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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?
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?
Hi @Leeon, Can you please install Dropbox from here - https://software.opensuse.org/package/dropbox? You may choose 1 Click Install for openSUSE Leap 15.0 Community Package. Note that OpenSUSE is not officially supported by Dropbox, so I am afraid that the package you downloaded from dropbox.com has some issues with OpenSUSE.
No luck with that either. It however installed one another Python dependency, but at the end it is just package with Dropbox icons for the system and it anyway downloads the same DP package which I was already using.
On previous OpenSUSE version 42.3 I had no issue, it starts after upgrade to Leap 15. In the system there is for example an issue with OpenSSL (I already had to use some workarounds in wpa_supplicant and some other apps using that), so if Dropbox uses it, it might cause this problem.
For your information: I did a fresh installation of Leap 15 on a virtual machine, and tested installing Dropbox through YaST. For me it is working fine, no un-linking after reboot.
Hello Leeon,
I just got a chance to boot into the MX-17 live-usb. I normally run ethernet for the faster and more reliable speed, so I unhooked the cable, disabled wifi, and rebooted. Dropbox gives a warning that I"m not connected to the internet. As soon as I started wifi, a browser opened and I had to sign in to Dropbox to reconnect again. So, for me at least, it doesn't matter whether I'm getting internet through wired or wireless sources.
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