wine development (7.12): nodrv_CreateWindow error

[pglpm]

Wine version: wine-7.12
Ubuntu 20.04, KDE Plasma 5.18.8

Quite new Linux user here, still not completely familiar with package installation. I just installed winehq-devel by following the instructions for Ubuntu focal (https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu) to the letter. The installation seems to proceed without problems; in particular, I do not get any messages about missing packages (although I see a list of "Suggested packages").

After winehq-devel has been installed, I run winecfg from the terminal. I get the following warnings (I substitute my home-directory name with "***" for privacy):

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wine: created the configuration directory '/home/***/.wine'
002c:fixme:actctx:parse_depend_manifests Could not find dependent assembly L"Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" (6.0.0.0)
0048:fixme:actctx:parse_depend_manifests Could not find dependent assembly L"Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" (6.0.0.0)
0050:fixme:actctx:parse_depend_manifests Could not find dependent assembly L"Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" (6.0.0.0)
0040:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
0040:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow L"The explorer process failed to start."
002c:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
002c:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow L"The explorer process failed to start."
0080:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
0080:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow L"The explorer process failed to start."
0088:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
0088:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow L"The explorer process failed to start."
00cc:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
00cc:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow L"The explorer process failed to start."
wine: configuration in L"/home/***/.wine" has been updated.
0128:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
0128:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow L"The explorer process failed to start."

Nothing seems to happen, so I call winecfg one more time. This time the configuration window appears, and the console reports the following:

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0198:fixme:imm:ImeSetActiveContext (00000000008C82A0, 1): stub
0198:fixme:imm:ImmReleaseContext (0000000000010066, 00000000008C82A0): stub
0184:fixme:imm:ImeSetActiveContext (00000000007F7040, 0): stub
0184:fixme:imm:ImmReleaseContext (000000000004002E, 00000000007F7040): stub

Finally I run wine notepad in the console, as suggested by "Quick start" in Wine's user guide (https://wiki.winehq.org/Wine_User%27s_Guide#Quick_start). I get the following error message:

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00d0:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
00d0:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow L"The explorer process failed to start."

and no matter how many times I re-issue this command, no Notepad window appears. Before submitting a bug I wanted to ask in this Forum whether there's something I've missed or should do. I'm happy to provide any more info. Cheers!

[jkfloris]

Can you tell more about your system? Is it a virtual or a real computer? Which graphics card do you use?

This time the configuration window appears, and the console reports the following:

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0198:fixme:imm:ImeSetActiveContext (00000000008C82A0, 1): stub
0198:fixme:imm:ImmReleaseContext (0000000000010066, 00000000008C82A0): stub
0184:fixme:imm:ImeSetActiveContext (00000000007F7040, 0): stub
0184:fixme:imm:ImmReleaseContext (000000000004002E, 00000000007F7040): stub

This looks normal. I'm just wondering why notepad can't be started.

You can try to install wine-stable as a test. Does it give you the same error message?

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# Install wine-stable
sudo apt install --install-recommends wine-stable wine-stable-amd64 wine-stable-i386:i386
# Run wine-stable
WINEPREFIX=${HOME}/wine-test /opt/wine-stable/bin/wine notepad