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autostart doesn't work on kubuntu 22.04
I'm using dropbox on kubuntu 22.04, and recently autostart stopped working. I've been using it without much trouble for years before, on prior versions of kubuntu. I think the autostart function also...
Thanks again for your reply! I now ended up calling `dropboxd` directly, via this desktop file:
❯ cat .config/autostart/dropboxd.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Exec=/home/jonas/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd
Icon=
Name=dropboxd
Path=
Terminal=False
Type=ApplicationThat seems to work! I hope nothing bad can happen when I call dropboxd direclty, and not via /usr/bin/dropbox!
jonas11 wrote:...
* Copying the desktop file didn't help either.
...
Are you sure have used the same command above and not just drag and drop (or similar)? 🤔
Yes, I used your command to copy the desktop file.
Hmm... 🤔 Strange! Can you post the result of following command:
ls -l ~/.config/autostart/dropboxauto.desktopBy the way, you can avoid the disturbing message as follow the provided direction within the message itself - i.e. replace the deprecated method name and set newer one (they are synonyms, actually). This could get achieved by following command:
sudo sed -i s/isSet/is_set/ /usr/bin/dropbox
😉
Sorry for the delay, I wasn't at my computer. Here is the output of `ls -l ~/.config/autostart/dropboxauto.desktop`:
> -rw-r--r-- 1 jonas jonas 309 Oct 15 20:47 /home/jonas/.config/autostart/dropboxauto.desktop
Let me point out (as I already wrote in my first message) that when I delete the .dropbox and .dropbox-dist folders and then logout and login again, dropbox *does* autostart and give me the dialogue asking to download the daemon. But when I go through the setup and then logout/login again, it doesn't start anymore. So the overall autostart mechanism seems to be working, and starting dropbox through the desktop file also works (via menu), but somehow it fails when autostart tries to launch the desktop file on login.
Is there a logfile somewhere maybe where I can look in, that dropbox would write into and record a failed startup attempt?
Unfortunately Dropbox doesn't provide a way to access application logs (I least I don't know for a such). Don't ask me why. Such access would give many useful information, but... 🤷
You case seems similar to one issue of mine; in spite not the same the solution may work for you too. The pseudo script there represents just the idea; you may implement it in completely different way, but keep the name the same and make sure your script resides earlier in your PATH (earlier than the Dropbox control script)!
Good luck.
