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Pummelchen
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago

Dropbox GUI gone after Debian 10 Buster Upgrade

Hello, I used to run Debian 9.x with Kernel 5.1.x with GNOME desktop and Dropbox GUI installed from the Dropbox website (deb file). Usually in the bottom left corner there was a little box to find...
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  • Pummelchen's avatar
    Pummelchen
    6 years ago

    Solution found:

    Disable GNOME Extension TopIcons Plus and instead install and enable gnome-shell-extension-appindicator, reboot, done.

    https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator

     

    Seems that TopIcons Plus is not working in Debian 10 due to the newer GNOME version.

     

    Thanks to everyone with ideas and suggestions ! :innocent:

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Pummelchen
Helpful | Level 6

Thx for your suggestions. Yes, compared to Windows it is a nightmare to get Dropbox working on Linux.

 

Direct mapping doesnt work if you share the Dropbox folder over SMB/FTP in a LAN where thousands of files are moved per day. The mapping software (like Expandrive, NetDrive etc.) at some point will get messed up. The Dropbox client itself, can keep up with that quite well. Rsync may work but I really want the original Dropbox GUI to make things simple to manage.

Pummelchen's avatar
Pummelchen
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago

Solution found:

Disable GNOME Extension TopIcons Plus and instead install and enable gnome-shell-extension-appindicator, reboot, done.

https://github.com/ubuntu/gnome-shell-extension-appindicator

 

Seems that TopIcons Plus is not working in Debian 10 due to the newer GNOME version.

 

Thanks to everyone with ideas and suggestions ! :innocent:

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