Spotify displays black screen

[bartosz-zelek]

🧐 Have you fully read the README and viewed similar issues?

• I have read the README
• I have checked older issues, open and closed
• I did a clean install of Spotify and SpotX

Сountry of your account

Poland

What is your Spotify Plan?

Free

Do you have Spicetify installed?

No

ℹ Computer information

- Spotify: 1:1.2.31.1205.g4d59ad7c
- Distro: Linux Mint 21.3
- Shell: /usr/bin/bash

📝 Description

1. Install Spotify with System Package
2. Turn on Spotify and log in - everything works fine
3. Patching with spotx - successfully
4. Turn on Spotify - black window

(same for flatpack)

🖥️ Terminal Input/Output

`bartek@bartekkomp:~$ sudo spotify
[sudo] password for bartek:
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified

(spotify:18441): libayatana-appindicator-WARNING **: 22:15:16.311: Unable to get the session bus: Unknown or unsupported transport “disabled” for address “disabled:”

(spotify:18441): LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING **: 22:15:16.311: Unable to get session bus: Unknown or unsupported transport “disabled” for address “disabled:”
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
ERR: Display.cpp:1052 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289: Could not open the default X display.
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
ERR: Display.cpp:1052 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289: Could not open the default X display.
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
ERR: Display.cpp:1052 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289: Could not open the default X display.
Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
ERR: Display.cpp:1052 (initialize): ANGLE Display::initialize error 12289: Could not open the default X display.

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📸 Screenshots

[StranaPatata]

Same issue here, works perferctly if SpotX is not applied. One thing is that even if the app's window is black, I can control and play music via keyboard media keys.

[vvxyru]

Same thing happening with me, waiting for fix

Edit: Used another SpotX version, works just fine for me
Link: https://github.com/SpotX-Official/SpotX-Bash

[gherbetto]

Same here

[BaldousHuxley]

Same issue for latest flatpak version. I'm on Fedora

[hexxt-git]

same issue

[Bastigonzales]

Works fine on my end, don't use flatpak (Linux Mint 21.3)

[gamecuber6]

same problem on fedora 39 kde
music plays just fine through the play/pause buttons but the GUI doesn't render

[stickmanthe]

spotify --no-zygote