[Bug]: Bottles stuck on "updating runner and components, please wait"

[james2432]

Describe the bug

I had a bottle that was using sys-wine-8.0-2 but now when launching the new updated bottles, it says the runner is no longer available.

I tried changing the bottles to soda-8.0-2 and it just sits there spinning for over 15 minutes.

To Reproduce

1. Go to bottle
2. Update runner to existing one
3. Watch the spinning happen

Package

Flatpak from Flathub

Distribution

Arch Linux

Debugging Information

Official Package: true
Version: '51.11'
DE/WM: gnome
Display:
    X.org: true
    X.org (port): :0
    Wayland: true
Graphics:
    vendors:
        amd:
            vendor: amd
            envs:
                DRI_PRIME: '1'
            icd: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/GL/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.x86_64.json:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/GL/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.i686.json
    prime:
        integrated: null
        discrete: null
Kernel:
    Type: Linux
    Version: 6.7.6-arch1-1
Disk:
    Total: 8356511744
    Free: 8356347904
RAM:
    MemTotal: 15.6GiB
    MemAvailable: 11.5GiB
Bottles_envs: null

Troubleshooting Logs

$ flatpak run com.usebottles.bottles
09:22:16 (INFO) Bottles Started! 
09:22:17 (INFO) Performing Bottles checks… 
09:22:17 (INFO) Dxvks found:
	 - dxvk-2.1
 
09:22:17 (INFO) Vkd3ds found:
	 - vkd3d-proton-2.8
 
09:22:17 (INFO) Nvapis found:
	 - dxvk-nvapi-v0.6.3
 
09:22:17 (INFO) Latencyflexs found:
	 - latencyflex-v0.1.1
 
09:22:17 (INFO) Runners found:
	 - soda-8.0-2
	 - wine-ge-proton8-25
	 - sys-wine-9.0
 
09:22:17 (INFO) Bottles found:
	 - LOTRO
 
09:22:18 (INFO) Catalog installers loaded 
09:22:18 (INFO) Catalog dependencies loaded 
09:22:18 (INFO) Catalog components loaded 
09:22:21 (INFO) Setting Key sync=fsync for bottle LOTRO… 
09:22:21 (INFO) There is no running wineserver. 
09:22:31 (INFO) Doing runner update for bottle: LOTRO 
09:22:32 (INFO) Using Wine Runtime tool -- send_status(-k)

Additional context

No response

[james2432]

The only way I found to fix it is to create a new bottle and start from scratch. Seems the upgrade path is lacking a bit when the wine version is changed

[mirkobrombin]

Try editing the runner from the configuration file instead, let me know. The path is ~/.var/app/com.usebottles.bottles/data/bottles/bottles/<your_bottles>.

[james2432]

what exactly am I looking for in the bottle?
I see

• bottle.yml
• cache
• dosdevices
• drive_c
• system.reg
• template.yml
• userdef.reg
• user reg

[mirkobrombin]

bottle.yml

[james2432]

patchfile.txt
This is the difference between the working one and the non-working original one

I'm guessing the original is missing:

Runner: sys-wine-9.0
 RunnerPath: ''
 Sandbox:

[mirkobrombin]

For instance, this is how a clean gaming bottle appear:

Arch: win64
CompatData: ''
Creation_Date: '2024-04-25 18:17:40.311811'
Custom_Path: false
DLL_Overrides: {}
DXVK: dxvk-2.3.1
Environment: Gaming
Environment_Variables: {}
External_Programs:
    cf1dbdfc-5bd1-4db8-b049-968078da34ad:
        arguments: ''
        executable: UbisoftConnect.exe
        id: cf1dbdfc-5bd1-4db8-b049-968078da34ad
        name: Ubisoft Connect
        path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\UbisoftConnect.exe
Installed_Dependencies:
- d3dx9
- msls31
- arial32
- times32
- courie32
- d3dcompiler_43
- d3dcompiler_47
- mono
- gecko
- riched20
- andale32
- arialb32
- comic32
- georgi32
- impact32
- tahoma32
- trebuc32
- verdan32
- webdin32
- allfonts
- vcredist2015
Language: sys
LatencyFleX: latencyflex-v0.1.1
NVAPI: dxvk-nvapi-v0.7.0
Name: Games
Parameters:
    custom_dpi: 96
    decorated: true
    discrete_gpu: true
    dxvk: true
    dxvk_nvapi: false
    fixme_logs: false
    fsr: false
    fsr_quality_mode: none
    fsr_sharpening_strength: 2
    fullscreen_capture: false
    gamemode: false
    gamescope: false
    gamescope_borderless: false
    gamescope_fps: 0
    gamescope_fps_no_focus: 0
    gamescope_fullscreen: true
    gamescope_game_height: 0
    gamescope_game_width: 0
    gamescope_scaling: false
    gamescope_window_height: 0
    gamescope_window_width: 0
    latencyflex: false
    mangohud: false
    mouse_warp: true
    obsvkc: false
    pulseaudio_latency: false
    renderer: gl
    sandbox: false
    sync: fsync
    take_focus: false
    use_be_runtime: true
    use_eac_runtime: true
    use_runtime: false
    use_steam_runtime: false
    versioning_automatic: false
    versioning_compression: false
    versioning_exclusion_patterns: false
    virtual_desktop: false
    virtual_desktop_res: 1280x720
    vkbasalt: false
    vkd3d: true
    vmtouch: false
    vmtouch_cache_cwd: false
Path: Games
Runner: ge-proton9-4
RunnerPath: ''
Sandbox:
    share_net: false
    share_sound: false
State: 0
Uninstallers: {}
Update_Date: '2024-04-25 18:27:49.278300'
VKD3D: vkd3d-proton-2.12
Versioning: false
Versioning_Exclusion_Patterns: []
Windows: win10
WorkingDir: ''
data: {}
run_in_terminal: false
session_arguments: ''

[james2432]

Seems when the runner no longer exists it removes:

 Runner: sys-wine-9.0
 RunnerPath: ''
 Sandbox:

which makes the UI stuck

[mirkobrombin]

I would suggest creating a new bottle with the runner you need, then copy (not move) all the file except for the config, then edit the config adding all the programs/dependencies as before

[james2432]

it's what I did ultimately, but UI should be able to handle runner no longer existing or switch to options so I can select one and not resort to manually fixing files(not user friendly)

[mirkobrombin]

There should be something else since I am not able to reproduce the issue. I am trying to get a traceback or any helpful output.

[james2432]

i went from wine 8 to wine 9 when it was released via flatpak. Had the same issue going from 7 to 8 as well.