[Bug 12085] New: cannot load log file - AOM

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12085

Summary: cannot load log file - AOM
           Product: Wine
           Version: 0.9.57.
          Platform: PC-x86-64
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

When I attempt to start the M$ Age of Mythology game (Gold Edition) I get an
error message that says: "Cannot create log file, please make sure that you
have full rights on the directory that you installed Age of Mythology into, and
that you have available disk space. Error access denied."

Things I've tried:
* winecfg to set windows version to windowsxp / windows 2000, etc. to no avail.
* made sure write permissions to entire /home/user/.wine directory
* clean install .. no previous wine version
* used original and cracked aomx.exe
* ran wine with 'strace' and did not see any file opens that failed
* Downloaded and attempted to run the m$ "AOM Trial"
(http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/7/8/4785f001-bec0-44c3-8adb-5bb5f8f...)
when I start the trial, my entire X windows (GDM) restarts.

Any help resolving this issue is appreciated.  If you need any logs, etc.
please let me know.

I have seen this error posted in several places (e.g., Ubuntu forum), but no
solution or "things to try".