wine users - Jun 2012 - A single command to open Portal 2 in a debug console.

Due to some unknown problem I can only run Portal 2 by going to Winetricks
--> Select 'steam' prefix --> Run a command line shell --> #
wine PATH_TO_PORTAL2.EXE

This works perfectly fine, but it is kind of tedious. I know of the WINEDEBUG
command but I do not understand the syntax. I would like to know a way to do all
of the steps at once with a single command. I can either make a .desktop file
with a command that opens portal2.exe from within the debug shell, or create a
.sh file with multiple commands.

I am running Ubuntu Linux 12.04 64 bit and my Steam prefix is a 32 bit prefix.

Thank you in advance.

As SpawnHappyJake says, first fix the problems you've created by running as
root. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#run_as_root

The command to start your game would be:


Code:
WINEPREFIX=/path/to/prefix wine start /Unix /path/to/program.exe


(substitute the actual paths)

I don't think I can help much in that department, but I see that you ran
Wine as root ("#" means root). That's a no-no and breaks stuff.
There is a way to fix what it breaks, however. I wonder if that could be part of
the issue (guessing not, I just couldn't let you go running Wine as root -
or else the Wine police might get you :P)

The one "trick" with .sh files I know of is to mark them as
executable, or else it prompts you whether you want to view the file itself or
execute it when you click it. Just right-click it, go into the properties and
check off "allow to be executed as a program" or whatever. I think
it's under "Permissions".

Jake