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gherney's avatar
gherney
Explorer | Level 3
7 years ago

Fedora 28 / Gnome 3.28 - Open Dropbox Folder option

I have installed Dropbox in on my Fedora 28 desktop (I'm using Gnome 3.28), and the dropbox icon is displaying correctly on the upper right of my notification bar.  When I right-mouse click above the...
  • Marco L.'s avatar
    Marco L.
    6 years ago

    Hi,

    The problem (and the solution) is quite simple I think: when clicking "Open Dropbox folder" on the Dropbox icon, it tries to open the Gnome file manager (Nautilus/Files) with the command "nautilus --no-desktop" which used to work with previous Gnome versions, but doesn't work anymore (except in Ubuntu, which has a Nautilus/file manager one or two versions behind).

    The right command to issue seems to be only "nautilus" (without the "--no-desktop" option), as otherwise, it generates the following error message in terminal:  "Option --no-desktop unknown"

    I have already reported the problem last May, and yet, Dropbox has not provided any correction. See this report:

    https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Installation-and-desktop-app/Gnome-3-28-Fedora-28-linux-Opening-file-manager-from-the-tray/m-p/275757#M50154

    After this report, I have been referred to someone from the "specialized" support team, who wrote me the following: "I relayed the details of your problem to our engineering team. From here, they’ll evaluate the problem and work toward a solution. I can’t say exactly how long this will take, however, I’ll keep a close watch on the team’s progress and let you know as soon as I have an update."

    So basically, I guess it's only a matter of making sure that Dropbox issues the proper command to open Nautilus/Files. It works flawlessly with other syncing utilities, like Nextcloud, Insync, etc.

    Hope this will be fixed soon!

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