Firefox has not produced the result file within the maximum allowed time span

Last update: 21 February 2018

Information

During conversion on Linux using Firefox you may receive this error message:

Firefox hasn't produced the result file within the maximum allowed time span

ps2pdf cannot be found in folder /usr/bin but in /usr/local/bin. This program is necessary to convert postscript files into pdf files and is provided by Ghostscript.

Solution

Create a symbolic link from /usr/local/bin/ps2pdf to /usr/bin/ps2pdf

ln -s /usr/local/bin/ps2pdf /usr/bin/ps2pdf