Dropbox: Unable to monitor dropbox folder
I'm using Dropbox on an Arch Linux System. Everything worked fine for months now, until today. When running dropbox from command line, it prints the error message:
Unable to monitor entire Dropbox folder hierarchy. Please run "echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=100000 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf; sudo sysctl -p" and restart Dropbox to fix the problem.
I don't like running terminal commands blindly without thinking about it, especially when running as sudo. So I'd really like to understand why dropbox needs that fix, especially after running fine for months.
linux dropbox inotify
asked Jun 20 '17 at 21:50
LukeLRLukeLR
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I'm using Dropbox on an Arch Linux System. Everything worked fine for months now, until today. When running dropbox from command line, it prints the error message:
Unable to monitor entire Dropbox folder hierarchy. Please run "echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=100000 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf; sudo sysctl -p" and restart Dropbox to fix the problem.
I don't like running terminal commands blindly without thinking about it, especially when running as sudo. So I'd really like to understand why dropbox needs that fix, especially after running fine for months.
linux dropbox inotify
asked Jun 20 '17 at 21:50
LukeLRLukeLR
7781419
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It may be because the Dropbox folders have got larger (number of files), or that other apps are usinginotify. You can check your current value withsysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches. Anyway the command recommended seems safe and not a high value (I have 524288). This is informative: askubuntu.com/questions/154255/…
– Joe P
Jun 21 '17 at 0:24
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I'm using Dropbox on an Arch Linux System. Everything worked fine for months now, until today. When running dropbox from command line, it prints the error message:
Unable to monitor entire Dropbox folder hierarchy. Please run "echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=100000 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf; sudo sysctl -p" and restart Dropbox to fix the problem.
I don't like running terminal commands blindly without thinking about it, especially when running as sudo. So I'd really like to understand why dropbox needs that fix, especially after running fine for months.
linux dropbox inotify
asked Jun 20 '17 at 21:50
LukeLRLukeLR
7781419
I'm using Dropbox on an Arch Linux System. Everything worked fine for months now, until today. When running dropbox from command line, it prints the error message:
Unable to monitor entire Dropbox folder hierarchy. Please run "echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=100000 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf; sudo sysctl -p" and restart Dropbox to fix the problem.
I don't like running terminal commands blindly without thinking about it, especially when running as sudo. So I'd really like to understand why dropbox needs that fix, especially after running fine for months.
linux dropbox inotify
linux dropbox inotify
asked Jun 20 '17 at 21:50
LukeLRLukeLR
7781419
asked Jun 20 '17 at 21:50
LukeLRLukeLR
7781419
asked Jun 20 '17 at 21:50
LukeLRLukeLR
7781419
asked Jun 20 '17 at 21:50
LukeLRLukeLR
7781419
asked Jun 20 '17 at 21:50
LukeLRLukeLR
7781419
7781419
1
It may be because the Dropbox folders have got larger (number of files), or that other apps are usinginotify. You can check your current value withsysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches. Anyway the command recommended seems safe and not a high value (I have 524288). This is informative: askubuntu.com/questions/154255/…
– Joe P
Jun 21 '17 at 0:24
add a comment |
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It may be because the Dropbox folders have got larger (number of files), or that other apps are usinginotify. You can check your current value withsysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches. Anyway the command recommended seems safe and not a high value (I have 524288). This is informative: askubuntu.com/questions/154255/…
– Joe P
Jun 21 '17 at 0:24
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It may be because the Dropbox folders have got larger (number of files), or that other apps are using
inotify. You can check your current value with sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches. Anyway the command recommended seems safe and not a high value (I have 524288). This is informative: askubuntu.com/questions/154255/…– Joe P
Jun 21 '17 at 0:24
It may be because the Dropbox folders have got larger (number of files), or that other apps are using
inotify. You can check your current value with sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches. Anyway the command recommended seems safe and not a high value (I have 524288). This is informative: askubuntu.com/questions/154255/…– Joe P
Jun 21 '17 at 0:24
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It may be because the Dropbox folders have got larger (number of files), or that other apps are using
inotify. You can check your current value withsysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches. Anyway the command recommended seems safe and not a high value (I have 524288). This is informative: askubuntu.com/questions/154255/…– Joe P
Jun 21 '17 at 0:24