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richardjconrad
New member | Level 2
8 years ago

Unable to sign into desktop app on Ubuntu

On Ubuntu 16.04, I installed dropbox using the .deb downloaded from the website. It went on to install the daemon and started. The problem is that I can't sign in. Instead of giving me the login scree...
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  • richardjconrad's avatar
    richardjconrad
    8 years ago

    Ok, I got it solved. Here's the answer for posterity.

     

    I think something left over from a previous install was messing up the communication between dropbox and chrome. I changed my default browser to firefox, removed and reinstalled dropbox, and this time it worked just fine.

richardjconrad's avatar
richardjconrad
New member | Level 2
8 years ago

Ok, I got it solved. Here's the answer for posterity.

 

I think something left over from a previous install was messing up the communication between dropbox and chrome. I changed my default browser to firefox, removed and reinstalled dropbox, and this time it worked just fine.

  • eorojas's avatar
    eorojas
    New member | Level 2
    7 years ago

    Does not seem like a fix.

    • rajhanschinmay's avatar
      rajhanschinmay
      Collaborator | Level 8
      7 years ago

      I tried using Firefox as default browser. It is not working. 

  • Mishmash's avatar
    Mishmash
    New member | Level 2
    7 years ago
    This solution worked for me thanks!
    Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, dropbox 2015.10.28 amd64 and Chrome as default browser.

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