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Since Fedora just released Wine 9 into its repositories, I figured I'd give Bottles and AffinityCustomBottleRecipe.yml another spin. First, I had to switch to the NVIDIA driver. Then this happened when starting the Affinity Designer v1 installer: 0120:err:module:fixup_imports_ilonly mscoree.dll not found, IL-only binary L"SetupUI.exe" cannot be loaded I read elsewhere on the internet that you should install Mono in that case, so I did. Having done that, I retried: 0120:err:mscoree:wine_mono_assembly_preload_hook_v2_fn Failed to load L"C:\\windows\\Microsoft.NET\\assembly\\GAC_64\\PresentationCore\\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\\PresentationCore.dll", status=3 Unhandled Exception: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Windows.Application' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Windows.Navigation.BaseUriHelper' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Uri' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.UriParser' threw an exception. ---> System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: bool System.Runtime.Versioning.BinaryCompatibility.get_TargetsAtLeast_Desktop_V4_5() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Object.__icall_wrapper_mono_generic_class_init(intptr) at System.Uri..cctor () [0x00117] in <f5c1cf7e75a94ccaa98b39898fde8d44>:0 --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Windows.Navigation.BaseUriHelper..cctor () [0x00000] in <c8543cf9ae2e4c3ea7ec30d842c3dd79>:0 --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Windows.Application.ApplicationInit () [0x0000a] in <26eafdf1b0b84f2eb9ff9eee9b33548e>:0 at System.Windows.Application..cctor () [0x0002e] in <26eafdf1b0b84f2eb9ff9eee9b33548e>:0 --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at SetupUI.App..ctor () [0x00000] in <72f437d7ce3046b398d2c9a0a888da43>:0 at SetupUI.App.Main () [0x00001] in <72f437d7ce3046b398d2c9a0a888da43>:0 [ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Windows.Application' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Windows.Navigation.BaseUriHelper' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Uri' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.UriParser' threw an exception. ---> System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: bool System.Runtime.Versioning.BinaryCompatibility.get_TargetsAtLeast_Desktop_V4_5() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Object.__icall_wrapper_mono_generic_class_init(intptr) at System.Uri..cctor () [0x00117] in <f5c1cf7e75a94ccaa98b39898fde8d44>:0 --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Windows.Navigation.BaseUriHelper..cctor () [0x00000] in <c8543cf9ae2e4c3ea7ec30d842c3dd79>:0 --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Windows.Application.ApplicationInit () [0x0000a] in <26eafdf1b0b84f2eb9ff9eee9b33548e>:0 at System.Windows.Application..cctor () [0x0002e] in <26eafdf1b0b84f2eb9ff9eee9b33548e>:0 --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at SetupUI.App..ctor () [0x00000] in <72f437d7ce3046b398d2c9a0a888da43>:0 I figured I'd install .NET Framework 3.5, since in older attempts I got a popup from the Affinity installer mentioning it was not present on my computer. The .NET Framework installer failed too: wine: Read access denied for device L"\\??\\Z:\\", FS volume label and serial are not available. wine: Read access denied for device L"\\??\\Z:\\", FS volume label and serial are not available. wine: Read access denied for device L"\\??\\Z:\\", FS volume label and serial are not available. 0548:err:ole:com_get_class_object class {acadf079-cbcd-4032-83f2-fa47c4db096f} not registered 0548:err:ole:com_get_class_object no class object {acadf079-cbcd-4032-83f2-fa47c4db096f} could be created for context 0x1 regsvr32: Failed to load DLL 'C:\windows\system32\licdll.dll' regsvr32: Failed to load DLL 'C:\windows\system32\regwizc.dll' 0568:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L"0x80070002" regsvr32: Successfully registered DLL 'C:\windows\system32\prntvpt.dll' regsvr32: Failed to load DLL 'C:\windows\system32\spool\prtprocs\x64\FilterPipelinePrintProc.dll' regsvr32: Successfully registered DLL 'C:\windows\syswow64\prntvpt.dll' 04dc:err:msidb:TransformView_set_row trying to modify existing table 04dc:err:msidb:TransformView_set_row trying to modify existing column 04dc:err:msidb:TransformView_set_row trying to modify existing column [... cutting some repetitive output here ...] 04dc:err:msidb:TransformView_set_row trying to modify existing column 0650:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L"System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.ServiceModel.Install.IisHelper' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeLoadException: Could not load type of field 'System.ServiceModel.Install.Configuration.IIS7ConfigurationLoader:serverManager' (0) due to: Could not load"... 0650:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L" --- End of inner exception stack trace ---\r\n" 0650:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L" at Microsoft.Tools.ServiceModel.CommandArguments..ctor (System.String[] args) [0x003e2] in <b26c266450894ba4be93dee1b269237f>:0 \r\n" 0650:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L" at Microsoft.Tools.ServiceModel.ServiceModelReg.Run (System.String[] args) [0x00000] in <b26c266450894ba4be93dee1b269237f>:0 \r\n" 0650:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L" at Microsoft.Tools.ServiceModel.ServiceModelReg.TryRun (System.String[] args) [0x00031] in <b26c266450894ba4be93dee1b269237f>:0" 04dc:err:msi:execute_script Execution of script 0 halted; action L"[C:\\windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v3.0\\Windows Communication Foundation\\ServiceModelReg.exe /r /x /y /v;dummy;C:\\windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework\\v2.0.50727\\<=>S-1-5-21-0-0-0-1000<=>{2BA00471-0328-3743-93BD-FA813353A783}]DD_CA_InstallXwsRegExe_X86.3643236F_FC70_11D3_A536_00902"... returned 1603 04dc:err:msi:ITERATE_Actions Execution halted, action L"InstallExecute" returned 1603 0158:err:winediag:CorIsLatestSvc If this function is called, it is likely the result of a broken .NET installation 0158:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L".NET Runtime Optimization Service (clr_optimization_v4.0.30319_32) - Tried to start a service that wasn't the latest version of CLR Optimization service. Will shutdown\n" 012c:err:winediag:CorIsLatestSvc If this function is called, it is likely the result of a broken .NET installation 012c:err:eventlog:ReportEventW L".NET Runtime Optimization Service (clr_optimization_v4.0.30319_64) - Tried to start a service that wasn't the latest version of CLR Optimization service. Will shutdown\n" The furthest I got was using Grunt's advice: I created a 32-bit bottle and then I got this: Before closing the installer, I went into C:\users\yourusername\Temp\AffinitySetup and copied the files including the MSI file somewhere safe using a drive mount. Moving back into the 64-bit bottle, I mounted the files, ran msiexec /i Affinity.msi, and the files were installed. Launching Designer.exe however was a dead end: 0288:err:mscoree:FixupVTableEntry unsupported vtable fixup flags 0 Unhandled Exception: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Windows.Application' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Windows.Navigation.BaseUriHelper' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Uri' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.UriParser' threw an exception. ---> System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: bool System.Runtime.Versioning.BinaryCompatibility.get_TargetsAtLeast_Desktop_V4_5() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Object.__icall_wrapper_mono_generic_class_init(intptr) at System.Uri..cctor () [0x00000] in <f5c1cf7e75a94ccaa98b39898fde8d44>:0 --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Windows.Navigation.BaseUriHelper..cctor () [0x00000] in <15140128ad0e4325b5eee7f4d3b7dfa3>:0 --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Windows.Application.ApplicationInit () [0x0000a] in <26eafdf1b0b84f2eb9ff9eee9b33548e>:0 at System.Windows.Application..cctor () [0x0002e] in <26eafdf1b0b84f2eb9ff9eee9b33548e>:0 --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Serif.Interop.Persona.Application..ctor () [0x00093] in <e2ea0c1866f5461184b86a9362a33273>:0 at Serif.Affinity.Application..ctor () [0x00012] in <02b007b6ef634d67a9715f716059e267>:0 at Designer.Application..ctor () [0x00000] in <b65c843ad19e4c7db88c9cab6d74fd56>:0 at Designer.Application.Main (System.String[] args) [0x00000] in <b65c843ad19e4c7db88c9cab6d74fd56>:0 [ERROR] FATAL UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Windows.Application' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Windows.Navigation.BaseUriHelper' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Uri' threw an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.UriParser' threw an exception. ---> System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: bool System.Runtime.Versioning.BinaryCompatibility.get_TargetsAtLeast_Desktop_V4_5() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at (wrapper managed-to-native) System.Object.__icall_wrapper_mono_generic_class_init(intptr) at System.Uri..cctor () [0x00000] in <f5c1cf7e75a94ccaa98b39898fde8d44>:0 --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Windows.Navigation.BaseUriHelper..cctor () [0x00000] in <15140128ad0e4325b5eee7f4d3b7dfa3>:0 --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Windows.Application.ApplicationInit () [0x0000a] in <26eafdf1b0b84f2eb9ff9eee9b33548e>:0 at System.Windows.Application..cctor () [0x0002e] in <26eafdf1b0b84f2eb9ff9eee9b33548e>:0 --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Serif.Interop.Persona.Application..ctor () [0x00093] in <e2ea0c1866f5461184b86a9362a33273>:0 at Serif.Affinity.Application..ctor () [0x00012] in <02b007b6ef634d67a9715f716059e267>:0 at Designer.Application..ctor () [0x00000] in <b65c843ad19e4c7db88c9cab6d74fd56>:0 While I've been able to start Affinity Designer v1 in the past, unfortunately now I no longer get to the splash screen. If anyone knows any Wine troubleshooting guides that may help, let me know.

A bit of Linux news: the Wine 9 release seems to be right around the corner. This means some patches to improve Affinity compatibility might be coming to a stable release soon.

That's good to know. But sadly Vanigilia's latest version only goes to 8.6. As for system wine, I seem to be stuck on 6.0.3~repack-1 in Ubuntu LTS...

I understand. I'd prefer to try vanilla Wine from within Bottles but it's not offered as an option there. The other runners are Soda, Caffe, GE Wine (non-Proton), Lutris, Vaniglia, GE Proton, and then a category called 'Other' containing kron4ek-wine.

Thanks for that info. I started Bottles from the terminal and triggered the dialog again. I don't see any FIXMEs or ERRORs: 0274:err:ole:get_stub_manager_from_ipid not found for ipid {0000000b-0000-0120-ab7e-ff6e6cddf96f} 0278:err:ole:get_stub_manager_from_ipid not found for ipid {000000ee-0000-00d4-b6bd-f374a69de69e} [... trimmed a bunch of very similar lines ...] info: Presenter: Actual swap chain properties: info: Format: VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM info: Color space: VK_COLOR_SPACE_SRGB_NONLINEAR_KHR info: Present mode: VK_PRESENT_MODE_IMMEDIATE_KHR info: Buffer size: 503x114 info: Image count: 3 info: Exclusive FS: 0 info: Presenter: Actual swap chain properties: info: Format: VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM info: Color space: VK_COLOR_SPACE_SRGB_NONLINEAR_KHR info: Present mode: VK_PRESENT_MODE_IMMEDIATE_KHR info: Buffer size: 502x156 info: Image count: 3 info: Exclusive FS: 0 0274:err:ole:get_stub_manager_from_ipid not found for ipid {0000000b-0000-0120-ab7e-ff6e6cddf96f} 0278:err:ole:get_stub_manager_from_ipid not found for ipid {000000f6-0000-00d4-a670-dcb1487aa200} [... trimmed a bunch of very similar lines ...] info: Presenter: Actual swap chain properties: info: Format: VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM info: Color space: VK_COLOR_SPACE_SRGB_NONLINEAR_KHR info: Present mode: VK_PRESENT_MODE_IMMEDIATE_KHR info: Buffer size: 502x156 info: Image count: 3 info: Exclusive FS: 0 0278:err:ole:get_stub_manager_from_ipid not found for ipid {000000f6-0000-00d4-a670-dcb1487aa200} 0278:err:ole:get_stub_manager_from_ipid not found for ipid {000000fd-0000-00d4-8640-cbdf84317507} [... trimmed a bunch of very similar lines ...] I realize this is not the ideal way to debug, so I might have to find a way to install native Wine at some point.

Good to know, thanks. The peculiar thing is that I'm still getting the "Failed to save document: <Untitled>" screen on Wine GE Proton 8.14. Do I need vanilla Wine to get the fix? I'm not sure how all these runners work, but Bottles doesn't seem to offer recent versions of vanilla Wine.

Did you try saving your file? I know a patch was submitted for it, but a few weeks ago I still couldn't on some version of Wine GE Proton 8 (I think 8.7 or 8.14). Maybe I just need to run the latest development build for it, not sure. Since I'm on Ubuntu I currently use Bottles to install Wine versions, and the most recent version I can use is Wine GE Proton 8.14. It doesn't look like they support vanilla Wine.

That's great news, I oughta try it out next time I boot into Arch. Thanks again for all the work you do to bring Affinity to Linux.

My experience running v1 as of January 2023 was that I was unable to save files, but basic editing worked. I'm not sure if it was related to Wine, Flatpak or another component. Details are earlier in this thread if someone's interested.

I just realized I completely missed ElementalWarrior's post, which already explains why saving won't work:

Is anyone else unable to save files? When I run Affinity Designer (haven't tested this in Photo) and try to save a file, I always get this regardless of where I save it: An obvious culprit could be that the Flatpak sandboxing wouldn't allow me to write, but I've tried creating a custom drive mapping from the Bottles interface for this purpose. Interesting detail: the file handle successfully gets created, the file just happens to contain 0 bytes. It does this consistently. I've never been able to save a file.

Having followed the instructions (get Bottles from Flatpak, pick Caffe 7.10, choose custom recipe, run the installer within the bottle, change the launch options), I get the error "The software requires a DirectX10 compatible graphics card in order to run." Any setting I should check? I'm running Affinity Photo 1.10.5.1342 with dxvk-2.0-1-12901b5 (toggle enabled) on a GeForce GTX 1660 Ti graphics card. Happy New Year everyone Edit: it's working under dxvk-1.10.3 here!

It's a folder on my local disk.

Sometimes I also experience an issue where if I go to the Export persona, I don't see any slices. If I then attempt to create one, Photo just crashes. Both of these issues always happen the same way, but I can't reproduce them every time.

Sometimes the following happens: I click 'Export slices' in the Export persona. A dialog titled 'Select the folder into which the exported files should be saved' A spinning beach ball appears and everything freezes. At this point I have to force quit and hope I can restore my work. Also note how in my screenshot something in the directory listing seems to be off. Is this a bug? I'm Affinity Photo 1.6.11 on a MacBook Air with macOS version 10.14.2.

I have multiple brush overlays in my develop persona, so it's easy to lose track of which overlay covers which area. Is there a way to "reveal" the currently selected overlay, much like the quick mask feature or - as in Photoshop's Camera Raw - that hover effect when you mouse over one of the overlay circles? Removing all of the effects from an overlay appears to do what I want, but I don't want to lose those settings.

Ooh, I didn't notice the second handle before. That works, thanks!

Update: I ended up remaking the frame text as artistic text. Not the best solution, but it worked.

I'm trying to resize a group that contains frame text, but I noticed that the frame text's font size doesn't rescale in proportion. Regular text is scaling properly. Oddly enough, this problem does not occur when modifying skew. How do I get the frame text to scale together with the group?