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Dropbox-lnx.x86_64-218.4.4348 is stuck at "Starting..."
I feel like I have had this issue before, but can't remember the solution. Searching around it seems like there are a lot of similar issues with "Starting..." as dropboxd status and never resolves to fully starting, but I could not find a viable solution other than reinstalling everything and re-sync'ing, which seems cumbersome as I use a lot of selective sync. Where are the dropbox logs to check to see what is going on and is there a way to stop auto-updating? Previous version was working fine and I find that dropbox often releases buggy updates. Is there a stable stream that clients can sit in for longer without having to update so often? linux $ cat VERSION 218.4.4348 I tried running ./dropboxd and got the same behavior but with some console output: dropbox: load fq extension '/home/demo/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-218.4.4348/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._openssl.abi3.so' dropbox: load fq extension '/home/demo/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-218.4.4348/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._padding.abi3.so' dropbox: load fq extension '/home/demo/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-218.4.4348/apex._apex.abi3.so' dropbox: load fq extension '/home/demo/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-218.4.4348/psutil._psutil_linux.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so' dropbox: load fq extension '/home/demo/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-218.4.4348/psutil._psutil_posix.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so' dropbox: load fq extension '/home/demo/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-218.4.4348/google._upb._message.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so' <frozen zipimport>:259: UserWarning: google.protobuf.service module is deprecated. RPC implementations should provide code generator plugins which generate code specific to the RPC implementation. service.py will be removed in Jan 2025 dropbox: load fq extension '/home/demo/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-218.4.4348/tornado.speedups.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so' dropbox: load fq extension '/home/demo/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-218.4.4348/wrapt._wrappers.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so' dropbox: load fq extension '/home/demo/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-218.4.4348/PyQt5.QtCore.so' dropbox: load fq extension '/home/demo/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-218.4.4348/PyQt5.sip.so' dropbox: load fq extension '/home/demo/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-218.4.4348/PyQt5.QtGui.so' dropbox: load fq extension '/home/demo/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-218.4.4348/PyQt5.QtWidgets.so' dropbox: load fq extension '/home/demo/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-218.4.4348/PyQt5.QtDBus.so' "dropbox status" says the same "Starting..." Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
Having trouble installing the desktop app on Ubuntu
Go to https://www.dropbox.com/install Click on the huge button that says Install in the middle of the screen. Login or skip Result: You get a message that says "Allow this site to open the dropbox-client link with System Handler?". Upon clicking yes, nothing happens. When clicking on the "Problems downloading?" Try again link, it downloads an index.html file. * There is a tiny link at the top of the screen that works for linux, but it is quite ridiculous to have to find it and use it instead of "Install".
Unable to install the desktop app on Fedora 41.
I need to install the Desktop App for Selective Sync. I've downloaded the Fedora rpm and installed it. I installs a filemanager. When I click on the 'open dropbox app' the screen blinks and is redisplayed. What are the steps for installing the Dropbox app? ThanksHow to share a Dropbox folder between Windows and Linux installs on the same PC?
Currently it is impossible to share a Dropbox folder between Windows and Linux installs on the same PC. They appear to contain the same files with the same metadata, but Dropbox for Linux refuses to write to an NTFS partition, and similarly Dropbox for Windows refuses to write to ext4. Is there a workaround for this? I don't want two copies of everything. I have been a loyal Dropbox user for years because I believe in supporting software that does one thing and does it well, but this "no mixing filesystems" rule means I have to choose between Dropbox and my dual-boot. I would love it if I didn't have to choose, and I'm sure I'm not alone!
Unable to synchronise Joplin. Giving authorisation error.
Hi, when I use Joplin and try to synchronise with Dropbox, its is giving me an error. could not authorise application: request to api.dropboxapi.com/oauth2/token failed, reason: Please try again In Joplin, i have selected Dropbox and and it provided me the link for authentication. When navigating to the link, I am successfully getting the code for authorisation. when i paste this link into Joplin Dropbox sync page, it waits for 5 sec or so and gives this error.
Issue with Dropbox from flathub on Fedora 41 with Gnome
Hello, I’m having a difficulty using Dropbox (from flathub) on Fedora 41 with Gnome: Once in a while (probably after reboot), Dropbox stops syncing. I have to clic on the Dropbox icon on the Fedora dash, then the app want to reconnect via the web but is not recognizing it is already connected with this computer, so, as I am limited with 3 devices, I have to disconnect Dropbox from this computer (still appearing in the list of connected devices) and then retry to click on the icon and then clic connect on the web page and then it syncs again. What am I doing wrong? Is there a bug? Why the app is not recognizing it is on an already connected device? I don’t have such issue with Dropbox app on Ubuntu.
Dropbox overrides file permissions debian9 (linux)
Since the start, that we added a dropbox daemon on our sambaserver, we face the issue of overriding the file permissions by dropboxusr. For new created files, via the dropbox, the permissions are set to: -rw- -r-- --- dropboxusr sambausers <filename>. Even if the set bit is set ON the directory. This means that all are server users (members of sambausers) cannot edit these files on their network drive (win10). Our goal is to achieve: -rw- -rw- --- dropboxusr sambausers <filename> we tried al lot suggestions of the dropbox community the last 5 years: a) editing the /etc/init.d/dropbox b) setfacl suggestions But none of the ideas worked on our Debian9 system. So we are still looking for the ultimate solutions. BUT we have already for a long time a workaround I want to share: as a root user we setup a crontab that runs every 5 minutes and chmod -R g+w <dropbox root directory>. It is not a nice solution but it works until we hopefully one day have the real solution for the problem.
Dropbox on Linux: Selecting alternate Drive for Location
Long time user of OneDrive on Windows but moving to Linux Mint, and with no support for OneDrive on Linux, I have once again taken up a subscription to the Dropbox service. Glad they are reading the market's distrust of Windows 11! So installed Dropbox on Windows and that's working fine as always, but moving to Linux Mint with dual booting for now. On Windows I have selected where I wanted the local storage folder to reside on a drive other than the System C: drive, but this seems to be missing from Linux. I installed the Flatpak version 204.4.5420 and at the suggestion of another help site also installed Flatseal and gave Dropbox access to all options available in the Filesystem section, including specifically "/media". Yet I seem only to be able to select a folder under /home/username. I have access to all the drives on the computer (including a Windows drive, the Data drive where Dropbox data is, etc) but I can't make Dropbox on Linux see any drive. What I would like to be able to do is have one drive that has the Dropbox folder that both Windows and Linux access. This would save on hard disk space, and the few days it's going to take to sync the files to the Linux folder. Even if Windows wasn't a consideration, I'd still prefer to have my Dropbox data on a separate Data drive like I have always had, more for disk space management and backup processes than anything. Anyone had any success in choosing an alternate folder location on Linux?
Dropbox app on Fedora KDE 41 stuck on "Connecting..."
I have just installed Dropbox on Fedora KDE 41 and logged in to my Dropbox account. I can put files in the Dropbox folder and they get uploaded. However, when I right click on the taskbar icon the top item in the menu is stuck on "Connecting...". There is no notifications of anything uploading or downloading so it is impossible to know if everything is working without logging into my Docker account on the web and checking. What should I be able to see in that menu instead of "Connecting..." and how do I fix it so I can keep an eye on what Dropbox is doing?
