Spotify needs a lot of restarts to start properly

Frederick G. Sandalo

10/27/23, 4:10 PM

I am on an Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, I noticed that upon starting Spotify, it does not start immediately. Also I have to force close it at most 5 times before the next start up works. Also, by that time, it actually needs a bit more time for Spotify to "run" kinda like an engine "warming up" before running properly.

This is what I get when starting Ubuntu from the terminal

:~$ spotify (spotify:42654): Gtk-WARNING **: 01:16:03.646: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:1422:23: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name (spotify:42654): Gtk-WARNING **: 01:16:03.649: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:3308:25: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name (spotify:42654): Gtk-WARNING **: 01:16:03.650: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:3770:23: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name libva error: va_getDriverName() failed with unknown libva error,driver_name=(null) –

[libprotobuf ERROR ../core/vendor/protobuf3/src/google/protobuf/wire_format_lite.cc:577] String field 'spotify.event_sender.proto.DroppedEvents.DroppedEventsBySequenceIdEntry.key' contains invalid UTF-8 data when parsing a protocol buffer. Use the 'bytes' type if you intend to send raw bytes. libva error: va_getDriverName() failed with unknown libva error,driver_name=(null) libva error: va_getDriverName() failed with unknown libva error,driver_name=(null) libva error: va_getDriverName() failed with unknown libva error,driver_name=(null)

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David

10/27/23, 4:13 PM

Sounds like a good issue to bring up to Spotify support.

ChanganAuto

10/27/23, 4:52 PM

Working fine here - Ubuntu 22.04 and Spotify installed as snap. How did you install yours?

Frederick G. Sandalo

10/27/23, 5:17 PM

I went to "Ubuntu Software" the one that you click on the side... and just installed it with normally. Also, I find this message in the terminal when trying to run it via terminal:

Frederick G. Sandalo

10/27/23, 5:18 PM

:~$ spotify (spotify:42654): Gtk-WARNING **: 01:16:03.646: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:1422:23: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name (spotify:42654): Gtk-WARNING **: 01:16:03.649: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:3308:25: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name (spotify:42654): Gtk-WARNING **: 01:16:03.650: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:3770:23: 'font-feature-settings' is not a valid property name libva error: va_getDriverName() failed with unknown libva error,driver_name=(null)

Frederick G. Sandalo

10/27/23, 5:19 PM

[libprotobuf ERROR ../core/vendor/protobuf3/src/google/protobuf/wire_format_lite.cc:577] String field 'spotify.event_sender.proto.DroppedEvents.DroppedEventsBySequenceIdEntry.key' contains invalid UTF-8 data when parsing a protocol buffer. Use the 'bytes' type if you intend to send raw bytes. libva error: va_getDriverName() failed with unknown libva error,driver_name=(null) libva error: va_getDriverName() failed with unknown libva error,driver_name=(null) libva error: va_getDriverName() failed with unknown libva error,driver_name=(null) I had to chop my comments to 3 parts.

Jos

10/27/23, 5:56 PM

Please don't paste relevant output into comments, edit your question and paste them there.

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