I can get all the launchers working except for ea launcher keeps giving message The file /home/ted/Games/ea-app/drive_c/Program Files/Electronic Arts/EA Desktop/EA Desktop/EALauncher.exe could not be found I tried uninstalling lutris tried flatpak,tried installing from terminal always the same,not sure if this is a lutris issue or zorin 18,it works fine in zorin17.3 which I have on my other laptop
any ideas?pretend I am new at this(LOL) forgot to say this is happening on zorin pro 18
Opening Lutris, then following EA App > Configure > Game options; what is shown for the Wine Prefix?
cannot even get it open to do that just gives me the error message
going to try uninstall and reinstall again,nope just gives me that error
Wait, so Lutris is giving an error, too?
A while back I did a very brief run of making EA app work through Heroic (not lutris). If Lutris is giving you some issues, it might be worth a try at least.
Keep in mind this was on Zorin Lite, but the steps should be the same regardless. I stopped using Lutris a while back as I kept regularly having issues from time to time.
No its just EA, lutris opens but when I click either on EA it just gives error message I uninstalled and tried flatpak this is message its giving now. The file /home/ted/Games/ea-app/drive_c/Program Files/Electronic Arts/EA Desktop/EA Desktop/EALauncher.exe could not be found
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/lutris/exception_backstops.py", line 29, in wrapper
result = function(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/lutris/game.py", line 677, in configure_game
gameplay_info = self.get_gameplay_info(launch_ui_delegate)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/lutris/game.py", line 616, in get_gameplay_info
gameplay_info = self.runner.play()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/lutris/runners/wine.py", line 1259, in play
raise MissingGameExecutableError(filename=game_exe)
lutris.exceptions.MissingGameExecutableError: The file /home/ted/Games/ea-app/drive_c/Program Files/Electronic Arts/EA Desktop/EA Desktop/EALauncher.exe could not be found
Lutris log:
[INFO:2025-10-24 16:48:46,166:application]: Starting Lutris 0.5.19
[INFO:2025-10-24 16:48:46,186:startup]: "card1" is Intel Graphics (8086:a788 1028:0c9d i915) Driver 25.0.7
[INFO:2025-10-24 16:48:46,485:startup]: "card0" is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU (10de:27e0 1028:0c9d nvidia) Driver 580.95.05
[WARNING:2025-10-24 16:48:46,619:base]: Tried to get auth status while login in progress
[INFO:2025-10-24 16:48:46,757:application]: Starting Lutris 0.5.19
[INFO:2025-10-24 16:48:46,778:startup]: "card1" is Intel Graphics (8086:a788 1028:0c9d i915) Driver 25.0.7
[INFO:2025-10-24 16:48:46,989:startup]: "card0" is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU (10de:27e0 1028:0c9d nvidia) Driver 580.95.05
[INFO:2025-10-24 16:48:47,072:application]: Starting Lutris 0.5.19
[INFO:2025-10-24 16:48:47,088:startup]: "card1" is Intel Graphics (8086:a788 1028:0c9d i915) Driver 25.0.7
[INFO:2025-10-24 16:48:47,331:startup]: "card0" is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU (10de:27e0 1028:0c9d nvidia) Driver 580.95.05
[WARNING:2025-10-24 16:48:51,725:base]: Tried to get auth status while login in progress
[WARNING:2025-10-24 16:48:53,310:system]: /home/ted/Games/ea-app/drive_c/windows/system32/nvngx.dll is a broken link
[WARNING:2025-10-24 16:48:53,310:system]: /home/ted/Games/ea-app/drive_c/windows/system32/_nvngx.dll is a broken link
[ERROR:2025-10-24 16:48:53,320:exception_backstops]: EA App (wine) has encountered an error: The file /home/ted/Games/ea-app/drive_c/Program Files/Electronic Arts/EA Desktop/EA Desktop/EALauncher.exe could not be found
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/lutris/exception_backstops.py", line 29, in wrapper
result = function(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/lutris/game.py", line 677, in configure_game
gameplay_info = self.get_gameplay_info(launch_ui_delegate)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/lutris/game.py", line 616, in get_gameplay_info
gameplay_info = self.runner.play()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/lutris/runners/wine.py", line 1259, in play
raise MissingGameExecutableError(filename=game_exe)
lutris.exceptions.MissingGameExecutableError: The file /home/ted/Games/ea-app/drive_c/Program Files/Electronic Arts/EA Desktop/EA Desktop/EALauncher.exe could not be found
[WARNING:2025-10-24 16:48:53,321:game]: The game has run for a very short time, did it crash?
[ERROR:2025-10-24 16:51:36,129:exception_backstops]: EA App (wine) has encountered an error: The file /home/ted/Games/ea-app/drive_c/Program Files/Electronic Arts/EA Desktop/EA Desktop/EALauncher.exe could not be found
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/lutris/exception_backstops.py", line 29, in wrapper
result = function(*args, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/lutris/game.py", line 677, in configure_game
gameplay_info = self.get_gameplay_info(launch_ui_delegate)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/lutris/game.py", line 616, in get_gameplay_info
gameplay_info = self.runner.play()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/lutris/runners/wine.py", line 1259, in play
raise MissingGameExecutableError(filename=game_exe)
lutris.exceptions.MissingGameExecutableError: The file /home/ted/Games/ea-app/drive_c/Program Files/Electronic Arts/EA Desktop/EA Desktop/EALauncher.exe could not be found
[WARNING:2025-10-24 16:51:36,130:game]: The game has run for a very short time, did it crash?
This is all within Lutris.
well its not opening let me try again,guess it is lutris also here is error just received 'nonetype' object has no attribute "find"
This happens when I click on connect the other error is when I click on run
brb have to take dog outside
I am
back
I can click on wine and configure,it shows 2 Tiles saying app launcher is missing
is there anyway I can show a screenshot?
ok playing around with it it seems its not fully installing all the folders
ok its says wine fut thats when I click on wine and go to ea that way if I click on ea app it just gives me erroror runner under configure
wine-ge-8-26-x86_64(default)
Just another reason why I only use Steam, its a native package on Linux, even if your using Flatpak, I don't have to try and get a Window's app launcher working in Wine, for which I've always had troubles in making things work. Plus, Proton integrates well with Steam too, just makes life so much easier.
I've always looked at Wine as a prison, your locked in a cell, trying to find the way to break down the impenetrable door, to escape. Everything is too small on screen to read, you feel like you punching against steal walls, and going up against every error code possible, as to why it won't just simply work.
