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Cheezykins's avatar
Cheezykins
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Unable to link dropbox desktop client in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - "Invalid URL"

I've installed dropbox on my desktop from the .deb. On opening it, I click the drop down and firefox opens to a URL like   https://www.dropbox.com/cli_link_nonce?nonce=4217fadb61d996a55bdec9ec41e...
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  • Cheezykins's avatar
    Cheezykins
    2 years ago

    I solved it, it was spawning background firefox instances at the same time that were using the nonce before it was then opening it in the foreground and showing me the error. I killed the process spawning the background firefox instances and it suddenly worked

     

     

Walter's avatar
Walter
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

Hi there Cheezykins, sorry to hear you're having issues with this.

 

Could you have a look at this discussion and let me know if any of the information there helps?

 

Thanks! 

ajtowlson's avatar
ajtowlson
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Hello,

On a fresh install of kubuntu 22.04 I get the same invalid url. I have no devices linked. I have tried quitting firefox. I have updated Dropbox, reinstalled it. Nothing gets rid of the "nonce" url.

Something is broken.

Dropbox support - can you fix this?

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
    2 years ago

    Hi all, thanks for bringing this to our attention! 

     

    We're aware of an issue with the sign in flow for certain devices - and our team is in the process of implementing a fix.

     

    Hang tight, and we'll definitely update you once we have any more updates. Thanks!

    • ajtowlson's avatar
      ajtowlson
      Explorer | Level 4
      2 years ago

      thanks for looking at this, however I've decided to switch to Mega which offers 25GB free.

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