Dropbox cannot enable user_xattr in /etc/fstab

[suvayu ali]

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 10:57 AM, suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Has someone manage to have Dropbox to work on F17? I have installed
>>> it, but I get the following error:
>>>
>>> "cannot enable user_xattr in /etc/fstab"
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>
>> A minute of searching led me to this:
>>
>> <http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=29809>
>
> Thanks, suvayu. I had read that before posting my query, but that does
> not enumerate detailed steps leading to the solution of the problem.
>

Maybe this helps then? <http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=48583>

For some more info and recommendations on extended attributes you can look here:
<http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/CommonExtendedAttributes>

FWIW, I have this in my fstab:

/dev/mapper/vg_kuru-lv_home /home    ext4    defaults,user_xattr    1 2

-- 
Suvayu

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