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256shadesofgrey
Explorer | Level 4
9 years ago
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Disable autostart permanently

I installed dropbox for linux on debian 9 (with cinnamon) from the sid repository (there is none for stretch). Because I run it on a notebook and dropbox tends to drain the battery like crazy when it...
desktop
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  • gospdomazet's avatar
    gospdomazet
    9 years ago

    Debian:

    Only solution that I have found for this problem is to edit

    ~/config/autostart/dropbox.desktop

    file and change line

    Exec=dropbox start -i

    to

    Exec=dropbox stop

     

    and then comes the most important thing and that is to change ownership and deny access to dropbox.desktop file  so that that file could not be again overriden.

    Not elegant solution.

     

Sanchez's avatar
Sanchez
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9 years ago
Hey 256shadesofgrey, welcome to our forum! 

That’s a great description of the issue, and the troubleshooting steps you’ve taken so far :wink:

I’m afraid that I can’t be of any help here, as the distribution you’re using isn’t officially supported (and the fact that my Linux knowledge is very limited :nerd:).

Hopefully, another user will be able to help out in this case.
Cheers
    • Sanchez's avatar
      Sanchez
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      9 years ago
      My mistake, 256shadesofgrey. If you’d like, go ahead and submit a support ticket here. One of our agents can gather all the details surrounding the issue, and forward it to our app specialists. 
       
      Thanks
      • gospdomazet's avatar
        gospdomazet
        New member | Level 2
        9 years ago

        Debian:

        Only solution that I have found for this problem is to edit

        ~/config/autostart/dropbox.desktop

        file and change line

        Exec=dropbox start -i

        to

        Exec=dropbox stop

         

        and then comes the most important thing and that is to change ownership and deny access to dropbox.desktop file  so that that file could not be again overriden.

        Not elegant solution.

         

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