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666philb
 Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 1497 Location: wales |
another possible solution..... i think it is happening when dropbox updates itself... and it creates a new hidden folder in root/.dropbox-dist-new try linking the dropbox binary in there to /root/startup _________________ Quickpet_Precise, install popular apps quickly http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=83642 LÖVE2d, a collection of 27 lua gameshttp://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=76739 |
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sredmon
Joined: 16 May 2011 Posts: 23 |
Could not find .dropbox-dist-new. However, I again uninstalled all Dropbox files, including nautilus-dropbox files which I may have missed the first time, and Python. Downloaded portable Dropbox 1.1.43 again; clicked the executable (gear?) Dropbox file in my Downloads folder; noticed that a /root/.dropbox folder was created; moved the executable file from Downloads folder into the /root/.dropbox folder; created a script in Startup folder; and Dropbox finally autostarts at login without going through the acct setup process each time. |
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jodother
Joined: 15 Dec 2011 Posts: 8 Location: Germany |
Thanks again for your tips. Deleting the hidden folders doesn't help, it just makes Dropbox forget that there already exists a Dropbox folder and some settings and ask for it in the setup procedure. Meanwhile I switched over to the lupu edition of xfce 4.6.2 (which I like a lot BTW), and the thunar plugin describe above seems to work. Under this desktop Dropbox autostarts without any tweaks, but still launching the setup and asking for my account data. Will try the portable version later. |
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Geoffrey
 Joined: 30 May 2010 Posts: 1218 Location: Queensland Australia ɹǝpu∩uʍop |
666philb, a belated reply, I found some info that may allow you to make a menu entry Copy Dropbox Public Link, it is for Thunar but it may be of some use, at the moment I'm playing with Saluki so don't have Rox to work with, my other plugin didn't work so I tried this and it does the job. http://www.debianuserforums.org/viewtopic.php?p=14699&sid=93fed8d5e94821a475043d286cdc4674#p14699 Here is the python script it's not a gz, just remove the gz and make sure that it's executable. I'm kind of sure that you should already have xclip, I didn't so heres a link http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pet_packages-4/xclip-0.10.pet Heres the bash script part, I really don't know if this is of any use to you but it may give you some idea on how to do it for rox
hope you find this useful Geoffrey
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Geoffrey
Joined: 30 May 2010 Posts: 1218 Location: Queensland Australia ɹǝpu∩uʍop |
updated my first post with new plugin that works with dropbox installed on Salukihttp://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=512610#512610 |
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jodother
Joined: 15 Dec 2011 Posts: 8 Location: Germany |
portable version works ok, i. e. it just launches dropbox without any set up dialogs. It doesn't autostart but that's not a big problem for me - I suppose puppy boots faster without this way. Maybe the problems with the dropbox .pet are due to the fact that I run puppy from my flash drive. |
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TheAsterisk!
 Joined: 10 Feb 2009 Posts: 403 Location: SE Wisconsin, US |
@jodother: I'd wager it's not the flash drive installation that does it, but a specific version. Up until my Dropbox auto-updated to version 1.2.50 or 1.2.51, I could get it to launch automatically on startup- provided the launch script waited a few first seconds, via the "sleep" command- and it never asked me for my login and setup preferences, like it does now. It may be that the latest version just has issues running on Puppy. (Not too surprising, if accurate- Puppy is a bit of an odd duck, and they really only support the Nautilus file manager anyway.) Since Dropbox forces updates, with no true opt-out choice in the preferences, it seems likely his could be a common fault. I'm going to download a few slightly older releases, try to find a way to keep them from auto-updating, and see if the issue goes away. I'll update here if it works, and maybe throw up a bug complaint on the Dropbox website, once I figure out where bug reports are meant to go over there. |
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666philb
Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 1497 Location: wales |
yeah.. it's happening to me now...... a good idea to post in their bug thread TheAsterisk!, i'll join you!! _________________ Quickpet_Precise, install popular apps quickly http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=83642 LÖVE2d, a collection of 27 lua gameshttp://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=76739 |
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TheAsterisk!
Joined: 10 Feb 2009 Posts: 403 Location: SE Wisconsin, US |
 I forgot about that... Too many distractions, I suppose. Sorry!
Well, it's done now, at least. I'll link to my topic on their forums below. If you or anyone else made a separate topic, please let me know, and I'll drop by yours as well. http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=54517
I figured I'd ask first, just in case we've missed some ancient Dropbox-fu, and if they're stumped then there's always support tickets, etc. EDIT: I've posted in another related thread. (The Dropbox forums have a messier search than this one, if you can believe it- or maybe I'm just used to this one.  I missed a ton of Puppy-related threads, many on just this issue.) Here's the link, in case it turns out to be helpful: http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=52647
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TheAsterisk!
Joined: 10 Feb 2009 Posts: 403 Location: SE Wisconsin, US |
Same issues still present- user's login credentials not saved, etc.- but I have packaged up the latest stable (1.6.16) release for 32-bit and 64-bit Puppies if anyone wants it. Latest beta release (1.7.2) is also available. No additional Python dependencies on these packages, either. http://www.theasterisk.tk/packages/internet/dropbox In these dot-pets, Dropbox itself is installed to "/opt/dropbox" but symlink'd to "/root/.dropbox-dist", and it is not setup to start on boot. (A tiny script to do that is also available from the link above.) Menu entry under "Network". Last edited by TheAsterisk! on Fri 25 Jan 2013, 23:44; edited 12 times in total |
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666philb
Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 1497 Location: wales |
brown_mouse has found a portable dropbox version that is seeming to work so far http://portablelinuxapps.org/download/Dropbox%201.1.43 _________________ Quickpet_Precise, install popular apps quickly http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=83642 LÖVE2d, a collection of 27 lua gameshttp://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=76739 |
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666philb
Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 1497 Location: wales |
hi geoffrey, i kinda had given up on dropbox with the problems we were having, how ever the portable one is working well so far. and i used the python script you sent me, and it works well in rox... copying the public link to the clipboard this code works fine in a script
thank you _________________ Quickpet_Precise, install popular apps quickly http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=83642 LÖVE2d, a collection of 27 lua gameshttp://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=76739 |
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johnywhy
Joined: 20 Aug 2011 Posts: 353 |
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johnywhy
Joined: 20 Aug 2011 Posts: 353 |
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MikeyBrat
Joined: 30 Dec 2012 Posts: 20 |
I view the request at every startup as a handy security feature. - Puppy Precise 5.4.3 |
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