How to solve the Dropbox filesystem monitoring issue
Once Dropbox throws you an error that reads “Unable to monitor filesystem. Please run: echo 100000 | sudo tee /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches and restart Dropbox to correct the problem.” you’d better adjust settings in a system config file, to keep changes after reboot.
Open system config (as superuser, of course) in your favorite text editor
$ sudo vi /etc/sysctl.conf
add just one line of code to the end of the file:
fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 1048576
save the file (Shift-ZZ, if you are new to Vi), and reboot computer to apply settings and restart Dropbox.
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Comments (10)
Instead of rebooting you might want to try this (after editing the file):
sudo sysctl -p
sudo dropbox stop
sudo dropbox start
merci pour l'astuce
thank you for your tips
Thank you, this was very helpul ;)
Lifesaver!!
TKS :)
¡Gracias por el dato! Thanks for the tip!
Starquake's comment was mostly correct, but I had to run "dropbox start" without the sudo in Ubuntu. This prompted my user password.
Running it with sudo seemed to start Dropbox without the normal settings for my user and gave a "Dropbox isn't running!" warning as well.
Thanks for the info and the "sudo sysctl -p" command
I'm just wondering how did you come with that specific number 1048576? is there any significance to it?
No significance, just a nerdy stuff. 1048576 is (2^10)^2 or 1024x1024. You can change it to any other number that will work for your system. Dropbox suggests 100000.
Thanks for the Help..
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