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Xacky

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Registered: 2011-08-26

Posts: 27

[Solved]Dropbox does´n connect

Dear Arch-users,

I´m a big fan of dropbox but with a new install on an older laptop it doesn't seem to start.

Normal behavior:
Install start dropbox wait couple of seconds en it will pop-up a window asking me to log in.

Behavior right now :
Try to start it but I only get an tray icon. Clicking on it just gave me an error

Kon URI 'file:///home/wilco/Dropbox' niet openen.
Fout bij het verkrijgen van informatie over het bestand ‘/home/wilco/Dropbox’: Bestand of map bestaat niet.

In English its something like: (I'll change my locale.conf in a minute to get the orginal translation).

Couln´t resolve[or open][or path] file://home/wilco/Dropbox

Error resolving information about the file /home/wilco/Dropbox map or file doesn't exist  

Things I tried:
Delete ~/.dropbox
Delete dropbox from my laptop en re-install

Relevant info
32 bits installation
XFCE desktop environment
Thunar
Thunar-dropbox and dropbox both installed via AUR

Any suggestions or somebody who struggled with the same problems?

Last edited by Xacky (2014-02-19 22:21:49)

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Registered: 2014-02-15

Posts: 7

Re: [Solved]Dropbox does´n connect

ls -l $HOME | grep Dropbox

What is the output?

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Xacky

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Registered: 2011-08-26

Posts: 27

Re: [Solved]Dropbox does´n connect

ls -l $HOME | grep Dropbox

What is the output?

There is no output,..

The map doesn't exist yet because normally dropbox will make this map. When I make this map with mkdir I'll just get an empty map

Last edited by Xacky (2014-02-19 21:55:06)

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Registered: 2014-02-15

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Re: [Solved]Dropbox does´n connect

What happens if you create it manually before starting Dropbox?

Xacky

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Registered: 2011-08-26

Posts: 27

Re: [Solved]Dropbox does´n connect

What happens if you create it manually before starting Dropbox?

When I make this map with mkdir I'll just get an empty map

Even when I specifically Chown ~/.dropbox and ~/Dropbox to Wilco (the main user me).

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [Solved]Dropbox does´n connect

ls -l $HOME | grep Dropbox

What is the output?

I think a better way is to

find ~ -maxdepth 1 -iname "*dropbox*"

@Xacky
Read the comments by cedricmc https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dropbox/

Xacky

Member

Registered: 2011-08-26

Posts: 27

Re: [Solved]Dropbox does´n connect

ls -l $HOME | grep Dropbox

What is the output?

I think a better way is to

find ~ -maxdepth 1 -iname "*dropbox*"

@Xacky
Read the comments by cedricmc https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dropbox/

That did the trick <3 .

The last time I checked the Aur-comments was in the late midday, so I missed that one. Thnx for pointing it out!!!

h54

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Registered: 2011-11-22

Posts: 96

Re: [Solved]Dropbox does´n connect

cedricmc's comments worked for me as well.  I did have to use the 64-bit package as well

wget -O dropbox-lnx.x86_64-2.6.7.tar.gz "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64"