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Dropbox on OpenSUSE Leap 15 (Linux) unlinks after restart
I am using Dropbox 50.4.71 on OpenSUSE Leap 15, just downloaded the app into home folder, on Leap there is still no Dropbox package.
App works well, however after restart (sometimes after few restarts) dropbox opens tab in web browser and want's to link. Basically configuration and account files, indexes etc. are removed from ~./dropbox folder.
I saw similar issues when people had Dropbox folder on removable media, this is not my case. Dropbox app is in home partition, as well as Dropbox sync folder.
I tried complete removal of dropbox app together with account folder, but it did not fix the issue.
Anyhing else I can try?
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- Jane
Dropbox Staff
- Hello and thanks for the reply.
Indeed the Dropbox folder is in the disk mounted at the boot.
In Linux Home I have sync folder, as well .dropbox-dist folder with the app itself (so it cannot be started anyway, if not mounted). - Jane
- I use KDE + Plasma and there "graphical" app in system tray.
Autostart is enabled in preferences and it created ~/.config/autostart/dropbox.desktop file, executing command ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd -i start
So no command line and cli, just the app with frontend. Hello!
I did delayed start (by prepending sleep 60 command) as well as manual start (I started dropbox like 10 min after boot of system), but result is still the same.
Checking processes after I start the app, Dropbox executes / creates some process / file "corruptdb" and that unlinks the whole account.
I logged out/in like 10 times without any issues. After next restart DP wants to link account again.
A big thank you for your patience and tests. I am puzzled about who is removing the configuration files from ~./dropbox, whether the OS or Dropbox. I expect it not to work upon logout if it is Dropbox. Do you know at which point the configuration files are removed from ~./dropbox? Is it possible to quit Dropbox, backup the folder ./dropbox (you may try coping to anther place in your home directory as well as to an external media), restart OS, replace ./dropbox from backup, then start Dropbox?
All right, things starts to be quite weird:
I stopped DP and I backed up .dropbox folder.
I did like ~10 reboots, Dropbox was still ok.
After another reboot, DP disconnects and cleaned ~/.dropbox/instance1 files (where the is file index cache etc.).
So I restored the folder form backup, but it was not accepted and purged immediately when I started dropboxd again.Log file though looks normal:
cat /tmp/dropbox-antifreeze-5gGur8 dropbox: logging to /tmp/dropbox-antifreeze-5gGur8 dropbox: initializing dropbox: initializing python 2.7.11 dropbox: setting program path '/home/moridlub/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-50.4.71/dropbox' dropbox: setting home path '/home/moridlub/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-50.4.71' dropbox: setting python path '/home/moridlub/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-50.4.71:/home/moridlub/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-50.4.71/python-packages-27.zip' dropbox: python initialized dropbox: running dropbox dropbox: setting args dropbox: applying overrides dropbox: running main script
Is there some debug/trace mode I can turn on to see more?
