Getting Dropbox to use an icon in Elementary Luna
Save start-dropbox.sh to a directory.
Ensure start-dropbox.sh is executable.
Place dropbox-better.desktop in ~/.config/autostart.
Ensure Exec= line of dropbox-better.desktop is an absolute path to wherever you placed start-dropbox.sh.
Go in to System Settings > Applications > Startup and turn on Dropbox (Better)
| [Desktop Entry] | |
| Name=Dropbox (Better) | |
| GenericName=File Synchronizer | |
| Comment=Sync your files across computers and to the web | |
| Exec=/absolute/path/to/start-dropbox.sh | |
| Terminal=false | |
| Type=Application | |
| Icon=dropbox | |
| Categories=Network;FileTransfer; | |
| StartupNotify=false | |
| X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=true |
| #!/bin/bash | |
| # first, stop dropbox if it's running | |
| while dropbox running; do | |
| sleep 1 | |
| done | |
| dropbox stop &>/dev/null | |
| # then, start it properly | |
| QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE="" XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity dropbox start -i |