[tex-k] Problem.

[R. Brown]

Thanks, Reiinhard, for the link
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=104974
which seems to solve the problem.

Adding the options  nbrl and noserverino to the mount command solved
my problem (and presumably a problem I had been having with
openoffice).

For posterity here is a mount command that works for me:

sudo mount -t cifs
-ousername=<server_user_name>,uid=<local_user_id>,gid=<local_group>,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,nbrl,noserverino
 //server/path /mounts/localmountpoint

And I promise to use a more informative subject line, next time.

Russell Brown

2010/6/11 Reinhard Kotucha <reinhard.kotucha at web.de>:
> On 10 June 2010 R. Brown wrote:
>
>  > I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 and a working tex installation
>  > turned into one that is not working for me. The problem is not tex by
>  > itself, but tex and its interaction with the file server at work.
>  >
>  > Most of my files are kept on a windows file server that is mounted via
>  > cifs at ~/rbrown on a linux machine. When I try to run latex, I
>  > receive an error that the file is not found. Moving the file to a
>  > local directory (rather than a subdirectory of the cifs mount), allows
>  > tex to work.
>
> You probably get better help on the tex-live mailing list because
> there are more people doing similar things.
>
>  > This appears to be similar to the problem reported by
>  > http://www.tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2010-March/025026.html
>
> In this thread George White provided a link to OpenOffice:
>
>   http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=104974
>
> There, look for:
>
>  Additional comments from lla  Mon Dec 14 07:46:55 +0000 2009
>
> It seems that it has something to do with mount options.
>
> Regards,
>  Reinhard
>
>  > The following interaction with the shell illustrates the problem:
>  >
>  > rmbzz at zygmund:~/rbrown/work/circle$ ls -l threebythreepuzzle.tex
>  > -rwx------ 1 rmbzz rmbzz 1646 2010-06-10 17:17 threebythreepuzzle.tex
>  > rmbzz at zygmund:~/rbrown/work/circle$ latex threebythreepuzzle.tex
>  > This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)
>  >  restricted \write18 enabled.
>  > entering extended mode
>  > ! I can't find file `threebythreepuzzle.tex'.
>  > <*> threebythreepuzzle.tex
>  >
>  > (Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit)
>  > Please type another input file name:
>  > ! Emergency stop.
>  > <*> threebythreepuzzle.tex
>  >
>  > No pages of output.
>  > Transcript written on texput.log.
>  > rmbzz at zygmund:~/rbrown/work/circle$ kpsewhich threebythreepuzzle.tex
>  > rmbzz at zygmund:~/rbrown/work/circle$ kpsestat = threebythreepuzzle.tex
>  > kpsestat: threebythreepuzzle.tex: Value too large for defined data type
>  > rmbzz at zygmund:~/rbrown/work/circle$
>  > rmbzz at zygmund:~/rbrown/work/circle$ kpsestat --version
>  > kpsestat (kpathsea version 5.0.0)
>  > Copyright (C) 1997 Olaf Weber.
>  > There is NO warranty.  You may redistribute this software
>  > under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
>  > For more information about these matters, see the file named GPL.
>  > Primary author of kpsestat: Olaf Weber.
>  > rmbzz at zygmund:~/rbrown/work/circle$
>  >
>  > and the output of
>  >
>  > rmbzz at zygmund:~/rbrown/work/circle$ strace kpsestat =
>  > threebythreepuzzle.tex 2> straceout
>  >
>  > is attached.
>  >
>  > I would appreciate any suggestions as to how to better identify the
>  > problem and redirection if this is the wrong place to seek help.  Or a
>  > solution.
>  >
>  > Russell Brown
>  >
>  >
>  > --
>  > Russell Brown :-: russell.brown at uky.edu
>  > ==============================================
>  > If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room;
>  > next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After
>  > that, if I still had more money that I couldn't use, I would hire a
>  > professor and get some text books.
>  > --Stephen Leacock
>
> --
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Reinhard Kotucha                                      Phone: +49-511-3373112
> Marschnerstr. 25
> D-30167 Hannover                              mailto:reinhard.kotucha at web.de
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Microsoft isn't the answer. Microsoft is the question, and the answer is NO.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>



-- 
Russell Brown :-: russell.brown at uky.edu
==============================================
If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room;
next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After
that, if I still had more money that I couldn't use, I would hire a
professor and get some text books.
--Stephen Leacock