Linux Mint 20 : DropBox no longer syncing despite syncing icon!

[Iplicjian · Accepted solution]

STOP PRESS! 

In the last 5 mins (just after I had posted the above). The folders and files have miraculously updated without any apparent syncing taking place! 

It seems to be working. 

I shall harvest the commans used in case I need them in the future. Meanwhile, thank you all very much for your patience and help.

Regards from a locked-down SW France.

John

[SergioBaumel]

Thank you, I had the exact same problem, and it seems the limit of "watched" files was ridiculously small. I have increased it to 500000 (instead of "just" 100000), just in case (I already have almost 300000 files in my Dropbox!)

[DennisDevine]

Are you syncing to an external drive? The very basic interface for Dropbox
for Linux does not show my external drives

[SergioBaumel]

No, I don't use it with external drives. I keep a backup of only the most important files on my external drive, leaving the bulk of the storing to Dropbox and the cloud...