"GVFS is not available"

[ale...@magenta.de]

I am using a fresh installation of Qubes 4.1.1.

When I use the File Manager Preferences tab there is a message
indicating that GVFS is not available. "Important features including
trash support, removable media and remote location browsing will not work".

I also notice that I cannot use removable storage with any of my VMs, if
I attach a storage device to a VM the OS indicates success but the
device is not available anywhere.

I think part of the problem is probably that I do not have a sys-usb.

Can someone help me correct these problems?

[ale...@magenta.de]

ale...@magenta.de:

Is there no solution to this? I don't want to reinstall the OS because
it takes some hours to complete and maybe it will make no difference.

Here is more information.

In installation process I made the following selections:

- Templates: Fedora, Debian, Whonix
- Default system qubes YES
- sys-firewall, sys-net and sys-usb disposable YES
- Default application qubes YES
- Qube to hold all USB controllers YES
- sys-net qube for both networking and USB devices YES (I am using a USB
ethernet adapter)
- Whonix Gateway and Workstation qubes YES

[Steve Coleman]

On Sat, Aug 12, 2023, 12:54 PM <ale...@magenta.de> wrote:

ale...@magenta.de:
> I am using a fresh installation of Qubes 4.1.1.
>
> When I use the File Manager Preferences tab there is a message
> indicating that GVFS is not available.

You need to install the gvfs package in the template you are using for your AppVM. 

It's not a standard package installed by default because it relies on many other packages. Do a search in your flavor repository (fedora,debian,etc) for the package and install it in your template, and then restart your AppVM.

https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/gvfs

"Important features including
> trash support, removable media and remote location browsing will not work".
>
> I also notice that I cannot use removable storage with any of my VMs, if
> I attach a storage device to a VM the OS indicates success but the
> device is not available anywhere.
>
> I think part of the problem is probably that I do not have a sys-usb.
>
> Can someone help me correct these problems?
>

Is there no solution to this? I don't want to reinstall the OS because
it takes some hours to complete and maybe it will make no difference.

Here is more information.

In installation process I made the following selections:

- Templates: Fedora, Debian, Whonix
- Default system qubes YES
- sys-firewall, sys-net and sys-usb disposable YES
- Default application qubes YES
- Qube to hold all USB controllers YES
- sys-net qube for both networking and USB devices YES (I am using a USB
ethernet adapter)
- Whonix Gateway and Workstation qubes YES

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[ale...@magenta.de]

Steve Coleman:

>
>
> On Sat, Aug 12, 2023, 12:54 PM <ale...@magenta.de

> <mailto:ale...@magenta.de>> wrote:
>
> ale...@magenta.de <mailto:ale...@magenta.de>:

> > I am using a fresh installation of Qubes 4.1.1.
> >
> > When I use the File Manager Preferences tab there is a message
> > indicating that GVFS is not available.
>
>
> You need to install the gvfs package in the template you are using for
> your AppVM.
>
> It's not a standard package installed by default because it relies on
> many other packages. Do a search in your flavor repository
> (fedora,debian,etc) for the package and install it in your template, and
> then restart your AppVM.
>
>

> https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/gvfs <https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/gvfs>

But this is not an AppVM or a template, I think. I am seeing this
message from Dom0 environment.

Troubleshooting Steps:
a) Boot Qubes 4 and enter password to start login session
b) Open Qubes menu in top panel
c) Open System Tools, File Manager Settings
d) Open Advanced tab

The window title is "[Dom0] File Manager Preferences".

Here is the message under a title "Missing dependencies" and inside a
blue box:

> It looks like gvfs is not available.
> Important features ... will not work.

It seems like this must be a problem I must fix.

[Andrew David Wong]

No. It is recommended to avoid using the GUI file manager in dom0.

[Demi Marie Obenour]

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Should the default install omit the GUI file manager in dom0? Having it
and telling people not to use it is rather strange.
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Sincerely,
Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)
Invisible Things Lab
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[Andrew David Wong]

Yes: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2458

[ale...@magenta.de]

Andrew David Wong:

OK, so I will ignore this error.

There is a lot to delearn with a move to Qubes (: