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Dropbox Client for Linux on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS- icon not clickable.
Guys, I've noticed a bug on Dropbox Client on Ubuntu 23.10 and the same occurs on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS after a installed it from scratch on my machine. It's really a bug on the app on desktop.
The problem is: the app on system tray doesnt open or show anything until the system is blocked to block screen and returns putting password. After that it works normally as it should. I recorded a short video showing the problem with you:
How can this issue be solved? Is this the right place to report it?
God bless you all!
Guys, I've noticed the bug is gone here on Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS o Gnome 46 and Wayland. I just started my notebook and the icon worked flawlessly. If I encounter another bug I'll relate it here.
This is the version where it started to work:
raulgrangeiro@RAUL-PC-2:~$ dropbox version
Dropbox daemon version: 212.4.5767
Dropbox command-line interface version: 2024.04.17God bless you all!
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I'm successfully using a workaround with Ubuntu 24.04 and the latest Dropbox version.
1) Create an executable file somewhere in your $HOME directory with these contents:
#!/bin/sh
sleep 5
/usr/bin/gnome-extensions disable ubuntu-appindicators@ubuntu.com
/usr/bin/gnome-extensions enable ubuntu-appindicators@ubuntu.comAs you can see, it simply restarts the appindicator extension (this is what happens whenever you lock and unlock your screen).
2) Make it executable, i.e.: chmod +x $HOME/bin/restart-appindicator.sh
3) Create a new startup app in gnome with this data:
- Name: Restart appindicator
- Command: /home/myusername/bin/restart-appindicator.sh
aristocles, I'll try what you suggested. Seems a nice way to fix it at least while we're waiting for them to fix that for good.
Same problem with my Ubuntu 24.04 as well.
```
$ dropbox version
Dropbox daemon version: 206.4.6506
Dropbox command-line interface version: 2019.02.14
```Unfotunately not. It is complete unpredictiable. Sometimes it is working, sometimes not. Also on the same machine with Ubuntu 24.04 - last patch-level...
Thank you aristocles!
I just installed 24.04.1, tray icon would not open the settings - so I can confirm bug is present in .1 LTS release as well.
Restarting the app indicator fixed it! I needed this only once to set Selective Sync on this new install - so I'm not going to bother with setting up a script to run the fix on every boot - hopefully DROPBOX will fix this soon.
/usr/bin/gnome-extensions disable ubuntu-appindicators@ubuntu.com
/usr/bin/gnome-extensions enable ubuntu-appindicators@ubuntu.comWell... sometimes does, sometimes not. Unfortunately, I don't know, if it is working, why it is working. So from my perspective, this is a non relyable option and the dropbox Team is still asked to support, please.
This worked perfectly for me! Thank you aristocles
This has been a bug since the dawn of time and has been reported many times without a fix being issued. Locking the screen always makes the icon work again. Before that, it does not.
This worked for me, thank you! Ubuntu 24 fresh install, exactly this problem. I had no-password login setup for kiosk display laptop, after screen lock and unlock (with password) the icon responded. Could it be some security feature?
