cannot access trash:// computer:// network://

[Nikolaus Filus]

Binary package hint: gvfs

unity uses gvfs-open trash://. This way I discovered I cannot access trash://, computer:// or network:// from command line. Looking at gvfs-open, it uses g_file_query_default_handler which seems not working for me. After googling, I entered
     x-scheme-handler/trash=nautilus.desktop;
into /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache and gvfs-open worked as expected for trash://. I didn't discover the real reason yet ... maybe someone with more internal knowledge?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gvfs-bin 1.7.2-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.36-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Mar 21 23:28:21 2011
SourcePackage: gvfs
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-03-12 (9 days ago)

[Aleck Agakhan (aleck-agakhan)]

This is an ancient bug, seems it has no solution yet. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/189288

[Nikolaus Filus (nfilus)]

Hi Aleck,
I would not call the referenced report a duplicate as the information are not enough, although it sounds very similar.

Whatever .... somehow it works again for me ....

[MestreLion (mestrelion)]

@Aleck: this is NOT the same bug. That bug happened when nautilus migrated from GnomeVFS to gvfs/GIO. And this one is about something else:

@Nikolaus: this happened because gnome migrated (again) the settings for opening URIs (http:// , ftp:// , magnet:, mailto:, etc). Back in Maverick, gnome stored default launchers at gconf settings. Now, to make it similar / consistent with file handlers, it uses xdg mime database. The problem is Ubuntu didn't provide default settings in the new method for some URIs like the ones you mentioned (trash://, computer:// etc)

The workaround of editing /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache works, but that is not the proper place to fix that. That file is meant to be automatically generated when new applications are installed in the system. The place you should edit is:

For system-wide change: /usr/share/applications/defaults.list
For your user only: /home/<your user> /.local/share/applications/defaults.list

(also, you may check /usr/share/applications/mimeapps.list and /home/<your user> /.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list)

In next version, Ubuntu will (hopefully) ships with an updated defaults.list that already includes all URIs

[dino99 (9d9)]

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