I installed dropbox for linux on debian 9 (with cinnamon) from the sid repository (there is none for stretch). Because I run it on a notebook and dropbox tends to drain the battery like crazy when it starts scanning files for changes, I don't want dropbox to start automatically. So hence my question:
Is there any way to permanently disable dropbox autostart option?
What I tried so far:
1. Disabling dropbox in the preferences.
Effect: the checkbox in preferences is unchecked, and stays unchecked after I restart the app and the PC, but it's still starting automatically with the system anyways.
2. Entering "dropbox autostart n" and "sudo dropbox autostart n" in the console.
Effect: none. The app continues starting automatically.
3. Enabling and disabling the option again.
Effect: the same as 1.
4. Turning off dropbox in System Settings->Startup Applications.
Effect: Dropbox doesn't autostart until I run the dropbox app manually, at which point it turns this option on and from that point on starts automatically with each subsequent reboot.
5. Removing the dropbox entry in System Settings->Startup Applications.
Effect: same as 4. After I start dropbox once, it adds and enables the entry and starts automatically with each subsequent reboot.
