[Nottingham] Dropbox

[stripes theotoky]

>From the Dropbox forums I hope this might be the answer. Will try it
in about 8 hours when my partner wakes up.

Hey Max,
We only load appindicator in when you're using Unity. What does
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP say? If you want to force using libappindicator
then run

export DROPBOX_USE_LIBAPPINDICATOR=1

And restart dropbox

Posted 1 week ago #

On 25 August 2014 23:03, stripes theotoky
<stripes.theotoky at googlemail.com> wrote:
> I have read all this but think the problem we have managed to get it
> installed and it shows status up to date.
>
> stripes at Stripaki $ dropbox status
> Up to date
>
> The problem now seems to be that the indicator icon is missing from
> the task bar and we can't get it back.
>
> Have tried
> sudo aptitude install libappindicator1
>
> which is suggested on several websites as being a cure for this fault
> but it doesn't work. When this is working it is easy to change the
> proxies which sometimes need to be changed up to 3 times as the IT
> department use squid1, squid2 or proxy as the names of the proxy
> servers on an apparently random basis.
>
> Stripes
>
>
> On 25 August 2014 22:13, Paul <reclusivegeek at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> Stripes
>>
>> You might need to read this
>> http://www.pcworld.com/article/2365540/china-cuts-access-to-dropbox.html
>>
>> RG
>>
>> On 25/08/14 13:06, Paul wrote:
>>>
>>> Stripes
>>>
>>> If my memory of the dropbox install install is correct, the Ubuntu
>>> installer only installs enough to allow it to connect to dropbox and install
>>> the propriety programs. I am guessing this has not happened because of the
>>> firewall.
>>>
>>> Had the same problem with a while ago with a client in China. The only way
>>> we could get a cloud drive to work though the firewall was using openCloud
>>> as it only uses http or https.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps
>>>
>>> RG
>>>
>>>
>>> On 25/08/14 12:35, stripes wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to help my partner who is half a world away install and
>>>> configure dropbox. She is behind a corporate firewall with badly
>>>> configured proxies.
>>>>
>>>> She is using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS using gnome classic
>>>>
>>>> Have so far talked her through this
>>>>
>>>> Tried sudo aptitude install dropbox
>>>> Not available.
>>>>
>>>> Tried wget but proxies won't let it connect.
>>>>
>>>> Downloaded from the website and installed no problem
>>>>
>>>> Dropbox is installed and running with a menu item in the internet tab.
>>>>
>>>>  From the terminal dropbox status shows that it is up to date
>>>>
>>>> Now the problem there is no dropbox indicator in the task bar.
>>>>
>>>> Tried sudo aptitude install libappindicator1
>>>>
>>>> but it is already installed and up to date.
>>>>
>>>> Tried dropbox stop &&  dropbox start
>>>>
>>>> No change
>>>>
>>>> Tried logging out and restarting the box
>>>>
>>>> No change.
>>>>
>>>> Without this icon I can find no way to get to the dropbox preferences
>>>> to set the proxies and without that there is no way dropbox can ever
>>>> sync or even know that it is not synced.
>>>>
>>>> My next suggestion is going to be connect via a USB dongle and not the
>>>> university network which should avoid the proxies and allow it to sync
>>>> just to prove that dropbox is working and that the problem really is
>>>> the indicator icon.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions as to what I should try on our next chat session it
>>>> has me beat at present.
>>>>
>>>> Stripes
>>>>
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