Could not display "network:///". Nautilus cannot handle "network" locations.

[millstone]

Hello, I was about to transfer some files to another computer on my home network, however it required me to go through root nautilus fileviewer

gksudo nautilus

because of permission reasons as always.It's worked in the past because I was on 8.04, Now I'm on 9.04 and I get this error when trying to access the local home network.

Could not display "network:///". Nautilus cannot handle "network" locations.

Also, when I try to type in the SMB address of a local computer on my home network I receive this error:

Example: I type in smb://192.168.1.102
Could not find "/home/(USERNAME)/smb:/192.168.1.102".
Please check the spelling and try again.

That is insane, I did not specify it to my home folder. So I went up to "/" directory and received the same error.

I have searched through google and came up with similar problems but no answers. Is their any one who knows of a way to get around this?
Any help much appreciated.

EDIT: "libgnomevfs2-extra" did not work, like other forums stated that it would.
EDIT: I didn't have "smbfs" installed. I'm downloading it now to see if it fixes it.
EDIT: installing smbfs didn't work.

[Commander_Keen]

Question.
What kind of files are you xfering from 1 pc to the other, if you need to use gksudo nautilus?
Why can't you just use the normal windows exlorer thingy to transfer data from 1 pc to 2 pc?

[grturner]

i've always preferred to add a line in /etc/fstab for mounting the specific samba share to a local directory. then all you have to do is sudo mount that directory and then you can treat it as a local directory and copy paste to it.

[millstone]

commander_keen: Because sometimes I run into permissions errors.
grturner: Thanks, I will do that.

[doccali]

installing gvfs-backends fixed it for me

[Derpderp]

I have a fresh install of 9.10 and this problem still persists. None of the suggestions in this thread have proven useful.

[tomwaters]

installing gvfs-backends fixed it for me

OUTSTANDING!

That sure fixed it for me too! I am running the server version and manually installed the gui btw.

I also tried....
mv /usr/local /usr/local.old
mkdir /usr/local
and some other things on the web, but this was the missing piece.

[KillerKellerjr]

installing gvfs-backends fixed it for me too. If you have this issue just do the following:

sudo apt-get install gvfs-backends

[blimbo]

I have this problem on 9.04, although a few weeks back everything was fine. gvfs-backends is already installed, I tried re-installing it but no joy

[blimbo]

Ok I fixed this, using synaptic I completely removed gvfs (and therefore gvfs-backends, nautilus, ubuntu-desktop and some other stuff) before reinstalling it all. Worked after that