<div dir="ltr">The issue is explained and a solution offered in this article on WebUpd8. It should also work for Xubuntu. <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2017/03/fix-dropbox-indicator-menu-not-working.html">http://www.webupd8.org/2017/03/fix-dropbox-indicator-menu-not-working.html</a><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 2:20 PM Thanos Apostolou <<a href="mailto:thanosapostolou@outlook.com">thanosapostolou@outlook.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="gmail_msg">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?<br class="gmail_msg">
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<div class="gmail_msg">I found the solution of this thread:<br class="gmail_msg">
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The command I use is '<span class="m_-8224493196799876930gmail-comment-copy gmail_msg"><code class="gmail_msg">sed -i.bak '/#!\/bin\/sh/a export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=""' ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd; dropbox stop && dropbox start</code></span> '<br class="gmail_msg">
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However, I agree, this is hardly recommended for new and regular linux users.<br class="gmail_msg">
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<div class="gmail_quote gmail_msg">On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Thanos Apostolou <span dir="ltr" class="gmail_msg">
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Dropbox icon isn't shown correctly on Xubuntu 17.04 (also affects 14.04,<br class="gmail_msg">
15.10, 16.04, 16.10). See the image: <a href="http://imgur.com/a/0DnjJ" rel="noreferrer" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">
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In order to work properly, dropbox is needed to run with the command<br class="gmail_msg">
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<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-dropbox/+bug/1546176" rel="noreferrer" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-dropbox/+bug/1546176</a><br class="gmail_msg">
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This can really scare new users away and it's one of the reasons I<br class="gmail_msg">
prefer to recommend Ubuntu MATE rather than Xubuntu on new linux users.<br class="gmail_msg">
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I've tested xfce in many distros (manjaro/arch, opensuse, fedora) and<br class="gmail_msg">
this affects only Xubuntu. Why is that? Is it because of the indicators?<br class="gmail_msg">
Is there any possible fix that you can do? Maybe for example add your<br class="gmail_msg">
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Tell me what you think.<br class="gmail_msg">
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