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Won't start on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

I installed foobar2000 on my Ubuntu Server 18.04 with xubuntu-core (xcfe) GUI installed using the instructions here:
https://www.tecrobust.com/install-foobar2000-linux-ubuntu-latest/

Before installing foobar2000, I had installed WINE 5.0.  After installing foobar2000, it wouldn't start,  I rebooted, and still no joy.
Here is the terminal output:
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marc@PET310S:~$ sudo foobar2000
[sudo] password for marc: 
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/run/user/0’: Permission denied
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Running Wine/winetricks as root is highly discouraged. See https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#Should_I_run_Wine_as_root.3F
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Failed to Fopen file /etc/wgetrc
Failed to Fopen file /etc/wgetrc
wget: Cannot read /etc/wgetrc (Permission denied).
Using winetricks 20191224-next - sha256sum: 472eba29dbf056c87afd39a70426886064040e0bc2c3b63c17baf469b0bf2be2 with wine-5.0 and WINEARCH=win32
Executing w_do_call wmp9
Executing load_wmp9 
Executing w_do_call wsh57
Executing load_wsh57 
Executing mkdir -p /root/snap/foobar2000/common/.cache/winetricks/wsh57
Executing cd /root/snap/foobar2000/common/.cache/winetricks/wsh57
Downloading https://download.microsoft.com/download/4/4/d/44de8a9e-630d-4c10-9f17-b9b34d3f6417/scripten.exe to /root/snap/foobar2000/common/.cache/winetricks/wsh57
Failed to Fopen file /etc/wgetrc
Failed to Fopen file /etc/wgetrc
wget: Cannot read /etc/wgetrc (Permission denied).
--2020-04-10 00:12:46--  https://download.microsoft.com/download/4/4/d/44de8a9e-630d-4c10-9f17-b9b34d3f6417/scripten.exe
Resolving download.microsoft.com (download.microsoft.com)... 173.222.116.111, 2600:140a:c000:683::e59, 2600:140a:c000:69f::e59
Connecting to download.microsoft.com (download.microsoft.com)|173.222.116.111|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1079152 (1.0M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘scripten.exe’

scripten.exe        100%[===================>]   1.03M  1.10MB/s    in 0.9s    

2020-04-10 00:12:49 (1.10 MB/s) - ‘scripten.exe’ saved [1079152/1079152]

Executing cd /home/marc
Executing cabextract -q -d /root/snap/foobar2000/common/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/system32 /root/snap/foobar2000/common/.cache/winetricks/wsh57/scripten.exe
Using native,builtin override for following DLLs: jscript scrrun vbscript cscript.exe wscript.exe
Executing wine regedit /S C:\windows\Temp\override-dll.reg
Executing wine regsvr32 /S dispex.dll jscript.dll scrobj.dll scrrun.dll vbscript.dll wshcon.dll wshext.dll
No protocol specified
Setting Windows version to win2k
Executing wine regedit /S C:\windows\Temp\set-winver.reg
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Running /snap/foobar2000/290/wine-platform/wine-stable/bin/wineserver -w. This will hang until all wine processes in prefix=/root/snap/foobar2000/common/.wine terminate
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Executing mkdir -p /root/snap/foobar2000/common/.cache/winetricks/wmp9
Executing cd /root/snap/foobar2000/common/.cache/winetricks/wmp9
Downloading https://web.archive.org/web/20180404022333if_/download.microsoft.com/download/1/b/c/1bc0b1a3-c839-4b36-8f3c-19847ba09299/MPSetup.exe to /root/snap/foobar2000/common/.cache/winetricks/wmp9
Failed to Fopen file /etc/wgetrc
Failed to Fopen file /etc/wgetrc
wget: Cannot read /etc/wgetrc (Permission denied).
--2020-04-10 00:12:55--  https://web.archive.org/web/20180404022333if_/download.microsoft.com/download/1/b/c/1bc0b1a3-c839-4b36-8f3c-19847ba09299/MPSetup.exe
Resolving web.archive.org (web.archive.org)... 207.241.233.214
Connecting to web.archive.org (web.archive.org)|207.241.233.214|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: unspecified [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘MPSetup.exe’

MPSetup.exe             [   <=>              ]  13.30M  1.13MB/s    in 15s     

2020-04-10 00:13:13 (899 KB/s) - ‘MPSetup.exe’ saved [13951112]

Executing cd /home/marc
Using native override for following DLLs: l3codeca.acm wmp wmplayer.exe wmvcore
Executing wine regedit /S C:\windows\Temp\override-dll.reg
No protocol specified
Using native override for following DLLs when running MPSetup.exe: pidgen
Executing wine regedit /S C:\windows\Temp\override-dll.reg
Executing rm /root/snap/foobar2000/common/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/temp/override-dll.reg
Executing cd /root/snap/foobar2000/common/.cache/winetricks/wmp9
Executing wine MPSetup.exe /q
002c:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
002c:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Make sure that your X server is running and that $DISPLAY is set correctly.
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Note: command wine MPSetup.exe /q returned status 43. Aborting.
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002e:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
002e:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Make sure that your X server is running and that $DISPLAY is set correctly.
marc@PET310S:~$ No protocol specified
xcb_connection_has_error() returned true
Failed to create secure directory (/run/user/0/snap.foobar2000/pulse): No such file or directory
ALSA lib conf.c:3710:(snd_config_hook_load) cannot stat file/directory /usr/share/alsa/cards/aliases.conf
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.default
ALSA lib pcm.c:2495:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.default
0034:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
0034:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Make sure that your X server is running and that $DISPLAY is set correctly.

I'm not sure if the issue is with foobar2000, snap, or WINE.  If it's with snap, or WINE, I'd appreciate it if someone would suggest the best forum to get help with whichever seems to be the issue..

Thanks.

Re: Won't start on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Reply #1 –
You're never supposed to run it as root or with the sudo command. Fix the ownership of the Wine prefix you're using with it. This is either specified as a path using the WINEPREFIX environment variable in your startup script, or the default of $HOME/.wine .

Re: Won't start on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Reply #2 –
Thanks.  Where do I find my startup script?

Re: Won't start on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Reply #3 –
I wouldn't know, there are probably many ways to run foobar2000 on Linux, and I have no idea which way you've used. I'd blame the packager if they told you to use the sudo command to run it.

Re: Won't start on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Reply #4 –
They didn't say to run it with sudo.  I had trouble without sudo so tried it that way.

Here is the terminal output without sudo:
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marc@PET310S:~$ foobar2000
0009:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
0009:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow The explorer process failed to start.
marc@PET310S:~$ 0014:err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {bcde0395-e52f-467c-8e3d-c4579291692e} not registered
0014:err:ole:CoGetClassObject class {bcde0395-e52f-467c-8e3d-c4579291692e} not registered
0014:err:ole:create_server class {bcde0395-e52f-467c-8e3d-c4579291692e} not registered
0014:err:ole:CoGetClassObject no class object {bcde0395-e52f-467c-8e3d-c4579291692e} could be created for context 0x17
0014:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded.
0014:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow The explorer process failed to start.

I just ran this a couple of minutes ago.  It has paused.  I don't know if it's hung or not.

Re: Won't start on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Reply #5 –
A. There's a section in wineHQ Faq about fixing problems related to using Wine as root https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ
but since you had problems earlier:
B. My suggestion after basic experience with installing foobar on Mint and MX linux would be to install it using:
- snap https://snapcraft.io/foobar2000
- or PlayOnLinux.

C. If it's an overall problem with Wine uninstalling everything related to it, deleting virtual drives/prefixes and installing one version worked for me.

Btw foobar works very ok-ish on linux for me:
- no  volume control
- some JSpanel scripts don't work  :'(
- there are some sound problems, meaning sometimes it works perfectly (distribution, Wine version)  and sometimes there is an unacceptable stuttering/noises (other processes or CPU load)
- old fixes (long lists of additional components to install) either don't work or don't work with win7 as a system (required by ColumnsUI) 
 

Re: Won't start on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Reply #6 –
I'm giving up on it.  I wanted it to easily do multiple conversions of .dff files simultaneously, but instead I'll do the conversions on my Windows box and then copy them to the server.  I'm using Amarok as my music player on Linux and I'm happy with it.

Thanks to all who tried to help.