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Help! Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to conenct to socket/com/ubuntu/upstart
Hi there,
Dropbox seemed to have stopped working. So I went onto the terminal to restart it.
When I tried to restart it I got this message:
Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to conenct to so...
rosstcorbett wrote:...
Dropbox seemed to have stopped working. So I went onto the terminal to restart it.
When I tried to restart it I got ...
Hi rosstcorbett,
First, how exactly you try "restart" your Dropbox application? Dropbox work don't have be related in any way to used "root" service. Where you exactly receive the error message? Can you post the exact commands and results?
Next, is there some reason you use "upstart"???! It was deprecated almost 5 years ago (even still available for use)! Present day "systemd" is in use typically. What kind of Ubuntu version are you use - isn't it too old?!
I would advice you switch permanently to "systemd" or, even better, reinstall latest Ubuntu version (or least upgrade):
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
😏
Good luck.
It's not something related to Linux! It's the same for every one OS (including Windows and Mac). Let focus on Linux.You are trying 2 subcommand (options) - status and start.The first "dropbox status" seems to work (isn't it 😉) and shows that dropbox daemon is working and everything is up to date. What about the second - "start dropbox"? Seems here is something wrong! 🤔 Isn't better "dropbox start"? 😉
In addition it's never good idea an application (including Dropbox) to run in escalated privileges! Could be dangerous for the system. Better use a dedicated regular user context.
Hi rosstcorbett,
You can vote up on my idea I just shared, so problems, like yours, (managing Dropbox as a server) would get softer. 😉
