ASP.NET MVC 3.0 on linux

In ASP.NET MVC you don't browse to your view files directly. You have to use the routes that are setup in your site's Application_Start() event.

For example, a new ASP.NET MVC project adds this route by default in global.asax:

routes.MapRoute(
    "Default",
    "{controller}/{action}/{id}",                           
    new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = "" }  
);

It also adds a default controller and action:

public class HomeController : Controller {
  public ActionResult Index() {
    ViewData["Message"] = "Welcome to ASP.NET MVC!";
    return View();
  }
}

And a View under Views/Home named Index.aspx.

Instead of using the address http://mysite.com/Views/Home/Index.aspx you would use http://mysite.com/Home/Index

You can learn more about routing here: http://www.asp.net/learn/mvc/#MVC_Routing

From my experience with ASP.NET MVC, I've seen that a Default.aspx page is required for IIS to function correctly. I'm using the page that was included in the ASP.NET MVC 1 template. Unfortunately, the ASP.NET MVC 2 does not include this page (to the best of my knowledge), so you should add the following to your project:

Default.aspx:

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="YourNamespace._Default" %>

<%-- Please do not delete this file. It is used to ensure that ASP.NET MVC is activated by IIS when a user makes a "/" request to the server. --%>

Default.aspx.cs:

using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web.UI;

namespace YourNamespace
{
    public partial class _Default : Page
    {
        public void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            // Change the current path so that the Routing handler can correctly interpret
            // the request, then restore the original path so that the OutputCache module
            // can correctly process the response (if caching is enabled).

            string originalPath = Request.Path;
            HttpContext.Current.RewritePath(Request.ApplicationPath, false);
            IHttpHandler httpHandler = new MvcHttpHandler();
            httpHandler.ProcessRequest(HttpContext.Current);
            HttpContext.Current.RewritePath(originalPath, false);
        }
    }
}