nautilus does not recognize any server type

[lucas]

Have a fresh Ubuntu 16.04 LTS install. "Connect to Server" in nautilus with ssh, sftp, nsf, dav, really anything I can think of gives "This file server type is not recognized." Error message appears as soon as : is entered, e.g. "ssh:".

ssh and sftp work just fine from the command line.

using nautilus version "Files 3.14.3"

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report, it works fine here though. Could you add you syslog to the bug and the output of "dpgk -l | grep gvfs"?

[lucas (parra)]

That is what I was afraid of.

dmesg -w does not report anything new when I get the error message. Any other way of reporting syslog that would be helpful?

dpkg -l |grep gvfs
ii gvfs:amd64 1.28.2-1ubuntu1~16.04.1 amd64 userspace virtual filesystem - GIO module
ii gvfs-bin 1.28.2-1ubuntu1~16.04.1 amd64 userspace virtual filesystem - binaries
ii gvfs-common 1.28.2-1ubuntu1~16.04.1 all userspace virtual filesystem - common data files
ii gvfs-daemons 1.28.2-1ubuntu1~16.04.1 amd64 userspace virtual filesystem - servers
ii gvfs-fuse 1.28.2-1ubuntu1~16.04.1 amd64 userspace virtual filesystem - fuse server
ii gvfs-libs:amd64 1.28.2-1ubuntu1~16.04.1 amd64 userspace virtual filesystem - private libraries

PS: I did install sshfs after the new install to no avail. Not sure that matters. Also tested if this is a permission issue by running the same as guest user. Same problem.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

hum, does "ftp" give you the same issue? can you use gvfs-mount ftp://ftp.debian.net, does it work? can you use gvfs-ls on it then? (or same with a ssh host)

[lucas (parra)]

gvfs-mount ftp://ftp.debian.net
Error mounting location: Location is not mountable

[lucas (parra)]

just in case

sudo gvfs-mount ftp://ftp.debian.net
Error mounting location: volume doesn't implement mount

in case it matters:

mount | grep gvfs
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

urg, I misread the dpkg -l output, looks like you are simply missing gvfs-backends ... does installing that fixes your issue?

[lucas (parra)]

by the way, thanks for your help on this! just in case, some more data points:

sudo gvfs-mount ftp://ftp.debian.net
Error mounting location: volume doesn't implement mount

nad in case it matters:

mount | grep gvfs
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000)

[lucas (parra)]

yup! that did it, after reboot. you are the best!

Strange that this was not installed by default with 16.04. As I said, I did a clean install. At any rate. Thanks!

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

weird, gvfs-backends is on the default installation for sure, see e.g http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/yakkety-desktop-amd64.manifest

can you add you /var/log/dpkg.log* to the bug?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the log has

2016-08-14 12:18:20 remove gvfs-backends:amd64 1.28.2-1ubuntu1~16.04.1 <none>

seems it has been uninstalled at the same time as deja-dup-backend-gvfs but the log doesn't give info on what actions leaded those to be removed but it seems post installation since your log has older entries that show it installed

[lucas (parra)]

Totally my fault! Now I remember, when I first installed 16.04 I removed it as it was chewing up CPU time and battery and it was not clear to me for what it is needed. Now I know what I need it for! Sorry to have burdened you. It is well behaved now though.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

k, it makes sense now! closing the bug then, for the record the cpu usage was likely bug #1572260