[Solved] Debian Bullseye - cannot see network drives from file manager

[fracmo2000]

Hi I am running Debian Bullseye with Xfce desktop Thunar file manager on legacy laptop. I am unable to see or browse any of my network shares in file manager. When I try to browse network I get message...

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"failed to browse the network", the specified location is not supported

I can use terminal and ssh to connect to network device which is a NAS.

I am able browse network using file manager from another laptop

I tried google but didn't see anything to fix client pc, but lots of hits to configure target pc. any help would be appreciated.

[canci]

What's the file manager? Gnome Files?

I think most GUI file managers use gvfs. Is that installed?

[fracmo2000]

What's the file manager? Gnome Files?

I think most GUI file managers use gvfs. Is that installed?

sorry I should have mentioned it's Xfce desktop with Thunar file manager

I checked and gvfs is installed.

EDIT: when I try to browse network I get message...

"failed to browse the network", the specified location is not supported

I am able browse network from my other laptop

EDIT2 I can ssh to connect to network device which is a NAS.

[canci]

From Arch Wiki:

There is no URI scheme for NFS shares, but Thunar can issue a mount command if you setup your fstab properly.

Should work the same on Debian.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/thunar ... _locations

[fracmo2000]

What's the file manager? Gnome Files?

I think most GUI file managers use gvfs. Is that installed?

I manged to get it working, I installed gvfs-backends

thanks for reply

[canci]

Oh, good to know.

[fracmo2000]

What's the file manager? Gnome Files?

I think most GUI file managers use gvfs. Is that installed?

I manged to get it working, I installed gvfs-backends

thanks for reply

I has same problem with fresh debian 12 installation. Installing gvfs-backends fixed it as well

Thank you for sharing your solution