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Configurations for Spotify

This is a page about Spotify settings and troubleshooting.

HiDPI​

If you use a high resolution monitor, the default UI is too small, so change the settings to make it easier to see. By modifying /usr/share/applications/spotify.desktop as follows, you can change the scale of Spotify when it is launched in the GUI.

-Exec=spotify %U
+Exec=spotify --force-device-scale-factor=1.5 %U

Download Error​

Since Spotify has a lot of download errors, I'll write down some of the errors and solutions below.

  • Error:
==> ERROR: Failure while downloading http://repository.spotify.com/pool/non-free/s/spotify-client/spotify-client_1.1.56.595.g2d2da0de_amd64.deb
  • Solution:
cd ~/.cache/paru/clone/spotify/
wget --continue http://repository.spotify.com/pool/non-free/s/spotify-client/spotify-client_1.1.56.595.g2d2da0de_amd64.deb
mv spotify-client_1.1.56.595.g2d2da0de_amd64.deb spotify-1.1.56.595-x86_64.deb
paru -Syu
  • Error:
==> Verifying source file signatures with gpg...
    spotify-1.1.72.439-3-Release ... FAILED (unknown public key 5E3C45D7B312C643)
==> ERROR: One or more PGP signatures could not be verified!
error: failed to download sources for 'spotify-1:1.1.72.439-3':
:: Downloading PKGBUILDs...
 PKGBUILDs up to date
 nothing new to review
:: keys need to be imported:)
     F9A211976ED662F00E59361E5E3C45D7B312C643 wanted by: spotify-1:1.1.72.439-3
:: import? [Y/n]:
gpg: key 5E3C45D7B312C643: public key "Spotify Public Repository Signing Key <tux@spotify.com>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
fetching devel info...