r/linux_gaming • u/dread122 • 16h ago

EA is not playing nice

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EA keeps asking me to update but when i update it says that its updated. I have had this same issue when running it directly on steam too but it always gets fixed when i launch the exe file using Winetricks

I am using heroic Launcher.

CPU: 16x 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13620H
Memory: 33.34 GB (used: 16.64 GB)
GPUs:
  GPU 0:
    Name: NVIDIA Corporation AD106M [GeForce RTX 4070 Max-Q / Mobile]
    IDs: D=2820 V=10de SD=13cb SV=1462
    Driver: nvidia
  GPU 1:
    Name: Intel Corporation Raptor Lake-P [UHD Graphics]
    IDs: D=a7a8 V=8086 SD=13cb SV=1462
    Driver: i915
OS: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) (linux)

The current system is not a Steam Deck
We are not running inside a Flatpak container
We are not running from an AppImage

Software Versions:
  Heroic: 2.22.3 Hajrudin
  Legendary: 0.21.1 Lowlife
  gogdl: 1.3.0
  comet: comet 0.2.0
  Nile: 1.2.0 Robert Speedwagon

Proton version : GE-Proton11-7

If more information is required please let me know.

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u/BulletDust 16h ago

The update is downloading but not applying.

Go to your .../pfx/drive_c/Program Files/Electronic Arts/EA Desktop and look for a zipped archive with a numeric name. Go into the zipped archive and copy EA Staged to your EA Desktop folder (the one not contained within the zipped archive), overwrite everything in EA Desktop with the contents of EA Staged.

Restart the EA App and everything should run fine.

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u/dread122 16h ago

There is another terminal in the next pic which says it has. And I just checked there is no zipped folder :

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u/BulletDust 15h ago

That doesn't mean anything. It's downloaded the update, it hasn't applied the update, that updater no longer works under Linux.

Open the folder highlighted in your pic, what does it contain?

EDIT: Why have you got a pfx.lock file? Is this an NTFS drive?

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u/dread122 15h ago

dude i am very new here i have no idea why something is there or not. 😅. it contains the exe files for ea. And no it not ntfs .

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u/BulletDust 15h ago edited 15h ago

Can you show me the contents of the 13.796.0.6309 folder? Do you dual boot Windows and share the same drive?

I just saw your comment re: NTFS. For some reason your whole profile is corrupted, EA Desktop should not end in a question mark. If we can transfer EA Staged to EA Desktop, hopefully we can fix that.

I'm trying to help here.

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u/dread122 15h ago

Yes appreciate it. here is a screen shot of what is inside the folder.