Hi, I currently try to create a system-wide spotifyd service that can play music from a dedicated user/group. I used the spotifyd package from AUR as a base: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/spotifyd/ I added a user directory for the user and added it to the audio group: u spotifyd - "Spotify daemon user" /var/lib/spotifyd m spotifyd audio The directory is created like this: d /var/lib/spotifyd 0750 spotifyd spotifyd - I've added to the system service to start with a config file in /etc/sptoifyd.conf and start with: User=spotifyd Group=spotifyd Now the service is running fine in the background, I can select it in spotify. But no sound will play. I am also running a gnome desktop environment with pulseaudio on the machine. And I dont know how to get audio working within this service. The software supports alsa backend and pulseaudio backend, but none of them seem to give me a sound. The spotifyd config looks like this: $ cat /etc/spotifyd.conf [global] #username = USER #password = PASS #backend = alsa #device = alsa_audio_device # Given by `aplay -L` #mixer = PCM #volume-control = alsa # or alsa_linear, or softvol #onevent = command_run_on_playback_event device_name = Nico_Spotifyd # Cannot contain spaces #bitrate = 96|160|320 #cache_path = cache_directory #volume-normalisation = true #normalisation-pregain = -10 If I run locally, I get: $ sudo -u spotifyd -g spotifyd /usr/bin/spotifyd --no-daemon --config /etc/spotifyd.conf ``` No protocol specified xcb_connection_has_error() returned true ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1099:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave 00:42:24 [ERROR] Alsa error PCM open -2 00:42:24 [ERROR] Could not start audio: Alsa error: PCM open failed ``` This does not happen with my local user, even with `sudo -u nicohood`. Using a more simpler command gives me the same problem: $ sudo -u spotifyd -g spotifyd aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav No protocol specified xcb_connection_has_error() returned true ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1099:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave aplay: main:828: audio open error: No such file or directory Can anyone give me a hint how to get audio running with this separated user/service? ~Nico