Ubuntu – Ubuntu 12.04 dropbox icon missing in tray (no working solution)

12.04dropboxicons

I have the dropbox missing icon display problem.

I try solutions like "sudo apt-get install libappindicator1", removing all the package and dropbox directories, reinstalling and no icon shows up.

the dropbox daemon works and update the directory without problem.

this is strange since, I use 2 different ubuntu 12.04 installations, one show up the dropbox icon fine and the second do not.

thanks

Best Answer

Same problem for me... I solved by typing in a terminal:

dropbox stop
dropbox start

I have not rebooted the pc yet so I don't know if this solution works also after rebooting but for now I have the icon working. If you want type also:

dropbox autostart y

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I don't have dropbox installed or anything, so this is mostly assumptions combined.
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enter image description here Allllllll-righty then!

Now presenting... my ever-so-embarrassing, not-really-to-be-recommended, disgustingly cringeworthy hack:

Find your notification icons in the .dropbox-dist directory, which might be in ~/.dropbox-dist or /var/lib/dropbox/.dropbox-dist. Inside this, the icons are in the folder dropbox-lnx.x86_64-3.2.9/images/hicolor/16x16/status (or similar, your path may differ depending on the version and build used).
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The result:

enter image description here

Looking good. This is perfectly fine for me, as I don't change the xfce4-panel color. However, some things to note:

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If you edit the stock 16x16px icons, you might find them centred with a 2px #EFEBE7 border if your icons are 22x22px. I addressed this by simply enlarging the icons to my required size (22x22px).
If Dropbox is ever updated, your icons might be blown away. If you're going to try this yourself, keep a backup copy of your icons outside the Dropbox directory. Or, you can just download them from here (if you also use #242424 for your panel color):
(dropboxstatus-logo.png)
(dropboxstatus-idle.png)
(dropboxstatus-busy.png)
(dropboxstatus-busy2.png)
(dropboxstatus-x.png)

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