[GH-ISSUE #429] Using librespot with read-only filesystems #276

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opened 2026-02-27 19:29:46 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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Originally created by @jamminen on GitHub (Jan 29, 2020).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot/issues/429

Hi all,
I got my raspberry pi 3 and Raspotify working OK, but I have now a problem after following these instructions:
https://medium.com/swlh/make-your-raspberry-pi-file-system-read-only-raspbian-buster-c558694de79

First, Raspotify couldn't start. I figured I needed to modify /etc/fstab to include
tmpfs /var/cache tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0

(if I remember correctly)

Now Raspotify starts and I see it working using Spotify on a phone. Apparently I can also connect to it since I can see from logs that librespot tries to start playing, but librespot_playback panicks with an error "PermissionDenied" or something similar.

My question is, what do I need to change to make librespot work in my modified, read-only system?
(Sorry for not having the exact logs with me right now, I can add them later if needed)

Originally created by @jamminen on GitHub (Jan 29, 2020). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/librespot-org/librespot/issues/429 Hi all, I got my raspberry pi 3 and Raspotify working OK, but I have now a problem after following these instructions: https://medium.com/swlh/make-your-raspberry-pi-file-system-read-only-raspbian-buster-c558694de79 First, Raspotify couldn't start. I figured I needed to modify /etc/fstab to include tmpfs /var/cache tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0 (if I remember correctly) Now Raspotify starts and I see it working using Spotify on a phone. Apparently I can also connect to it since I can see from logs that librespot tries to start playing, but librespot_playback panicks with an error "PermissionDenied" or something similar. My question is, what do I need to change to make librespot work in my modified, read-only system? (Sorry for not having the exact logs with me right now, I can add them later if needed)

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@jamminen commented on GitHub (Jan 31, 2020):

I changed /etc/fstab to include
tmpfs /var tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0

so the whole folder /var was written to memory instead of only a few subfolders of /var. After this modification the system works.

@jamminen commented on GitHub (Jan 31, 2020): I changed /etc/fstab to include tmpfs /var tmpfs nosuid,nodev 0 0 so the whole folder /var was written to memory instead of only a few subfolders of /var. After this modification the system works.

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[GH-ISSUE #600] No sinc closed event when connection is lost. #376

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