Can't login with dropbox-cli

[Gerschtli]

Issue description

I'm using DWM and I have the Dropbox Icon in my traybar. When I click on it to sign in, nothing happens. I have set the default browser, but the login page didn't appear.
After I installed dropbox ( nix-env -iA dropbox-cli ) with a version before a02123d , I could log in. After logging in, I can use the newest version of dropbox without any other issues beside an error message while executing dropbox start, see the following output:

Starting Dropbox...dropbox: locating interpreter
dropbox: logging to /tmp/dropbox-antifreeze-1J9tyb
dropbox: initializing
dropbox: running python 2.7.11
dropbox: setting program path '/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27/dropbox'
dropbox: setting home path '/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27'
dropbox: setting python path '/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27:/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27/python-packages-27.zip'
dropbox: python initialized
dropbox: running dropbox
dropbox: setting args
dropbox: applying overrides
dropbox: running main script
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._constant_time.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._openssl.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27/cryptography.hazmat.bindings._padding.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27/psutil._psutil_linux.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27/psutil._psutil_posix.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27/linuxffi.pthread._linuxffi_pthread.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27/tornado.speedups.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27/cpuid.compiled._cpuid.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27/linuxffi.resolv.compiled._linuxffi_resolv.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27/posixffi.libc._posixffi_libc.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27/librsyncffi.compiled._librsyncffi.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27/linuxffi.sys.compiled._linuxffi_sys.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27/PyQt5.QtWebKit.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27/PyQt5.QtCore.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27/PyQt5.QtNetwork.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27/PyQt5.QtGui.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27/PyQt5.QtWebKitWidgets.so'
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27/PyQt5.QtWidgets.so'
Dropbox isn't running!
Done!
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27/PyQt5.QtPrintSupport.so'
xkbcommon: ERROR: failed to add default include path /usr/share/X11/xkb
dropbox: load fq extension '/home/tobias/.dropbox-dist/dropbox-lnx.x86_64-38.4.27/PyQt5.QtDBus.so'

Steps to reproduce

Install dropbox-cli and try to login.

Technical details

• system: "x86_64-linux"
• host os: Linux 4.9.61, NixOS, 17.09.2055.c19136c4c9 (Hummingbird)
• multi-user?: yes
• sandbox: no
• version: nix-env (Nix) 1.11.15
• channels(root): "nixos-17.09.2055.c19136c4c9"
• nixpkgs: /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos/nixpkgs

[ttuegel]

Does this work if you don't use dropbox-cli, but start Dropbox directly from dropbox?

[Gerschtli]

No, that would not be possible, because there is no tray icon..
Therefore I would not be able to login, because that's not possible via cli

[ttuegel]

No, that would not be possible, because there is no tray icon..

There are two programs named dropbox, one provided by package dropbox-cli and one provided by package dropbox. The former does not work for me either. The latter does work: I get a tray icon and prompted to login. I'm asking, do you see the same thing? In other words, do I need to fix package dropbox-cli, or do I need to fix both packages dropbox and dropbox-cli?

[Gerschtli]

Oh, I'm sorry. Both programs, dropbox and dropbox-cli lauch the tray icon, but they both don't let me login.

[ttuegel]

Silly question, but I assume you have tried left- and right-clicking the icon?

Have you deleted ~/.dropbox-dist? This is where Dropbox installs itself; clearing that directory can fix some problems related to stale installations.

[Gerschtli]

On Right-click it openes always a menu but when I click on "Sign in" nothing happens. Everthing else is working fine.
Before installing/switching installations of dropbox I removed /tmp/dropbox-* and ~/.dropbox* just to be sure.

[ttuegel]

On Right-click it openes always a menu but when I click on "Sign in" nothing happens.

That's weird: here it does nothing if I right-click, but it opens a menu if I left-click...

By the way, this error:

xkbcommon: ERROR: failed to add default include path /usr/share/X11/xkb

is fixed in 18cc8d4. I don't think that has anything to do with your problem, though.