My PDF server is timing out when I try to generate a PDF from a dashboard. When I do the test PDF in 'Email Alert Settings' the PDF is generated properly, however when I run it on a dashboard it times out after 30 seconds.
Here is the excerpt from python.log:
2010-07-22 13:35:36,988 WARNING pdfhandler:340 - body=Splunk;4.1.3;4.1.3
2010-07-22 13:35:36,988 WARNING body=Splunk;4.1.3;4.1.3
2010-07-22 13:35:36,988 WARNING pdfhandler:341 - entries=['Splunk', '4.1.3', '4.1.3']
2010-07-22 13:35:36,988 WARNING entries=['Splunk', '4.1.3', '4.1.3']
2010-07-22 13:35:36,999 INFO xvfb:45 - Started new X server. Now 1 active
2010-07-22 13:35:36,999 INFO Started new X server. Now 1 active
2010-07-22 13:35:37,000 WARNING pdfhandler:437 - Restricting Firefox to following hosts only: *:53 x.x.x.x
2010-07-22 13:35:37,000 WARNING Restricting Firefox to following hosts only: *:53 x.x.x.x
2010-07-22 13:35:37,000 INFO pdfhandler:442 - Executing opt/splunk/etc/apps/pdfserver/bin/firefox-i386/firefox -print http://splunk.devis.com:8000/app/search/dgov_hits_today -printmode pdf -printfile /tmp/tmpZpNBjn -title Splunk Alert: dgov_hits_today -orientation portrait -paperwidth 216 -paperheight 279 -mode splunk -timeout 360 -windowsize 1200x768 -footer_right Generated by Splunk at &D -cookie session_id_8000=4d6ef55e9ae628eced6ba2026222503470699ad8
2010-07-22 13:35:37,000 INFO Executing /opt/splunk/etc/apps/pdfserver/bin/firefox-i386/firefox -print http://splunk.devis.com:8000/app/search/dgov_hits_today -printmode pdf -printfile /tmp/tmpZpNBjn -title Splunk Alert: dgov_hits_today -orientation portrait -paperwidth 216 -paperheight 279 -mode splunk -timeout 360 -windowsize 1200x768 -footer_right Generated by Splunk at &D -cookie session_id_8000=4d6ef55e9ae628eced6ba2026222503470699ad8
2010-07-22 13:35:37,008 INFO xvfb:205 - Assigned DISPLAY :5
2010-07-22 13:35:37,008 INFO Assigned DISPLAY :5
2010-07-22 13:35:37,009 INFO xvfb:115 - Starting X Server: ['/usr/bin/Xvfb', ':5', '-screen', '0', '3000x768x24', '-nolisten', 'tcp']
2010-07-22 13:35:37,009 INFO Starting X Server: ['/usr/bin/Xvfb', ':5', '-screen', '0', '3000x768x24', '-nolisten', 'tcp']
2010-07-22 13:35:37,009 INFO xvfb:116 - Starting X Server env: {'XAUTHORITY': '/opt/splunk/var/run/splunk/xvfb/xauth-5/Xauthority'}
2010-07-22 13:35:37,009 INFO Starting X Server env: {'XAUTHORITY': '/opt/splunk/var/run/splunk/xvfb/xauth-5/Xauthority'}
2010-07-22 13:35:39,039 INFO xvfb:122 - X Started
2010-07-22 13:35:39,039 INFO X Started
2010-07-22 13:36:06,688 ERROR An error occurred while generating a PDF of this report: Failed to generate PDF: Appserver failed to dispatch report request to http://127.0.0.1:8089/services/pdfserver/renderpdf: Splunkd daemon is not responding: ('timed out',)
Any help is appreciated
Thanks
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