[xubuntu-users] DropBox and its Icon

[Rob Ward]

Hi Folks,

After having scouted around on the www for some hints as to how I can 
get my Dropbox to run properly I have been unable to get it to return to 
its original installed operation.
I am running (X)Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS, have found the Dropbox Icon has 
disappeared and I can no longer use it to inspect the Dropbox folder 
with the Dropbox options available eg right click and copy a Dropbox 
share URL.

At the moment this is the icon that comes and goes as I stop and start 
Dropbox from the command line (the red circle with a slash through it).  
I am running the Indicator Plugin and it has a couple of functions 
showing OK (Network, System, Audio all work OK), however there is no 
Dropbox listed in the "Indicator apps".  Clicking on the red circle icon 
only makes a little single line shadow under it and nothing else.

I have completely un-installed Dropbox and then reinstalled, to no 
avail, and also the same with remove/reinstall Indicator.  I have 
disconnected this machine from Dropbox via their website on another 
machine, and then re-linked it again and no improvement.

I have tried various command line statements eg /dropbox stop/ and then 
/dropbox start/ as well as /sudo dropbox stop && 
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="" dropbox start/ which did a restart and 
removed the red circle but did not replace it with the proper Drop box 
icon. When I ran the Dropbox application from the Applications Menu the 
red circle icon returned.

As I am not a high level 'Nix user I have quickly hit a brick wall.  If 
anyone could help me debug my set up, or offer suggestions as to what I 
could try, I would be very grateful.

Rob

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*Rob Ward*
Lake Tyers Beach, 3909
Lake Tyers Beach Website <http://www.laketyersbeach.net.au>
XP to XUbuntu <http://www.laketyersbeach.net.au/XP2XU.html>


Command line History:

/rob at DesktopUbuntu:~$ sudo dropbox stop && DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="" 
dropbox start//
//sudo: unable to resolve host DesktopUbuntu.WORKGROUP//
//[sudo] password for rob: //
//Dropbox isn't responding!//
//Dropbox isn't responding!//
//Dropbox is already running!//
//rob at DesktopUbuntu:~$ sudo dropbox stop && DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="" 
dropbox start//
//sudo: unable to resolve host DesktopUbuntu.WORKGROUP//
//Dropbox daemon stopped.//
//Starting Dropbox...Dropbox isn't running!//
//Done!//
//rob at DesktopUbuntu:~$ dropbox startDropbox is already running!//
//rob at DesktopUbuntu:~$ //
/


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