Currently running Dropbox 13.4.21 on Xubuntu 14.04.5. Every time the
program updates I get the red circle on the taskbar and mouseovers don't
work. I just re-add the line:
export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=''
to the 'dropboxd' script in my '~/.dropboxd-dist' folder ,and restart
dropbox
The point of all these solutions is to hide the DBUS user session and
the indicator-plugin from Dropbox so it is forced to use the system-tray
API instead. The Dropbox app doesn't provide the correct interfaces for
the indicator to use.
Of course your must have a system-tray plugin (like 'Notification Area'
in xfce4) on your desktop for this to work
For xfce4, all script based solutions may fail if session saving is
enabled, because the binary could be launched directly. In my ~/.profile
file I added the lines:
rm -f /home/jhm/.cache/sessions/*session*
rm -f /home/jhm/.cache/sessions/*.state
because even when I tell xfce4 not to save, it does anyway.
One recent problem I discovered was Dropbox not being installed in the
/home/<user> folder but in /var instead. I probably used the Software
store for that one. If you don't get monthly updates check this line in
the '/usr/bin/dropbox' script:
PARENT_DIR = os.path.expanduser("~") #This is correct
I could write a hourly cron job to check and repair my dropdoxd script
but I want to know if next update fails to fix the problem.
--
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/caja-dropbox/+bug/1546176/+subscriptions
--
ubuntu-bugs mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
