Lutris, Bottles, Wine...It all keeps freezing

Fenris · 18 August 2025 15:57

Before I get started, I will start with this…


 ╭─fenris@fenris in ~ as 🧙 took 0s
 ╰─λ sudo garuda-inxi
System:
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    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=9a84ff09-2e69-42ea-b974-85d5f9a637fc rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet rd.luks.uuid=3594f570-93c8-4a63-b099-34ce9110cbe1
    rd.luks.uuid=72f3aff6-7ac6-43ad-bd47-ee4e2308a0a7
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    dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
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CPU:
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    drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland
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  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 layers: 7 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
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  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: xfce4-display-settings
    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
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  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Audio Coprocessor
    driver: snd_pci_acp6x v: kernel alternate: snd_pci_acp3x, snd_rn_pci_acp3x,
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    snd_sof_amd_renoir, snd_sof_amd_rembrandt, snd_sof_amd_vangogh,
    snd_sof_amd_acp63, snd_sof_amd_acp70 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 06:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 06:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  Device-4: JMTek LLC. LCS USB Audio
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 7-1.1.3:8 chip-ID: 0c76:2018 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Device-5: Creative Live! Cam Sync 1080p V2 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
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    chip-ID: 041e:40a1 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Device-6: C-Media CM106 Like Sound Device
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 7-1.2:4 chip-ID: 0d8c:0102 class-ID: 0300
  API: ALSA v: k6.16.1-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.7 status: n/a (root, process) with:
    1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
    3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000
    bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-3: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000
    bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: vmnet1 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: vmnet8 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 5-1:2 chip-ID: 8087:0029
    class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: N/A
Drives:
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  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
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    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: P9CR413 temp: 41.9 C
    scheme: GPT
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Partition:
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    mapped: luks-3594f570-93c8-4a63-b099-34ce9110cbe1
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    maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.8 TiB size: 1.8 TiB (100.00%)
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Swap:
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  ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 19.3 GiB used: 454.2 MiB (2.3%)
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    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
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  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
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  Processes: 617 Power: uptime: 24m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
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Garuda (2.7.5-1):
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  Last full system update: 2025-08-18
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  Windows dual boot:       No/Undetected
  Failed units:            vmware.service 
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I’m thinking WINE is somehow not updating properly in the background causing Lutris and Bottles to both get jammed when trying to install Battle.net. This is odd to me, cause the Blizzard program is the one program that seems to function the best no matter what I do with Linux.

This is what I see…

I left the bottles one going all night just cause it tole me that “this could take awhile”…I gave it 24 hours, I don’t know how much time it needs

Any ideas? Because running games in a virtual machine really leaves my system sluggish

Apocalypticus · 18 August 2025 17:27

I can tell you how I did it.

Install wine-tkg-staging-bin (AUR).
Download the script from lutris.net to install battle.net.
In Lutris, click the + sign to add a game, select the option via local script and install.

If not available, install version GE-Proton10-10 with protonup-qt (Chaotic AUR) and select it in the Lutris configuration settings in the start options for battle.net.

The client is finicky. Sometimes it doesn’t update itself cause of write errors. Then I switch the options to TKG Staging and then back again.

EDIT:
Forgot additional settings I have.

Fenris · 18 August 2025 18:13

Well…
I’m closer after installing wine-tgk-staging-bin and protonup-qt

When I clicked the install script, it didn’t seem to give me options that your showing

Edit:
Ok so I went about it the wrong way…I don’t see the kinds of options that you see…

And I do not know how to implament the script you linked into this setup

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gampel · 18 August 2025 19:01

Which browser you use ? With Google-chrome ? sorry..use firedragon or firefox

click on save to downlad the file (filename = battlenet-standard.json then →

→ etc

Apocalypticus · 18 August 2025 19:34

The method you used in the first two screenshots assumes that Battle.net is/was already installed. After reinstalling the OS, you can use this method if you had backed up the Games folder. If this is the case, select a name in the first image above and navigate to your battlenet folder in the second image under “Executable” and click battlenet.exe. Not the launcher!

In protonup-qt, you can download different proton versions. Simply installing protonup-qt does not change anything. Start it and click through the two drop-down menus.

Fenris · 18 August 2025 19:40

You know whats funny? Everything I backed up failed, the engines just simply wouldn’t accept them. So, they got tossed a side.

Now to be fair, I did kind of getting it working following the tkg and proton settings you suggested.

It took a lot of going into the task manager and killing the wineservice entries before this screen could show up. I don’t know if I would consider that a green checked solution as to fixed. So it works right now, but if I restart my computer like 10 times, and another trillion updates come out for Garuda…is this going to get jammed up and not run again? I don’t know

Apocalypticus · 18 August 2025 19:52

It was probably just the corresponding versions of proton that were missing.

It has less to do with Garuda updates. The problem is almost always updates to the Battle.net client. Often, it is then unable to write its data. The only solution is to switch between the Wine and Proton versions until one of them works. After that, you can switch back to your preferred version. It´s a bit tricky. Should I say linux-like?

Fenris · 18 August 2025 19:54

Interesting, if I can’t get it working again in the distant future cause of “Battle.net Updates”, perhaps I will try private messaging you first if I remember to do that. You seem to know how to integrate this game client quite nicely

Apocalypticus · 18 August 2025 20:02

As I said, it’s tricky. It’s always a game of trial and error to find out which version works. With time, you get some practice at it. It’s like the game before the game, so to speak.

But it’s better to ask here in the forum, so others can benefit too.

Fenris · 18 August 2025 20:03

Alright, I will keep that in mind

Burning_Beard · 19 August 2025 14:41

No clue about Bottles, but I had issues with Lutris installing anything, and the solution was removing all packages for WINE and proton, then installing the current WINE (leaving Proton to ProtonUp-Qt, Steam, And Lutris, not the OS package managers). The recent updates from changing over to WoW64 as default seemed to have messed things up, outside of Steam, for me, but with either no errors or cryptic errors, and installed games still worked fine.

Fenris · 19 August 2025 19:53

Interesting, I didn’t know that WoW had so many software changes like that.

Personally I think Bottles is easier to use then Lutris, but now that I got battle.net working. I guess I can now go back to Lutris for some things. I still can’t make GOG things work properly but at least we got a good start to some of these updates.