please check: with --style-file=/mkgmap/ you specify a directory that is directly in the root. Maybe it should be
> To: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk
> From: thomas.kaschel@googlemail.com
> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:24:26 +0100
> Subject: [mkgmap-dev] Could not open style file
>
> I used mkgmap on a Windows machine to create Garmin maps from OSM data.
> In the future I want to run it on Ubuntu Linux. Unfortunately there is a
> problem including style files. I'm using mkgmap r2349.
>
> On Windows the parameters "--style-file=C:\Landkarten\mkgmap\
> --style=thomas-style" worked well.
>
> On Linux the parameters look like "--style-file=/mkgmap/
> --style-file=thomas-style" and it doesn't work. Error messages as "could
> not open style file thomas-style" and the following messages appear.
>
> at uk.me.parabola.mkgmap.osmstyle.StyleImpl.<init>(StyleImpl.java:140)
> at
> uk.me.parabola.mkgmap.osmstyle.StyleImpl.readBaseStyle(StyleImpl.java:518)
>
> I also tried to put the style files (lines, points ...) in a zip-file
> but that doesn't solve the problem.
>
> Any suggestions? Thank you.
>
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