I am not sure what is going on here. This is very strange.
I installed new TL on 64 bit linux 3 days ago. New installation. When I put my nma.cfg file in my home folder and go to a different directory and type htlatex index.tex "nma,htm,3" I get an error I can't find file nma.cfg When I copy the cfg file to current directory, then it finds it. I checked the protection on nma.cfg. This is the same setup I have on my other Linux 32 setup. And htlatex was always able to find the .cfg file in $HOME or ~ Does one need to configure something to make htlatex search for .cfg? I thought it searched $HOME automatically if the .cfg was not in current folder. Any ideas what can be the problem? thanks, --Nasser