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Quote from: N4RPS on June 27, 2016, 06:34:27 AMHello!Don't know if this is related, but when *I* tried installing Dropbox (from their .deb file), the notification area icon and box didn't work for me, either. Found a permanent fix by editing the Dropbox config file as follows:In a terminal window [CTRL-ALT-T], type or copy/paste the following:Code: [Select]sudo leafpad /usr/bin/dropboxCreate a new line after 'import os' and add the following:os.environ['DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS'] = ""Save [CTRL-S] and reboot.Details here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/732816/xubuntu-dropbox-icon-fail73 DE N4RPSRobThanks N4RPS for the easy fix!!!
Hello!Don't know if this is related, but when *I* tried installing Dropbox (from their .deb file), the notification area icon and box didn't work for me, either. Found a permanent fix by editing the Dropbox config file as follows:In a terminal window [CTRL-ALT-T], type or copy/paste the following:Code: [Select]sudo leafpad /usr/bin/dropboxCreate a new line after 'import os' and add the following:os.environ['DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS'] = ""Save [CTRL-S] and reboot.Details here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/732816/xubuntu-dropbox-icon-fail73 DE N4RPSRob
sudo leafpad /usr/bin/dropbox
os.environ['DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS'] = ""
dbus-launch dropbox start
umm forgive me for a small hijack. I use Dropbox but do so from a web browser.Its simple and it works.
I would like to add that you must right click on the dropbox icon in the tray (after adding the autostart that Jerry posted and logging out/in), choose preferences and UNCHECK start dropbox on system startup. If you do not do this your application autostart dropbox modification will be returned to the "dropbox -i" command and the tray icon will be broken again on next reboot. It was driving me crazy wondering why the setting I changed kept getting reverted. Even if I deleted the dropbox autostart it would be re-created on next boot. Ugh. Turn off the preference and then use Jerry's command in the autostart and it works fine.