[Ubuntu 10.04, XBMC Standalone]
If you, like me, have tried hard to get Spotyxbmc to work, but not succeeded, and have temporarily given up, you can still get Spotify to run without gnome.
I have my pc start automatically into XBMC. You can start Spotify with X using another workspace.
First
Ctrl+Alt+F1 (or any
Fn you find suitable) and log in. Then download and install the
Linux preview of Spotify as described.
To start Spotify alone (
Spotifalone) use the command
$ xinit spotify -- :1
The
:1 tells xinit to open Spotify in a new X session (XBMC already runs in 0). You can now switch back and forth between XBMC and Spotify by
Ctrl+Alt+Fn.
Now, the Spotify interface is not exactly
10 foot. You can reduce screen resolution to make enlarge Spotify interface.
Worth looking into is the
/etc/X11/xorg.conf file.
Create and additional
ServerLayout section (just copy the one you have, but make a new identifier, e.g. "Spotify"), and let it refer to an additional
Screen section (remember identifier). Under a
SubSection "Display" input a line
Mode "1280x720" or any other mode supported by you monitor which you fin suiting. Now you can start Spotify with
$ xinit spotify -- :1 -layout Spotify
Here's my additions to
xorg.conf (do not just copy it, use it as an example to modify you own)
Code:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Spotify"
Screen 0 "ScreenSpotify"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "ScreenSpotify"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "NoLogo" "True"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x720"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Now I want to get spotify integrated into it to make it just perfect.
