The workaround that worked on Gnome flashback and the indicator applet is XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP="Unity" dropbox start -i
However the first time I tried it I got an empty menu. I wonder if it worked because of some side effect with the other tests I did between the two runs. The dropbox icon is totally black. In some cases the icon doesn't even show, but the dropbox process is always running in the background. I got no icon with: dbus-launch dropbox start DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="" dropbox start More details: $ echo $XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP GNOME-Flashback:Unity After that successful run of "XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP="Unity" dropbox start -i" I quit from dropbox using the menu. I run dropbox start -i # icon with empty menu dropbox stop XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP="Unity" dropbox start -i # icon with colors but empty menu dropbox stop XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP="Unity" dropbox start -i # black icon with menu dropbox stop XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP="Unity" dropbox start -i # black icon with menu Interestingly I always get this warning (dropbox:25615): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk- widgets.css:1:1: Expected a valid selector So, there could be a workaround but it's a little shaky. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1546176 Title: Dropbox icon not working on Xubuntu 14.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/caja-dropbox/+bug/1546176/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
