Dropbox spawns a process then repeatedly tries to spawn a process that is already started. giving these error messages in systemd journal Reproducible: Always Actual Results: May 15 23:38:03 x systemd[1]: Stopped Dropbox. May 15 23:38:03 x systemd[1]: dropbox@x.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart. May 15 23:38:03 x systemd[1]: dropbox@x.service: Failed with result 'signal'. May 15 23:38:03 x systemd[1]: dropbox@x.service: Unit entered failed state. May 15 23:38:03 x systemd[1]: dropbox@x.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=9/KILL May 15 23:38:01 x systemd[1]: Started Dropbox.
I have the same issue with net-misc/dropbox-45.3.88::gentoo. I solved it by changing the unit file to something I found online. # Copyright (c) 2015, Joe Roback # All rights reserved. # # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without # modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # # * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this # list of conditions and the following disclaimer. # # * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, # this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation # and/or other materials provided with the distribution. # # THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE # IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE # DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE # FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL # DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR # SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER # CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, # OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. [Unit] Description=Dropbox as a system service After=local-fs.target network-online.target [Service] Type=simple ExecStart=/usr/bin/env "/home/%i/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd" Restart=on-failure RestartSec=1 User=%i [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=b5b7254c3b19bdf4f8d5e514c98c7d36b2cfdbe9 commit b5b7254c3b19bdf4f8d5e514c98c7d36b2cfdbe9 Author: Ben Kohler <bkohler@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2019-10-01 22:13:48 +0000 Commit: Ben Kohler <bkohler@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2019-10-01 22:14:47 +0000 net-misc/dropbox: add new dropbox@ service Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/618580 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.76, Repoman-2.3.17 Signed-off-by: Ben Kohler <bkohler@gentoo.org> net-misc/dropbox/dropbox-81.4.195.ebuild | 4 +-- net-misc/dropbox/files/dropbox_at.service-r2 | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
