Dropbox applet stuck on "connecting" status

[Welton Rodrigo Torres Nascimento]

After upgrading from 12.04 to 12.10, dropbox applet is stuck on "connecting" status.

Maybe this is a upstream bug, but this behaviour began after upgrade.

Using tcpdump, I can see traffi to dropbox servers and my files are correctly synchonized.

Still, the applet should be displaying file statuses (recent changed files, quota usage) etc.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: nautilus-dropbox 1.4.0-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 22 10:11:16 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
SourcePackage: nautilus-dropbox
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-19 (2 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Norberto Bensa (nbensa)]

At least you still have your applet. Mine is gone. Syncing works, but I miss the applet feedback.

BTW, I'm on amd64.

[Leonardo Lazarte (llazarte)]

I have the same problem with one of my computers. The applet is showing, but it remains in "Initializing..." status, although Dropbox goes on syncing normally.

[Leonardo Lazarte (llazarte)]

Here is a solution: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-dropbox/+bug/1069113

I did:
> dropbox stop
> mv ~/.dropbox-dist ~/DROPBOX-DIST (backup, just in case! :-)
> sudo mv /var/lib/.dropbox-dist /var/lib/DROPBOX-DIST (idem)
> dropbox start -i

It recreated /var/lib/.dropbox-dist
I have no ~/.dropbox-dist now

Dropbox is working perfectly
Dropbox applet is working ok.