Rock star launcher won't start after first time exit

Hi there. I have been using Garuda for a week now, and I'm having a blast. the only game I play sometimes is RDR2. So I went to install it. Downloaded Lutris, afterwords Rock Star, and then game itself. I must say was shocked that game worked right away, no missing labs nothing, nada.
Because I was busy doing other stuff, right after I knew game start with no problem, I quit the game. But on the second day, Launcher wouldn't start from Lutris. I googled everything similar to my issue, but nothing helped me. I thought I must have done something, or installed something, because I was trying to see what's in Garuda, before that I have been using Debian based Linux only. After all night of trying to figure out, I gave up, and reinstalled Garuda, and installed the game again, and it worked. But I was so confused why I had this issue to begin with, I knew i have done no changes to Linux to have such an issue. So immediately after exited the game, and tried to start it again, and what do you know the game won't start.
The game is not running, that is obvious. Tried killing all Wine process. Tried everything I could find on Google. Reinstalling lutris, reinstalling rock star launcher, installing other version of rock star launcher. Nothing seems to help. But as I said before, the game works, but launcher won't start after first exit of the game. Rock star launcher starts from EXE file, if I try it starting without Lutris, but I'm unable to type in my log and pass.

-> lutris

(lutris:77777): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:57:41.488: Theme parsing error: gtk-dark.css:5822:26: '-shadow' is not a valid color name

(lutris:77777): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:57:41.488: Theme parsing error: gtk-dark.css:5825:14: not a number

(lutris:77777): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:57:41.488: Theme parsing error: gtk-dark.css:5826:13: not a number

(lutris:77777): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:57:41.488: Theme parsing error: gtk-dark.css:5827:11: Expected a length
2022-01-31 20:57:41,760: Magic not available. Unable to automatically find game executables. Please install python-magic
2022-01-31 20:57:41,793: Starting Lutris 0.5.9.1
2022-01-31 20:57:41,817: No cores found
2022-01-31 20:57:42,542: Startup complete
2022-01-31 20:57:42,543: Using NVIDIA drivers 495.46 for x86_64
2022-01-31 20:57:42,543: GPU: Unknown
2022-01-31 20:57:42,543: GPU: 10DE:1C03 3842:6163 (nvidia drivers)

(lutris:77777): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:57:42.609: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:5822:26: '-shadow' is not a valid color name

(lutris:77777): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:57:42.609: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:5825:14: not a number

(lutris:77777): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:57:42.609: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:5826:13: not a number

(lutris:77777): Gtk-WARNING **: 20:57:42.609: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:5827:11: Expected a length
Started initial process 78383 from gamemoderun /home/rassel/.local/share/lutris/runners/wine/lutris-fshack-6.21-6-x86_64/bin/wine /home/rassel/Games/rockstar-games-launcher/drive_c/Program Files/Rockstar Games/Launcher/Launcher.exe
Start monitoring process.
gamemodeauto:
esync: up and running.
Initial process has exited (return code: 0)
Monitored process exited.
Exit with return code 0
2022-01-31 20:58:15,028: Game still running (state: running)
2022-01-31 20:58:15,028: Stopping Rockstar Games Launcher (wine)
System:
Kernel: 5.16.4-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=c2295358-0a77-44b0-8ca9-73961aa224b8 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
resume=UUID=29edbb0e-d79d-4675-af01-504740ffb78c loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.23.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11
vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: X370 Taichi serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: P6.40 date: 07/28/2020
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen
family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 1 stepping: 1 microcode: 0x8001138
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 768 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x64 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB
L3: 16 MiB desc: 2x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3201 high: 3700 min/max: 2200/3600 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3243 2: 3042
3: 2975 4: 2974 5: 3700 6: 3363 7: 3113 8: 3156 9: 3396 10: 2962 11: 3014
12: 2967 13: 3138 14: 3521 15: 3023 16: 3629 bogomips: 115194
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] vendor: eVga.com.
driver: nvidia v: 495.46 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 0d:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1c03 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3440x1440 s-dpi: 109 s-size: 802x333mm (31.6x13.1")
s-diag: 868mm (34.2")
Monitor-1: DP-4 res: 3440x1440 dpi: 109 size: 800x330mm (31.5x13.0")
diag: 865mm (34.1")
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2
v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 495.46 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: eVga.com.
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 0d:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f1
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 0f:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.16.4-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.44 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fb class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp8s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASRock driver: igb v: kernel
port: d000 bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp10s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-9:5 chip-ID: 8087:0aa7 class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.17 TiB used: 148.78 GiB (12.5%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:5 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B2QEXE7
temp: 47.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung
model: SSD 960 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 3B7QCXE7 temp: 36.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Ultra Fit
size: 28.65 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 43.95 GiB size: 43.95 GiB (100.00%)
used: 24.35 GiB (55.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 474 MiB size: 473.1 MiB (99.80%)
used: 576 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 173.83 GiB size: 173.83 GiB (100.00%)
used: 124.43 GiB (71.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:3
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 43.95 GiB size: 43.95 GiB (100.00%)
used: 24.35 GiB (55.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 43.95 GiB size: 43.95 GiB (100.00%)
used: 24.35 GiB (55.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 14.65 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 15.55 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 43.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 55 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 18%
Info:
Processes: 396 Uptime: 41m wakeups: 0 Memory: 15.55 GiB
used: 4.54 GiB (29.2%) Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers:
gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 2053 lib: 453 Shell: fish v: 3.3.1
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.12
Garuda (2.5.3-1):
System install date:     2022-01-29
Last full system update: 2022-01-31
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       NetworkManager
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Snapshots:               Snapper
Failed units:

It will be worth checking on the Lutris forums - if this is a known issue someone there will likely have posted about it.

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As I have stated before, I have done everything, at least every solution posted. Some are missing some sort of lib. But I am missing nothing, game works, after closing it for the first time, it won't start again. Not the game itself, but the launcher.

I assume this also includes rebooting.

If you have tried everything then the launcher is broken. Maybe ask RockStar?

What’s different between systems where it worked (assuming it did, you haven’t mentioned that), and how you’re running it now?

Have you tried installing this package?

Have you tried without gamemode?

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I assume this also includes rebooting?
Yes.

If you have tried everything then the launcher is broken. Maybe ask RockStar?
It is not broken, as I have stated before, game did start, but launcher won't start after first exit.

What's different between systems where it worked (assuming it did, you haven't mentioned that), and how you're running it now?
The difference is, that in Garuda, I didn't have to install all the missing libs ect. It worked right away.

Have you tried installing this package?
Yes.

Have you tried without gamemode?
Yes.

I don't think i'm missing anything,.as I said before, game did start. only thing that makes this issue appear is the exit of the game. if I will reinstall linux, and install game again, it will work, till i exit it again.

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