Steam writes localconfig.vdf via atomic rename (write temp + rename over
original). chmod 444 on the file is bypassed by the rename. chmod 555 on
the directory blocks rename-into, preserving the launch option across
Steam restarts.
Also unlocks the directory at the start of step 6 so re-running the
script can update the launch option.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
On native Linux Steam, EA App self-installs via EAappInstaller.exe on first
SWBF2 launch. Link2EA.exe appears in the Wine prefix without any MSI extraction.
Script now checks for Link2EA.exe first and skips steps 2-3 (MSI locate +
extract) if EA Desktop is already installed, proceeding directly to writing
registry fix files and the launch wrapper.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
The MSI is bundled in steamapps/common with the game files. The script
was only checking drive_c (where Steam copies it after a launch), causing
a false "not found" error before the user had launched the game.
Now searches steamapps/common and all of steamapps as fallbacks, reports
which path it found the MSI at. Also remove stale references to the
"Origin is not installed" error which no longer appears.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
Both scripts now detect and install msitools if missing, supporting
apt-get (Debian/Ubuntu), dnf (Fedora), and pacman (Arch). Falls back
to a clear error if the package manager is not recognised.
Remove msitools from manual prerequisites in the doc.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
Both scripts now download and install GE-Proton10-34 if not already present:
- setup-swbf2-linux.sh: installs to ~/.steam/root/compatibilitytools.d/
- setup-swbf2-wolf.sh: installs into the WolfSteam container via docker cp + tar
Both pause after install and prompt the user to set GE-Proton in Steam
(Compatibility → Force) before continuing, since that step requires the GUI.
Update docs to reflect GE-Proton is now handled automatically.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
- Remove editorial content (EA server speculation, 2005 alternative, opinions)
- Add native Linux Steam section covering all six setup steps
- Add separate key paths tables for Wolf and native
- Add native Linux troubleshooting commands alongside Wolf equivalents
- Rename title to reflect both platforms
- Fresh install table rewritten as factual survival matrix
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
Long-form document tracing the actual discovery process: the wrong turns,
the aha moments, and the reasoning behind each step. Covers:
- Why EA is involved in a Steam game at all (link2ea:// architecture)
- JunoConfigureRegistry failure and why DISABLEROLLBACK was a dead end
- msiextract bypass as the actual solution
- Why direct system.reg edits don't survive reboots (wineserver ownership)
- The launch wrapper approach for registry persistence
- RPC_S_SERVER_UNAVAILABLE and EALocalHostSvc
- Wolf-specific bwrap capabilities mismatch
- localconfig.vdf atomic rename problem and chmod 555 fix
Written for sharing — no identifying information, explains the "why"
for each fix so readers can adapt if EA changes their MSI structure.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
Two self-contained scripts for getting SWBF2 (2017, AppID 1237950) working
with GE-Proton on Linux — no dependency on the ubuntu-post-install framework.
setup-swbf2-wolf.sh — for Wolf/Games-on-Whales + Moonlight streaming
setup-swbf2-linux.sh — for native Linux Steam (no Docker)
Both implement the same core fix:
- msiextract bypass for JunoConfigureRegistry Wine incompatibility
- EA Desktop files copied into Wine prefix from extracted MSI
- link2ea_fix.reg + ea_services.reg written to drive_c
- Launch wrapper that imports .reg files via Proton on every launch
(direct system.reg edits are overwritten by wineserver on shutdown)
Wolf version also handles Docker cp, container paths, STEAM_UNIX_SOCKET,
and localconfig.vdf directory locking inside the Wolf state folder.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
Automates the complete working solution for SWBF2 (AppID 1237950) on Wolf:
1. Extracts EA Desktop from ea_app.msi using msiextract on the host,
bypassing JunoConfigureRegistry Wine incompatibility that causes MSI rollback
2. Copies EA Desktop files (Link2EA.exe, EALocalHostSvc.exe, etc.) into the
Wine prefix at the versioned path with symlink
3. Writes link2ea_fix.reg and ea_services.reg into drive_c so they persist
across Wine prefix operations
4. Installs a launch wrapper (/home/retro/ea_install.sh) that runs regedit
via Steam's sniper+GE-Proton launch chain — required because direct edits
to system.reg are overwritten when wineserver flushes on shutdown
5. Sets LaunchOptions for AppID 1237950 in localconfig.vdf and locks the
config directory (chmod 555) to prevent Steam overwriting it via
atomic rename on shutdown
Run after: Steam open in Moonlight, GE-Proton set, SWBF2 launched once
(triggers Wine prefix + ea_app.msi creation), EA account linked at ea.com.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
Documents the EA account requirement, first-time login flow, credential
caching for machine transfers, community server options if EA shuts down,
and the SWBF2 2005 alternative for a launcher-free experience.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
Revised approach: skip link2ea:// and EA App account requirement entirely.
Launch starwarsbattlefrontii.exe directly via the wrapper, spoof Origin
registry entries so the game's built-in launcher check passes. Documents
what doesn't work and why (msiexec/bwrap/EA account issues).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
Documents the EA App installation workaround for Star Wars Battlefront II
(2017) running under Wolf/WolfSteam with GE-Proton10-34. Covers the bwrap
capability problem, Steam launch wrapper trick, msiextract bypass for the
JunoConfigureRegistry Wine incompatibility, and correct EA Desktop file layout.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
wine cmd.exe /c "timeout /t 900 > nul" failed silently (docker exec -d
hides errors), leaving no anchor process and letting wineserver die as
soon as EAappInstaller.exe exited.
Replace with wineserver -f (foreground mode) which keeps the server
alive unconditionally until explicitly killed with wineserver -k.
This is the correct primitive for holding a Wine session open.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
EAappInstaller.exe is a WiX/Burn bootstrapper that spawns the real
installer as a background Wine process and exits immediately. When the
foreground wine process exited, wineserver shut down and killed the
background installer before it could write any files.
Fix: launch a cmd.exe/timeout anchor before running the installer so
the shared wineserver stays up while background installer processes run.
Kill the anchor (wineserver -k) after EADesktop.exe is detected or the
15-minute timeout expires.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
Two bugs in install-ea-app:
1. Installer search included compatdata (the Wine prefix), so it found the
temp-extracted copy at drive_c/windows/temp/{UUID}/.cr/EAappInstaller.exe
instead of the bundled copy at steamapps/common/…/__Installer/…/
Fixed: search only under steamapps/common.
2. Our fake InstallSuccessful=true (written by fix-ea-game to bypass the
install-script loop) caused EAappInstaller to detect EA App as "already
installed" and exit in ~15 seconds without doing anything.
Fixed: delete the InstallSuccessful values via wine reg delete inside the
container BEFORE launching the installer. The real EA App installer writes
them back correctly after a successful install.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
install-ea-app: runs EAappInstaller.exe inside the WolfSteam container
using GE-Proton's wine binary. The container has a virtual display so the
EA App installer GUI appears in Moonlight; the user clicks through it and
logs in to their EA account. After EA App installs, fix-ea-game registers
the link2ea:// handler and clears the install-script loop.
diagnose-ea: prints the current link2ea:// registry state from both
system.reg and user.reg, locates EADesktop.exe/Link2EA.exe, shows
StateFlags, and tails the relevant Proton log lines — the first thing to
run when the game returns straight to the Play screen.
_apply_ea_fix: now checks user.reg as well as system.reg for an existing
link2ea:// registration (GE-Proton writes to user.reg during prefix setup);
also searches for Link2EA.exe as a fallback handler when EADesktop.exe is
not yet installed; reports a clear next step when neither is found.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
GE-Proton is required for EA games but was a manual step users had to
remember after first Steam launch. This change eliminates that gap:
- install_wolf() downloads the GE-Proton tarball to
~/docker/wolf/ge-proton-cache/ during initial setup (~500 MB, runs
before the "Start Wolf now?" prompt so it's ready immediately)
- _cache_ge_proton() helper in manage.sh does the same on demand
- ge-proton subcommand checks the cache dir first and extracts from
there instead of re-downloading (~instant vs ~500 MB download)
- start subcommand auto-extracts the cached tarball into Steam's
compatibilitytools.d if Steam has already launched at least once,
so GE-Proton appears in the Compatibility dropdown without any
manual ./manage.sh ge-proton step
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
SWBF2 (AppID 1237950) launches, calls ShellExecute("link2ea://..."),
and exits. Without a link2ea:// URL protocol handler registered in the
Wine registry, ShellExecute returns error 31 and the game never plays.
_apply_ea_fix now also writes the link2ea:// Classes registry keys
pointing to EADesktop.exe when it is found in the Proton prefix. If
EADesktop.exe is not yet present (EAappInstaller runs async via
RunType=1 in installScript.vdf), the function warns and skips the
handler registration with instructions to run wait-ea-app.
New 'wait-ea-app [appid]' subcommand polls every 15 seconds (up to 20
minutes) for EADesktop.exe to appear, then calls _apply_ea_fix so the
full fix including the link2ea:// handler is applied automatically once
EA App finishes installing in the background.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
wineserver holds the Wine registry in memory and flushes it back to
system.reg on shutdown, overwriting any edits made while the container
is running. _apply_ea_fix now stops the WolfSteam container first,
patches system.reg + appmanifest StateFlags on disk, then restarts Wolf
so the keys persist when wineserver next starts.
Also sets StateFlags to 6 (fully installed) so Steam skips the
install-script phase entirely and launches the game directly.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
Mount GAME_STORAGE_DIR/steam-cache → /home/retro/.cache so DXVK/Mesa
Vulkan shader compilations survive container restarts. Without this the
cache lived in the ephemeral session home and was wiped on every Wolf
restart, forcing a full recompile each session.
Also create steam-cache/ in initial setup and update-storage so the
directory exists with correct uid-1000 ownership before the container
first starts.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
./manage.sh games now lists installed games numbered with their AppIDs,
then prompts for a number to apply the EA App install-script fix to that
game (Enter to skip). Factored the reg-fix into a shared _apply_ea_fix
helper used by both 'games' and 'fix-ea-game'. The EA Desktop installed
marker is shared across all EA titles, so the same fix works for any EA
game — the picker just supplies the right per-game AppID.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
- install-completion: writes a bash completion script to
~/.bash_completion.d/manage-wolf and registers it, so double-tab
after './manage.sh ' shows all available commands.
- fix-ea-game kept as general name (not fix-swbf2-2017): the EA Desktop
registry key is shared across all EA games; the Valve has-run key
follows the same EADesktopSetup pattern across EA's catalog.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
- ./manage.sh games: lists installed Steam games with their AppIDs
(parsed from appmanifest_*.acf) so users can find the AppID to pass to
fix-ea-game instead of hunting for it.
- ./manage.sh ge-proton [version]: optional arg pins a specific
GE-Proton release for reproducibility; still defaults to latest.
- Document the full EA-games flow + AppID/version notes in the generated
~/docker/wolf/README.md.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
Add two manage.sh commands that bake in the workarounds needed to run
EA Steam titles (e.g. Star Wars Battlefront II 2017) under Proton in a
container:
- ge-proton: downloads the latest GE-Proton into Steam's
compatibilitytools.d (the path Steam actually scans) and chowns it to
uid 1000 so the in-container user can launch it. GE-Proton carries the
EA App installer fixes stock Proton/Experimental lack.
- fix-ea-game [appid]: pre-satisfies the EA App install-script markers
in the game's Proton prefix (InstallSuccessful + Valve EADesktopSetup
has-run key) so Steam stops looping on 'running install script (EA
app)'. Opt-in per AppID, defaults to SWBF2 1237950, no-ops if the
prefix doesn't exist, idempotent, and keeps the prefix owned by uid
1000 so Wine accepts it.
Also document the EA-game flow in the post-install summary.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
App containers were defaulting to a non-local timezone (e.g. BST), showing the
wrong local time in Steam — and a skewed clock can stall EA App's installer.
The kernel clock is shared with the host, so this is a display/TZ issue: fix
it by setting each app's TZ env var, sourced from SITE_TZ at install and from
WOLF_TZ in .env for ./manage.sh apps.
Also generalize the array updater to rewrite both `mounts` and `env` (Wolf
reformats either as multi-line), so re-running apps updates the TZ on
already-installed entries without corrupting the TOML.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
/etc/localtime and /etc/timezone are bind-mounted read-only so the Steam
container shows the correct local time. A wrong clock causes EA App install
scripts to hang indefinitely (SSL/token validation against EA's servers fails
when the client clock is skewed).
Fix the host clock first: sudo timedatectl set-ntp true
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
The GoW firefox image launches `firefox` with no URL and ignores START_URL,
so add-web tiles opened a blank default tab. Instead generate a per-app
Firefox enterprise policy (policies.json) that sets the homepage to the
target URL and bind-mount it over /etc/firefox/policies/policies.json so the
site loads on launch.
Also make add-web replace an existing tile of the same name instead of
erroring, so re-running it repairs a previously broken tile in place.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
Wolf rewrites config.toml on every start and reformats `mounts` as a
multi-line TOML array. update_mounts() only replaced the single line
starting with `mounts =`, leaving the remaining array elements and the
closing `]` orphaned — producing invalid TOML ("Expected '=' after a key")
that crashed Wolf on the next start. This bit any re-run of the installer
(or `./manage.sh apps`) against a config Wolf had already reformatted.
Replace the entire array (from `mounts =` to its closing `]`), and also
clean up orphaned remnants left by a previously corrupted single-line
rewrite so re-running the script repairs a broken config in place.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
Prompts for a display name and URL, auto-fetches the site's apple-touch-icon
or favicon.png, falls back to a manual URL/local-PNG prompt, then injects a
[[profiles.apps]] block using ghcr.io/games-on-whales/firefox:edge with
START_URL set to the target URL. Wolf's virtual gamepad injection means
controller-aware sites (Gamepad API) work naturally through the stream.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
Moonlight shows app tiles in config.toml order with no in-client reordering.
Add ./manage.sh reorder: lists the current [[profiles.apps]] blocks by title,
prompts for a new order (read from /dev/tty since stdin is the heredoc),
rewrites config.toml preserving each block's nested runner subtable and
spacing, then restarts Wolf. Updated help text and README.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
docker compose reads variables from .env automatically. Use ${WOLF_STATE_DIR}
in docker-compose.yml so the state folder path is dynamic — editing .env is
enough to relocate it without regenerating the compose file. IP/MAC/render
node stay baked in (hardware-specific, not in .env).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
The right fix, finally. Instead of fighting Steam's libraryfolders.vdf or
symlinking individual app session homes, point Wolf's entire state folder at
the game drive. Steam's install, downloaded games, and Proton prefixes are
born there because Wolf creates every app's session home under
HOST_APPS_STATE_FOLDER.
- docker-compose.yml: mount $WOLF_STATE_DIR (=<game_dir>/wolf-state) at the
SAME path inside and outside the wolf container, set HOST_APPS_STATE_FOLDER
and WOLF_CFG_FOLDER to it. Same-path mount is required because Wolf hands
host paths to the Docker daemon when spawning sibling app containers.
- config.toml now lives at $WOLF_STATE_DIR/cfg/config.toml; all WOLF_CFG
references updated (install + manage.sh, via WOLF_STATE_DIR in .env).
- Optional migration: move existing /etc/wolf data onto the drive on upgrade.
- Removed all symlink machinery: relocate_steam_home, steam-home dir,
_relocate_steam_home in manage.sh, and the fix-perms relocation step.
fix-perms now just re-owns the state folder + game storage.
- Dropped the redundant Steam app mount; updated README/summary text.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
Seeding libraryfolders.vdf never stuck: Steam rewrites that file on every
launch and forces its primary library back to its own install dir
(/home/retro/.local/share/Steam), which is the Wolf session home on the OS
drive. That's why Steam Storage kept showing /home/retro with the OS drive's
size no matter how many times we seeded the vdf.
New approach: relocate_steam_home symlinks each Wolf Steam session home
(/etc/wolf/<id>/Steam, bind-mounted to /home/retro) at
$GAME_STORAGE_DIR/steam-home. Steam's one and only library is then the game
drive, so installs, game files, and Proton prefixes all land there and the
Storage screen reports the game drive's free space. An existing Steam install
is moved over once (no re-download) before the symlink is created.
Wired into first install, manage.sh start (self-heals on reboot), and
manage.sh fix-perms. Dropped the redundant /mnt/games/steam mount and the
vdf seeding everywhere; updated the README heredoc with the one-time
connect / fix-perms / reconnect sequence.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
After app injection + docker compose restart, Wolf creates per-app session
dirs under /etc/wolf/<id>/Steam. Wait up to 30s for those dirs to appear,
then copy the pre-built libraryfolders.vdf into each one so Steam sees the
game storage location on its very first launch — no manual setup needed.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
Wolf creates /etc/wolf/<id>/Steam/ session dirs when the container starts,
not at install time. Previously the user had to manually run fix-perms after
first start to propagate libraryfolders.vdf.
manage.sh start now calls _seed_steam_library() after docker compose up,
which copies libraryfolders.vdf from game storage into any Wolf session dir
that doesn't have it yet — so the correct library path (/mnt/games/steam)
is in place before the first Moonlight connection.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
Steam reads libraryfolders.vdf from /home/retro/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/
which Wolf serves from /etc/wolf/<session-id>/Steam/. Seeding it only in
/mnt/games/steam/steamapps/ was ignored since Steam doesn't know to look there.
- Seed the VDF into any existing /etc/wolf/<id>/Steam session dirs at install time
- manage.sh fix-perms now propagates the VDF from game storage into every
Wolf session dir so running fix-perms is the one-command remedy on existing
installs
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
The drive picker enumerated mounts with `lsblk MOUNTPOINT | df` round-trips,
which could miss a whole-disk mount (e.g. an nvme formatted directly with no
partition table). Switch to `lsblk -Pno NAME,MOUNTPOINT,SIZE,LABEL,UUID` and
parse the key="value" pairs directly — handles whole-disk mounts and empty
LABEL/UUID fields reliably, so every mounted data drive appears as a numbered
choice.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
Creates steamapps/libraryfolders.vdf pointing at /mnt/games/steam during
install so Steam uses the correct library path without needing the user to
navigate Settings → Storage on first launch.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
Wolf mounts each app's home dir from /etc/wolf/<session-id>/<App> into the
container as /home/retro. If anything there is root-owned (e.g. left over
from an earlier mount layout), the in-container retro user (uid 1000) hits
"Permission denied" creating ~/.steam and the app exits on launch.
- Add `./manage.sh fix-perms`: chowns every /etc/wolf/<id>/ app home dir
and the on-disk game storage to uid/gid 1000
- Document the /mnt/games mount layout, first-Steam-launch library step,
3DS/Azahar emulator path, and the fix-perms troubleshooting flow in the
generated README
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
Mounting into /home/retro subpaths causes Docker to create intermediate
directories (/.local/share/Steam etc.) as root-owned in the container
overlay before init runs. The GoW init chown step doesn't fully fix these,
so the retro user hits Permission denied on first write.
Move all mounts to neutral /mnt/games/* paths that don't interfere with
the container's home directory setup:
steam → /mnt/games/steam (add as Steam Library Folder via UI)
lutris → /mnt/games/lutris
kodi → /mnt/games/kodi
firefox → /mnt/games/firefox
minecraft → /mnt/games/minecraft
saves → /mnt/games/saves
emulators → /mnt/games/emulators
ROMs stay at /ROMs (GoW ES-DE hardcodes that path).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
Mounting steam:/home/retro conflicted with the GoW Steam image's own
internal /home/retro mount. Mount steam:/home/retro/.local/share/Steam
instead — this is where steamapps/ and Proton prefixes actually live,
persists all game data, and doesn't collide.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
- Steam mount was steam:/home/retro/.steam — games download to
/home/retro/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/ which was NOT mounted and
lived in the ephemeral container layer. Fixed to steam:/home/retro
so the full home dir (library, user data, Proton prefixes) persists.
- Add emulators/ subdir to game storage layout; mounted into ES-DE
container at /home/retro/Applications (ES-DE's default AppImage search path)
- Add optional Azahar (open-source Citra fork) AppImage download at
install time — fetches latest release from GitHub, chmod +x, places
in emulators/ where ES-DE finds it automatically for nintendo3ds ROMs
- Update README to document new storage layout and 3DS emulation setup
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
- Drive picker: numbered list with UUID display, mounted + unmounted drives,
explicit system-path exclusions (no regex bare-/ bug), skip whole disks
with mounted partitions
- Pre-create ES-DE ROM system directories (~50 systems) so ES-DE detects
all platforms on first launch
- App selection at install time: numbered menu for Steam, ES-DE, Lutris,
RetroArch, Prism Launcher, Kodi, Firefox, Desktop
- Python catalog-driven TOML injector shared between install and manage.sh;
supports update_mounts() to patch paths on re-run without duplicating entries
- manage.sh `apps` command replaces `add-apps` / `update-storage`: shows
installed apps, interactive picker, updates game storage path from .env
- Game storage written to ~/docker/wolf/.env as GAME_STORAGE_DIR
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01D8ckUJQtj1pH8jtAddBDZs
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