For people struggling with Roon 2.0.25 on Linux with Bottles/Wine

Roon Software Discussion Linux
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Hi all,

I was struggling with Roon 2.0.25 on Linux.

Up until now (build 1311), Roon Desktop Client has been working beautifully through Bottles/Wine, but upgrading the old version doesn’t work (getting “There was an error checking for an update”), so I first tried a fresh install in the same Bottle.

But no luck.

So in case others are struggling:
Create a new bottle, install the dependency dotnetcoredesktop6, install a fresh install of Roon.

My working settings are using:
Runner: Lutris-GE-Proton8-22
DXVK: dxvk-2.3
VKD3D: vkd3d-proton-2.10

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What OS, DE, kernel, and window manager are you using?

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Hi Martin,

I’m running Nobara Linux with KDE (Wayland) and kernel 6.5.9.

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Yeah… I still think we should build a Flatpak.

I’ve done some tinkering in the past, but the lack of time has stalled it.
But with a Flatpak we’re in better control of which Wine version we’re using etc.

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I’m having issues with Roon on Wine at the moment. It started a few weeks ago on Ubuntu 23.04 and has continued with 23.10. In a nutshell, Roon crashes immediately a zone is selected, and once selected, the app closes immediately.

I’m running GNOME 45, Wayland, and Linux 6.5.0-10-generic.

@spockfish, I agree that a Flatpak would be good. I’m currently using WayDroid and this works reasonably well. The only issues are:

  • Screen scaling
  • Colour balance
  • Trackpad scrolling only works with a press and hold

@Jan_Terje_Hansen, I’ll try your settings in Bottles.

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Mixed results playing with the runners. Whilst I managed to get Roon running without crashing when selecting an audio zone, it would close when switching desktops.

I couldn’t find and install Lutris-GE-Proton8-22.

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My Roon on Wine also broke after an update of wine-staging. So tried Roon using Botlles and got it working on Linux Mint 21.2 Cinnamon with Kernel 5.15.0-88-generic.

Bottles - open hamburger menu > Preferences > Integrations > click List Stream Apps in Programs List

Runner: wine-ge-Proton8-22
DXVK: dxvk-2.1
VKD3D: vkd3d-proton-2.10
Dependency dotnetcoredesktop6 installed

A Flatpack would be great! Sorry, my coding abilities are very limited so no help to such a project.

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My working settings are using:
Runner: Lutris-GE-Proton8-22
DXVK: dxvk-2.3
VKD3D: vkd3d-proton-2.10

Works fine with these settings, using the flatpak bottles. I overlooked that in gnome software (fedora 39) there are two versions and installed the wrong one (rpm), that did not work.

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These settings worked fine for me as well using the flatpak bottles.

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It’d be really helpful if you provided details of your OS, so we may establish the configs that work. Thanks.

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I’m running Pop!_OS 22.04, with GNOME 42.9, X11, Kernel: 6.5.6

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I encountered many issues (hard locks, mouse pointer, …) with wayland in general on current Ubuntu 22.04 LTS; switching to x11 resolved them. See also:

Also using x11 and not wayland.

PS: I was still using the old runner (Wine-GE-Proton8-17) without issue but now switched to the latest 8.22 out of convenience (for me) too.

System Information 
[System]
OS:              GNOME 45 Flatpak runtime
Arch:            x86_64
Kernel:          6.2.0-36-generic
Desktop:         ubuntu:GNOME
Display Server:  x11

[Graphics]
OpenGL Version:  4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 23.2.1 (git-49a47f187e)
OpenGL Core:     4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 23.2.1 (git-49a47f187e)
OpenGL ES:       OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 23.2.1 (git-49a47f187e)
Vulkan Version:  1.3.261
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Wayland on 22.04 is a completely different beast to Wayland on 23.10. The latest Ubuntu release is probably the most stable and polished OS I’ve used in a long time.

I’ll not sacrifice the benefits of Wayland to get Roon running. IMO, the APK is more likely to lead to a better Linux experience, if a couple of niggles can be resolved.

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Someone posted a workaround on the Roon-On-Wine github if you happen to use the Spockfish script. It is currently working for me with wine-staging 8.20 on Ubuntu 23.10 using Wayland. You need to add a DLL override to the start_my_roon_instance.sh script.

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I’ll give this a try this evening. Thanks for posting.

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And you think that switching the display server as a test is changing that? Or is x11 no longer included anyway, switchable from the login screen (now requiring additional packages being installed that may or may not influence system stability)?

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I tried an X11 session, and it wasn’t any better, but I wouldn’t switch from Wayland now as it is a far superor experience, and uses less resources.

I’ll try the workaround @MagicSmoke posted later this evening, and report back.

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Thanks, @MagicSmoke, this works for me, too.

However, I am seeing higher CPU (and core temperatures) with the latest release of Roon.

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This worked for me (Mint 21.2, Liquorix kernel)
Thanks so much for this, I had spent hours trying to make it work using wine manually (before I realized how great bottles is) and was about ready to give up or downgrade to 1.8 when I found this and had it working in minutes.

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Fedora 39, Gnome 45 w/ wayland.
Bottles com.usebottles.bottles 51.9 stable system # installed from flathub, not the rpm (!)

Just noticed that download of booklets also works.