Could not initialise the Wine prefix

[sumpurnis]

Hi,
First, thanks for the contribution for the Linux scene with BedrockOnLinux - really appreciate it!

As you have guessed by the title, I got the following error message when trying to first-time run the game:

Could not initialise the Wine prefix, so setup stopped before installing GameInput. Check /home/zivs/.var/app/io.github.wyze3306.BedrockOnLinux/data/bedrock-on-linux/logs/native-login.log and re-run 'Install / Update'.

The details bar below shows the following:

**info**   Initialising the Wine prefix (first run) …
**warn**   Wine prefix initialisation failed: wineboot timed out after 300 seconds. Details: /home/zivs/.var/app/io.github.wyze3306.BedrockOnLinux/data/bedrock-on-linux/logs/native-login.log
**error**  Could not initialise the Wine prefix, so setup stopped before installing GameInput. Check /home/zivs/.var/app/io.github.wyze3306.BedrockOnLinux/data/bedrock-on-linux/logs/native-login.log and re-run 'Install / Update'.

Below will add both of the logfiles.

Here are the specs of this computer on which trying to run it:

OS: CachyOS x86_64
Host: Vostro 5481
Kernel: Linux 7.1.5-1-cachyos
Uptime: 1 hour, 12 mins
Packages: 11 (flatpak), 1436 (pacman)
Shell: fish 4.8.1
Display (BOE0806): 1920x1080 in 14", 60 Hz [Built-in]
DE: KDE Plasma 6.7.3
WM: KWin (Wayland)
WM Theme: Breeze
Theme: Breeze (Dark) [Qt], Breeze-Dark [GTK2], Breeze [GTK3]
Icons: breeze-dark [Qt], breeze-dark [GTK2/3/4]
Font: Noto Sans (10pt) [Qt], Noto Sans (10pt) [GTK2/3/4]
Cursor: Breeze_Light (30px)
Terminal: konsole 26.4.3
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8265U (8) @ 3.90 GHz
GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 620 @ 1.10 GHz [Integrated]
Memory: 2.35 GiB / 7.43 GiB (32%)
Swap: 547.61 MiB / 7.43 GiB (7%)
Disk (/): 155.48 GiB / 231.70 GiB (67%) - ext4
Local IP (wlan0): 192.168.8.108/24
Battery (DELL 3CRH35B): 99% [AC Connected, Charging]
Locale: lv_LV.UTF-8

Thanks in advance!

P.S.
I use Arch, btw 😆

native-login.log
minecraft.log

Edit:
The game runs/starts if I ignore this problem, but the performance is awful. Got MCPE launcher (which is frequently not up-to-date with actual game version, and I do not blame the creator for that) and the game runs way smoother.

[Random-Person-RR]

Try installing Wine if you want to be sure that you have the Wine prefix for BedrockOnLinux. That's how i fixed it.

[sumpurnis]

I saw your issue before posting and checked if my Wine is all fine and it was already installed before (tried reinstalling it, but with no success on fixing the issue.

[09bravo]

I have the same issue and I'm not using the native package I'm using flatpak (I think im going to try my luck with native)

I use Artix (dinit)
Edit I managed to fix it I just had to change the soft and hard limits in /etc/security/limits.conf
by adding
* hard nofile 524288
* soft nofile 524288
to /etc/security/limits.conf

EDIT 2: The flatpak version wasn't launching the game (it crashes before a window even appears) so I tried the native and the issue is back

[Random-Person-RR]

I saw your issue before posting and checked if my Wine is all fine and it was already installed before (tried reinstalling it, but with no success on fixing the issue.

I guess I got lucky then.

[CT-Hardline]

I have the same issue here, I run Kubuntu and tried the nofile mentioned by another user and I have Wine installed.
Currently running Appimage version of the launcher.