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New Your Library sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player. The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already. The new Your Library sidebar improves nav...

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Recent Linux client update changes

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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Solved!! [Troubleshooting] Linux Spotify

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...

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Spotify-client does not start on ubuntu 14.04 lts

When I run the command at the terminal I got the following error message; [0614/124911:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(203)] Running without the SUID sandbox! See https://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/LinuxSUIDSandboxDevelopment for more information on ...

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  • When I run the command at the terminal I got the following error message;   [0614/124911:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(203)] Running without the SUID sandbox! See https://code.google.com/p/chromi...
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Solved!! Segmentation fault on Arch Linux

Hi, I am unable to use Spotify on Arch Linux because when I log in a segmentation fault appears in the console and spotify gets terminated. 1. Device and OS 2. Type of accountI have a premium account 3. App version of Spotifyspotify 1.0.26.125-1 on A...

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  •    Hi,   I am unable to use Spotify on Arch Linux because when I log in a segmentation fault appears in the console and spotify gets terminated.   1. Device and OS &nbsp...
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Send Playlist using DBUS

Is there anyway to start playing from a playlist the same way you would play from an album using DBUS? I can't find anything using the documentation on the DBUS. I'm using Kubuntu and KDE.

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  • Is there anyway to start playing from a playlist the same way you would play from an album using DBUS? I can't find anything using the documentation on the DBUS. I'm using Kubuntu and KDE.
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[Linux] Linux Mint 17.3 - sudden crash after 15 minutes of playing

Hi,I'm using Linux Mint 17.3 on my Lenovo Thinkpad E540. Few days ago my Spotify started closing suddenly after about 15 minutes of playing. I've started it in terminal to see the logs waiting for the crash. These are the logs:09:19:41.441 I [cdn_chu...

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  • Hi, I'm using Linux Mint 17.3 on my Lenovo Thinkpad E540. Few days ago my Spotify started closing suddenly after about 15 minutes of playing. I've started it in terminal to see the logs waiti...
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Linux Spotify crash after one song

Hi, Debian 8 jessie - last version of spotyfy. After one song I get every time crash of programm. Any ideas? Regards, sbagger

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  • Hi,     Debian 8 jessie - last version of spotyfy. After one song I get every time crash of programm.   Any ideas?     Regards,   sbagger
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Spotify Connect - Windows to Linux, Shuffle is not shuffling

Windows client is controlling the linux client. Windows ver. 1.0.27.75.gdc223232Linux ver. 1.0.27.71.g0a26e3b2 Shuffle only uses ~100 songs around currently playing when shuffling. Not sure if it's this broken between two windows client as well and f...

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  • Windows client is controlling the linux client.   Windows ver. 1.0.27.75.gdc223232 Linux ver. 1.0.27.71.g0a26e3b2   Shuffle only uses ~100 songs around currently playing when shuffling...
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Spotify Client For Linux on non Debian distributions

For those of you who wished to run Spotify Client on non Debian distributions,docker may be an alternative solution. See:https://hub.docker.com/r/yammelvin/spotify-client/

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  • For those of you who wished to run Spotify Client on non Debian distributions, docker may be an alternative solution.   See: https://hub.docker.com/r/yammelvin/spotify-client/  
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Public key error

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys BBEBDCB318AD50EC6865090613B00F1FD2C19886returns: gpgkeys: key BBEBDCB318AD50EC6865090613B00F1FD2C19886 can't be retrieved spotify-client could be downloaded and installed but logg...

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  • sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys BBEBDCB318AD50EC6865090613B00F1FD2C19886 returns:   gpgkeys: key BBEBDCB318AD50EC6865090613B00F1FD2C19886 can't be retri...
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Spotify 1:1.0.28.89.gf959d4ce-37 depend on both libssl 1.0.0 and 1.0.2?

➜ ~ ldd /usr/bin/spotify | grep ssl libssl.so.1.0.0 => not found libssl.so.1.0.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.0.2 (0x00007f45d7d60000)libssl 1.0.0 isn't available anymore in Debian testing, any particular reason to be dependent on both 1....

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  • ➜ ~ ldd /usr/bin/spotify | grep ssl libssl.so.1.0.0 => not found libssl.so.1.0.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libssl.so.1.0.2 (0x00007f45d7d60000) libssl 1.0.0 isn't available anymore in De...
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Can't post to tumblr

I'm trying to post music to my blog and I have never had this problem before. I tried to share music today and it said that there was an error. I've been reading around, it said for you to reset your permission and change my username. But I don't kno...

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  • I'm trying to post music to my blog and I have never had this problem before. I tried to share music today and it said that there was an error. I've been reading around, it said for you to reset your...
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Spotify-client on linux randomly doesn't play

I have spotify-client on linux ubuntu 16.04. It works properly but sometimes it fail to play song (generaly after a pause or I navigated through spotify-client links). Simply the play buttons doesn't work anymore and I have to restart spotify-client....

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  • I have spotify-client on linux ubuntu 16.04. It works properly but sometimes it fail to play song (generaly after a pause or I navigated through spotify-client links). Simply the play buttons doesn't...
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Login to client fails

Hi there I just signed up for spotify. Login to the webpage works. But when I use same credentials for the client I get a "The username or password is incorrect (Error code: 3)" error. Any suggestion?

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  • Hi there I just signed up for spotify. Login to the webpage works. But when I use same credentials for the client I get a "The username or password is incorrect (Error code: 3)" error. Any suggestion?
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Spotify Premium

Hi I'm signed up to spotify premium and it said before I signed up that you can listen offline? I've tried this and it won't work, can someone help please?Thanks

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  • Hi I'm signed up to spotify premium and it said before I signed up that you can listen offline? I've tried this and it won't work, can someone help please? Thanks
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Solved!! Spotify connect on Linux

Hi, Just installed the client on Linux and very upset to find spotify connect missing. Is this planned or is any working being done? On version 0.9.17.1.g~ I used this feature a lot with my speaker system (indeed i cancelled google play music because...

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  • Hi, Just installed the client on Linux and very upset to find spotify connect missing. Is this planned or is any working being done? On version 0.9.17.1.g~   I used this feature a lot with my ...
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spotify for linux crashes on playing local songs

Hey,since several days spotify keeps crashing while playing local songs (mp3). Normal songs are working just fine. This is the segault entry in dmesg:segfault at 1 ip 00007f676ed08c93 sp 00007f6745e94ca8 error 4 in ld-2.22.so[7f676ecf0000+22000] See ...

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  • Hey, since several days spotify keeps crashing while playing local songs (mp3). Normal songs are working just fine.   This is the segault entry in dmesg: segfault at 1 ip 00007f676ed08c93 sp...
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Spotify is confused which song is currenly playing from a playlist

Hi, I'm often seeing an issue where Spotify is confused regarding which song is actually playing. This happens regurarly, at least a couple of times a week. It might be a result of me continously editing a playlist while listening to it. I have a "TO...

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  • Hi, I'm often seeing an issue where Spotify is confused regarding which song is actually playing. This happens regurarly, at least a couple of times a week.   It might be a result of me contin...
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Sound maxes out when spotify first runs

Basically lets say that my sound on my machine is set to 34%. When I install Spotify for Linux, without issue, I go and log in and I have no issues. And once I start a song, my sound jumps to 100%. Only seems to do this on first time run, and not on ...

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  • Basically lets say that my sound on my machine is set to 34%. When I install Spotify for Linux, without issue, I go and log in and I have no issues. And once I start a song, my sound jumps to 100%. O...
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Solved!! Instalando en Ubuntu 14.04 en la terminal me dice " SUDO: UPDATE: COMMAND NOT FOUND "

Hola a todos: La instalación hecha hasta el momento es: angel@angel-sobremesa:~$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp: //keyserver.ubuntu.com: 80 --recv teclas BBEBDCB318AD50EC6865090613B00F1FD2C19886[sudo] password for angel:Executing: gpg --ignore-time...

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  • Hola a todos:   La instalación hecha hasta el momento es:   angel@angel-sobremesa:~$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp: //keyserver.ubuntu.com: 80 --recv teclas BBEBDCB318AD50EC686509061...
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I need to reset my username

I need to reset my username l. I reached out to the account/support team but receive generic emails reharding reaching out to the community for answers. The spotify support link is not helpful. Any suggestions?

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  • I need to reset my username l. I reached out to the account/support team but receive generic emails reharding reaching out to the community for answers. The spotify support link is not helpful. Any s...
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Reinstallation instructions for Ubuntu please

https://support.spotify.com/us/article/reinstallation-of-spotify/this doesn't contain any clues on how to completely reinstall spotify on linux (Ubuntu) distro.Can you update the doc?

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  • https://support.spotify.com/us/article/reinstallation-of-spotify/ this doesn't contain any clues on how to completely reinstall spotify on linux (Ubuntu) distro. Can you update the doc?
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