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Can't control spotify via command line

Can't control spotify via command line

Recently I started to use Void Linux, and one of the first things that I did was download spotify, so I downloaded it following theses steps:
Void Wiki Spotify

 

Every time I start spotify, this weird message shows up:

Image: https://i.imgur.com/VCc6vPf.png

 

I can listen normal songs, but I'm not able to control it by command line, I've tried every command to make it:

1:

dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.PlayPause

 

2:

 

dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Pause

 

3:

dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Play

 

4:

dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Previous

 

5: 

dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Next

  

However, none of them work, and gives me the same output:

Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify was not provided by any .service files

 

So i've tried to do a lot of things:

1. First thing, of course, I checked if there was a dbus service running, so i've typed:

 

ps aux | grep dbus 

And the output was:

 

root       628  0.0  0.0   2212   676 ?        Ss   16:23   0:00 runsv dbus
dbus       643  0.0  0.0   3364  2608 ?        S    16:23   0:00 dbus-daemon --system --nofork --nopidfile
valeyard   941  0.0  0.0   4576  2112 ?        S    16:23   0:00 dbus-launch --autolaunch=994fd67f5eaac1aef6bed0e25a923fa4 --binary-syntax --close-stderr
valeyard   944  0.0  0.0   3252  1984 ?        Ss   16:23   0:01 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --syslog-only --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
valeyard  1320  0.0  0.0   3252   140 ?        Ss   20:13   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --syslog --fork --print-pid 5 --print-address 7 --session
valeyard  8946  0.0  0.0   3252  2440 ?        S    16:35   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --config-file=/usr/share/defaults/at-spi2/accessibility.conf --nofork --print-address 3
valeyard 11001  0.0  0.0   4904  2532 pts/7    S+   20:20   0:00 grep --color=auto dbus

 

2. Enable dbus in Void linux:

 

ln -s /etc/sv/dbus /var/service/dbus

3. Start a dbus service:

 

 

dbus-launch

4. Some guy on freenode in the #linux channel, said me to see if this variable was empty: $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS. So i typed:

echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS

and, indeed, it was empty, so he told me to type the following command:

eval `dbus-launch`

 

Then, the $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS variable wasn't empty anymore:

echo $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS

Output:

unix:abstract=/tmp/dbus-lCHj4CqJM8,guid=c84e7f8a483e82ea219cefd15a9b2c16

 

 

But, none of the above attempts worked. What can i do to control it via command line?

 

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