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ericrhenry
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11 months ago
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Problem starting Dropbox client on Linux

I'm having some difficulty getting a new Dropbox client operating on a Linux machine. (I'm using Gentoo Linux, using current net-misc/dropbox and dropbox-cli versions.) Nothing I've done has resulted...
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  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    11 months ago

    Gotcha, ericrhenry.

    As far as we're aware, there's a short time-frame that the setup needs to be completed in. If it's exceeded, it might explain what you described.

    If I understood correctly and if possible, please have someone perform the set up on the target machine directly to see if that makes any difference whatsoever.

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ericrhenry
New member | Level 2
11 months ago

That was helpful, thanks. Not practical to have somebody else perform the setup, but by having the remote browser already fired up, and immediately copying/pasting the URL, I was apparently able to get in under the wire. (FWIW, I find those time-bomb links a bit awkward, at least with such close tolerances.)

Bottom line is that my new device is now listed, and syncing has apparently completed. Thanks again...

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Megan
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11 months ago

Any time ericrhenry! 😃

If you need anything else, I'll be one post away! 

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