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Discuss Spotify for Linux
Hey folks! This is a heads-up that there will be a new update to the Spotify Linux client signatures. The latest available client will not install this new key just yet, but it's coming soon.Come February, you may see errors related to missing keys a...
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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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...
Music Fan
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PlanPremiumCountryGermanyOperating SystemLinux Mint 19.1Version1.1.0.237.g378f6f25My Question or IssueI have an NTFS drive mounted as /mnt/data. The folder has 777 permissions and I can write/read normally from the drive. Spotify reports permission d...
Plan Premium Country Germany Operating System Linux Mint 19.1 Version 1.1.0.237.g378f6f25 My Question or Issue I have an NTFS drive mounted as /mnt/data. The folder has 777 permissions and I...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADevicedesktop app for ChromeOSOperating SystemChromeOS (can't find version number) My Question or IssueI have an ASUS chromebox that has been playing spotify just fine for years. Today it has suddenly started skipping every singl...
Plan Premium Country USA Device desktop app for ChromeOS Operating System ChromeOS (can't find version number) My Question or Issue I have an ASUS chromebox that has been pla...
Visitor
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Spotify client on Linux (but it's quite likely that the same problem occurs on Windows and Mac as well) doesn't seem to be able to scrobble to Last.FM when the computer is behind an HTTP proxy, even using the latest Linux release of the client (uploa...
Spotify client on Linux (but it's quite likely that the same problem occurs on Windows and Mac as well) doesn't seem to be able to scrobble to Last.FM when the computer is behind an HTTP proxy, even ...
Newbie
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PlanPremium,Version"1.0.89.313.g34a58dea-5" installed from the ubuntu app storeCountryUnited KingdomDeviceThinkPad T480S with a 1440p panel, and 24" 4K external monitorOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04 My Question or IssueAs of yesterday, I am a new Linux...
Plan Premium, Version "1.0.89.313.g34a58dea-5" installed from the ubuntu app store Country United Kingdom Device ThinkPad T480S with a 1440p panel, and 24" 4K external monitor Operating Syste...
Visitor
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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 ...
Casual Listener
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MPRIS support in the Linux desktop client is very limited up to and including not reporting a couple important mandatory properties and a signal. In an effort to be respectful and fair, I acknowledge that the Linux client gets very little dev time an...
MPRIS support in the Linux desktop client is very limited up to and including not reporting a couple important mandatory properties and a signal. In an effort to be respectful and fair, I acknowledge...
Newbie
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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...
Casual Listener
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PlanFreeCountryUSOperating SystemPop!_OS 20.04 LTS 64 bit My Question or IssueAs of yesterday, I'm getting this error when I look for updates: W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous inde...
Plan Free Country US Operating System Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS 64 bit My Question or Issue As of yesterday, I'm getting this error when I look for updates: W: An error occurred durin...
Casual Listener
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I posted this in the main forums earlier and have since found many other examples of people asking for this feature. I wanted to put it here to add my voice, just in case the developers actually read these. Would it be possible for the devs to implem...
I posted this in the main forums earlier and have since found many other examples of people asking for this feature. I wanted to put it here to add my voice, just in case the developers actually read...
Roadie
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System: Ubuntu 14.04 running firefox & chrome browsersIssue: Playing radio through web-based spotify player stops (or repeats) after 1 songWhen clicking any of the 3 radio's on the last.fm landing page (Your Library, Your Mix, Your recommendations) a...
System: Ubuntu 14.04 running firefox & chrome browsers Issue: Playing radio through web-based spotify player stops (or repeats) after 1 song When clicking any of the 3 radio's on the...
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PlanFreeCountry: Spain DeviceHP Stream 11-y00nsOperating SystemDebian 10 Buster amd64 (Linux 4.19.0-11) My Question or IssueI installed Debian 10 yesterday on my 11' laptop via a net-install, and when I've tried to install the app (apt version, not s...
Plan Free Country: Spain Device HP Stream 11-y00ns Operating System Debian 10 Buster amd64 (Linux 4.19.0-11) My Question or Issue I installed Debian 10 yesterday on my 11' lap...
Casual Listener
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I'm using Linux mint and since I installed Spotify (two months ago) I don't think it's updated. It's my first time using Linux so I don't know how to check for updates or just know if I have the latest version available.
I'm using Linux mint and since I installed Spotify (two months ago) I don't think it's updated. It's my first time using Linux so I don't know how to check for updates or just know if I have the late...
Gig Goer
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PlanPremiumCountryPoland DeviceDesktopOperating SystemFedora Linux 35 My Question or Issue I did several encodes of CDs to my Vorbis using oggenc and every time using proper blind test I can point to my encode as very much higher quality.I have premi...
Plan Premium Country Poland Device Desktop Operating System Fedora Linux 35 My Question or Issue I did several encodes of CDs to my Vorbis using oggenc and every time...
Community Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryArgentinaDeviceNotebook HPOperating SystemLinux - Kubuntu My Question or IssueHi. I downloaded Spotify in Ubuntu and it goes well, but I would like to be able to run it in the background, as it can be done in Windows. Is this possib...
Plan Premium Country Argentina Device Notebook HP Operating System Linux - Kubuntu My Question or Issue Hi. I downloaded Spotify in Ubuntu and it goes well, but I would like to be ab...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremium DeviceDesktopOperating SystemFedora, running Spotify version 1.1.72.439.gc253025e (via snapd) My Question or IssueThe Friend activity tab seems to have changed recently. It now very much insist on me login into Facebook, and since I have ...
Plan Premium Device Desktop Operating System Fedora, running Spotify version 1.1.72.439.gc253025e (via snapd) My Question or Issue The Friend activity tab seems to have ch...
Casual Listener
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Hello, I use Spotify on Linux machines but there is no way to collapse the right sidebar that is used for Facebook connection. This means that when you shrink the size of the window in the horizontal position you only see the facebook sidebar. I do n...
Hello, I use Spotify on Linux machines but there is no way to collapse the right sidebar that is used for Facebook connection. This means that when you shrink the size of the ...
Newbie
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Hello, I have a problem with the webplayer, I select a song and then it does not play it, it selects the next song, fails to play it and repeats this procces five times until it lands on a song I didn't want to play and it plays it. I tried Firefox E...
Hello, I have a problem with the webplayer, I select a song and then it does not play it, it selects the next song, fails to play it and repeats this procces five times until it lands on a song I did...
Not applicable
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PlanPremiumCountry DeviceDell XPS13Operating SystemLinux Mint 20.2 My Question or IssueSpotify won't start up - I just get a message Something went wrong - Try reloading page. I can use Spotify fine on my Android phone.I seem to get the following err...
Plan Premium Country Device Dell XPS13 Operating System Linux Mint 20.2 My Question or Issue Spotify won't start up - I just get a message Something went wrong - Try reloading...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryCroatia (any VPN country)DeviceAcer Aspire 7750g (laptop, cable connection)Operating SystemLinux Mint 20.1 cinnamon$ uname -aLinux *** 5.4.0-74-generic #83-Ubuntu SMP Sat May 8 02:35:39 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux My Que...
Plan Premium Country Croatia (any VPN country) Device Acer Aspire 7750g (laptop, cable connection) Operating System Linux Mint 20.1 cinnamon $ uname -a Linux *** 5.4.0-74-generic #83-Ubuntu ...
Newbie
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