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Can't install anymore, but can run games ok

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whairst Wednesday 13 January 2021 at 2:46
whairstAnonymous

After not having installed anything in POL for a few months (September), I'm now finding that I can't install anything, or run installers through "Run a .exe file in this virtual drive". This includes an installer that worked fine in September. But already-installed software runs fine.

Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS

PlayOnLinux 4.2.12

Console messages when simply starting up POL:

Looking for python... 2.7.17 - wxversion(s): 3.0-gtk3
selected
[main] Message: PlayOnLinux (4.2.12) is starting
[clean_tmp] Message: Cleaning temp directory
[Check_OpenGL] Warning: check_dd_x86 missing, test skipped
[Check_OpenGL] Warning: check_dd_amd64 missing, test skipped
[POL_System_CheckFS] Message: Checking filesystem for /home/w_hairst/.PlayOnLinux/
[main] Message: Filesystem is compatible
wget-log: Permission denied; disabling logging.
wget-log: Permission denied; disabling logging.
wget-log: Permission denied; disabling logging.
wget-log: Permission denied; disabling logging.
wget-log: Permission denied; disabling logging.
wget-log: Permission denied; disabling logging.
[install_plugins] Message: Checking plugin: ScreenCap...
[install_plugins] Message: Checking plugin: PlayOnLinux Vault...
wget-log: Permission denied; disabling logging.
wget-log: Permission denied; disabling logging.
wget-log: Permission denied; disabling logging.
wget-log: Permission denied; disabling logging.
wget-log: Permission denied; disabling logging.
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wget-log: Permission denied; disabling logging.
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wget-log: Permission denied; disabling logging.
wget-log: Permission denied; disabling logging.
wget-log: Permission denied; disabling logging.
wget-log: Permission denied; disabling logging.
wget-log: Permission denied; disabling logging.
wget-log: Permission denied; disabling logging.
wget-log: Permission denied; disabling logging.
wget-log: Permission denied; disabling logging.
wget-log: Permission denied; disabling logging.
wget-log: Permission denied; disabling logging.
[update_check] Message: List is up to date

When a previously-functional installer is run using "Run a .exe file in this virtual drive" from a virtual drive that runs the (already-installed) software just fine:

[POL_System_CheckFS] Message: Checking filesystem for /home/w_hairst/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/ND17/drive_c/phantom.exe
[POL_Wine] Message: Running wine-1.3.34 /home/w_hairst/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/ND17/drive_c/phantom.exe (Working directory : /home/w_hairst/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/ND17/drive_c)
[POL_Wine] Message: Notice: PlayOnLinux deliberately disables winemenubuilder. See http://www.playonmac.com/fr/page-26-Winemenubuilder.html
err:winedevice:ServiceMain driver L"WineBus" failed to load
fixme:service:scmdatabase_autostart_services Auto-start service L"WineBus" failed to start: 1053
fixme:rpc:handle_bind_error unexpected status value 1765
wine: Unhandled page fault on read access to 0x00000004 at address 0x7ea13274 (thread 0009), starting debugger...
winedbg: Internal crash at 0x7e8f9274
[POL_Wine] Message: Wine return: 0

Would someone who knows more than I about POL please give me a hint as to what to try, or what might be going wrong?

 

whairst Sunday 17 January 2021 at 2:11
whairstAnonymous

Figured it out - to fix an issue where text wasn't showing up in games (the "Wine cannot find the FreeType font library" issue), I had renamed the libz.so* files under PlayOnLinux/wine/linux-x86/1.3.34/lib . Turns out that breaks installation. Grrr... Renaming them back allows me to install, but now the text is missing again.

Dadu042 Wednesday 20 January 2021 at 13:12
Dadu042

Use a newer version of POL (ie: v4.3, instead of v4.2.12), this should help.

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