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[Solved, Ubuntu 22.04] Dropbox is always "Connecting..."
Hi, Dropbox tray icon says it is "Connecting..." forever. I cannot see the list of the latest modified files as it used to show or use the tray, actually. I am using Linux Ubuntu 22.04 ...
Hey folks,
I found an extension that solves this issue for me. It worked immediately as soon as I installed the extension. No reboot or logout was required.
I just have to point out I am using Ubuntu 22.04.
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/615/appindicator-support/
I was and still also using this extension to display old tray icons. Maybe it is also important.
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/2890/tray-icons-reloaded/
Now I am happy again, here is the proof to make you happy too.
Mod note:
Please note that Dropbox is only supported on vanilla builds of Ubuntu 14.04 or later, or Fedora 21 or later.
We don't officially support forks or variants of these operating systems, or other flavors of Linux at this time.
You can learn more about our supported distros for Linux here.
I note that this is marked as "solved" when clearly the problem persists.
It is reasonable for dropbox to limit the number of distros they support, but given that they provide an installer for ubuntu that exhibits the bug as soon as anyone does anything to change it from its "vanilla" state, they are failing at this.
My company has a dropbox business account and we use linux.
We are paying customers and expect a reasonable level of support.
We are currently considering other options for cloud storage.
I was doing some research and the Rclone package looks interesting, instead of waiting for a fix to the GUI why not skip it completely I suppose. Other than that the Pcloud service looked interesting as well. For now I've been using the terminal to use Dropbox on PopOs but having the tray saying connecting all the time is maddening
