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PhilnWA's avatar
PhilnWA
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago
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Fedora 38 Dropbox hangs on "starting..."

$ dropbox stop $ dropbox status Dropbox isn't running! $ dropbox start Starting Dropbox...dropbox: load fq extension '/home/phil/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-189.4.8395/cryptography.hazmat.bi...
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  • PhilnWA's avatar
    PhilnWA
    2 years ago

    "chattr -R -i ~/Dropbox" shows nothing.

     

    Uninstall and reinstall fixes it.

     

    No differences between newly synced files and saved copy of old files. So is good.

     

     

     

Megan's avatar
Megan
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2 years ago

Hi PhilnWA, thanks for posting here today! 

 

Your issue sounds kind of similar to the one mentioned here. Have you tried any of the suggested steps, to see if they help with your situation at all? 

 

When did this behavior start happening? 

 

Let me know more, and we'll take it from there! 

PhilnWA's avatar
PhilnWA
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

"chattr -R -i ~/Dropbox" shows nothing.

 

Uninstall and reinstall fixes it.

 

No differences between newly synced files and saved copy of old files. So is good.

 

 

 

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