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I'm getting an error message "Could not start the Dropbox daemon" for a Fedora 31 install.
Hello,
I tried to install dropbox on my fresh installation of Fedora 31. The error that i got is "Could not start the dropbox daemon" if i run the installation on terminal i got additional details ...
Hi, I just used this command on my Fedora 31 Workstaion before installing Dropbox. The Dropbox daemon starts successfully now, and the sync function works well.
sudo dnf install libatomic
Now the only problem is the tray icon keeps showing "Connecting...", but it does not affect the running.
When I try to run `dropbox start` with the latest linux client 85.4.155, I get this error, and neither dropbox nor the dropbox systray icon start successfully:
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/tedm/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-85.4.155/linuxffi.gnu.compiled._linuxffi_gnu.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so' Traceback (most recent call last): File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 7919, in main File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 7843, in main_startup File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 942, in __init__ File "dropbox/sync_engine_boundary/factory.pyc", line 147, in make_default_file_system File "dropbox/sync_engine_boundary/factory.pyc", line 99, in __init__ File "dropbox/sync_engine_boundary/factory.pyc", line 118, in _initialize_classes File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/sync_engine.pyc", line 276, in <module> File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/thin_adapter/in_proc.pyc", line 98, in <module> File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/wrapped_thin_client.pyc", line 26, in <module> File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/thin_client/client.pyc", line 28, in <module> File "dropbox/foundation/metrics/amp/remote_sink.pyc", line 10, in <module> ImportError: libatomic.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory !! dropbox: fatal python exception: ['Traceback (most recent call last):\n', ' File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 7919, in main\n', ' File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 7843, in main_startup\n', ' File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 942, in __init__\n', ' File "dropbox/sync_engine_boundary/factory.pyc", line 147, in make_default_file_system\n', ' File "dropbox/sync_engine_boundary/factory.pyc", line 99, in __init__\n', ' File "dropbox/sync_engine_boundary/factory.pyc", line 118, in _initialize_classes\n', ' File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/sync_engine.pyc", line 276, in <module>\n', ' File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/thin_adapter/in_proc.pyc", line 98, in <module>\n', ' File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/classic_client/wrapped_thin_client.pyc", line 26, in <module>\n', ' File "dropbox/sync_engine/nucleus/thin_client/client.pyc", line 28, in <module>\n', ' File "dropbox/foundation/metrics/amp/remote_sink.pyc", line 10, in <module>\n', 'ImportError: libatomic.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory\n'] (error 3) /usr/bin/dropbox:316: PyGTKDeprecationWarning: The keyword(s) "type, message_format" have been deprecated in favor of "message_type, text" respectively. See: https://wiki.gnome.org/PyGObject/InitializerDeprecations
UPDATE:
I can't seem to reply to my own message, so I'll write an update. I guess dropbox got a new dependency with version 85.4.155 - it now requires libatomic. I installed that and it all works.
- Jane
Dropbox Staff
