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Dropbox desyncs everytime I restart my PC and when I sync back in it accepts it as a different compu
Hello, I'm using EndavourOS and ever since I installed dropbox I'm having this issue that after every restart I get desynched and when I resync dropbox sees my computer as a new computer.
Hi again xanrer,
Just to note that the package used by you is not official, so it's in fact unsupported by Dropbox!
Here I will assume 'ls' results are the same in all cases and the control script is just a copy of the official one. If this is not true, ask the package maintainer for more help.
With the above assumption, your mistake is miss of command for launching 'dropbox'! Dropbox control script require explicit direction what to do (otherwise ends in error) in following form:
dropbox <command> [options...]So, just "dropbox &' wouldn't do anything! Take a look here for possible commands. You need to use a simple 'start' command. 😉
Hope this helps.
Hi xanrer,
Can you describe how exactly you have your Dropbox application installed and how you launch it (step by step, with links where you get every particular software from)? In addition what returns following command (before the application launch, after that, and after quit/stop it):
ls -l ~/.dropbox
Hello, my Dropbox is installed via chaotic-aur. So I installed it with the command `sudo pacman -S dropbox` and I launch it in my autostart script in my dropbox via `dropbox &` and output of `ls -l ~/.dropbox` is:
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 4096 Jan 10 13:18 apex.sqlite3
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 32768 Jan 31 01:42 apex.sqlite3-shm
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 0 Jan 10 13:21 apex.sqlite3-wal
srw------- 1 user user 0 Jan 31 01:43 command_socket
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 4 Jan 31 01:42 dropbox.pid
drwx------ 2 user user 33 Jan 12 01:30 events
srw------- 1 user user 0 Jan 31 01:43 iface_socket
drwx------ 2 user user 144 Jan 31 01:58 instance1
drwx------ 2 user user 42 Jan 31 01:42 instance_db
drwxr-xr-x 4 user user 24 Jan 10 13:18 logs
drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 6 Jan 10 13:18 machine_storage
drwxr-xr-x 2 user user 23 Jan 10 13:19 metrics
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 216 Jan 31 01:43 unlink.dbHi again xanrer,
Just to note that the package used by you is not official, so it's in fact unsupported by Dropbox!
Here I will assume 'ls' results are the same in all cases and the control script is just a copy of the official one. If this is not true, ask the package maintainer for more help.
With the above assumption, your mistake is miss of command for launching 'dropbox'! Dropbox control script require explicit direction what to do (otherwise ends in error) in following form:
dropbox <command> [options...]So, just "dropbox &' wouldn't do anything! Take a look here for possible commands. You need to use a simple 'start' command. 😉
Hope this helps.
`dropbox start` solved it thank you!
