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All my ducks seem to be in order and the correct configs in the right place. But i keep getting this message. As you can see the file exists. It is not empty, but systemctl cannot find it. Any help would be very very appreciated.
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Why does Spotify need a daemon?
You need to move the service file to the right directory, for starters.
I have. Other comment explains.
Looks like it's in a directory called contrib. Should just be in /etc/systemd/system
I moved it to /system shortly after this and tried again. Still nothing. Same result.
I don't know much about systemd, but i assume the file should be owned by root? It looks like it isn't, so try chown root:root spotifyd.service
Nope, don't run Spotify as root. That's a bad idea.
I'm not sure spotifyd is just spotify (Edit: I checked, its some kind of spotify client meant to be run as a daemon? No idea what permissions that needs)
And the user that executes a service isn't determined by who owns the service file, there is a user option in the service config
I’ll try that when i get back to it.
Where is the service file located on your system?
Did you create it with sudo systemctl edit --force --full, or did you use a text editor (or was it automatically generated by an installer)?
I made the file this way.
Cd /etc/systemd/system && touch spotifyd.service
Sudo nano -l spotifyd.service
Wrote, saved and quit. Then the commands above. I havent tried sudo systemctl edit —force —full
My knowledge is limited, but you should be using that command to create service files, from what I understand. There's some extra stuff that happens in the background (like putting symlinks in the correct places) after you write out the changes using that command.
I think you need to set the execute bit on your service file.
sudo chmod +x
Nope, they should not be executable.
if it’s in the correct place, correct read permissions/ownership, etc i’ve noticed that this is also the error that’s thrown when selinux denies the read: in my case i’d created the service file in my home directory, moved it, and because of that it was tagged incorrectly
i’m on my phone and don’t have time to lookup the resolution or how to check, but perhaps someone else can add that detail
Ill try remaking it in the correct directory and see if that helps. Thanks!
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It's just an old rant, some people can't get over the fact systemd exists
Figured it out finally. Thanks for all the help.
What's in your service file? May be you entered some parameters wrong
Its the same service file that i used on another computer that had spotifyd working. So i dont think the file is incorrect, i’ll post the file when i get back to my computer.