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hi

I get this erro when I try to start dropbox

Sep 25 21:32:00 bloknet.lan systemd[1]: Starting LSB: start and stop dropbox...
Sep 25 21:32:00 bloknet.lan dropbox[9867]: Starting dropbox
Sep 25 21:32:00 bloknet.lan systemd[1]: PID file /var/run/dropbox.pid not readable (yet?) after start.
Sep 25 21:32:00 bloknet.lan systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: start and stop dropbox.
Sep 25 21:32:00 bloknet.lan systemd[1]: Unit dropbox.service entered failed state.
Sep 25 21:32:00 bloknet.lan systemd[1]: dropbox.service failed.

what can I do to fix it?

CB
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Sunday, September 25 2016, 07:35 PM
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    Tuesday, September 27 2016, 08:20 PM - #Permalink
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    For me it's working but I use the professional version. Which version do you use?
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    Claus
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    Monday, September 26 2016, 05:53 PM - #Permalink
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    Hi

    I don't have a dropbox pid file, I have try to uninstall and reboot install Again but it is the same
    will not start dropbox
    systemctl -l status dropbox.service 

    run this code and get this

    dropbox.service - LSB: start and stop dropbox
    Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/dropbox)
    Active: failed (Result: resources) since Mon 2016-09-26 19:48:15 CEST; 4min 26s ago
    Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
    Process: 6261 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/dropbox start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

    Sep 26 19:48:15 bloknet.lan systemd[1]: Starting LSB: start and stop dropbox...
    Sep 26 19:48:15 bloknet.lan dropbox[6261]: Starting dropbox
    Sep 26 19:48:15 bloknet.lan systemd[1]: PID file /var/run/dropbox.pid not readable (yet?) after start.
    Sep 26 19:48:15 bloknet.lan systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: start and stop dropbox.
    Sep 26 19:48:15 bloknet.lan systemd[1]: Unit dropbox.service entered failed state.
    Sep 26 19:48:15 bloknet.lan systemd[1]: dropbox.service failed.


    what to do?

    CB
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    Sunday, September 25 2016, 08:09 PM - #Permalink
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    Looks there is something wrong with your PID file. Try to delete the PID file and then start dropbox again.
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