topic Re: Settings don't open on Linux in Desktop (Linux)

Settings don't open on Linux

mhoran85 — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 18:31:57 GMT

1. Device: Lenovo X1 Carbon running Debian Jessie
2. Spotify Premium Account.
3. Spotify version 1:1.0.38.171.g5e1cd7b2-22
4. When I click the arrow in the upper-right hand corner and click Settings, nothing happens.
5. Steps to reproduce:

1. Click the arrow in the upper right hand corner.
2. Click Settings.

I tried the steps from https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Linux-Windows-Web-Player/Spotify-Settings-Don-t-Open/m-p/1476675 but they did not resolve my issue.

I also tried removing .config/spotify and .cache/spotify to no avail. I know that at one point in time this menu did work, but it has been quite some time.

Re: Settings don't open on Linux

Dreadlord — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 18:42:43 GMT

Hello @mhoran85,

Welcome to Spotify Community!

Can you try catch the console output when clicking on the settings button?

Open up Spotify from the terminal and click spam Settings button. If you notice any output in the console caused by the click on Settings button, copy-paste it here so I can take a look : )

Re: Settings don't open on Linux

mhoran85 — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 00:14:37 GMT

Hey @Dreadlord,

I noticed that there was nothing in the console when I clicked on settings, so I figured something else might be up. Instead of trying to click settings, I hit the enter key when settings was highlighted. That worked!

So there seems to be something funky about click targets and Spotify. I can click most other things just fine -- it's just the settings menu that's acting up.

I have a HiDPI screen, so maybe that has something to do with it?

Re: Settings don't open on Linux

jooon — Tue, 25 Oct 2016 11:18:16 GMT

Thanks. This was the first time I heard about keyboard working, not mouse. I've seen this problem being reported a few times now, but I have never been able to reproduce it. This might help narrow it down.

Re: Settings don't open on Linux

rudgas — Fri, 25 Nov 2016 16:10:35 GMT

Same behavior on arch linux.

Re: Settings don't open on Linux

devhen — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 22:03:07 GMT

Same problem on two machines running Fedora 25 with Wayland. I have a third machine on Fedora 24 without Wayland and it doesn't have this problem.

Re: Settings don't open on Linux

diegoribeiro — Sat, 17 Dec 2016 17:18:38 GMT

On a machine with Fedora 25 and Wayland, I can't access the settings options. For a workaround, I logged on the system with the Xorg. After updating the settings, I logged again with the Wayland.

I realized that some applications used by me do not seem to be fully compatible with Wayland (like the Spotify client) and bugs happen.

Re: Settings don't open on Linux

jooon — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 00:07:27 GMT

For those of you that have this problem because Spotify has some problem with Wayland, does the keyboard workaround described above work?

Re: Settings don't open on Linux

devhen — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 11:01:30 GMT

Yeah the keyboard workaround works for me on Wayland in Fedora 25.

Re: Settings don't open on Linux

rudgas — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 12:01:04 GMT

I'm not running wayland, but the behavior is the same, nothing on clicking but keyboard works.

(Arch Linux 4.8.13-1-ARCH + Openbox)

Re: Settings don't open on Linux

diegoribeiro — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 11:59:17 GMT

Use the keyboard works for me too.

Re: Settings don't open on Linux

the_asian_pumpk — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 16:09:21 GMT

I have the same issue, running Spotify 0.9.17 on Debian 8.6 with X.Org X Server 1.16.4

The workaround of hilighting then hitting enter instead of clicking does work for me as well.

Re: Settings don't open on Linux

the_asian_pumpk — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 16:26:28 GMT

I just updated to version 1.0.44 of Spotify and the issue still exists.

Re: Settings don't open on Linux

negge — Sat, 24 Dec 2016 10:26:45 GMT

Cursed my **bleep** off today when I tried to log my girlfriend out so I could listen using my account while she was out jogging and using here phone. I can confirm that navigating the dropdown menu with the keyboard works, but clicking the items with the mouse just makes the menu disappear.

There's also a ghost menu item between Settings and Log out (you have to press down twice to get from Settings to Log out).

Ubuntu 16.04, latest Spotify client installed (did an apt-get upgrade to rule out that it had been fixed already), standard 1080p TV used as display (aka. no HiDPI).

In summary, since not only Wayland hipsters are affected this is pretty serious, hopefully you'll fix it soon.

Re: Settings don't open on Linux

wmesko — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 15:48:50 GMT

Yes. Using Fedora 25 on Wayland. Keyboard workaround ok here.

Re: Settings don't open on Linux

plebian — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 13:33:25 GMT

Same problem on Arch with wayland

Spotify version 1.0.47.13.gd8e05b1f

Re: Settings don't open on Linux

user-removed — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:19:47 GMT

Same problem on Ubuntu/i3...

OS: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
Kernel: x86_64 Linux 3.13.0-71-generic
Shell: bash 4.3.11
Resolution: 2560x1024
WM: i3

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500 CPU @ 3.301GHz
GPU: Gallium 0.4 on AMD CEDAR
RAM: 3776MiB / 7940MiB

Re: Settings don't open on Linux

martixz — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 11:34:34 GMT

The same on ArchBang linux.

kernel version 4.9.6-1

spotify version 1.0.48.103-1

No terminal output when leftclicking on settings button. Enter works well

Re: Settings don't open on Linux

user-removed — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 02:45:12 GMT

Same issue here running Arch Linux 4.9 on Gnome with xorg. I've also noticed that right clicking the right hand friend pane doesn't do anything and since there's no menu I can't find a way to hide it. This seems to confirm that there's something not functioning right with mouse interaction.

Re: Settings don't open on Linux

pebcak — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 15:50:49 GMT

Happening for me. Shortcut keys work, but clicking on the menu items only hides the menu.

spotify-client 1.0.49.125

Ubuntu 16.10

Gnome 3.2 Wayland

HIDPI (4k) with window scaling set to 2