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zephyr707's avatar
zephyr707
Helpful | Level 7
10 months ago

Dropbox-lnx.x86_64-218.4.4348 is stuck at "Starting..."

I feel like I have had this issue before, but can't remember the solution. Searching around it seems like there are a lot of similar issues with "Starting..." as dropboxd status and never resolves to...
desktop
Linux
m1gs4n's avatar
m1gs4n
Explorer | Level 4
10 months ago

Issue resolved itself a few minutes after reporting it. It is worth noting that other servers at the same location were unaffected, even Linux servers.

zephyr707's avatar
zephyr707
Helpful | Level 7
10 months ago

ah, luck you, seems like a different issue, mine never makes it to the indexing or the sync, just stuck at "Starting..."

  • m1gs4n's avatar
    m1gs4n
    Explorer | Level 4
    10 months ago

    zephyr707Mine actually started, but for reasons unknown, it was stuck not updating files till it decided it was time to get back to work. 

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