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tanmimh
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4 years ago
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Steam deck and dropbox, stuck on 'starting'

I installed dropbox on the steam deck (arch linux) from discover but now it is perpetually stuck on 'starting' but never opens. dropbox.dist folder is shows a locked icon so it may be not accessing t...
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  • DSCrankshaw's avatar
    DSCrankshaw
    4 years ago

    I found a solution in one of the reviews for the Dropbox app in Discover. Start up Konsole and run "systemctl restart --user xdg-desktop-portal" (hat-tip to anonymous Steam Deck User). This restarts a framework that allows applications to use other applications (such as when Dropbox wants to navigate to a URI in your web browser). I did this, started up Dropbox, and was able to sign in and sync my files.

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Rich
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4 years ago
tanmimh wrote:

I installed dropbox on the steam deck (arch linux) from discover ...

I've only dabbled in Linux a bit so I'm far from an expert, but would it have anything to do with the fact that Dropbox only supports Ubuntu and Fedora? I'm not familiar with the Arch distribution.

 

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    tanmimh
    New member | Level 2
    4 years ago
    It was installed from flathub through discover, I'd assumed it is supported on the platform. The reviews on discover show people getting it up and ready in a click
    • Здравко's avatar
      Здравко
      Legendary | Level 20
      4 years ago
      tanmimh wrote:
      ... The reviews on discover show people getting it up and ready in a click

      Hi tanmimh,

      I haven't such a device (to be honest), but since all hardware and software requirements match, can be expected that Dropbox application can work (hopefully, in spite not officially supported). The install can't be ready in a click! You need to authorize, at least. Did you pass it successfully? If you can open a terminal window, what results from following command:

      dropbox status

       

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