I have the same problem. It happens on a CIFS share, after a recent
Ubuntu kernel upgrade.

I also noticed, if I run xdvi on a file existing in the current
directory

xdvi example.dvi

it will say

"xvdi.bin: Fatal error: example.dvi: Is a directory."

but "example.dvi" is a file.

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TeX/LaTeX/pdfLaTeX binaries not working over CIFS/SAMBA shares
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/485949
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