[Bugreport] [Linux] "invalid option -session"

[thehammer2000]

Hey,

KDE is automatically restarting applicatios on login, that were running in the last session and thus, spotify is also restarted. Applications are started with a -sesstion argument, for example:

spotify -session 1020b17c184165000138602432300000023810069_1403993180_490291

currently, spotify then opens an error message box:

I'd suggest to use something like:

#ifdef LINUX

StringList getArgs() {

  StringList ret;

  for (int i = 0; i < application->arguments().length(), ++i) {

    if (application->arguments()[i] != "-sesstion")

      ++i;

    else

      ret.append(application->arguments()[i])

  }

  return ret;

}

#endif

Additionally, you should set Spotify as the message box header. It took me a while to figure out, that spotify was showing this error. 

Best Regards

[Peter__]

With Spotify being build on Ubuntu, I would think a fix is unlikely sadly.

[durin]

Hi,

edit: My solution didn't work after all. I just got an "invalid option" error after reboot

My solution to this was to rename spotify binary to spotify.real and substituted the spotify with a script.

#!/bin/bash

if [[ $1 == \-* ]]
then
  /opt/spotify/spotify-client/spotify.real
else
  /opt/spotify/spotify-client/spotify.real $@
fi

This script should skip all the options starting with "-" but pass through the URLs

ofc. I have to do the renaming and replacement avery time the client updates.

[nicofrand]

I still have the same issue, I can confirm this is annoying !

[olejon]

You could make a script that strips the session argument from the command being run. This has been brought up here before but I can't seem to find it, but know there was solutions.

[durin]

I tried to strip the argument with a script but that didn't work as the session restore calls the real binary and not the script.

[yorrd]

I don't think it's that easy for you, sorry.

Ubuntu also runs xfce4 in some instances and xfce4 is the issue here. It saves a restart command for spotify in the session files at .cache/sessions which makes it put out the error because apparently -session is not a valid option.

Proof: Closing Spotify before restarting makes the issue completely disappear. Also turning off the session save feature on logout helps.

Please consider looking into this, it's most likely just a matter of changing a small thing somewhere in order to not have it save that option in the session files.

[macramole]

This affects Gnome3 and KDE5 as well