After installing Dropbox in 12.10 it doesn't connect properly. All files get synced without any problems, but in the drop down menu (icon in the top bar) it keeps showing "Connecting" for 3 days now... In 12.04 it shows account stats etc..
Any way to solve this?
I dont know if there is any way to actually solve this right now, but I have the same problem. You could help about with clicking on the "this bug affects me too". https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-dropbox/+bug/1069113
For a little workaround you can check the status of your dropbox by using this from the terminal:
dropbox status
Well, I tried this and it worked for me. I hope it will be the same with you:
Try this:
cd /media
sudo mkdir data
sudo chown <youruser> data
Where youruser is, obviously, different than root.
Now type this:
sudo blkid | grep UUID
You will be able to identify UUID and TYPE of your filesystem where dropbox folder is stored.
Copy the choosen pair somewhere. Now edit fstab sudo gedit /etc/fstab
and append at the end of the file something like this:
UUID=yourUUID /media/data yourTYPE defaults 0 0
Ok. Now, last step:
dropbox stop
Check if is really stopped. If it isn't, kill it (You can use ps and kill commands).
Delete configuration:
rm -rf ~/.dropbox
and restart dropbox
dropbox start
It will be start syncing files from the internet.