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Dropbox not syncing Ubuntu 18.04 LTS dropbox v87.4.138
Dear Community, I have been using Dropbox for a while on my laptop running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Now, I am using the dropbox client v87.4.148 and the app seems ok apart from the syncing issue. The logo...
The hint to remove the syn links worked to me! I have removed all symbolic links and now my folder is syncing again. Thanks!!
# find the files: find . -type l # delete them find . -type l -exec rm {} \;
What shows Nautilus for particular folder and not only? Is there something in process of sync? If the state isn't clear still, you can try unlink and relink back to your account and also try fix possible permission issues there.
ADD: Possible commands to fix some permission issues:
sudo chattr -R -i "$HOME/Dropbox" sudo chown -R "$USER" "$HOME/Dropbox" chmod -R u+rw ~/Dropbox
Note that Dropbox folder path point to default position. If you have changed this path, make appropriate corrections above, before run.
Thank you for your reply.
I did try the following things:
- remove and setup dropbox again
- log out and log in again
- pause/resume syncing
The folder is the default one, nothing seems to change.
It wouldnt.
Hi JayCnCy,
Did you execute the above commands? Can you paste, in a code block, the terminal result (together commands and results - if any) in next post? Can you provide a Nautilus screenshot covering particular example of such problematic folder (hide personal info - names and so on)?
Hi @Здравко,
I did execute the indicated commands, and they didn't print any results. By a Nautilus screenshot, do you mean of the scrolling menu ?
Thank you again, it is much appreciated.
Hi JayCnCy,
Missing results usually "say" no errors. :slight_smile: That's fine. I suppose that you didn't count asking for you password here? (sudo makes such ask)
One more thing which could be checked is symbolic links existence and where they point to:
ls -alR ~/Dropbox | grep " -> "
Ideal variant would be empty result -> no any symbolic links. If there are some, every one has to point inside Dropbox folder. Symbolic link inside Dropbox folder pointing to outside, could lead to syncing issues.
About Nautilus screenshot: On your opinion, a picture where could be seen problematic folder(s)/file(s), whatever you have, and, if possible, nearby well working variants. So, we can compare them, evaluate and go further to next troubleshooting step. Something like, for example:
On above picture could be seen some folder with missing Dropbox emblems. Issue related to shared folders, I have signaled long time ago - many months (near year), but no any solution yet. Catch a similar picture, which best expresses your issue.
