There are several good reasons to remove GVFS or at least to replace it by a dummy package and to prefer to mount manually. http://askubuntu.com/questions/61196/why-do-my-gvfs-mounts-not-show-up-under-gvfs-or-run-user-login-gvfs GVFS was born to create drama. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM0EswrFdpc