# Lutris refuses to start **URL:** \ **Category:** Bazzite\ **Created:** [September 22, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/lutris-refuses-to-start/4208 "2024-09-22T13:26:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tsilvs](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/tsilvs/32/6144_2.png) [@tsilvs](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/tsilvs)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/lutris-refuses-to-start/4208/1 "2024-09-22T13:26:40Z")
Absolutely nothing visual happens when clicking on launcher icon. Error logs: ```auto $> flatpak run net.lutris.Lutris F: Not sharing "/usr/share/icons" with sandbox: Path "/usr" is reserved by Flatpak F: Not sharing "/usr/share/themes" with sandbox: Path "/usr" is reserved by Flatpak 2024-09-22 14:08:08,576: Starting Lutris 0.5.17 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/lutris/gui/application.py", line 480, in do_command_line init_lutris() File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/lutris/startup.py", line 133, in init_lutris init_dirs() File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/lutris/startup.py", line 48, in init_dirs create_folder(directory) File "/app/lib/python3.11/site-packages/lutris/util/system.py", line 401, in create_folder os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True) File "", line 215, in makedirs File "", line 225, in makedirs OSError: [Errno 30] Read-only file system: '/home/user001/.var/app/net.lutris.Lutris/data/icons/hicolor/128x128' 2024-09-22 14:08:08,577: Shutting down Lutris ``` Obviously, everything inside `/home` is definitely not a read-only FS. - `sudo chown -R $(whoami):$(id -ng) ~/.var/app/net.lutris.Lutris` doesn’t help at all. - `flatpak override --user --filesystem=home net.lutris.Lutris` doesn’t help either ---
**Author:** ![kylegospo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/kylegospo/32/375_2.png) [@kylegospo](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/kylegospo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/lutris-refuses-to-start/4208/2 "2024-09-23T17:07:27Z")
This is the flatpak, we pre-install Lutris as a native package. Please use that copy. ---
**Author:** ![tsilvs](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/tsilvs/32/6144_2.png) [@tsilvs](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/tsilvs)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/lutris-refuses-to-start/4208/3 "2024-09-23T17:12:32Z")
Everything worked on another machine, where I’ve rebased from Silverblue to Bazzite. Lutris was installed as a `flatpak` before rebasing. On my current machine, where I’ve installed Bazzite from an ISO, I encountered this issue. For some reason, I didn’t have Lutris `.desktop` icon launcher after setup. ---
**Author:** ![kylegospo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/kylegospo/32/375_2.png) [@kylegospo](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/kylegospo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/lutris-refuses-to-start/4208/4 "2024-09-23T17:13:34Z")
Lutris is pre-installed as an RPM in the image and the desktop definition is in /usr/share/applications. You can’t not have it under any circumstance. Remove the flatpak and run Lutris in a terminal if you don’t immediately see the desktop icon. ---
**Author:** ![tsilvs](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/tsilvs/32/6144_2.png) [@tsilvs](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/tsilvs)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/lutris-refuses-to-start/4208/5 "2024-09-23T17:15:03Z")
Yes, I verified it myself now. My confusion comes from not having a dedicated Lutris RPM `.desktop` launcher file. It was not present in the GNOME App menu, so I installed it as a `flatpak`. ---
**Author:** ![kylegospo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/kylegospo/32/375_2.png) [@kylegospo](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/kylegospo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/lutris-refuses-to-start/4208/6 "2024-09-23T17:15:37Z")
I can confirm that file is present in a read only directory as part of the image. There is no way for that file to not exist on a bootable Bazzite install. It’s even added to the dash/task bar by default in both GNOME and KDE. ---
**Author:** ![tsilvs](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/tsilvs/32/6144_2.png) [@tsilvs](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/tsilvs)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/lutris-refuses-to-start/4208/7 "2024-09-23T17:18:04Z")
This is very strange. I can swear I was trying to run it from GNOME App menu, and it was not working no matter what… And now it works. Thank you anyway for the swift response. ---
**Author:** ![tsilvs](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/tsilvs/32/6144_2.png) [@tsilvs](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/tsilvs)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/lutris-refuses-to-start/4208/8 "2024-09-23T17:21:25Z")
So, there is something fishy going on with Lutris `.desktop` file. When I search for it in search bar, I get launcher for RPM. When I look it up myself in the App menu, I get Flatpak. ---
**Author:** ![tsilvs](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/tsilvs/32/6144_2.png) [@tsilvs](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/tsilvs)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/lutris-refuses-to-start/4208/9 "2024-09-23T17:27:50Z")
Ok, for anyone having similar issues, do this: ```sh #1. Remove Lutris flatpak flatpak uninstall -y net.lutris.Lutris #2. Remove Lutris flatpak .desktop file if it was not removed. It interferes with proper RPM one somehow, GNOME magic rm ~/.local/share/applications/net.lutris.Lutris.desktop #3. Log out & log in back, now you should have your proper Lutris launcher ``` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/univeral_blue/original/2X/e/e39f7d1952979cf23b0f8d634e025fb38da50026.png) [@system](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/lutris-refuses-to-start/4208/10 "2024-09-24T17:28:20Z")
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