Forum Discussion

timothyantrimcarter's avatar
timothyantrimcarter
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

Dropbox hung on connecting Arch Linux

Dropbox was hung on connecting. Previously it was working fine. I was using Arch Linux, Gnome desktop. For a long time I couldn't find a solution. I was looking for a problem with Dropbox. The problem turned out to be Arch Linux adopting dbus-broker instead of dbus-daemon. I reverted to using dbus-daemon and now Dropbox works perfectly. I'm posting this here even though it is solved for me in case some other Arch user is having a problem.

3 Replies

Replies have been turned off for this discussion
  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    2 years ago

    Hi timothyantrimcarter, thanks for posting today!

     

    We appreciate this information, as it should help other users who might be experiencing similar issues.

     

    If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.

  • NanoExplorer's avatar
    NanoExplorer
    Helpful | Level 6
    2 years ago

    Just wanted to say that I am also experiencing this issue. Dropbox still works, but doesn't give me any status information in the system tray. I'm just going to leave it this way for now in hopes that Dropbox adds support for dbus-broker, and I don't really have time to worry about this right now.

About Apps and Installations

Have a question about a Dropbox app or installation? Reach out to the Dropbox Community and get solutions, help, and advice from members.

The Dropbox Community team is active from Monday to Friday. We try to respond to you as soon as we can, usually within 2 hours.

If you need more help you can view your support options (expected response time for an email or ticket is 24 hours), or contact us on X, Facebook or Instagram.

For more info on available support options for your Dropbox plan, see this article.

If you found the answer to your question in this Community thread, please 'like' the post to say thanks and to let us know it was useful!