when mounting a nfs share the error message is not helping

[sebastian-s]

Hi there,

I had this problem a couple of times already and it seems that others have it too, ref http://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=2423

When mounting a NFS share a stock Ubuntu 12.04 does give the follwing error:

mount -t nfs 192.168.5.10:/Public /public
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on 192.168.5.10:/Public,

This error message is not really helping as the only problem there is is the missing package nfs-commons.
Once this is installed the mount works.

The message given by mount should be more clear. e.g.
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on xx.xx.xx.xx:/ZZ, package "nfs-commons" required for mounting of nfs shares

I've reported this with 'apport-bug nfs-common' so I don't know why nfs-utils is listed now.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: nfs-common 1:1.2.5-3ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jun 11 21:11:10 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nfs-utils
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)