autostart dropbox

[Enrique Artal]

Hi,
In Fedora 34 I am not able to autostart dropbox in KDE. I have tried with systemd with the
following dropbox.service file put in .config/systemd/user:
[Unit]
Description=Dropbox as a user service
After=local-fs.target network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/dropbox start
ExecStop=/usr/bin/dropbox stop
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=1
Environment=DISPLAY=:0

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

It works with systemctl --user start dropbox but if I enable the service with systemctl
--user enable dropbox, after login the service is dead. What am I missing? Thanks,
Enrique.

[Ed Greshko]

On 18/09/2021 03:32, Enrique Artal wrote:
>  Hi,
>  In Fedora 34 I am not able to autostart dropbox in KDE. I have tried with systemd with
> the following dropbox.service file put in .config/systemd/user:
>  [Unit]
>  Description=Dropbox as a user service
>  After=local-fs.target network.target
>
>  [Service]
>  Type=simple
>  ExecStart=/usr/bin/dropbox start
>  ExecStop=/usr/bin/dropbox stop
>  Restart=on-failure
>  RestartSec=1
>  Environment=DISPLAY=:0
>
>  [Install]
>  WantedBy=default.target
>
>  It works with systemctl --user start dropbox but if I enable the service with systemctl
> --user enable dropbox, after login the service is dead. What am I missing? Thanks,
> Enrique. 
I'd say the first thing you're missing is checking the journal for errors. :-)

The second thing, I don't use dropbox, that is a GUI yes?  Chances are the unit is
being started before X11 is started.

Try changing you After to

After=plasma-core.target

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[Ed Greshko]

On 18/09/2021 03:32, Enrique Artal wrote:
>  Hi,
>  In Fedora 34 I am not able to autostart dropbox in KDE. I have tried with systemd with
> the following dropbox.service file put in .config/systemd/user:
>  [Unit]
>  Description=Dropbox as a user service
>  After=local-fs.target network.target
>
>  [Service]
>  Type=simple
>  ExecStart=/usr/bin/dropbox start
>  ExecStop=/usr/bin/dropbox stop
>  Restart=on-failure
>  RestartSec=1
>  Environment=DISPLAY=:0
>
>  [Install]
>  WantedBy=default.target
>
>  It works with systemctl --user start dropbox but if I enable the service with systemctl
> --user enable dropbox, after login the service is dead. What am I missing? Thanks,
> Enrique. 
This works for me....

[egreshko@f35ks ~]$ cat .config/systemd/user/dropbox.service
[Unit]
Description=Dropbox as a user service
After=local-fs.target network.target plasma-core.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=%h/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=1
Environment=DISPLAY=:0

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

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[Enrique Artal]

Thanks. The output of journalctl gave no hint. I tried your file (several times incliuding
variants) with the same result, it wors once the session has been started but at login, it
shows the icon for maybe less one second and it stops. I am on X11 if it is relevant.

[Enrique Artal]

I tried to understand better journalctl logs and it seems that at login it starts and
stops automatically.

[Ed Greshko]

On 18/09/2021 16:38, Enrique Artal wrote:
>  Thanks. The output of journalctl gave no hint. I tried your file
> (several times incliuding variants) with the same result, it wors once the session has
> been started but at login, it shows the icon for maybe less one second and it stops. I am
> on X11 if it is relevant.
>  

Just to recap.

[egreshko@f35ks ~]$ cat .config/systemd/user/dropbox.service
[Unit]
Description=Dropbox as a user service
After=local-fs.target network.target plasma-core.target

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=%h/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=1
Environment=DISPLAY=:0

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

[egreshko@f35ks ~]$ systemctl --user status dropbox.service
● dropbox.service - Dropbox as a user service
     Loaded: loaded (/home/egreshko/.config/systemd/user/dropbox.service; enabled;
vendor preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sat 2021-09-18 11:54:23 CST; 5h 1min ago
   Main PID: 6555 (dropbox)
      Tasks: 77 (limit: 2290)
     Memory: 98.7M
        CPU: 1min 21.889s
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1026.slice/user(a)1026.service/app.slice/dropbox.servi
ce
             └─6555 /home/egreshko/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/dro
pbox

Sep 18 11:54:24 f35ks.greshko.com dropboxd[6555]: dropbox: load fq extension '/hom
e/egreshko/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/cryptography.hazmat.binding
s._padding.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
Sep 18 11:54:24 f35ks.greshko.com dropboxd[6555]: dropbox: load fq extension '/hom
e/egreshko/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/psutil._psutil_linux.cpytho
n-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
Sep 18 11:54:24 f35ks.greshko.com dropboxd[6555]: dropbox: load fq extension '/hom
e/egreshko/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/psutil._psutil_posix.cpytho
n-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
Sep 18 11:54:24 f35ks.greshko.com dropboxd[6555]: dropbox: load fq extension '/hom
e/egreshko/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/apex._apex.cpython-38-x86_6
4-linux-gnu.so'
Sep 18 11:54:25 f35ks.greshko.com dropboxd[6555]: dropbox: load fq extension '/hom
e/egreshko/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/tornado.speedups.cpython-38
-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
Sep 18 11:54:29 f35ks.greshko.com dropboxd[6555]: dropbox: load fq extension '/hom
e/egreshko/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/wrapt._wrappers.cpython-38-
x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
Sep 18 11:54:42 f35ks.greshko.com dropboxd[6555]: dropbox: load fq extension '/hom
e/egreshko/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/PyQt5.QtCore.cpython-38-x86
_64-linux-gnu.so'
Sep 18 11:54:42 f35ks.greshko.com dropboxd[6555]: dropbox: load fq extension '/hom
e/egreshko/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/PyQt5.QtGui.cpython-38-x86_
64-linux-gnu.so'
Sep 18 11:54:42 f35ks.greshko.com dropboxd[6555]: dropbox: load fq extension '/hom
e/egreshko/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/PyQt5.QtWidgets.cpython-38-
x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
Sep 18 11:54:42 f35ks.greshko.com dropboxd[6555]: dropbox: load fq extension '/hom
e/egreshko/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/PyQt5.QtDBus.cpython-38-x86
_64-linux-gnu.so'


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[Ed Greshko]

On 18/09/2021 16:56, Ed Greshko wrote:
>  Just to recap. 
It should not matter, but you may want to reboot.

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[Ed Greshko]

On 18/09/2021 17:25, Ed Greshko wrote:
>  On 18/09/2021 16:56, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > Just to recap.
>
>  It should not matter, but you may want to reboot.
>
>  
Oh, also, when you make changes to  your service file and you don't reboot you need to
do

systemctl --user daemon-reload

for the changes to take effect.

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[Enrique Artal]

Thanks for the tips but there are still some issues. When using Xorg, it does not work
when login but it works later. The output of systemctl --user status dropbox.service is
basically the same as yours. In wayland, if I take out the Environment line it works when
login but without icon at the paner, which appears if I use the order `systemctl --user
status dropbox.service`

[Ed Greshko]

On 19/09/2021 04:12, Enrique Artal wrote:
>  Thanks for the tips but there are still some issues. When using Xorg,
> it does not work when login but it works later. The output of systemctl --user status
> dropbox.service is basically the same as yours. In wayland, if I take out the Environment
> line it works when login but without icon at the paner, which appears if I use the order
> `systemctl --user status dropbox.service` 
I am using KDE and Xorg.  And have no issues.

Would you mind showing the output of

systemctl --no-pager -l --user status dropbox.service

As well as your service file?

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[Ed Greshko]

On 19/09/2021 04:12, Enrique Artal wrote:
>  Thanks for the tips but there are still some issues. When using Xorg,
> it does not work when login but it works later. The output of systemctl --user status
> dropbox.service is basically the same as yours. In wayland, if I take out the Environment
> line it works when login but without icon at the paner, which appears if I use the order
> `systemctl --user status dropbox.service` 
Sorry for the fragmentation of these replies.

I have since found issues when switching between Xorg and Wayland.

I suggest that in your testing you pick one of those after a reboot and stick with it for
the time being.  It may take
a bit for me (with help from others) to track down the problem.

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[Enrique Artal]

Thanks for your time. This is my service file:
[Unit]
Description=Dropbox as a user service
After=local-fs.target network.target plasma-core.target



[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=%h/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=1
Environment=DISPLAY=:0

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

The output of systemctl --no-pager -l --user status dropbox.service after systemctl --user
start dropbox.service is

● dropbox.service - Dropbox as a user service
     Loaded: loaded (/home/artal/.config/systemd/user/dropbox.service; enabled; vendor
preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since Sun 2021-09-19 12:05:12 CEST; 2s ago
   Main PID: 14296 (dropbox)
      Tasks: 41 (limit: 38246)
     Memory: 150.8M
        CPU: 2.544s
     CGroup: /user.slice/user-1000.slice/user(a)1000.service/app.slice/dropbox.service
             └─14296 /home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/dropbox

sep 19 12:05:12 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
'/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._padding.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
sep 19 12:05:12 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
'/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/psutil._psutil_linux.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
sep 19 12:05:12 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
'/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/psutil._psutil_posix.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
sep 19 12:05:12 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
'/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/apex._apex.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
sep 19 12:05:13 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
'/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/tornado.speedups.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
sep 19 12:05:14 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
'/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/wrapt._wrappers.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
sep 19 12:05:14 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
'/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/PyQt5.QtCore.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
sep 19 12:05:14 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
'/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/PyQt5.QtGui.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
sep 19 12:05:14 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
'/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/PyQt5.QtWidgets.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
sep 19 12:05:14 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
'/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/PyQt5.QtDBus.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'


I will try now to see what happens after login.

[Enrique Artal]

I am now on Xorg (I have the same issues as I had before switching some times
Xorg/wayland). No succes after login, this is the output:

○ dropbox.service - Dropbox as a user service
     Loaded: loaded (/home/artal/.config/systemd/user/dropbox.service; enabled; vendor
preset: disabled)
     Active: inactive (dead) since Sun 2021-09-19 12:06:32 CEST; 42s ago
    Process: 14296 ExecStart=/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd (code=exited,
status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 14296 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
        CPU: 7.100s

sep 19 12:05:12 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
'/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/psutil._psutil_linux.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
sep 19 12:05:12 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
'/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/psutil._psutil_posix.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
sep 19 12:05:12 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
'/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/apex._apex.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
sep 19 12:05:13 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
'/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/tornado.speedups.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
sep 19 12:05:14 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
'/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/wrapt._wrappers.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
sep 19 12:05:14 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
'/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/PyQt5.QtCore.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
sep 19 12:05:14 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
'/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/PyQt5.QtGui.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
sep 19 12:05:14 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
'/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/PyQt5.QtWidgets.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
sep 19 12:05:14 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
'/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/PyQt5.QtDBus.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
sep 19 12:06:32 singular systemd[3066]: dropbox.service: Consumed 7.100s CPU time.

[Ed Greshko]

On 19/09/2021 18:09, Enrique Artal wrote:
>  I am now on Xorg (I have the same issues as I had before switching
> some times Xorg/wayland). No succes after login, this is the output:
>
>  ○ dropbox.service - Dropbox as a user service
>        Loaded: loaded (/home/artal/.config/systemd/user/dropbox.service; enabled; vendor
> preset: disabled)
>        Active: inactive (dead) since Sun 2021-09-19 12:06:32 CEST; 42s ago
>       Process: 14296 ExecStart=/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd (code=exited,
> status=0/SUCCESS)
>      Main PID: 14296 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
>           CPU: 7.100s
>
>  sep 19 12:05:12 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
> '/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/psutil._psutil_linux.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
>  sep 19 12:05:12 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
> '/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/psutil._psutil_posix.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
>  sep 19 12:05:12 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
> '/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/apex._apex.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
>  sep 19 12:05:13 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
> '/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/tornado.speedups.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
>  sep 19 12:05:14 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
> '/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/wrapt._wrappers.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
>  sep 19 12:05:14 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
> '/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/PyQt5.QtCore.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
>  sep 19 12:05:14 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
> '/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/PyQt5.QtGui.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
>  sep 19 12:05:14 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
> '/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/PyQt5.QtWidgets.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
>  sep 19 12:05:14 singular dropboxd[14296]: dropbox: load fq extension
> '/home/artal/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-131.4.3968/PyQt5.QtDBus.cpython-38-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'
>  sep 19 12:06:32 singular systemd[3066]: dropbox.service: Consumed 7.100s CPU time.
>  
After a login with a failure you should also do...

Journalctl -b 0 | grep drop

Also, do " env | grep ^DISPLAY " and make sure it matches what you have in your
service file for Environment.

You may find and entry such as this.....

Sep 18 11:54:19 f35ks.greshko.com dropboxd[6474]: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 keyb'
!! (Qt:Fatal) QXcbConnection: Could not connect to display:0'


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[Enrique Artal]

After un reboot, .... it works! I will try those orders if it fails again. BTW, in
.config/autostart a dropbox.desktop appears after login even if I have eliminated
previously, I tried deleting the file or via systemsettings5, it always comes back.

Anyway, thanks!

[Enrique Artal]

"After a reboot", sorry for mixing languages,

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sun, 2021-09-19 at 13:08 +0000, Enrique Artal wrote:
>  "After a reboot", sorry for mixing languages, 
Please remember that most people here use the mailing list rather than
HyperKitty, so will only see what you mean if you quote the context
explicitly, something that HK doesn't do by default.

poc

[Leslie S Satenstein]

I ran a  sudo dnf install dropbox, followed by  dropbox start -I and that worked for me.

Regards 
 Leslie
 Leslie Satenstein
Montréal Québec, Canada

 

    On Saturday, September 18, 2021, 09:26:32 p.m. EDT, Ed Greshko
<ed.greshko(a)greshko.com&gt; wrote:  
 
 On 19/09/2021 04:12, Enrique Artal wrote:
>  Thanks for the tips but there are still some issues. When using Xorg,
> it does not work when login but it works later. The output of systemctl --user status
> dropbox.service is basically the same as yours. In wayland, if I take out the Environment
> line it works when login but without icon at the paner, which appears if I use the order
> `systemctl --user status dropbox.service` 
Sorry for the fragmentation of these replies.

I have since found issues when switching between Xorg and Wayland.

I suggest that in your testing you pick one of those after a reboot and stick with it for
the time being.  It may take
a bit for me (with help from others) to track down the problem.

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Nothing to see here.
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