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  <title>PDF thumbnail view processor error</title>
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  <subtitle>PDF thumbnail view processor error</subtitle>
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  <updated>2026-04-03T18:09:45Z</updated>
  <dc:date>2026-04-03T18:09:45Z</dc:date>
  <entry>
    <title>RE: PDF thumbnail view processor error</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Deepak Panda</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&amp;messageId=114328546</id>
    <updated>2019-07-16T14:12:48Z</updated>
    <published>2019-07-16T14:12:48Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Enabling ImageMagick and GhostScript provides document preview functionality. (Enable Checkbox checked)&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Path:-&amp;amp;nbsp;/usr/local/bin:/usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript:/usr/share/fonts&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;</summary>
    <dc:creator>Deepak Panda</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2019-07-16T14:12:48Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>RE: PDF thumbnail view processor error</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Deepak Panda</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&amp;messageId=114328214</id>
    <updated>2019-07-16T14:00:23Z</updated>
    <published>2019-07-16T14:00:23Z</published>
    <summary type="html">Hi Olaf Kock,&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for your reply, pls find below detail.1) Liferay Version- 7.1 (community edition).&lt;u&gt;2) Error Message&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WARN  [liferay/document_library_pdf_processor-1][BaseProcessorMessageListener:40] Unable to process file version 36551&lt;br /&gt;java.lang.NullPointerException&lt;br /&gt;    at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1012)&lt;br /&gt;    at com.liferay.petra.process.ProcessUtil.execute(ProcessUtil.java:55)&lt;br /&gt;    at com.liferay.portal.image.GhostscriptImpl.execute(GhostscriptImpl.java:75)&lt;br /&gt;    at com.liferay.portal.kernel.image.GhostscriptUtil.execute(GhostscriptUtil.java:26)&lt;br /&gt;    at com.liferay.portlet.documentlibrary.util.PDFProcessorImpl._generateImagesGS(PDFProcessorImpl.java:563)&lt;br /&gt;    at com.liferay.portlet.documentlibrary.util.PDFProcessorImpl._generateImagesGS(PDFProcessorImpl.java:499)&lt;br /&gt;    at com.liferay.portlet.documentlibrary.util.PDFProcessorImpl._generateImages(PDFProcessorImpl.java:397)&lt;br /&gt;    at com.liferay.portlet.documentlibrary.util.PDFProcessorImpl._generateImages(PDFProcessorImpl.java:429)&lt;br /&gt;    at com.liferay.portlet.documentlibrary.util.PDFProcessorImpl.generateImages(PDFProcessorImpl.java:109)&lt;br /&gt;    at com.liferay.document.library.kernel.util.PDFProcessorUtil.generateImages(PDFProcessorUtil.java:34)&lt;br /&gt;    at com.liferay.portlet.documentlibrary.messaging.PDFProcessorMessageListener.generate(PDFProcessorMessageListener.java:30)&lt;br /&gt;    at com.liferay.portlet.documentlibrary.messaging.BaseProcessorMessageListener.doReceive(BaseProcessorMessageListener.java:36)&lt;br /&gt;    at com.liferay.portal.kernel.messaging.BaseMessageListener.receive(BaseMessageListener.java:26)&lt;br /&gt;    at com.liferay.portal.kernel.messaging.InvokerMessageListener.receive(InvokerMessageListener.java:74)&lt;br /&gt;    at com.liferay.portal.kernel.messaging.SerialDestination$1.run(SerialDestination.java:58)&lt;br /&gt;    at com.liferay.portal.kernel.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$WorkerTask._runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:752)&lt;br /&gt;    at com.liferay.portal.kernel.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$WorkerTask.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:664)&lt;br /&gt;    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3) It is for any PDF.4) In Server Administration &amp;gt;&amp;gt; External Services,  PFA screen shot</summary>
    <dc:creator>Deepak Panda</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2019-07-16T14:00:23Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>RE: PDF thumbnail view processor error</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Olaf Kock</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&amp;messageId=114330097</id>
    <updated>2019-07-16T09:31:57Z</updated>
    <published>2019-07-16T09:31:57Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div class="quote-title"&gt;Deepak Panda:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi,Whenever I am trying to view thumbnail of PDF,  after upload it in document and media, it shows below error for each PDF in log. kindly provide the resolution for resolve this issue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;For us to come up with a solution, please start with &lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul style="list-style: disc outside;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;information about the &lt;em&gt;exact&lt;/em&gt; version of Liferay that you&amp;#39;re asking about&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;the full unabbreviated error message &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;(if there&amp;#39;s a stacktrace: Include it)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Does this happen for any pdf? (try to upload trivial ones, from different sources)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Do you have any specific configuration in your system, e.g. imagemagick (which can be used for preview generation)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</summary>
    <dc:creator>Olaf Kock</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2019-07-16T09:31:57Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>PDF thumbnail view processor error</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&amp;messageId=114327265" />
    <author>
      <name>Deepak Panda</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&amp;messageId=114327265</id>
    <updated>2019-07-16T05:47:09Z</updated>
    <published>2019-07-16T05:47:09Z</published>
    <summary type="html">Hi,Whenever I am trying to view thumbnail of PDF,  after upload it in document and media, it shows below error for each PDF in log. kindly provide the resolution for resolve this issue.&lt;strong&gt;WARN  [liferay/document_library_pdf_processor-1][BaseProcessorMessageListener:40] Unable to process file version .....&lt;/strong&gt;</summary>
    <dc:creator>Deepak Panda</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2019-07-16T05:47:09Z</dc:date>
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