Why dropbox icon isn't shown correctly on Xubuntu?

[Sean Davis]

The issue is explained and a solution offered in this article on WebUpd8.
It should also work for Xubuntu.
http://www.webupd8.org/2017/03/fix-dropbox-indicator-menu-not-working.html



On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 2:20 PM Thanos Apostolou <
thanosapostolou at outlook.com> wrote:

> I just tested Linux Light 3.2 which is based on Ubuntu 16.04 and dropbox
> works out of the box there. I cannot find any differences comparing to
> Xubuntu. So, why is it working there and not on Xubuntu? Any ideas?
>
> On 25/03/2017 03:55 μμ, João Amado wrote:
>
> I found the solution of this thread:
>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/732967/dropbox-icon-is-not-working-xubuntu-14-04-lts-64/
>
> The command I use is 'sed -i.bak '/#!\/bin\/sh/a export
> DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=""' ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd; dropbox stop &&
> dropbox start '
>
> However, I agree, this is hardly recommended for new and regular linux
> users.
>
> On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Thanos Apostolou <
> thanosapostolou at outlook.com> wrote:
>
> Dropbox icon isn't shown correctly on Xubuntu 17.04 (also affects 14.04,
> 15.10, 16.04, 16.10). See the image: http://imgur.com/a/0DnjJ
>
> In order to work properly, dropbox is needed to run with the command
> `dbus-launch dropbox start`. The bug report that I found is this:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-dropbox/+bug/1546176
>
> This can really scare new users away and it's one of the reasons I
> prefer to recommend Ubuntu MATE rather than Xubuntu on new linux users.
>
> I've tested xfce in many distros (manjaro/arch, opensuse, fedora) and
> this affects only Xubuntu. Why is that? Is it because of the indicators?
> Is there any possible fix that you can do? Maybe for example add your
> own `xubuntu-dropbox` package which replaces the `dropbox` command with
> `dbus-launch dropbox`, so that Dropbox works out of the box (without
> user intervention)?
>
> Tell me what you think.
>
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