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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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Hi, Since last updates, Spotify is stopping play music after a while, displaying that message: "Can't play current track".So, I run it on CLI to check out the log (it's below attached) in order to see what's happening and, once Spotify begins to fail...
Hi, Since last updates, Spotify is stopping play music after a while, displaying that message: "Can't play current track". So, I run it on CLI to check out the log (it's below attached) in ...
Casual Listener
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I launch Spotify in Ubuntu a song I will not shut down the computer in 2-3 weeks. I restart the computer, Spotify will not start the last song I played , but the song I played for 2-3 weeks ago. it is that ubuntu / spotify not save settings,how can I...
I launch Spotify in Ubuntu a song I will not shut down the computer in 2-3 weeks. I restart the computer, Spotify will not start the last song I played , but the song I played for 2-3 weeks ago. it...
Regular
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Hi , i am a user of Linux Mint and i use spotify....but it is so buggy, like no bugs ever has been fixed.And it is missing an icon in the tray So my question is:Why is not spotify for linux as "good" as it is on windows and OSx?And is there anyone th...
Hi , i am a user of Linux Mint and i use spotify.... but it is so buggy, like no bugs ever has been fixed. And it is missing an icon in the tray 😕 So my question is: Why is not spotify f...
Spotify Star
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My spotify application (Windows and Ubuntu) don't show my friends activity, and that's one of the most importants things of the spotify, i'm a premium member and want it back soon as possible... (Only show "Recent played", yeah.. iknow what i've play...
My spotify application (Windows and Ubuntu) don't show my friends activity, and that's one of the most importants things of the spotify, i'm a premium member and want it back soon as possible... (Onl...
Spotify Star
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When i visit play.spotify.com using firefox, i cannot login and the page tells me, spotify hasn't started yet in my country (which isn't true for germany and shouldn't matter as i do not want to sign up for a new account, but use an existing one). Wh...
When i visit play.spotify.com using firefox, i cannot login and the page tells me, spotify hasn't started yet in my country (which isn't true for germany and shouldn't matter as i do not want to sign...
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apt-get purge doesn't completely remove spotify, when I reinstall I'm still logged in with my libraries immediately loaded.
apt-get purge doesn't completely remove spotify, when I reinstall I'm still logged in with my libraries immediately loaded.
Regular
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Seems that Spotify has problems following the LTS paradigm:sudo apt-get install spotify-client Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have ...
Seems that Spotify has problems following the LTS paradigm: sudo apt-get install spotify-client Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some p...
Roadie
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I have two ChromeCast Audio's that i use in a 'Group' (synced) to play music in my two living rooms.For now i have to either use my phone as proxy for the desktop application or the webplayer, which is both unsatisfactory solutions.When will we have ...
I have two ChromeCast Audio's that i use in a 'Group' (synced) to play music in my two living rooms. For now i have to either use my phone as proxy for the desktop application or the...
Gig Goer
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On my Nexus 5X Smartphone on Android 6.0.1 the playing suddenly pauses from time to time. I already did uninstall it and install it again today. Spotify has version 4.8.0.1004. Can anybody help? Btw, Why don't you have a lable for Android?
On my Nexus 5X Smartphone on Android 6.0.1 the playing suddenly pauses from time to time. I already did uninstall it and install it again today. Spotify has version 4.8.0.1004. Can anybody help? Btw,...
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After the last update spotify icon doesn't show anymore (in the icon tray on the top-right of the screen). The app also doens't run on background so when I click on the close button, it stops playing.
After the last update spotify icon doesn't show anymore (in the icon tray on the top-right of the screen). The app also doens't run on background so when I click on the close button, it stops playing.
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Dell Studio 1558 Laptop running linux (Fedora 23 64bit)Premium UserVersion 1.0.24.104.g92a22684I cannot type korean characters in the spotify application.I have to open a text editor, type in korean and then paste it into spotify in order to get it t...
Dell Studio 1558 Laptop running linux (Fedora 23 64bit) Premium User Version 1.0.24.104.g92a22684 I cannot type korean characters in the spotify application. I have to open a text editor, type in...
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Hi Guy'sI have on two linux mint pc' s Spotify. they are the same versions.On my first pc I have musixmatch, app finder and I can see what my friends listening.On my other linux mint pc I have only spotify without the extra'sThe versions are the same...
Hi Guy's I have on two linux mint pc' s Spotify. they are the same versions. On my first pc I have musixmatch, app finder and I can see what my friends listening. On my other linux mint pc I hav...
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As the 32-bit build now has hard dependency on libssl0.9.8, this makes spotify unable to be installed on Ubuntu 15.10 and onwards as libssl0.9.8 is no longer available in their package repo and has been superceeded by libssl1.00. You should update sp...
As the 32-bit build now has hard dependency on libssl0.9.8, this makes spotify unable to be installed on Ubuntu 15.10 and onwards as libssl0.9.8 is no longer available in their package repo and has b...
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$ spotifyspotify: error while loading shared libraries: libgcrypt.so.11: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory $ A recent update depends on libgcrypt11 but debian only has libgcrypt20. Is there a solution to this? Or can I revert ...
$ spotify spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libgcrypt.so.11: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory $ A recent update depends on libgcrypt11 but debian o...
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Hi!!Since the last update I have a problem. I run Spotify but nothing happens. Do not know how to fix it. Can anybody help me please?Thanks!!
Hi!! Since the last update I have a problem. I run Spotify but nothing happens. Do not know how to fix it. Can anybody help me please? Thanks!!
Newbie
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Your device and operating system: Ubuntu 14.04, Dell T3500, Intel core i7, nvidia Quadro 600Type of Spotify account you have (Free/ Premium): PremiumThe app version of Spotify you’re using: Linux desktopBrief description of the issue: App no longer d...
Your device and operating system: Ubuntu 14.04, Dell T3500, Intel core i7, nvidia Quadro 600 Type of Spotify account you have (Free/ Premium): Premium The app version of Spotify you’re using: Linux...
Casual Listener
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I'm unable to use the shoutcast server built into Spotiamb under Ubuntu. Local playback works fine thanks to this post: http://spotiamb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=12 But when I enable the shoutcast server, I get the well known pop-up "There was a pro...
I'm unable to use the shoutcast server built into Spotiamb under Ubuntu. Local playback works fine thanks to this post: http://spotiamb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=12 But when ...
Casual Listener
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Hi everyone!I have some problem with app finder.When a click on it, page is opening, but appears infinite scroll and no app is loaded I've tried to launch spotify by terminal, and when a clicked on "app finder" link got some errors in terminal:[AppMa...
Hi everyone! I have some problem with app finder. When a click on it, page is opening, but appears infinite scroll and no app is loaded I've tried to launch spotify by terminal, and when a c...
Casual Listener
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hawe ubuntu but after the last uppdate of spotify so will social fedd not working what can i do to fix thath??
hawe ubuntu but after the last uppdate of spotify so will social fedd not working what can i do to fix thath??
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Hello!I can't successfully log into any player. It's fine for the forums and the main page. The web player: When I click sign in with Facebook, I get an empty pop-up and that's as far as I can get. The desktop app: I had to install the additional lib...
Hello! I can't successfully log into any player. It's fine for the forums and the main page. The web player: When I click sign in with Facebook, I get an empty pop-up and that's as far as I...
Gig Goer
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