[Bug 27911] New: Baldurs Gate II can't save a game if installed on ext4 partition due to a capital letter in folder name

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27911

Summary: Baldurs Gate II can't save a game if installed on ext4
                    partition due to a capital letter in folder name
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.3.24
          Platform: x86-64
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

I've checked this on:

Wine 1.3.24 - Gentoo x86_64 on laptop 1
Wine 1.3.15 and 1.2.2 - LinuMint 64 on laptop 2

If I install the game (BG 2 with TOB and patches in one) and start new game I
won't be able to save it - the game will show a message box stating that it
couldn't save the game (it creates the folder for saved game and few files but
not all). Wine doesn't print any debug. Autosave on new game usually succeeds.

The game has a "Save" folder for saved games. I've created also "save" (and
"SAVE"). It solved the problem as everything got saved in "save" folder. If
installed on ext3 - no problem (also BG1 works without problems on ext4).

[Bug 27911] Baldurs Gate II can't save a game if installed on ext4 partition due to a capital letter in folder name

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27911

--- Comment #1 from Austin English  2011-07-26 20:59:18 CDT ---
Sounds like it may be a kernel bug then..

[Bug 27911] Baldurs Gate II can't save a game if installed on ext4 partition due to a capital letter in folder name

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--- Comment #2 from Piotr  2011-07-28 09:04:26 CDT ---
So I'll check system/kernel logs for anything unusual.

[Bug 27911] Baldurs Gate II can't save a game if installed on ext4 partition due to a capital letter in folder name

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--- Comment #3 from [e-mail] 2011-09-14 13:24:00 CDT ---
Hi!
Any update on this? I've created the folders as you did - it doesn't work for
me. I will try to install it on ext3 then...

Btw, I see no additional kernel messages in my logs.

Tomek

[Bug 27911] Baldurs Gate II can't save a game if installed on ext4 partition due to a capital letter in folder name

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--- Comment #4 from Piotr  2011-09-14 13:30:54 CDT ---
I'ts bit complicated as it also can fail with all those folders. If I chmod
them again, and run the game it starts to work (usually). Can't get a clear
path for the solution.

[Bug 27911] Baldurs Gate II can't save a game if installed on ext4 partition due to a capital letter in folder name

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27911

--- Comment #5 from [e-mail] 2011-09-14 13:31:56 CDT ---
Ok. It works. You have to create both 'save' and 'SAVE' directories. As Piotr
said it actually saves in 'save'. I guess this is CaSe-SeNsItIvE problem in
Linux vs Windows.
I didn't try it on ext3 but if it really does not happen on ext3 then it is
really weird.

Anyway, thank you Piotr for the unobvious fix!

Oh, and my setup:

OS: Ubuntu 11.04, 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64 (from standard packages)
Wine: wine-1.3.15 (from standard packages)

If I will have some will and time I may try to trace the problem further.

Tomek

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--- Comment #6 from Tomek  2011-09-14 13:58:08 CDT ---
I think I was too fast to declare that it works. I still cannot save... and I
don't know why it worked before (I've tried chmoding to 777 too).

Therefore I will try to resolve it. It drives me mad - I've created a new
character like 10 times now...

Tomek

[Bug 27911] Baldurs Gate II can't save a game if installed on ext4 partition due to a capital letter in folder name

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--- Comment #7 from Piotr  2011-09-14 14:02:46 CDT ---
chmod subfolders too and so on. The fix isn't clear for this, but it's a
problem for ext4 only.

[Bug 27911] Baldurs Gate II can't save a game if installed on ext4 partition due to a capital letter in folder name

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--- Comment #8 from Tomek  2011-09-14 14:32:04 CDT ---
Looking at basic differences between ext3 and ext4 I remember that 'noatime'
option is used by default for ext4 in many distros (on Ubuntu anyway). I think
that ext3 generally has 'atime' on.

So I've tried this (before starting BG2):

sudo mount -o remount,atime /

And it actually works for me (so far).

Piotr - if you want and have time at the same time, you could try this. I will
try to play now to see if it works in a long run.

Tomek

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--- Comment #9 from hennr  2011-10-02 14:16:54 CDT ---
Saving and loading works for me out of the box, my disk is mounted with the
following options:

/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,discard,errors=remount-ro)

[Bug 27911] Baldurs Gate II can't save a game if installed on ext4 partition due to a capital letter in folder name

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--- Comment #10 from Joni L-H  2012-02-22 11:56:58 CST ---
Im running Linux Mint 12
with Wine 1.4rc3 and this bug is still present.
Creating more variants of the save directory did not help for me :(

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--- Comment #11 from Piotr  2012-03-18 11:06:59 CDT ---
I went back to this with Wine 1.4 and Ubuntu. The save fails after you change a
location (it works in the starting location). I've tried various folders,
remounting "home" partition:

/dev/sda6 on /home/piotr type ext4 (rw,discard,errors=remount-ro,commit=0)

Or even putting the game withing an ext3 filesystem in a file - did not solve
the problem.

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--- Comment #12 from [e-mail] 2012-07-28 08:43:00 CDT ---
Is this still an issue for the original reporter?

The DVD version of BG2 and ToB is working out of the box for me, wine 1.5.9.
Save file folder may be named either 'SAVE' or 'save', or any other combination
of capital and non-capital letters - makes no difference.

no special mount options for my home partition
/home ext4 defaults 1 2
kernel: 3.1.10-1.16-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT (OpenSuse 12.1)

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--- Comment #13 from Ifava  2012-10-24 00:32:19 CDT ---
I have complete version from GOG DRM-Free. Got the same problem under the
newest wine under Ubuntu 12.10. Cant do save game.

[Bug 27911] Baldurs Gate II can't save a game if installed on ext4 partition due to a capital letter in folder name

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--- Comment #14 from Piotr  2012-10-24 00:47:30 CDT ---
Try this:

- start a new game (the game may not autosave but skip that)
- export the character
- start a new gamer and import that character
The game should be able to save now.

[Bug 27911] Baldurs Gate II can't save a game if installed on ext4 partition due to a capital letter in folder name

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--- Comment #15 from Ifava  2012-10-24 01:02:18 CDT ---
Thanks Piotrek after this:

Try this:

- start a new game (the game may not autosave but skip that)
- export the character
- start a new gamer and import that character
The game should be able to save now.

Save Game works strange :-)

[Bug 27911] Baldurs Gate II can't save a game if installed on ext4 partition due to a capital letter in folder name

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--- Comment #16 from Austin English  ---
Is this still an issue in current (1.7.35 or newer) wine? If so, please attach
terminal output.

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--- Comment #17 from Austin English  ---
Over 2 years with no reply, marking abandoned.

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--- Comment #18 from Gijs Vermeulen  ---
Resolving.

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--- Comment #19 from André H.  ---
closing abandoned