Same issue in Linux Mint 17.2 XFCE. When Dropbox daemon is started with 'sudo dropbox start' the icon shows properly and works OK in "Notification Area". When the daemon is started as normal user with 'dropbox start' then icon shows up in "Indicator Plugin" but as a red slashed circle on black background, when clicked shows an empty menu that does nothing. It is a bug in a recent update of Dropbox. Extensive discussion in http://askubuntu.com/questions/732967/dropbox-icon-is-not- working-xubuntu-14-04-lts-64/734886 and the simplest workaround is
Just insert: os.environ['DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS'] = "" into /usr/bin/dropbox at the beginning, after import os -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1546176 Title: Dropbox icon not working on Xubuntu 14.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dropbox/+bug/1546176/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
