Similar behavior here on two trusty (14.04.3) machines. Killing gvfsd and quitting nautilus afterwards (nautilus -q) put things right temporarily.
uname -rvi 3.13.0-66-generic #108-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 7 15:20:27 UTC 2015 x86_64 apt-cache policy gvfs gvfs: Installiert: 1.20.3-0ubuntu1.2 Installationskandidat: 1.20.3-0ubuntu1.2 Versionstabelle: *** 1.20.3-0ubuntu1.2 0 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.20.1-1ubuntu1 0 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages apt-cache policy nautilus nautilus: Installiert: 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu9.11 Installationskandidat: 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu9.11 Versionstabelle: *** 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu9.11 0 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1:3.10.1-0ubuntu8 0 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1451087 Title: gvfsd-fuse does not create mount point To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/1451087/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs