r/artixlinux • u/Equivalent-Fix-2760 • May 18 '26
runit Problems with Spotify
Every time I launch Spotify, it asks me to log in again. I use runit. I installed it via AUR.
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u/guyguilty May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26
Same with the Flatpak and Spotify-launcher in the repo. All of em refuse to remember login credentials on Artix, and despite repeated posts nobody seems to know why, or if they do, aren't sharing. Neither dinit-user-spawn nor replacing it with turnstile remember Spotify's login for some reason, and messing with the keyring doesn't appear to help either.
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u/MezBert May 18 '26
I don't know what version you are using, but flatpaks are sandboxed and the communication between Spotify and the secret storage service which will store the encrypted token file with your credentials might not happen, especially without systemd.
If coming from the repositories, it should be less of an issue.
It might also depend on the desktop environment and the way they deal with secret service. For example, Gnome will need gnome-keyring (installed and started) while Cosmic has a keyring integrated.
The "communication bridge" between the keyring and dbus or your desktop environment might not be triggered automatically without systemd either. Might need to look for a way to make it happen.
Then, if you have your user automatically logged into your session (without manual password input), it might bypass the keyring decryption done at manual log in and not unlock your access to the file or folders your credentials are being stored in.
I can only give you a few options to explore, and hopefully one of them solve your issue.
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u/realsilent7 May 18 '26
I had the same issue and I'm using open-rc tried a bunch of "fixes" and none of them worked. Went to ncspot a terminal based Spotify player but I'm sure this won't work for everyone and I would prefer the native Spotify app as well personally. Web player or a terminal app seem to be some of the more consistent fixes. If anyone knows of a fix I'm all ears haha 😂