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yurisobral
3 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Problem in Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS - Dropbox stopped working
My Dropbox folder is no longer syncing. I used to run smoothly, so I am guessing a recent Ubuntu update broke something. This is what I get when I run Dropbox on the command line:
yuri@yuri-del...
- 11 months ago
I've found ensuring the the ~/.dropbox and ~/.dropbox-dist are fully owned by my user account solved this issue for me.
yurisobral
2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Dear Здравко,
Thanks for your comments.
Please note that linux and dropbox are both installed on the sda6 partition, which is an ext4 partition. Please note that Dropbox was running perfectly (for the last 5 years or so) until a couple of weeks ago.
I do not recall changing the python version on my ubuntu. This is the version that I have installed right now:
Your workaround did not work, unfortunately. It seems to do something:
But when I run dropbox I still get the "bootstrap panicked" message.
Cheers,
Yuri
Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
2 years agoHey yurisobral, sorry to jump in here, but have you tried creating a new OS profile and installing the desktop app there?
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