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 < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 μμ, 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 < > [email protected]> 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. > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > > > > > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel >
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