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Leeon
Helpful | Level 5
8 years ago

Dropbox on OpenSUSE Leap 15 (Linux) unlinks after restart

I am using Dropbox 50.4.71 on OpenSUSE Leap 15, just downloaded the app into home folder, on Leap there is still no Dropbox package. App works well, however after restart (sometimes after few resta...
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Leeon
Helpful | Level 5
8 years ago
Hello and thanks for the reply.
Indeed the Dropbox folder is in the disk mounted at the boot.
In Linux Home I have sync folder, as well .dropbox-dist folder with the app itself (so it cannot be started anyway, if not mounted).
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Jane
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8 years ago
Thanks for confirming Leeon! Can you also let me know whether you’re controlling the Dropbox desktop app with the Linux Command Line Interface (CLI) & if you’ve chosen the autostart option I mentioned above?  
 
Thanks again for your cooperation & I’ll be awaiting your next message! 
  • Leeon's avatar
    Leeon
    Helpful | Level 5
    8 years ago
    I use KDE + Plasma and there "graphical" app in system tray.
    Autostart is enabled in preferences and it created ~/.config/autostart/dropbox.desktop file, executing command ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd -i start
    So no command line and cli, just the app with frontend.
    • Elixir's avatar
      Elixir
      Star | Level 19
      8 years ago

      Hi Leeon, can you please disable the auto-start, start Dropbox manually after your system reboots, and see if it still happens? If negative, is it posible to write a script for delayed start?

      • Leeon's avatar
        Leeon
        Helpful | Level 5
        8 years ago

        Hello!

        I did delayed start (by prepending sleep 60 command) as well as manual start (I started dropbox like 10 min after boot of system), but result is still the same.

        Checking processes after I start the app, Dropbox executes / creates some process / file "corruptdb" and that unlinks the whole account.

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