Gvfs

Ubuntu 13.10++

Since Ubuntu 13.10 the way gvsd is working changed. Not only that the name for the binaries changed (see: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/gvfsd-fuse.1.html), volumes are mounted in

/run/user/${UID}/gvfs

There are many cases, where gvfs could get stuck. Unfortunetaly you are left alone dealing with this case.

Check status

# mount | fgrep gvfs
gvfsd-fuse on /run/YOUR_USERNAME/YOUR_UID/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse

Unmount all mounts:

# fusermount -u /run/user/${UID}/gvfs

Rebind and restart gvfsd

# /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-fuse /run/user/1000/gvfs

Restart nautilus

# nautilus -q

Script:

# Ubuntu 13.10 onwards only!
echo "Check, if gvfs is healthy ..."
if mount | fgrep gvfs | grep /run/user/${UID}/gvfs | grep fuse.gvfsd-fuse
then
       echo "GVFS is OK!"
	else
		echo "GVFS ERROR: needs to be remounted"
		fusermount -u /var/run/user/1000/gvfs
		if /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-fuse /run/user/${UID}/gvfs
		then
			echo "GVFSD-FUSE daemon successfully restarted ..."
		fi
	fi