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yurisobral
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago
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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...
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  • altairbob's avatar
    altairbob
    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.

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yurisobral
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Dear Здравко,

Thank you for all your help!

No, unfortunately I cannot sync. Dropbox is not running! Check the last line on the image below!

😞

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altairbob
Explorer | Level 4
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.

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