Why dropbox icon isn't shown correctly on Xubuntu?

[Thanos Apostolou]

Dropbox icon isn't shown correctly on Xubuntu 17.04 (also affects 14.04,
15.10, 16.04, 16.10). See the image: http://imgur.com/a/0DnjJ

In order to work properly, dropbox is needed to run with the command
`dbus-launch dropbox start`. The bug report that I found is this:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-dropbox/+bug/1546176

This can really scare new users away and it's one of the reasons I
prefer to recommend Ubuntu MATE rather than Xubuntu on new linux users.

I've tested xfce in many distros (manjaro/arch, opensuse, fedora) and
this affects only Xubuntu. Why is that? Is it because of the indicators?
Is there any possible fix that you can do? Maybe for example add your
own `xubuntu-dropbox` package which replaces the `dropbox` command with
`dbus-launch dropbox`, so that Dropbox works out of the box (without
user intervention)?

Tell me what you think.

[João Amado]

I found the solution of this thread:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/732967/dropbox-icon-is-not-working-xubuntu-14-04-lts-64/

The command I use is 'sed -i.bak '/#!\/bin\/sh/a export
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=""' ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd; dropbox stop &&
dropbox start '

However, I agree, this is hardly recommended for new and regular linux
users.

On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Thanos Apostolou <

Post by Thanos Apostolou
Dropbox icon isn't shown correctly on Xubuntu 17.04 (also affects 14.04,
15.10, 16.04, 16.10). See the image: http://imgur.com/a/0DnjJ
In order to work properly, dropbox is needed to run with the command
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-dropbox/+bug/1546176
This can really scare new users away and it's one of the reasons I
prefer to recommend Ubuntu MATE rather than Xubuntu on new linux users.
I've tested xfce in many distros (manjaro/arch, opensuse, fedora) and
this affects only Xubuntu. Why is that? Is it because of the indicators?
Is there any possible fix that you can do? Maybe for example add your
own `xubuntu-dropbox` package which replaces the `dropbox` command with
`dbus-launch dropbox`, so that Dropbox works out of the box (without
user intervention)?
Tell me what you think.
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[Thanos Apostolou]

I just tested Linux Light 3.2 which is based on Ubuntu 16.04 and dropbox works out of the box there. I cannot find any differences comparing to Xubuntu. So, why is it working there and not on Xubuntu? Any ideas?

On 25/03/2017 03:55 ΌΌ, João Amado wrote:
I found the solution of this thread:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/732967/dropbox-icon-is-not-working-xubuntu-14-04-lts-64/

The command I use is 'sed -i.bak '/#!\/bin\/sh/a export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=""' ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd; dropbox stop && dropbox start '

However, I agree, this is hardly recommended for new and regular linux users.

On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Thanos Apostolou <***@outlook.com<mailto:***@outlook.com>> wrote:
Dropbox icon isn't shown correctly on Xubuntu 17.04 (also affects 14.04,
15.10, 16.04, 16.10). See the image: http://imgur.com/a/0DnjJ

In order to work properly, dropbox is needed to run with the command
`dbus-launch dropbox start`. The bug report that I found is this:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-dropbox/+bug/1546176

This can really scare new users away and it's one of the reasons I
prefer to recommend Ubuntu MATE rather than Xubuntu on new linux users.

I've tested xfce in many distros (manjaro/arch, opensuse, fedora) and
this affects only Xubuntu. Why is that? Is it because of the indicators?
Is there any possible fix that you can do? Maybe for example add your
own `xubuntu-dropbox` package which replaces the `dropbox` command with
`dbus-launch dropbox`, so that Dropbox works out of the box (without
user intervention)?

Tell me what you think.

[Sean Davis]

The issue is explained and a solution offered in this article on WebUpd8.
It should also work for Xubuntu.
http://www.webupd8.org/2017/03/fix-dropbox-indicator-menu-not-working.html



On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 2:20 PM Thanos Apostolou <

Post by Thanos Apostolou
I just tested Linux Light 3.2 which is based on Ubuntu 16.04 and dropbox
works out of the box there. I cannot find any differences comparing to
Xubuntu. So, why is it working there and not on Xubuntu? Any ideas?
https://askubuntu.com/questions/732967/dropbox-icon-is-not-working-xubuntu-14-04-lts-64/
The command I use is 'sed -i.bak '/#!\/bin\/sh/a export
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=""' ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd; dropbox stop &&
dropbox start '
However, I agree, this is hardly recommended for new and regular linux users.
On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Thanos Apostolou <
Dropbox icon isn't shown correctly on Xubuntu 17.04 (also affects 14.04,
15.10, 16.04, 16.10). See the image: http://imgur.com/a/0DnjJ
In order to work properly, dropbox is needed to run with the command
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-dropbox/+bug/1546176
This can really scare new users away and it's one of the reasons I
prefer to recommend Ubuntu MATE rather than Xubuntu on new linux users.
I've tested xfce in many distros (manjaro/arch, opensuse, fedora) and
this affects only Xubuntu. Why is that? Is it because of the indicators?
Is there any possible fix that you can do? Maybe for example add your
own `xubuntu-dropbox` package which replaces the `dropbox` command with
`dbus-launch dropbox`, so that Dropbox works out of the box (without
user intervention)?
Tell me what you think.
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