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Hi, I am unable to start the dropbox in Ubuntu 20.04 with Headless Mode with the following errors. I had read through all the forums and documents to find out the solution in order to fix this error but now lucks.
I had already perform `dropbox start` as root but still obtains:
Couldn't start Dropbox.
This is usually because of a permissions error. Storing your home folder on a network share can also cause an error.
Get more help at https://www.dropbox.com/c/help/permissions_error
The log of /tmp/dropbox_errorf0tk7axj.txt are shown below:
bn.BUILD_KEY: Dropbox
bn.VERSION: 131.4.3968
bn.constants.WINDOWS_SHELL_EXT_VERSION: 48
bn.is_frozen: True
machine_id: 20210623-1124-0478-1463-487467590001
pid: 30950
ppid: 1
ppid exe: '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd'
uid: 0
user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='root', pw_passwd='x', pw_uid=0, pw_gid=0, pw_gecos='root', pw_dir='/root', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
effective_user_info: pwd.struct_passwd(pw_name='root', pw_passwd='x', pw_uid=0, pw_gid=0, pw_gecos='root', pw_dir='/root', pw_shell='/bin/bash')
euid: 0
gid: 0
egid: 0
group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='root', gr_passwd='x', gr_gid=0, gr_mem=[])
effective_group_info: grp.struct_group(gr_name='root', gr_passwd='x', gr_gid=0, gr_mem=[])
LD_LIBRARY_PATH: None
cwd: '/root'
real_path='/root'
mode=0o40700 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
HOME: '/root'
appdata: '/root/.dropbox/instance5'
real_path='/root/.dropbox/instance5'
mode=0o40700 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
dropbox_path: None
not found
parent not found
sys_executable: '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/dropbox'
real_path='/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/dropbox'
mode=0o100755 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
trace.__file__: '/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'
real_path='/root/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/python-packages.zip/dropbox/client/ui/common/boot_error.pyc'
not found
parent not found
tempdir: '/tmp'
real_path='/tmp'
mode=0o41777 uid=0 gid=0
parent mode=0o40755 uid=0 gid=0
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "dropbox/client/main.pyc", line 5397, in _setup_root_for_account
AssertionError: fresh link yet no preferences
I can download and start the dropbox daemon. It generates a link to use to connect it to my Dropbox account.
The link works fine, but then the daemon says:
"This computer is now linked to Dropbox. Welcome XXXX
Couldn't start Dropbox.
This is usually because of a permissions error. Storing your home folder on a network share can also cause an error."
I believe the issue is that a 'Dropbox' folder is never created in my home directory on the server. I've tried creating the folder myself with full permissions.
This is on an AWS Lightsail instance, in case that matters. All help appreciated.
Walter
Community Moderator @ Dropbox
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Thx, OK
Walter
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what did you do to get it to work again @Eunjin Sul?
Still failing for me with client 131.4.3968. I have it working though using a previous build (125.4.3474)
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