Doesn't launch

[Allan-Bruno]

output on terminal launch:
allan@allan-notebook:~$ flatpak run com.spotify.Client allan@allan-notebook:~$ /app/extra/bin/spotify: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl.so.4: no version information available (required by /app/extra/bin/spotify) [spotifywm] attached to spotify /app/extra/share/spotify/spotify: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl.so.4: no version information available (required by /app/extra/share/spotify/spotify) /app/extra/share/spotify/spotify: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcurl.so.4: no version information available (required by /app/extra/share/spotify/spotify) [spotifywm] attached to spotify [spotifywm] attached to spotify

[TingPing]

None of this is an error. It says spotifywm found an existing window. Maybe it is minimized to the tray?

[jeroen1602]

I have the same problem running Fedora linux 39 with KDE Plasma.

I thought it might be a wayland issue but it also won't launch when running with X11.

I have tried looking through ps aux and top to see if a spotify process was already running but I couldn't find one.

It also happens on a clean boot.

EDIT:

using the version with the commit hash d22ab2f6059cca52bc56754ca1860fb41b0d9c6333975bd8f2eb375fde5a4d84 worked for me by running:

sudo flatpak update --commit=d22ab2f6059cca52bc56754ca1860fb41b0d9c6333975bd8f2eb375fde5a4d84 com.spotify.Client

[Erick555]

Maybe try disabling gpu cache.

[jeroen1602]

First I updated again to the latest stable version with hash: b23c35bae652b4975189aa2f80fde9b52fa6356959f6562bebf0692eb1892bf1

I tried creating the config file and disabling GPU cache. But no dice, it's still not launching.

I also tried running flatpak run --command="bash" com.spotify.Client and then run spotify --disable-gpu-shader-disk-cache --show-console in the new bash instance. But that also didn't work.

[TingPing]

FWIW I tried reverting recent commits and it was still broken. Also disabling spotifywm didn't change anything.

[Allan-Bruno]

None of this is an error. It found an existing window. Maybe it is minimized to the tray?

when I made the launch there were none processes of spotify, when launched, the process was created and stayed still for a minute, after that it killed itself

[Razer0123]

Same issue, i'm unable to run Spotify

[ErikMekiassen]

@jeroen1602 running
sudo flatpak update --commit=d22ab2f6059cca52bc56754ca1860fb41b0d9c6333975bd8f2eb375fde5a4d84 com.spotify.Client
worked for me as well

[gurnben]

@jeroen1602 running sudo flatpak update --commit=d22ab2f6059cca52bc56754ca1860fb41b0d9c6333975bd8f2eb375fde5a4d84 com.spotify.Client worked for me as well

Kudos - this worked for me as well - hopefully a zero-intervention fix is out soon

[Erick555]

There isn't a single error message posted so there isn't a starting point to make a fix.

At first it would be nice to generalize on what kind of systems this happens and see what they have in common that triggers the issue (I have no issue myself) - everyone commenting should post at least distro version, desktop environment version and gpu version.

[ErikMekiassen]

Good point!
Fedora 38
gnome 44
Wayland (not sure if thats self explanitory)
gpu: amd 6800xt

[Allan-Bruno]

Pop!_OS 22.04
Gnome 42.5
Xorg
HD graphics 520