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Unable to get a properly formatted response from the server

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Unable to get a properly formatted response from the server

Users running Splunk on a SuSE 10.x server may receive the error message "Unable to get a properly formatted response from the server; canceling the current search" when


doing any kind of search.


In order to resolve this issue edit /etc/mime.types. Delete (or comment out) these 2 lines: 


text/x-xsl xsl
text/x-xslt xslt xsl

You also need to modify the line: 


text/xml xml

to: 


text/xml xml xsl

With these changes in place, restart Splunk and clear your browser cache.

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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk: 3.0.2 , 3.1 , 3.1.1 , 3.1.2 , 3.1.3 , 3.1.4 View the Article History for its revisions.


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