[CentOS] Dropbox on CentOS 6?

[Sorin Srbu]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On
> Behalf Of Sorin Srbu
> Sent: den 15 december 2014 11:12
> To: CentOS mailing list
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Dropbox on CentOS 6?
> 
> > I just tested this on a fresh installation of CentOS 6.6 (in
> > VirtualBox). I downloaded the Fedora RPM (32-bit), installed it (using
> > yum localinstall) and started it using the new Internet > Dropbox menu
> > entry.
> >
> > 1. A progression bar "Downloading Dropbox menu" appears.
> >
> > 2. A second progression bar "Unpacking..." appears.
> >
> > 3. Then nothing happens.
> >
> > 4. 'ps aux' shows a busy 'dropbox' process.
> >
> > YMMV, but this does *not* work on CentOS 6.6.
> 
> I did notice when I installed Dropbox for my mother on Linux Mint 17, that
> the program spent quite a while preparing a file list.
> It took the better part of an hour for barely 500 MB of file-data.
> 
> I'll try this in a virtual CentOS 6.6-install. I'll do an Arnie.

Ran into the same problem. An error log in .xsession-errors was mentioned so I had a look there. Is anybody able to make heads or tails of the below?
Thanks.

GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET=/tmp/keyring-3Nookr/socket
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/keyring-3Nookr/socket.ssh
** Message: NumLock remembering disabled because hostname is set to "localhost"

(process:3898): GLib-WARNING **: goption.c:2132: ignoring no-arg, optional-arg or filename flags (8) on option of type 0

(process:3898): GLib-WARNING **: goption.c:2132: ignoring no-arg, optional-arg or filename flags (8) on option of type 0

(process:3898): GLib-WARNING **: goption.c:2132: ignoring no-arg, optional-arg or filename flags (8) on option of type 0
Failed to play sound: File or data not found

(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:3946): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type `_PolkitError'

(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:3946): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
Initializing nautilus-dropbox 1.6.2

** Message: applet now removed from the notification area
Initializing nautilus-gdu extension
Initializing nautilus-open-terminal extension
** Message: applet now embedded in the notification area
(null):  Warning no default label for /home/sorin/.gvfs
 3815 ?        00:00:00 VBoxClient
 3822 ?        00:00:00 VBoxClient
 3833 ?        00:00:00 VBoxClient
 3818 ?        00:00:00 VBoxClient
 3828 ?        00:00:00 VBoxClient
Dropbox isn't running!
Dropbox is already running!
Window manager warning: Received a _NET_WM_MOVERESIZE message for 0x1600004 (System Mon); these messages lack timestamps and therefore suck.
Starting Dropbox...Dropbox isn't running!
Done!
Window manager warning: Received a _NET_WM_MOVERESIZE message for 0x260036f (sorin - Fi); these messages lack timestamps and therefore suck.

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//Sorin