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abarrcms
6 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Thanks, layolayo , that was really great information!
I told the Dropbox team about your experience, that it's still glitchy in 20.04 .
I told them that I'd like to "elevate" this problem AGAIN, to the next level, beyond where it currently is.
I also suggested that they their team should try it out, on a fresh install of 20.04 , and see if it works for them or not. If it works for them, but not for us, then perhaps there is a subtle installation issue, for them to track down and tell us.
I also gave them a link to try -- to download a beta from http://releases.ubuntu.com/20.04/ .
Also, you could try the
$ nautilus --version
command, in 20.04 and I can tell them what the output is. They didn't tell me to try that this time. I haven't upgraded to 20.04 yet.
You could also try the following, where for me, the dropbox.list file has "cosmic" in it instead of eoan (for 19.10).
$ ls -l /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*dropbox*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 66 Feb 16 23:08 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dropbox.list
The content of my dropbox.list file is:
deb [arch=i386,amd64] http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu cosmic main
What happens if you change "cosmic" in this file, to "fossa" (for 20.04)? And then you did a sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade?
Perhaps it will install the correct software then, and work? I don't know, of course! Hopefully this won't mess up your system too much. You could always change the dropbox.list file back to what it was, hopefully, to restore the previous state.
This didn't help me, on 19.10, but maybe it can help for 20.04?
Anyway, I'll see what they suggest next, and will get back to you!
Thanks for the information on 20.04 !
layolayo1
6 years agoHelpful | Level 6
$ nautilus --version
Initializing nautilus-image-converter extension
Initializing nautilus-dropbox 2020.03.04
GNOME nautilus 3.36.1
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
The content of my dropbox.list file is:
deb [arch=i386,amd64] http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu disco main
Changed to eoan and focal, both of which fail.
Successful operation of the dropbox menu appears to happen a little more frequently... so if I click rapidly about 10-15 times I sometimes get the dropdown to fix in place...
(also, it appears I cannot login on my laptop as layolayo, it defaults to the other account layolayo1...??)
- abarrcms6 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Hi layolayo !
I relayed your information to the Dropbox team.
They said they're still working on it, but thanked me for your information. They said:
- ... I have relayed your update to the Engineering Team. ...
- ... We have already been collaborating on the problem itself. I have also been keeping an eye on the forum for updates from our users. ...
- ... We are diligently aware of your needs and we will get this issue resolved. ...
- ... Thank you for keeping me updated. We appreciate it. ...
I also pointed out that Ubuntu 20.04 is an ESM release, for paying Ubuntu customers.
- ... More interestingly for businesses and enterprise scenarios is news that this release will be supported for 10 years as an ‘extended maintenance release’ (ESM) ...
I suggested they get even more help from Ubuntu, to try and track down the problem, since Ubuntu will be paid for maintaining this system, by some users.
Hopefully, they'll figure out what's wrong and can get back to us! I also saw that for some people there are some workarounds and that this problem is listed as being "Solved." I tried some of those fixes, but they didn't work for me.
But I didn't try everything I found.
I guess we'll just have to wait even longer!
Thanks for your information, though! I sent it to the Dropbox team.
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