Dropbox doesn't start anymore

[Matteo C.1]

matteo@raver:~$ .dropbox-dist/dropboxd
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "dropbox/client/main.py", line 49, in <module>
 File "dropbox/client/aggregation.py", line 22, in <module>
 File "dropbox/sqlite3_helpers.py", line 47, in <module>
 File "dropbox/fatal_db_exception.py", line 5, in <module>
 File "arch/__init__.py", line 26, in <module>
 File "arch/linux/util.py", line 30, in <module>
 File "dropbox/fsutil.py", line 38, in <module>
 File "dropbox/infinite/__init__.py", line 25, in <module>
 File "dropbox/linux/version.py", line 77, in <module>
 File "dropbox/linux/version.py", line 73, in _get_version
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '0+'
matteo@raver:~$ cat .dropbox-dist/VERSION
9.4.49

[s. keiichiro]

I got almost the same messages on my Debian jessie except the very last line; in my case, dropboxd says "ValueError: need more than 2 values to unpack"

[till s.1]

Same here on Debian Jessie. Happens also on a clean user profile. Anyone know what the _get_version() function is supposed to do?

[till s.1]

i installed the previous version (https://www.dropboxforum.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/208427523-Stable-Build-8-4-21) again, and it works for the time being. You have to prevent Dropbox from upgrading itself tho..

[Matteo C.1]

downgrading dropbox works, how can I prevent upgrade?

[till s.1]

On Linux:

Dropbox downloads the new Version to:

~l/Dropbox/.dropbox.cache/dropbox-upgrade-9.4.49.tar.gz

Just set that file to unreadable and immutable (permission 000 and chattr +i) and Dropbox cant read or replace that file. Then restart Dropbox.

[Eliphas Q.]

The problem looks like the kernel version.

eliphas@t61:~$ .dropbox-dist/dropboxd
[...]
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '2_1'
eliphas@t61:~$ uname -r
4.7.2_1

😞

Any suggested fixes without downgrading kludge?

[till s.1]

might be, i have "4.2-5.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64", so also not the distro-default. but the parsing-error i get is different:

File "dropbox/linux/version.py", line 72, in _get_version
ValueError: need more than 2 values to unpack

[Eliphas Q.]

I think they are trying to split the version in three parts (need more than 2 values to unpack), ignoring anything after the "-" that most distros add after the release number. Makes sense, yours would be just "4.2" and would have this error if they are trying to split this in three parts:

major, minor, release = re.sub("-.*", ", uname).split(".")

 Edit: some one-liners:

eliphas@t61:~$ python -c 'import os,re;a,b,c=[int(i) for i in re.sub("-.*",",os.uname()[2]).split(".")]'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '2_1'
eliphas@t61:~$ python -c 'import os,re;a,b,c=[int(i) for i in re.sub("-.*",","4.2-5.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64").split(".")]'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: need more than 2 values to unpack

[till s.1]

well, i'm not recompiling my kernel for this:) and i don't know if you can fake the kernel version for the python-runtime (i don't know how python reads the kernel-version).

i made an error-report and linked this discussion.

for now version 8 works for me.

not 100% sure how dropbox' self-update works, but i think as soon as a new version comes out, the "update-blocker" should not block anymore, and the update should install.