DEBUG 2024-12-16 12:37:48,854 [http._request:88]:GET https://lutris.net/api/games/the-binding-of-isaac-rebirth
DEBUG 2024-12-16 12:37:48,862 [game.save:454]:Saving The Binding of Isaac Rebirth (wine) with config ID the-binding-of-isaac-rebirth-1734349068
DEBUG 2024-12-16 12:37:48,862 [config.save:227]:Saving LutrisConfig(level=game, game_config_id=the-binding-of-isaac-rebirth-1734349068, runner=wine) config to /home/iskander/.var/app/net.lutris.Lutris/data/lutris/games/the-binding-of-isaac-rebirth-1734349068.yml
ERROR 2024-12-16 12:37:48,890 [game.id:150]:The game ‘The Binding of Isaac Rebirth’ has no ID, it is not stored in the database.
DEBUG 2024-12-16 12:37:48,904 [path_cache.add_to_path_cache:47]:Adding The Binding of Isaac Rebirth (wine) to path cache
ERROR 2024-12-16 12:38:18,814 [exception_backstops.wrapper:34]:The Binding of Isaac Rebirth (wine) has encountered an error: The file /mnt/0818d707-9320-40ee-b59f-9b960e7ad612/.wine/drive_c/GOG Games/The Binding of Isaac Rebirth/isaac-ng_launcher.exe could not be found
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/lutris/exception_backstops.py”, line 29, in wrapper
result = function(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/lutris/game.py”, line 672, in configure_game
gameplay_info = self.get_gameplay_info(launch_ui_delegate)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/lutris/game.py”, line 611, in get_gameplay_info
gameplay_info = self.runner.play()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/app/lib/python3.12/site-packages/lutris/runners/wine.py”, line 1223, in play
raise MissingGameExecutableError(filename=game_exe)
lutris.exceptions.MissingGameExecutableError: The file /mnt/0818d707-9320-40ee-b59f-9b960e7ad612/.wine/drive_c/GOG Games/The Binding of Isaac Rebirth/isaac-ng_launcher.exe could not be found
DEBUG 2024-12-16 12:38:18,814 [game.stop_game:894]:The Binding of Isaac Rebirth (wine) has run for 0 seconds
WARNING 2024-12-16 12:38:18,814 [game.stop_game:896]:The game has run for a very short time, did it crash?
DEBUG 2024-12-16 12:38:18,814 [game.stop_game:906]:Playtime: Never played
DEBUG 2024-12-16 12:38:18,814 [application.on_game_stopped:793]:Removing 1 from running IDs
INFO 2024-12-16 12:38:55,876 [application.do_shutdown:1049]:Shutting down Lutris

legluondunet · December 16, 2024, 2:23pm

Are you using Lutris Flatpak version?

iskander · December 16, 2024, 2:24pm

Yes, I am.

legluondunet · December 16, 2024, 2:33pm

Flatpak apps have restricted access to your home and system folders/files.
Install Flatseal then add access to your hard drive in “other files” section:

iskander · December 16, 2024, 6:47pm

Thank you very much. You were right, Flatpak apps have restricted access to system’s directory indeed. I just looked into what these directories actually are. Apparently, there are very few of them. I confirmed that information on official Flatpak resourse [1]. There was --filesystem option mentioned, which grants an app the access to specific place of your system. So a read flatpak-run(1) man page to find out how to use it. Apparently, there are Flatpak metadata files (flatpak-metadata(1)) for each app, and the option is already set there. My Lutris’ metadata file was here:

$HOME/.local/share/flatpak/app/net.lutris.Lutris/current/active/metadata

In it, there was a statement indeed:

filesystems=home;/media;/run/media;~/.config/MangoHud:ro;xdg-run/gamescope-0:ro;~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam:ro;xdg-data/umu:create;

So while my Lutris did not have an access to /mnt directory indeed, it had an access to, say, /media directory. So I just changed the mountpoint of my drive from /mnt/uuid to /media/uuid, and the game starts now. Also I can select the executable’s path via graphical interface, not typing it.

[1] Sandbox Permissions - Flatpak documentation