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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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PlanPremiumCountryBelgiumDeviceLenovo Legion Y520 (laptop)Operating SystemArch Linux My Question or IssueI tell Spotify to download all my liked songs to a different drive (/media//spotify/), but it downloads all my songs (about 10GB) to the default ...
Plan Premium Country Belgium Device Lenovo Legion Y520 (laptop) Operating System Arch Linux My Question or Issue I tell Spotify to download all my liked songs to a different drive (/...
Regular
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After reading: ". Spotify for Linux is a labor of love from our engineers that wanted to listen to Spotify on their Linux development machines. They work on it in their spare time and it is currently not a platform that we actively support", figured ...
After reading: ". Spotify for Linux is a labor of love from our engineers that wanted to listen to Spotify on their Linux development machines. They work on it in their spare time and it is currently...
Spotify Legend
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PlanPremiumCountryNorwayDeviceSystem76 Galago Pro 13"Operating SystemPop! OS (Ubuntu 19.04) My Question or IssueWhen I start Spotify, a black window appears, then the application immediately crashes with this message in stderr:[0805/134836.559082:ERR...
Plan Premium Country Norway Device System76 Galago Pro 13" Operating System Pop! OS (Ubuntu 19.04) My Question or Issue When I start Spotify, a black window appears, then the applica...
Regular
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Gow can i download spotify on a computer?PlanPremiumCountrySpainDevicecomputer LGOperating Systemwindows My Question or Issue
Gow can i download spotify on a computer? Plan Premium Country Spain Device computer LG Operating System windows My Question or Issue
Composer
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I have Spotify for Linux running on a PC and when I click "Connect" it can see my Android phone. However, in the Android app, when I choose Settings->Show available devices, it says "If another device becomes available, you can select it here". There...
I have Spotify for Linux running on a PC and when I click "Connect" it can see my Android phone. However, in the Android app, when I choose Settings->Show available devices, it says "If another de...
Casual Listener
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I am a Spotify for Linux user. Ever since I got up this morning I have been getting an error from my update manager that Spotify's repo signing keys are expired. Anyone know what's going on? The error message I am getting is as follows: "An error occ...
I am a Spotify for Linux user. Ever since I got up this morning I have been getting an error from my update manager that Spotify's repo signing keys are expired. Anyone know what's going on? ...
Composer
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Hello,I am on Linux Mint, When I change repositories source to any european source I get this error from few days.
Hello, I am on Linux Mint, When I change repositories source to any european source I get this error from few days.
Visitor
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Hello. I've recently installed Linux Mint 18, upgrading from a Linux Mint 17 installation. I reinstalled Spotify but while it worked perfectly on 17, it now crashes on startup. Your device and operating system: Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon (Desktop)Type of...
Hello. I've recently installed Linux Mint 18, upgrading from a Linux Mint 17 installation. I reinstalled Spotify but while it worked perfectly on 17, it now crashes on startup. Your d...
Casual Listener
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Hi!As the title tells it: the desktop app opens, after starting up the laptop. In the advanced settings there is no option to turn this feature off. There's just a blank space under the 'Startup and Window behaviour'. I also tried to solve it in the ...
Hi! As the title tells it: the desktop app opens, after starting up the laptop. In the advanced settings there is no option to turn this feature off. There's just a blank space under the 'St...
Casual Listener
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Slackware64-currentFree1.0.89Spotify doesn't start, and on the console give me the error /opt/spotify/usr/bin/spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libnettle.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Slackware64-current Free 1.0.89 Spotify doesn't start, and on the console give me the error /opt/spotify/usr/bin/spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libnettle.so.6: cannot open sh...
Regular
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I and some are experiencing Spotify segfault when using it on alsa (without pulseaudio) on Gentoo. More detailed information here, including a strace file. Thanks!
I and some are experiencing Spotify segfault when using it on alsa (without pulseaudio) on Gentoo. More detailed information here, including a strace file. Thanks!
Visitor
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PlanPremiumCountryAustraliaDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemDebian 9 with Mate desktop with Spotify client 1:1.1.5.153 My Question or IssueI have spotify running on my desktop PC under Linux Debian 9, and since Thursday 4/7, I can't connect anymore to...
Plan Premium Country Australia Device Desktop PC Operating System Debian 9 with Mate desktop with Spotify client 1:1.1.5.153 My Question or Issue I have spotify running on my de...
Casual Listener
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Thought I should share to all Linux users what I have disovered:I have found a software that really improves the sound quality for all audio in Linux, including Spotify. It is the 'Pulseeffects' application. It comes with many custom setting options ...
Thought I should share to all Linux users what I have disovered: I have found a software that really improves the sound quality for all audio in Linux, including Spotify. It is the 'Pulseeffects' ap...
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PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceDesktopOperating SystemDebian 9, non-snap installation 1:1.0.98.78.gb45d2a6b-10 My Question or Issue"Start playlist radio" or its equivalent is missing from the Desktop client. It is, however, still present for me in the An...
Plan Premium Country USA Device Desktop Operating System Debian 9, non-snap installation 1:1.0.98.78.gb45d2a6b-10 My Question or Issue "Start playlist radio" or its equivalent is mis...
Spotify Legend
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After spotify removed "Start Radio" button from playlists it's became fully ususable to me.I know it's still possible to just scroll to the last song in the playlist, fast-forward it to the end and wait for it but it's just plain stupid to spend my t...
After spotify removed "Start Radio" button from playlists it's became fully ususable to me. I know it's still possible to just scroll to the last song in the playlist, fast-forward it to the end and...
Music Fan
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PlanPremiumCountryDominican RepublicDeviceDell Vostro 1015Operating SystemFedora 29 My Question or Issue Play local files ends in crash in Spotify Snap on Fedora 29. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the snap, but I get the same result, assuming thi...
Plan Premium Country Dominican Republic Device Dell Vostro 1015 Operating System Fedora 29 My Question or Issue Play local files ends in crash in Spotify Snap on Fedora 29. I...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremiumCountryUS, ArizonaDevicePersonal DesktopOperating SystemLinux Debian 9 My Question or IssueI can't login to my Spotify desktop app. I get error code 2, "service is temporarily unavailable". Troubleshooting1. I can play spotify on this same...
Plan Premium Country US, Arizona Device Personal Desktop Operating System Linux Debian 9 My Question or Issue I can't login to my Spotify desktop app. I get error code 2, "service is...
Casual Listener
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Spotify Version1.0.99.250.g936eab8d (Installed from Ubuntu Snap)PlanPremiumCountryIndonesiaDeviceHP Pavillion (Core i7 8550U)Operating SystemUbuntu 18.04.1 My Question or IssueI usually use Spotify on my Ubuntu 18.04, currently this application often...
Spotify Version 1.0.99.250.g936eab8d (Installed from Ubuntu Snap) Plan Premium Country Indonesia Device HP Pavillion (Core i7 8550U) Operating System Ubuntu 18.04.1 My Question or I...
Music Fan
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It is all just black. Nothing shows up.PlanPremiumCountry SwedenDeviceDesktop computer (Dell Optiplex 790)Operating SystemManjaro Linux with Firefox web-browser My Question or Issue
It is all just black. Nothing shows up. Plan Premium Country Sweden Device Desktop computer (Dell Optiplex 790) Operating System Manjaro Linux with Firefox web-browser My Quest...
Casual Listener
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PlanPremium Operating SystemArch Linux My Issue I just started using Spotify, and I don't know if this is a problem specifically with Linux. Some of my music doesn't exist on Spotify, so I added a local folder with music (mp3 files). However, when I ...
Plan Premium Operating System Arch Linux My Issue I just started using Spotify, and I don't know if this is a problem specifically with Linux. Some of my music doe...
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