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JayCnCy
Explorer | Level 3
6 years ago
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Dropbox not syncing Ubuntu 18.04 LTS dropbox v87.4.138

Dear Community,

I have been using Dropbox for a while on my laptop running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Now, I am using the dropbox client v87.4.148 and the app seems ok apart from the syncing issue.

The logo on the right top corner of the desktop is showing the updating wheel, when I click on it I see syncing and I have the opportunity to stop the sync. However, the folder remains empty.

Anyone has experienced this before ?

And by the way, happy new year !

Best,

JayCnCy

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  • sombrafam's avatar
    sombrafam
    6 years ago

    The hint to remove the syn links worked to me! I have removed all symbolic links and now my folder is syncing again. Thanks!! 

    # find the files:
find . -type l

# delete them
find . -type l -exec rm {} \;

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  • sombrafam's avatar
    sombrafam
    New member | Level 2
    6 years ago

    The hint to remove the syn links worked to me! I have removed all symbolic links and now my folder is syncing again. Thanks!! 

    # find the files:
find . -type l

# delete them
find . -type l -exec rm {} \;
  • robromijnders's avatar
    robromijnders
    New member | Level 2
    4 years ago

    Solved the issue for me (icw the chattr and chmod commands above). Thanks!

  • beensbury's avatar
    beensbury
    New member | Level 2
    4 years ago

    This helped! Had the same issue! Thanks a bunch!

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