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Ubuntu 20.04 install to alternate folder (not in home directory).
Trying to make "Dropbox" folder land in alternate folder (not in home directory). I tried several methods but was unsuccessful. I've done it on windows 10 without trouble. I got it to work on Ubun...
Aha... I see. Your problem is a GUI problem actually.
Dropbox has lot of troubles related to taskbar icon. Seems like some inconsistent/bad coding practice, making code unstable. There are lot of signals related to different "symptoms" of missing or inconsistent icon/menus showing. Your description is just a possible issue from bunch of such.
You can try workaround the icon issue (to some extent, at least) by using alternative way of launching the application. First make sure your application isn't running. Check status using following command:
dropbox status
If need, shut the application down using:
dropbox stop
Check again the status, to be sure.
After that, run Dropbox application anew using following command:
dbus-launch dropbox start
Wait for a minute to see if the icon appears and access to menu and Preferences exists. 🧐 On success, will be able move your folder. 😉
You can use above command by default for Dropbox launch, if you want. Just a small change in the Dropbox' desktop file is needed. Run following command, in such a case:
sudo sed -i "s/Exec=dropbox start -i/Exec=dbus-launch dropbox start/" /usr/share/applications/dropbox.desktop
Hope this helps.
"Please confirm or decline my understanding and clarify if need." The sync begins as soon as I link my machine to my account. 'htop' shows many dropbox threads. So, I know I am running some of the dropbox components. Maybe something else in the GUI is getting crushed by another conflict. Thanks for your help. I will stop trying to do the impossible and look to see why the graphical component is missing. BTW, I am running xfs on filesystem and XFCE on the desktop. I am pretty sure both are supported. Thanks again.
Aha... I see. Your problem is a GUI problem actually.
Dropbox has lot of troubles related to taskbar icon. Seems like some inconsistent/bad coding practice, making code unstable. There are lot of signals related to different "symptoms" of missing or inconsistent icon/menus showing. Your description is just a possible issue from bunch of such.
You can try workaround the icon issue (to some extent, at least) by using alternative way of launching the application. First make sure your application isn't running. Check status using following command:
dropbox status
If need, shut the application down using:
dropbox stop
Check again the status, to be sure.
After that, run Dropbox application anew using following command:
dbus-launch dropbox start
Wait for a minute to see if the icon appears and access to menu and Preferences exists. 🧐 On success, will be able move your folder. 😉
You can use above command by default for Dropbox launch, if you want. Just a small change in the Dropbox' desktop file is needed. Run following command, in such a case:
sudo sed -i "s/Exec=dropbox start -i/Exec=dbus-launch dropbox start/" /usr/share/applications/dropbox.desktop
Hope this helps.
Thanks for your help!
I added one more step. I limited the bandwidth right away so that a minimum amount of data would land where I didn't want it. Once I set the directory properly, I removed the bandwidth throttling. Thanks again.
Regards,
PK
