Indexing... (Dropbox - Case 2024.06)
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This is concerning a case from June 2024:
Problem
On a new Linux Mint installation, I installed Dropbox with my usual account. Some hours later, the status was still Indexing... and no files appeared on this computer. Some days later, this hasn't changed (the computer wasn't online for days on end, just intermittently).
Possible causes
- Dropbox basically gets overloaded with too many files to index, and it gets stuck somehow [1]
- I'm actually running out of Dropbox storage space (something with server backups). Maybe files are getting added all the time nevertheless, with causes indexing problems
- Indexing is just slow - Keep the computer on, and let's see tomorrow morning.
Additional information
Possible solutions
Dropbox » Preferences » Syncing: Select a small enough subtree and extend from there- Pause syncing: Indexing will continue under the hood, but much faster now that no new changes have to be incorporated
- Remove
Dropbox/.dropbox.cache
Actions
Unless stated otherwise, these actions didn't result in a solution:
- Pause syncing for 15 minutes
- Under Preferences, only select a very small subtree
- Apply same solution as for the Syncing... problem:
echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=100000000 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf; sudo sysctl -p+ restart computer
Removed Dropbox: dropbox start; sudo apt remove --purge dropbox; sudo reboot.
Installed again after reboot:
$ sudo apt install dropbox Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: nautilus python3-gpg The following NEW packages will be installed: dropbox 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 69,4 kB of archives. After this operation, 339 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://packages.linuxmint.com virginia/import amd64 dropbox amd64 2020.03.04 [69,4 kB] Fetched 69,4 kB in 1s (62,2 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package dropbox. (Reading database ... 616765 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../dropbox_2020.03.04_amd64.deb ... Unpacking dropbox (2020.03.04) ... Setting up dropbox (2020.03.04) ... You are not running Debian or Ubuntu. Not adding Dropbox repository. Please restart all running instances of Nautilus, or you will experience problems. i.e. nautilus --quit Dropbox installation successfully completed! You can start Dropbox from your applications menu. Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu3) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.10.2-1) ... Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1ubuntu1) ...
- Note the statement concerning ...not running Ubuntu - I'm using Linux Mint. Isn't that close enough?
- Appearantly, personal settings had not been deleted: Once I started Dropbox through the Start menu, it operated on the same account as before deletion.