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Gnome unresponsive icon tray was only "fixed" for Ubuntu
Operating System Verified on Debian 13, Fedora 43, Ubuntu 24.04/25.10 Dropbox App Version (if using the app) v241.4.4795 Question or Issue We all know this issue which affects Gnome and the Appindicator of Dropbox, there are multiple discussions about it. Dropbox Client for Linux on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS- icon not clickable. | The Dropbox Community Ubuntu 23.10 - No menu | The Dropbox Community I see no menu after clicking on the Dropbox tray icon on Fedora 43. | The Dropbox Community https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator/issues/529 https://youtu.be/6a4cvtZsRWo This issue has also been generally solved by reloading the shell/appindicator extension, so with either locking and unlocking session or with /usr/bin/gnome-extensions disable ubuntu-appindicators@ubuntu.com /usr/bin/gnome-extensions enable ubuntu-appindicators@ubuntu.com Now this works so well that this is actually how the issue was solved on Ubuntu (LTS/interim), YES dropbox on Ubuntu (the repository differs from Debian) is actually reloading the appindicator extension automatically, this is what happens if you remove the extension and start dropbox. Although I think it's pretty obvious that it's an inelegant workaround rather than a solution, it is an effective one, but I don't understand why it is only applied to Ubuntu, despite being extremely easy to manage. In fact, there are only two extensions on Gnome appindicatorsupport@rgcjonas.gmail.com ubuntu-appindicators@ubuntu.com Also Debian actually uses the same identical extension https://packages.debian.org/trixie/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
New installation of the desktop app on Fedora remains on Starting...
Application Affected Dropbox deamon for Linux System Operating System: Fedora Linux 43 KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.22.0 Qt Version: 6.10.1 Kernel Version: 6.18.7-200.fc43.x86_64 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 24 × AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 w/ Radeon 890M Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (30.6 GiB usable) Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon 890M Graphics Manufacturer: Framework Product Name: Laptop 16 (AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series) System Version: A9 Dropbox App Version dropbox-lnx.x86_64-241.4.4795 Issue Fresh install of dropbox on a new laptop running fedora 43 linux. It is "stuck" on "Starting..." I can't figure it out. Need help. If it matters I've been running dropbox on Linux for about a decade and have never experienced this issue. It is currently running just fine on my desktop PC, which is running fedora 42 Linux. I installed drop using the instructions on the dropbox site, using the Fedora 64 bit RPM. That was fine, and the usual files are installed in the places I usually see them. The deamon even properly set itself up to auto start - so when I reboot it starts up and puts itself in the tray (see screenshot). When I reboot it does ask me to sign in - bringing up the web browser, which asks me to 'Connect' my existing account. Which I do in the web browser. I get no complaints or errors. But it doesn't seem to have any effect on the deamon. When I look at the linked devices in my dropbox account the new laptop is listed there. So dropbox has made the association somewhere in it's databases. I have looked around in the linux firewall settings, but don't see anything relevant there. But then again I'm no expert in that regard. Permissions on the disks/files are under my user/group. I am the only user account on this system. I am not seeing any network issues on the system - all other network-using apps are running as expected. If anyone has ideas -- I'm all ears!
