Spotify - can't play any song (ALSA error)

[pawRoot]

Hi

Just installed Spotify through snap, and Spotify launch without problem, but when i try to play some song, i get this in terminal:

snap run spotify
ALSA lib conf.c(snd_config_update_r) Cannot access file /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf
ALSA lib pcm.c(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM default

Ideas?

[bw123]

alsa setup is very easy once you've done it. just install alsa-utils, I usually reboot for the heck of it, then run alsactl init (as root), then as regular user, alsamixer for vol and channel setup, and then alsactl store *as root) once everything works the way I want. If something is wrong I use speaker-test to see if i get a hint.

They all have decent man pages, but really pretty simple and reliable tools.

[pawRoot]

The thing is that i have sound in browser, only not in spotify (snap).
I have alsa-utils installed aswell.

[bw123]

The thing is that i have sound in browser, only not in spotify (snap).
I have alsa-utils installed aswell.

Never heard of snap as a music app, is this some kind of ubuntu thing? you've been around long enough to know better.

Debian Package Tracking System - snap
snap location of genes from DNA sequence with hidden markov model [IMG] packages.qa.debian.org/s/snap.html

[pawRoot]

the package is called "snapd"

Install, configure, refresh and remove snap packages. Snaps are 'universal' packages that work across many different Linux systems, enabling secure distribution of the latest apps and utilities for cloud, servers, desktops and the internet of things.

https://snapcraft.io/

[debiman]

the error message from post #1 looks some sort of ALSA/pulseaudio conflict.
which is your current soundarchitecture, and which one does spotify require?

[bw123]

the package is called "snapd"

Install, configure, refresh and remove snap packages. Snaps are 'universal' packages that work across many different Linux systems, enabling secure distribution of the latest apps and utilities for cloud, servers, desktops and the internet of things.

https://snapcraft.io/

I see. Well if your sound setup is working correctly in every other way, then maybe you should file a bugreport against the spotify app and show them the permissions on the alsa.conf it can't open?

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$ ls -l /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9663 Feb 13  2017 /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf

okay, i did a websearch, looks like this is the idea you're going to have to get:
https://docs.snapcraft.io/reference/confinement

I hope it's worth it, be careful, make backups and don't expose any important data or information.

[Wheelerof4te]

Do you have pulseaudio installed? Maybe it is required for Spotify. Also, check if relevant gstreamer plugins are installed.

[pawRoot]

For audio i have these packages installed: pulseaudio pavucontrol alsa-utils

Adding flags classic or devmode isn't helping.

I also found this thread:
https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/spotify-do ... audio/3266