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Hey! There has been an update to the Spotify Linux client signatures.Users may see errors linked to missing keys and failed signature verifications for Spotify when updating the system. If this happens to you, this can be fixed by manually adding the...
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Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before.So type your issue into the search box and have a look. Basic troubleshooting Go through th...
Roadie
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PlanFree/PremiumCountry Device(iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue I checked lots of stuff first before posting this. I have a Spotify Premium Plan in good sta...
Plan Free/Premium Country Device (iPhone 8, Samsung Galaxy 9, Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (iOS 10, Android Oreo, Windows 10,etc.) My Question or Issue ...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryUkraineDeviceThinkPad E595Operating SystemArchLinux (Gnome Wayland) My Question or Issue When i click "play" button it sounds like spotify enters infinite loop of play/pause until i click "stop", ui is ok, only sound is broken, it's...
Plan Premium Country Ukraine Device ThinkPad E595 Operating System ArchLinux (Gnome Wayland) My Question or Issue When i click "play" button it sounds like spotify enters inf...
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I bought a linux laptop in part because supposedly there was a full linux spotify client. However there appears to be absolutely no support for wifi syncing local files (on the linux computer) to my phone (iPhone). I search prior threads from people ...
I bought a linux laptop in part because supposedly there was a full linux spotify client. However there appears to be absolutely no support for wifi syncing local files (on the linux compute...
Casual Listener
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If anyone knows or have a good guide on installing spotify from void linux or if anyone can make a template then it would be helpful for me.
If anyone knows or have a good guide on installing spotify from void linux or if anyone can make a template then it would be helpful for me.
Visitor
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PlanFreeCountryArgentinaDevicePCOperating SystemLinux Well, first of all, I use the Spotify Web Player on my PC, and since a few days ago I have been having a problem with the song lyrics button, the button just disappeared one day, I have tried to l...
Plan Free Country Argentina Device PC Operating System Linux Well, first of all, I use the Spotify Web Player on my PC, and since a few days ago I have been having a problem with the ...
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so im trying to find out when i listened to a certain song(or band technically), will downloading my data tell me that? i started listening to the band/song about(?) a year ago i believe, if that helps anything.
so im trying to find out when i listened to a certain song(or band technically), will downloading my data tell me that? i started listening to the band/song about(?) a year ago i believe, if that hel...
Visitor
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Plan PremiumCountry CZ DevicePCOperating SystemDebian Sid My Question or IssueHi, is Spotify for Linux still in development? Updates for Spotify for Android come out quite frequently, but for S4L I've only seen one update in over a year that just bro...
Plan Premium Country CZ Device PC Operating System Debian Sid My Question or Issue Hi, is Spotify for Linux still in development? Updates for Spotify for Android come out qui...
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PlanPremiumCountry DeviceFramework LaptopOperating SystemArch Linux Kernel 5.18.8-hardened1-1-hardened My Question or IssueExecution fails with the error message below. [user@computer ~]$ spotify/user.slice/user-1000.slice/session-1.scope is not a sn...
Plan Premium Country Device Framework Laptop Operating System Arch Linux Kernel 5.18.8-hardened1-1-hardened My Question or Issue Execution fails with the error message below. ...
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PlanPremiumCountryPortugalDeviceAsus X571GT Operating SystemArch Linux My Question or IssueI haven't been able to open Spotify (the AUR version) for the last few hours from an app launcher. When I try to open it through the terminal, it prints the fo...
Plan Premium Country Portugal Device Asus X571GT Operating System Arch Linux My Question or Issue I haven't been able to open Spotify (the AUR version) for the last few hours f...
Newbie
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I can't log in through linux client. I works normally through the Android app and the web player. But, on the linux client I get the message "A firewall may be blocking Spotify. Please update your firewall to allow Spotify. Additionally you could try...
I can't log in through linux client. I works normally through the Android app and the web player. But, on the linux client I get the message "A firewall may be blocking Spotify. Please update your fi...
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PlanPremiumCountryLithuaniaDeviceHP Pavillion dv6000Operating SystemDebian GNU/Linux 11.3 My Question or IssueSpotify playback does not work using the Web player with Firefox 91.10.0esr on Debian GNU/Linux (no dedicated help category for the web play...
Plan Premium Country Lithuania Device HP Pavillion dv6000 Operating System Debian GNU/Linux 11.3 My Question or Issue Spotify playback does not work using the Web player with Firefox...
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There is a bug in the current Linux desktop app on any distro using gnome 42 effecting notifications. Notifications of the next playing track appear in the notification panel at the top of the screen however the notification message never displays as...
There is a bug in the current Linux desktop app on any distro using gnome 42 effecting notifications. Notifications of the next playing track appear in the notification panel at t...
Newbie
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Spotify Free planDesktop Linux on Fedora with GNOME and Wayland Each time a song starts a notification is sent on the desktop. So I have two notifications in the gnome panel: the normal song playing notification with play/pause, and a normal notifica...
Spotify Free plan Desktop Linux on Fedora with GNOME and Wayland Each time a song starts a notification is sent on the desktop. So I have two notifications in the gnome panel: the normal so...
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Your device and operating system: Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS. Asus ZenBook UX534FTC (with Nvidia 1650 Max-Q and Nvidia drivers).Type of Spotify account you have (Free/ Premium): PremiumThe app version of Spotify you’re using: 1.1.84.716.gc5f8b819 (snap)Brief...
Your device and operating system: Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS. Asus ZenBook UX534FTC (with Nvidia 1650 Max-Q and Nvidia drivers). Type of Spotify account you have (Free/ Premium): Premium The app version ...
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PlanDuoCountryUS DeviceThinkpad X1 Yoga Operating SystemArch Linux My Question or IssuePlease add Arch Linux install instructions to https://www.spotify.com/us/download/linux/. Here is the install command:`pacman --refresh --sync spotify-launcher`
Plan Duo Country US Device Thinkpad X1 Yoga Operating System Arch Linux My Question or Issue Please add Arch Linux install instructions to https://www.spotify.com/...
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PlanPremiumCountryGermany DeviceDesktopOperating SystemLinux My Question or Issue According to the documentation [1], there should be lyrics when you press the "microphone" icon. However, there is no microphone icon. [1]: https://newsroom.spotify.com...
Plan Premium Country Germany Device Desktop Operating System Linux My Question or Issue According to the documentation [1], there should be lyrics when you press the ...
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PlanFreeCountryGermanyDeviceComputerRyzen 7 Operating SystemGaruda Arch Linuxkernel: 5.17.4-zen1-1-zen My Question or IssueEverything on my PC uses the configured device in my settings as its playback device (my headphones).Except for Spotify. Spotif...
Plan Free Country Germany Device Computer Ryzen 7 Operating System Garuda Arch Linux kernel: 5.17.4-zen1-1-zen My Question or Issue Everything on my PC uses the configured ...
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I have a bluetooth headphone connected to my laptop, it is selected as the default output device and all applications play through the headphone. However Spotify app doesnt play through the headphone instead it plays through the laptop speakers... Ho...
I have a bluetooth headphone connected to my laptop, it is selected as the default output device and all applications play through the headphone. However Spotify app doesnt play through the headphone...
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The 'spotify-client' .deb package specifies 'libssl1.1' as one of its dependencies. Ubuntu 22.04 (currently in beta and due for stable release in 10 days from today) has dropped libssl1.1 in favour of libssl3 (see OpenSSL 3.0 transition plans for ref...
The 'spotify-client' .deb package specifies 'libssl1.1' as one of its dependencies. Ubuntu 22.04 (currently in beta and due for stable release in 10 days from today) has dropped libssl1.1 in favour o...
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