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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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PlanPremiumCountryUSDeviceDesktop PCOperating SystemLinux Mint 19 Tara 64-bit (MATE 1.20.1)Spotify Version1.0.80.480.g51b03ac3 My Question or IssueWhenever any process besides Spotify starts playback, Spotify gets muted (Playback continues, volume sl...
PlanFreeCountryBrazilDeviceCompaq Presario CQ40 Notebook PCOperating SystemUbuntu 16.04 My Question or Issue Starting last night I came across an issue where whenever I go onto an Artist, Browse or Radio tab I get an error simply stating "There was a...
PlanPremiumDeviceDesktopOperating SystemFedora 27Installed via Snaphttps://www.spotify.com/download/linux/Snap Versionsnap 2.35-1.fc27snapd 2.35-1.fc27series 16fedora 27kernel 4.18.16-100.fc27.x86_64Snap Listspotify 1.0.93.242.gc2341a27-15 24 stable ...
I simply can not find where is Spotify located on my computer in order to add to the autostart. PlanPremiumCountryUK DeviceAn Old PC Operating System(Ubuntu) My Question or Issue
PremiumFranceAcer notebookUbuntu 18.04 Since the last update (version 1.0.92.390.g2ce5ec7d) spotify is crashing when I try to play local files although they are all well listed in 'local files' section.Here is the message i get from console :[mp3 @ 0...
I am using Ubuntu 18.04, but I think this problem is common in all Linux distros. The search box (or the search "entry" in GTK's term) can't input any languages that need Input Method Support. This covers most non-latin languages. It's a lot. I can p...
PlanPremiumCountryCanadaDeviceDell XPS 13 9343Operating SystemUbuntu 18.04 My Question or Issue Settings > Local Files > Add Source : When navigating to an external drive (mounted to /media/user/drive) pop up window appears saying "Error opening dire...
Ubuntu 18.10 64-bitSpotify version: 1.0.93.242.gc2341a27Plan: PremiumCountry: UKDevice: Dell Studio 17 laptopMy Question or Issue:Until recently I have been running Windows 10 with a separate music partition.When I replaced Windows with Ubuntu 18.10 ...
PlanPremiumCountryFinland DeviceLaptop (Lenovo t460p)Operating SystemUbuntu 18.04.1 My Question or Issue I cannot play local songs. Error message I get is This song is not available."Real" error I get is following (and happens with all local mp3 song...
Since I would like to run Spotify on my work laptop, I need to be able to verify what it can do (policy is either open-source software, constrain with AppArmor, or run in Docker container). I could not find an AppArmor profile. When trying to create ...
PlanPremiumCountryBRAZIL DeviceNotebook Samsung Operating SystemLINUX DEEPIN 15,7 My Question or Issue Every time I try to play a song in the "local files" the app crashes.I can't sync the songs with my mobile because the app doesn't upload it
PlanPremiumCountrySouth Africa DeviceDell E6430Operating SystemUbuntu 18.04 My Question or Issue Autoplay had disappeared some time ago on desktop and came back last week after an update (app updated to v1.0.92). On Friday last week I noticed that au...
PlanFreeCountryFinland DevicePCOperating SystemUbuntu 18.04.1 My Question or IssueTrying to start spotify gives me this: cannot perform readlinkat() on the mount namespace file descriptor of the init process: Permission denied. This started to happen...
Your device and operating system: GentooType of Spotify account you have (Free/ Premium): PremiumThe app version of Spotify you’re using: 1.0.88-r1Brief description of the issue: Spotify segfaults when I try to play anythingSteps to reproduce the iss...
PlanPremiumCountry NLDeviceThinkPad p51Operating SystemLinux Mint My Question or IssueSelect playlist radio on a playlist filled with classical music. Songs won't start and there rows in the tracklist that are just empty.
PlanFree/PremiumCountry USADeviceChromebookOperating SystemChrome OS My Question or Issue:Every time I click on any playlist or artist, the "Cant open this page" message pops up. I can use the play/skip burron, but thats about it. I've tried to clear...
PlanPremiumCountryMéxicoDevicePC i7 IntelOperating SystemLinux Mint 19 My Question or Issue My app en linux Home has gone, after works and used but now it erase, what happend
PlanFree/PremiumCountry MéxicoDevice(Samsung Galaxy Note Operating System(Android OreO) My Question or Issue Al usar el buscador y empezar a escuchar la lista de canciones de resultado(ojo no playlist), seleccionas la que quieres escuchar, se reprodu...
PlanPremium (Family) CountryNorway DeviceDesktop Operating SystemUbuntu 18.17 My Question or Issue My Spotify client on Ubuntu keeps resetting the audio settings, preventing me from listening to "extreme quality" and sound which is not "normalized". ...
PlanPremiumCountry USADeviceDesktop PC. Operating SystemLinux - Ubuntu 18.04 My Question or Issue The official Linux client for Spotify will not let you rearrange playlists in the library, or tracks within playlists. When you drag an item, the "link"...