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dropbox does not start after recent upgrade on gentoo linux
Hi there. I am using dropbox for about 10 years.
A few days ago my gentoo linux PC was upgraded its python version to python-3.11.
The following i see when i try to start dropbox. Any ideas why?
Failed to run Python command:
!! dropbox: fatal python exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 655, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 618, in _load_backward_compatible
File "<frozen zipimport>", line 259, in load_module
File "linecache.pyc", line 8, in <module>
File "<frozen zipimport>", line 259, in load_module
File "functools.pyc", line 18, in <module>
File "<frozen zipimport>", line 259, in load_module
File "collections/__init__.pyc", line 21, in <module>
ImportError: /opt/dropbox/operator.so: undefined symbol: _Py_ZeroStruct
Bootstrap panicked!!
Thank you Walter.
That was the solution i was looking for.
What i did follows: install dropboxd diamond, python dropbox.py start -i.
This starts at the samet time the dropbox client.
I just had to connect my dropbox account to my computer dropbox location.
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Hi Walter, thanks for a quick reply. I am getting exactly what i wrote you:
kol3#log> dropbox
Failed to run Python command:
!! dropbox: fatal python exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 655, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 618, in _load_backward_compatible
File "<frozen zipimport>", line 259, in load_module
File "linecache.pyc", line 8, in <module>
File "<frozen zipimport>", line 259, in load_module
File "functools.pyc", line 18, in <module>
File "<frozen zipimport>", line 259, in load_module
File "collections/__init__.pyc", line 21, in <module>
ImportError: /opt/dropbox/operator.so: undefined symbol: _Py_ZeroStructBootstrap panicked!!
Aborted
kol3#log>this is you can see from the screenshot below.
Walter, i was thinking about the record of those error messages which dropbox can save somewhere in my directories, such as ~/.dropbox ? But i could not find any.
The screen error message is saying "Failed to run Python command". Is there a way to give dropbox a specific instruction which python to run? I worry that it tries to run the latest python-3.11, which may give those errors. Perhaps i can change some scripts for running dropbox?
Thank you Walter.
That was the solution i was looking for.
What i did follows: install dropboxd diamond, python dropbox.py start -i.
This starts at the samet time the dropbox client.
I just had to connect my dropbox account to my computer dropbox location.
