banshee cannot access last.fm account
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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banshee (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Pallavi Kumari Jha |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: banshee
Banshee asks me: "Account details are needed before you can connect to Last.fm"
I'm a subscriber, so no worries there.
I'm entering my username (cannot enter a password anywhere, why?)
Then I'm asked "You need to allow Banshee to access your Last.fm account", but no matter what or how often I'm clicking, it won't work.
See attached screenshots
In my last.fm preferences, banshee won't appear as "connected app".
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: banshee 2.0.0-1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Apr 13 11:43:32 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: banshee
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-12 (0 days ago)
Changed in banshee (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in banshee (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → Pallavi Kumari Jha (pallavikumarijha) |
Banshee doesn't ask for your Last.fm password because that's the way the Last.fm authentication process works.
This is more secure, as you don't have to trust your Last.fm password to third-party applications and those applications don't have to store it.
When you see the "You need to allow Banshee to access your Last.fm account", Banshee should have opened a page on the Last.fm web site in your browser. It is in this web page that you have to authorize Banshee to access your Last.fm account. You might also have to log in to the Last.fm website.
The web page opened by Banshee might not be visible, if for example you already have a browser window open but not visible, it will just open a new tab in that window. Please check whether it is the case.