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I see no menu after clicking on the Dropbox tray icon on Fedora 43.
Application Affected
Dropbox Tray Icon
Device
ThinkPad 230
Operating System/Browser (if using the web)
Linux Fedora 43
Dropbox App Version (if using the app)
Dear all, after losing many hours, I am getting nearer to make Dropbox work on Fedora 43 as it should. For now, I can see the Dropbox folder, the Dropbox tray icon on the top bar, however clicking on it (left/right click) does absolutely nothing. It means that it keeps synchronising all folders, which I don't want.
I know that when installed correctly, the tray icon does show the sync menu, allowing to select which folders to sync and which not to. So obviously, I've gone wrong somewhere.
Has anyone got a cure for this? I am not an expert, but have really found this very difficult..
All help is welcome.
Thank you. Kind regards,
Christos
16 Replies
- Megan
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey scarbosheep!
Happy to see that your issue is now resolved!
If you need something else, please let me know and I will be more than happy to help every step of the way.
Dropbox menu works now. Just had to restart the computer after reinstalling nautilus-dropbox.
I had the same error with the Dropbox menu disappearing. In fact, the icon itself entirely disappeared at first! dnf update on Fedora 43 was not working because nautilus-dropbox would refuse to update, always saying 404.
1/1] nautilus-dropbox-0:2025.05.20-1.fc43.x86_64 100% | 13.0 B/s | 15.0 B | 00m01s
>>> Status code: 404 for http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/43/x86_64/nautilus-dropbox-2025.05.20-1.fc43.x86_64.rpm (IP: redacted)
>>> Status code: 404 for http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/43/x86_64/nautilus-dropbox-2025.05.20-1.fc43.x86_64.rpm (IP: redacted)
>>> Status code: 404 for http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/43/x86_64/nautilus-dropbox-2025.05.20-1.fc43.x86_64.rpm (IP: redacted)
>>> Status code: 404 for http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/43/x86_64/nautilus-dropbox-2025.05.20-1.fc43.x86_64.rpm (IP: redacted)
>>> No more mirrors to try - All mirrors were already tried without success
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Sure enough, those mirrors are all invalid. Instead, I managed to download the RPM instead from
https://linux.dropbox.com/packages/fedora/ . Once I did, and installed that RPM, the Dropbox icon came back and the daemon started working again.
However, I, too, no longer have the menu pop up. I used to.
- Nancy
Hi Christos, sorry for jumping in here.
To clarify, you’ve hovered over the Dropbox icon in your system tray and you still can’t see the Dropbox app version then, correct?
Can you send me a screenshot of the blue syncing icon that you see, if you try and click on the Dropbox icon?
When installing the Dropbox app, did you use the link provided on this page? If not, can you try and reinstall the app with our Linux installer instead and let me know if that helps?
Hello Walter and thank you for trying to help. I can't see how to find the version.
Dropbox tray icon shows no info when lift or right clicking (only shows the blue "sync" symbol). The Dropbox app icon does not appear on the "Apps list" in Fedora, it does appear though when you go to the "Gnome" app (showing "System apps", and all other Apps), but shows no version info.
Does it sound familiar? And is there a "idiot-proof" method to install Dropbox on Fedora 43 (not 42 or 39!!) offering FULL functionality, with the Dropbox tray icon?
Ever so grateful,
Christos
- Walter
Hey Christos K. - thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Can you clarify the version of the Dropbox desktop app installed on your machine?
Also, have you tried reinstalling it at all since you first noticed this?
Any additional information is more than welcome!
