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ScooterKP
6 years agoHelpful | Level 5
TERRIBLE SUPPORT SERVICE
I am extremely angry with the unbelievably bad service from Dropbox.
The Support Team in Australia as NO WAY OF CONTACTING their own Restorations Specialists team in the US.
Having opened a ticke...
SteveRuem
Explorer | Level 4
Chat button doesn't work, no answers in Community that work. I guess DB doesn't care if we go over to Google Drive.
Megan
4 years agoDropbox Staff
Hey SteveRuem, I'm sorry to hear you're having some trouble with this.
Could you please elaborate on the issue you are experiencing?
I would appreciate it in order to realize what could be causing this and help as much as possible.
Thank you!
- SteveRuem4 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Get an alert that says: Couldn't start Dropbox. This is usually because of a permissions error. Storing your home folder on a network share can also cause and error.
then this:
bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropboxbn.VERSION: 131.4.3968bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 48bn.is_frozen: Truemachine_id: 04287033-6406-5552-bf1c-f7e634064aefpid: 27863ppid: 1uid: 502user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='steveruemmele', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=502, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='Steve Ruemmele', pw_dir='/Users/steveruemmele', pw_shell='/bin/bash')effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='steveruemmele', pw_passwd='********', pw_uid=502, pw_gid=20, pw_gecos='Steve Ruemmele', pw_dir='/Users/steveruemmele', pw_shell='/bin/bash')euid: 502gid: 20egid: 20group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', '_serialnumberd'])effective_group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='staff', gr_passwd='*', gr_gid=20, gr_mem=['root', '_serialnumberd'])DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH: Nonecwd: '/'real_path='/'mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0HOME: '/Users/steveruemmele'appdata: '/Users/steveruemmele/.dropbox/instance1'real_path='/Users/steveruemmele/.dropbox/instance1'mode=0o40700 uid=502 gid=20parent mode=0o40700 uid=502 gid=20dropbox_path: '/Users/steveruemmele/Dropbox (Personal)'real_path='/Users/steveruemmele/Dropbox (Personal)'mode=0o40700 uid=502 gid=20parent mode=0o40755 uid=502 gid=20sys_executable: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/MacOS/Dropbox'mode=0o100755 uid=502 gid=20parent mode=0o40755 uid=502 gid=20trace.__file__: '/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'real_path='/Applications/Dropbox.app/Contents/Resources/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'not foundparent not foundtempdir: '/var/folders/gs/ym1b1wcn7tz_wd32nrglfnzm0000gp/T'real_path='/private/var/folders/gs/ym1b1wcn7tz_wd32nrglfnzm0000gp/T'mode=0o40700 uid=502 gid=20parent mode=0o40755 uid=502 gid=20Traceback (most recent call last):File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 808, in wrapperFile "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 6525, in finish_dropbox_bootFile "dropbox/client/message_queue.pyc", line 307, in _wrappedFile "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 6052, in _init_components_for_accountFile "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 5976, in create_sync_engineFile "dropbox/sync_engine_boundary/factory.pyc", line 226, in make_sync_engineFile "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/sync_engine.pyc", line 280, in __init__File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/modern_client/modern_client.pyc", line 219, in __init__File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/modern_client/base.pyc", line 152, in __init__File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/thin_adapter/in_proc.pyc", line 217, in __init__File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/thin_adapter/in_proc.pyc", line 587, in _init_new_engine_lockedFile "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/thin_client/client.pyc", line 182, in __init__File "desktop/extensions/nucleus/nucleus_python.pyx", line 76, in nucleus_python.NucleusSyncEngine.__cinit__nucleus_python.SyncEngineError: "Initializing engine |>> Initializing filesystem |>> Attempting to register icons |>> Opening dst |>> open syscall |>> Permission denied"
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