[Linux] Transparent or Black window. Libsecret provider not installed

[calm3285]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Current Behavior

when i open spotube it opens transparent, this has never happen to me

Expected Behavior

it should open normal

Steps to reproduce

1. i opened the app

Operating System

arch linux

Spotube version

3.0.0.0

Installation source

Arch User Repository (AUR)

Additional information

package:media_kit_libs_linux registered.
[ERROR:flutter/runtime/dart_vm_initializer.cc(41)] Unhandled Exception: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.NetworkManager was not provided by any .service files
#0 DBusClient._callMethod (package:dbus/src/dbus_client.dart:1102)

#1 DBusClient.callMethod (package:dbus/src/dbus_client.dart:608)

#2 DBusRemoteObjectManager.getManagedObjects (package:dbus/src/dbus_remote_object_manager.dart:80)

#3 NetworkManagerClient.connect (package:nm/src/network_manager_client.dart:2351)

#4 ConnectivityPlusLinuxPlugin.checkConnectivity (package:connectivity_plus/src/connectivity_plus_linux.dart:24)

#5 FlQueryConnectivityPlusAdapter.isConnected (package:fl_query_connectivity_plus_adapter/fl_query_connectivity_plus_adapter.dart:10)

[ERROR:flutter/runtime/dart_vm_initializer.cc(41)] Unhandled Exception: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.NetworkManager was not provided by any .service files
#0 DBusClient._callMethod (package:dbus/src/dbus_client.dart:1102)

#1 DBusClient.callMethod (package:dbus/src/dbus_client.dart:608)

#2 DBusRemoteObjectManager.getManagedObjects (package:dbus/src/dbus_remote_object_manager.dart:80)

#3 NetworkManagerClient.connect (package:nm/src/network_manager_client.dart:2351)

#4 ConnectivityPlusLinuxPlugin._startListenConnectivity (package:connectivity_plus/src/connectivity_plus_linux.dart:64)

** (spotube:4313): WARNING **: 11:05:14.368: libsecret_error: B\xb3\x96\x91\x9e\u007f
[ERROR:flutter/runtime/dart_vm_initializer.cc(41)] Unhandled Exception: FormatException: Unexpected extension byte (at offset 1)
#0 _Utf8Decoder.convertSingle (dart:convert-patch/convert_patch.dart:1747)
#1 Utf8Decoder.convert (dart:convert/utf.dart:351)
#2 StandardMessageCodec.readValueOfType (package:flutter/src/services/message_codecs.dart:503)
#3 StandardMessageCodec.readValue (package:flutter/src/services/message_codecs.dart:478)
#4 StandardMethodCodec.decodeEnvelope (package:flutter/src/services/message_codecs.dart:648)
#5 MethodChannel._invokeMethod (package:flutter/src/services/platform_channel.dart:310)

#6 PersistedStateNotifier.initializeBoxes (package:spotube/utils/persisted_state_notifier.dart:57)

#7 main (package:spotube/main.dart:123)

[KRTirtho]

You've NetworkManager installed?

[RaptaG]

Also could you provide some screenshots?

[calm3285]

You've NetworkManager installed?

no, i use dhcpcd. I installed and ran NM and displays this in the terminal:

package:media_kit_libs_linux registered.

** (spotube:13796): WARNING **: 15:08:35.552: libsecret_error: t\u0007\xfbI\xd8\u007f
[ERROR:flutter/runtime/dart_vm_initializer.cc(41)] Unhandled Exception: FormatException: Invalid UTF-8 byte (at offset 2)
#0 _Utf8Decoder.convertSingle (dart:convert-patch/convert_patch.dart:1747)
#1 Utf8Decoder.convert (dart:convert/utf.dart:351)
#2 StandardMessageCodec.readValueOfType (package:flutter/src/services/message_codecs.dart:503)
#3 StandardMessageCodec.readValue (package:flutter/src/services/message_codecs.dart:478)
#4 StandardMethodCodec.decodeEnvelope (package:flutter/src/services/message_codecs.dart:648)
#5 MethodChannel._invokeMethod (package:flutter/src/services/platform_channel.dart:310)

#6 PersistedStateNotifier.initializeBoxes (package:spotube/utils/persisted_state_notifier.dart:57)

#7 main (package:spotube/main.dart:123)

Also could you provide some screenshots?

its literary transparent, if i run it in the terminal it opens a transparent window

Btw I use plasma with wayland

[RaptaG]

Works fine for me on Fedora Kinoite 38 (KDE) with Wayland @calm3285

[KRTirtho]

Do you have gnome-keyring or kde-wallet installed and configured?

[calm3285]

Do you have gnome-keyring or kde-wallet installed and configured?

i enabled kwallet an it worked
is kwallet a dependency?
how can i open spotube without it?

[RaptaG]

I use Spotube with kwallet disabled

[luminoso]

I have kwallet enabled and I have the issue

[calm3285]

when i disable kwallet editing the kwalletrc file, i get this error:

package:media_kit_libs_linux registered.

** (spotube:6170): WARNING **: 11:12:02.180: libsecret_error: \xc3\xf4\xcaV\xab\u007f
[ERROR:flutter/runtime/dart_vm_initializer.cc(41)] Unhandled Exception: FormatException: Missing extension byte (at offset 1)
#0 _Utf8Decoder.convertSingle (dart:convert-patch/convert_patch.dart:1747)
#1 Utf8Decoder.convert (dart:convert/utf.dart:351)
#2 StandardMessageCodec.readValueOfType (package:flutter/src/services/message_codecs.dart:503)
#3 StandardMessageCodec.readValue (package:flutter/src/services/message_codecs.dart:478)
#4 StandardMethodCodec.decodeEnvelope (package:flutter/src/services/message_codecs.dart:648)
#5 MethodChannel._invokeMethod (package:flutter/src/services/platform_channel.dart:310)

#6 PersistedStateNotifier.initializeBoxes (package:spotube/utils/persisted_state_notifier.dart:57)

#7 main (package:spotube/main.dart:123)

[KRTirtho]

Spotube needs kwallet or any secret service for storing your login information. Without it, spotube can't start as it will try to check if you've credentials for login

[RaptaG]

Spotube needs kwallet or any secret service for storing your login information. Without it, spotube can't start as it will try to check if you've credentials for login

Isn't there any lightweight flutter credential store API or something to build in Spotube without the need of 3rd-parties @KRTirtho ?

[KRTirtho]

libsecret is a standard desktop feature in Linux. And it's better to use a standard library than making a custom implementation for the same result. So sorry libsecret needs to be installed + enabled because it's a dependency for encryption of credentials

[pidario]

I have the same issue. I don't use a keyring... except that I do! KeepassXC configured as a secret service provider is enough for Spotube to open and do its things. But then, another issue arises (which can be found in the same stack trace in the issue description): application needs NetworkManager for some reason (probably some flutter library? I cannot find any reference of it in Spotube repo).
I normally use networkd. Once I install NetworkManager and enable it instead of networkd, Spotube works as expected.
If using a keyring might be useful (KeepassXC is always open in my system anyway), I believe at least the app should warn the user. But about NetworkManager, I don't think that any software should ever make assumptions about how a user configures his/her network devices.

[KRTirtho]

KeepassXC is password manager only ig. gnome-keyring or kwallet these are secret managers (key manager)
libsecret is used by applications to store secrets e.g. encryption keys, ssh keys, API keys etc... On the other hand, KeepassXC, Bitwarden etc are password managers used by users (not application at all) to store credentials. The password manager might use libsecret to store their encryption keys. But since most of them are cloud based, nothing is stored locally nowadays

About NetworkManager:
Sorry about this. I didn't know it's a dependency of a plugin. Nothing was mentioned in the plugin README so it's kind of confusion of all parties.

[GiorgosXou]

It worked just fine, somehow same issue appeared from nowhere and now I doesn't start

** (spotube:8061): WARNING **: 14:54:12.897: libsecret_error: \xd3_9`D\u007f
[ERROR:flutter/runtime/dart_vm_initializer.cc(41)] Unhandled Exception: FormatException: Missing extension byte (at offset 1)
#0      _Utf8Decoder.convertSingle (dart:convert-patch/convert_patch.dart:1747)
#1      Utf8Decoder.convert (dart:convert/utf.dart:351)
#2      StandardMessageCodec.readValueOfType (package:flutter/src/services/message_codecs.dart:503)
#3      StandardMessageCodec.readValue (package:flutter/src/services/message_codecs.dart:478)
#4      StandardMethodCodec.decodeEnvelope (package:flutter/src/services/message_codecs.dart:648)
#5      MethodChannel._invokeMethod (package:flutter/src/services/platform_channel.dart:310)
<asynchronous suspension>
#6      PersistedStateNotifier.initializeBoxes (package:spotube/utils/persisted_state_notifier.dart:57)
<asynchronous suspension>
#7      main (package:spotube/main.dart:123)
<asynchronous suspension>

[pidario]

I figured that was the case about NetworkManager.

Anyway, I mentioned keepassxc just because it implements freedesktop secret service and it basically acts as a keyring.
In my case, where I don't have DE running but just a WM, Keepassxc is a nice alternative. And about not storing anything locally because everything is cloud based: take my piece of advice and don't use a cloud base password manager, even if its self hosted but with this I'm going off-topic.

Thank you for Spotube, I hope this can be fixed soon!

[GiorgosXou]

Sorry for spamming, somehow it got fixed for me after an update

[livingsilver94]

I'm facing this issue with the Flatpak edition. There's nothing I can install to fix the issue since it's sandboxed.

[KRTirtho]

I'm facing this issue with the Flatpak edition. There's nothing I can install to fix the issue since it's sandboxed.

You can install gnome-keyring as it implements org.freedesktop.secrets which is used by Spotube to store critical information

[Coburn]

This behavior happens for me on my laptop after wake from suspend. It also happens if I close the app but leave it running in the taskbar. I believe I am using a Gnome extension for taskbar controls. Basically, Spotube displays in some sort of minimal way after close or suspend, but will no longer play music. I have to log out or restart.

[Coburn]

Fascinating. A sudo killall spotube also fixes it. But even though Spotube is closed, it is glomming 40% of my CPU!

[KRTirtho]

For now, only way to solve it temporarily is to install gnome-keyring as it by default on startup asks to unlock the keyring.
But other libsecret providers doesn't seem do this. As Spotube can't unlock the keyring by it self, it crashes thinking something went wrong

[qxb3]

@KRTirtho hello! sorry for the duplicate issue, i did not see this one. Anyway mine seems to work now but when i close it and put it to a background and try to reopen spotube again the black thing i was talking about appear. Is that normal? its not really an issue but i kinda want to reopen it and it will just use the spotube session that is already open.

[KRTirtho]

If it's already running in the background, you can't open a new instance. You've to kill the old instance from the task bar or "Show/Hide" from the task bar icon

[KRTirtho]

If you don't want to minimize to system tray on close, you can change that behavior from Settings

[Coburn]

Sorry this is not a thorough check but my system does report that gnome-keyring is already the newest version

[ghost]

KeepassXC is password manager only ig. gnome-keyring or kwallet these are secret managers (key manager) libsecret is used by applications to store secrets e.g. encryption keys, ssh keys, API keys etc... On the other hand, KeepassXC, Bitwarden etc are password managers used by users (not application at all) to store credentials. The password manager might use libsecret to store their encryption keys. But since most of them are cloud based, nothing is stored locally nowadays

KeePassXC can be used as a Secret Service Agent:

I had this problem.

In case there is no Secret Service Agent on the dbus, spotube should show an error to the user, not just crash.

[KRTirtho]

The problem is it is not a direct dependency of Spotube and it's actually used by a plugin that we use. But that plugin doesn't expose any API to handle that kind of error. I think I've to report that to plugin author(s)

[KRTirtho]

Check juliansteenbakker/flutter_secure_storage#545

[KRTirtho]

Ok until plugin upstream provides any fixes, Spotube will fallback to non encrypted storage. But it will warn the user about the risk

[KRTirtho]

The fix is currently running in the pipeline after 10 mins it should be available in the https://spotube.krtirtho.dev/other-downloads/nightly-downloads

[KRTirtho]

v3.0.1 provides a temporary fix. Please check if it works for you

[calm3285]

it works now, but the network manager error logs persist

[AgostinoA]

[Secret Service Agent:](libsecret-1.so.0: undefined symbol: g_task_set_name)
Now it doesn't work for me anymore

[Moilleadoir]

libsecret has always been installed, but at some stage Spotube flatpak just started showing a black screen.
Manjaro Linux, Cinnamon desktop.

$ /usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=spotube --file-forwarding com.github.KRTirtho.Spotube @@u %u @@
Gtk-Message: 16:38:31.384: Failed to load module "xapp-gtk3-module"
Gtk-Message: 16:38:31.384: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module"
package:media_kit_libs_linux registered.
flutter: media_kit: WARNING: package:media_kit_native_event_loop not found.
method call InitSystemTray
SystemTray::set_system_tray_info title: , icon_path: /app/spotube/data/flutter_assets/assets/spotube-logo.png, toolTip: (null)

Edit: I’ve installed the AUR version and it works, so this is a problem with the Flatpak version not being able to access the keyring.

[m3thm4th]

As @Moilleadoir noted quite some time ago, this is still an issue on the Flatpak version. Do we need to open a new issue for that @KRTirtho?