installing Dropbox on ubuntu breaks nautilus ("Files")

[spmish]

Hi,

I installed ubuntu 22.04 yesterday and was hoping to install Dropbox to sync my files to the new machine. I installed Dropbox by downloading the .deb file from https://www.dropbox.com/install-linux

It installed without issues, but now if I try to open "Files" (nautilus), it crashes immediately. Running nautilus from the command line reveals some error messages, but it's unclear how to resolve the issue:

(nautilus-dropbox)

$ nautilus
Initializing nautilus-dropbox 2019.02.14

(org.gnome.Nautilus:8764): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 09:23:56.100: Two different plugins tried to register 'TerminalNautilus'.

(org.gnome.Nautilus:8764): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 09:23:56.100: g_type_add_interface_dynamic: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed

(org.gnome.Nautilus:8764): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 09:23:56.100: Two different plugins tried to register 'TerminalNautilusMenuItem'.

(org.gnome.Nautilus:8764): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 09:23:56.100: Two different plugins tried to register 'EvPropertiesPlugin'.

(org.gnome.Nautilus:8764): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 09:23:56.100: g_type_add_interface_dynamic: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed

(org.gnome.Nautilus:8764): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 09:23:56.100: Two different plugins tried to register 'NautilusNste'.

(org.gnome.Nautilus:8764): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 09:23:56.100: g_type_add_interface_dynamic: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed
Initializing nautilus-dropbox 2019.02.14

(org.gnome.Nautilus:8764): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 09:23:56.100: Two different plugins tried to register 'NautilusDropbox'.

(org.gnome.Nautilus:8764): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 09:23:56.100: g_type_add_interface_dynamic: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed

(org.gnome.Nautilus:8764): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 09:23:56.100: g_type_add_interface_dynamic: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed
Shutting down dropbox extension

(org.gnome.Nautilus:8764): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 09:23:56.100: Two different plugins tried to register 'NautilusFileRoller'.

(org.gnome.Nautilus:8764): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 09:23:56.100: g_type_add_interface_dynamic: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed

(org.gnome.Nautilus:8764): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 09:23:56.100: Two different plugins tried to register 'TotemPropertiesPlugin'.

(org.gnome.Nautilus:8764): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 09:23:56.100: g_type_add_interface_dynamic: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed

(org.gnome.Nautilus:8764): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 09:23:56.100: Two different plugins tried to register 'NautilusImagesPropertiesPageProvider'.

(org.gnome.Nautilus:8764): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 09:23:56.100: g_type_add_interface_dynamic: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed

(org.gnome.Nautilus:8764): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 09:23:56.229: invalid cast from 'TerminalNautilus' to '<invalid>'

(org.gnome.Nautilus:8764): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 09:23:56.229: invalid cast from 'NautilusNste' to '<invalid>'

(org.gnome.Nautilus:8764): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 09:23:56.229: invalid cast from 'TerminalNautilus' to '<invalid>'

(org.gnome.Nautilus:8764): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 09:23:56.229: g_object_new_valist: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (object_type)' failed

Segmentation fault (core dumped)

regular nautilus

$ nautilus

(org.gnome.Nautilus:9957): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 09:28:19.762: Two different plugins tried to register 'TerminalNautilus'.

(org.gnome.Nautilus:9957): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 09:28:19.762: g_type_add_interface_dynamic: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed

(org.gnome.Nautilus:9957): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 09:28:19.762: Two different plugins tried to register 'TerminalNautilusMenuItem'.

(org.gnome.Nautilus:9957): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 09:28:19.762: Two different plugins tried to register 'EvPropertiesPlugin'.

(org.gnome.Nautilus:9957): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 09:28:19.762: g_type_add_interface_dynamic: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed

(org.gnome.Nautilus:9957): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 09:28:19.762: Two different plugins tried to register 'NautilusNste'.

(org.gnome.Nautilus:9957): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 09:28:19.762: g_type_add_interface_dynamic: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed

(org.gnome.Nautilus:9957): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 09:28:19.762: Two different plugins tried to register 'NautilusFileRoller'.

(org.gnome.Nautilus:9957): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 09:28:19.762: g_type_add_interface_dynamic: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed

(org.gnome.Nautilus:9957): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 09:28:19.762: Two different plugins tried to register 'TotemPropertiesPlugin'.

(org.gnome.Nautilus:9957): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 09:28:19.762: g_type_add_interface_dynamic: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed

(org.gnome.Nautilus:9957): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 09:28:19.762: Two different plugins tried to register 'NautilusImagesPropertiesPageProvider'.

(org.gnome.Nautilus:9957): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 09:28:19.762: g_type_add_interface_dynamic: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_INSTANTIATABLE (instance_type)' failed

(org.gnome.Nautilus:9957): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 09:28:19.835: invalid cast from 'TerminalNautilus' to '<invalid>'

(org.gnome.Nautilus:9957): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 09:28:19.835: invalid cast from 'NautilusNste' to '<invalid>'

(org.gnome.Nautilus:9957): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: 09:28:19.835: invalid cast from 'TerminalNautilus' to '<invalid>'

(org.gnome.Nautilus:9957): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 09:28:19.835: g_object_new_valist: assertion 'G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (object_type)' failed
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

I've tried searching around a bit for a resolution, with no luck. I've tried reinstalling nautilus, removing dropbox, reinstalling dropbox, trying nautilus-dropbox instead, but I still can't open "Files" now. The only solution I've seen other people mention is a complete reinstall of the OS, which I'm hoping to avoid.

If anyone has guidance please let me know!

[micheleiurillo]

Simply there is not a possibility to run dropbox.. 

It's a huge problem for me..

It's run in others machine with linux and windows.. I need to have the files in every workstation

nautilus -q && nautilus
yuri@yuri-HP-Laptop-15s-eq1xxx:~$ ** Message: 11:55:57.130: Connecting to org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files
Initializing nautilus-dropbox 2022.12.05

dropbox start
Starting Dropbox...Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/dropbox", line 1587, in <module>
ret = main(sys.argv)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/bin/dropbox", line 1576, in main
result = commands[argv[i]](argv[i+1:])
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/bin/dropbox", line 1427, in start
if not start_dropbox():
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/bin/dropbox", line 763, in start_dropbox
subprocess.Popen([DROPBOXD_PATH], preexec_fn=os.setsid, cwd=os.path.expanduser("~"),
File "/usr/lib/python3.11/subprocess.py", line 1024, in __init__
self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
File "/usr/lib/python3.11/subprocess.py", line 1901, in _execute_child
raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
OSError: [Errno 8] Exec format error: '/home/yuri/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd'

[Walter]

Hey there @micheleiurillo, sorry to hear about this.

Could you try installing the app again from this page perhaps?