Do you use the filename-extension .bib when giving the bibfile-name?
You shouldn`t. Only use the name part, not the extension.
ONO
On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, Frederic Leymarie wrote:
> Another newbie question (I couldn't find anything on the archive)
>
> I use the "BibTeX Generated References" tool of LyX,
> but experience the following problem:
>
> I put my bib file in the same directory as my lyx file.
> When processing the file
> through File->View dvi or File->View Postscript
> I get an error message that BibTeX cannot find the bib file.
>
> However, if I export the LyX file in LaTeX, and then run
> LaTeX and BibTeX on it, there is no problem at all ...
> (i.e., BibTeX ran from the command line DOES find the bib file).
>
> Here is the error message I get, when BibTeX is called
> through LyX :
>
> ------
>
> -> This is BibTeX, Version 0.99c (Web2C 7.2)
> The top-level auxiliary file: skip.aux
> The style file: plain.bst
> I couldn't open database file skip.bib
> ---line 24 of file skip.aux
> : \bibdata{skip
> : }
> I'm skipping whatever remains of this command
> I found no database files---while reading file skip.aux
> Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "DimAnal90"
>
> (There were 2 error messages)
> This is dvips(k) 5.78 Copyright 1998 Radical Eye Software
> (www.radicaleye.com)
> ' TeX output 1998.10.22:0045' -> skip.ps_tmp
> <tex.pro>. [1] [2] [3]
> Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for "#D3B5B5"
>
> ------
>
> And this is the message I get from running BibTeX from the command line
> on the exported LaTeX file :
>
> ------
>
> -> bibtex skip
> This is BibTeX, Version 0.99c (Web2C 7.2)
> The top-level auxiliary file: skip.aux
> The style file: plain.bst
> Database file #1: skip.bib
>
> ------
>
>
>
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