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by danneauxs » Tue Jul 29, 2025 11:19 am
So, just installed bottles and newbinpro in bottles. Seems to run fine but Iget this error now:
[07/29 10:05:45] ERROR ReadFullDatabase: Invalid packet Format: Storage.db3
[07/29 10:05:45] ERROR ReadFullDatabase: Invalid packet Format: Storage.db3
It might have something to do with me downloading ALL headers for multiple groups. Not sure. I just might be bottles?
Is there somethine I could check?
(linux mint mate 22.1, bottles version 51.24 flatpak Ryzen 7 32GB Ram on SSD)
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by Quade » Wed Jul 30, 2025 5:35 pm
I've never used bottles with Newsbin. It works great with vanilla "Wine". In fact I test every release against "Wine" to check the installer.
The DB's are pretty robust. I wonder if you ran out of disk space and corrupted them? I'm thinking disk space or permissions problems writing the DBs.
Headers for large groups take up an extraordinary amount of disk space if you download all of them. You have to be careful about running out.
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