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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 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.
Nevermind, it started to do the same thing again...
xanrer, One more thing you can try is introducing delay in initial start. Instead of command:
dropbox start
better try something like:
sleep 300 && dropbox start
Let's hope this will help. One more thing to note is that some entries required for the 'ls' command above are missing! For instance 'host.db' and 'info.json' are missing. Try also turning off the Dropbox embedded autorun feature (two or more autoruns can conflict to each other). Doesn't Dropbox autorun feature doesn't work for you? If not, turn it off.
Good luck.
I probably can't do the sleep method because I have other crucial processes that has to be ran but I did realized that dropbox autostart was on. So I'll turn that off and try again thank you! I'll come back with the results later.
