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3mpach3r

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Registered: 2011-10-18

Posts: 30

Dropbox failing to start

I have a fresh installation using LXDE and whenever I try to start dropbox prompt hangs without any output until I Ctrl-C or (if I started it from the application menu or elsewhere) kill the process.

What I've tried:
>normal AUR installation
systemctl edit dropbox@3mpach3r ... set config for trey icon
systemctl enable dropbox@3mpach3r
systemctl start dropbox@3mpach3r

and

>uninstalled + deleted ~/.dropbox
direct installation (wget...tar...etc...)
...same as above plus using dropbox-cli:
dropbox status
"Another instance of dropbox is already running (1234)

I never get a login window or any sort of indication that dropbox is running.  If I look at processes, Ill see a few instances of dropbox running in the background and if I kill one they all terminate.

Any thoughs?

Thanks

nullified

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From: Massachusetts, USA

Registered: 2013-12-09

Posts: 468

Re: Dropbox failing to start

There have been a few threads about similar issues in the last week or two. It's always a good idea to search the forums first. Do any of the suggested fixes help?

This thread is the most relevant. The two solutions are to downgrade, or to try to log in via text mode (the last reply details the latter).

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