Auto Thumbnail Stopped Working Suddenly

[newyorker23]

I appologize if this problem has been solved before. I already searched and could not find any matches at all.
I'm using version 1.6
All of a sudden I get the following error when trying to auto-thumbnail


GD library error.
Check module settings.

Autothumbnail just stopped working today. I haven't made any changes at all.

I say someone had mentioned patch for settings.php? Where can this patch be found? I don't see a patches section. When I searched the forum I again came up with nothing.

PS are there clear instructions on how to upgrade? I'll do that if it solves my problem.

[Jan]

Since PHP 4.3.0, GD is built in with PHP. Maybe your host has updated PHP. Try this in includes/image_utils.php:

Replace

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if (!extension_loaded("gd")) {
  $convert_options['convert_error'] = "<b class=\"marktext\">".$lang['gd_error']."</b><br />\n".$lang['check_module_settings'];
}
with

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     $convert_options['convert_error'] = "<b class=\"marktext\">".$lang['gd_error']."</b><br />\n".$lang['check_module_settings'];

[Streetwise]

I too have the same issue as NewYorker23. If I upload an .jpg image, no thumbnail is generated. If I click on "Auto-Thumbnailer" I receive the error:

"GD library error.
Check module settings."

I've tried the image_utils.php fix *exactly* as shown, same error. I installed ImageMagick and tried that, but only get blank pages when I click on "Auto-Thumbnailer". I also tried the image_utils.php fix for that as well (by turning off some of the lines of code), but then I get a slew of error messages when I click on the "Auto-Thumbnailer" link.

I am running PHP 4.3.1 in a Windows environment. Image4 is installed in an internal network.

My goal is to upload a .jpg image and have a thumnail auto generated. What is the best approach? Should I just stick with GD? Use ImageMagick? Should I drop back to an earlier version of PHP? I'm just trying to get a sense for what is supposed to happen when I upload an image.

Thanks in advance.

Dave Anderson

[Jan]

Sorry, my fault.  
You should remove the whole part:

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if (!extension_loaded("gd")) {
  $convert_options['convert_error'] = "<b class=\"marktext\">".$lang['gd_error']."</b><br />\n".$lang['check_module_settings'];
}
Jan

[newyorker23]

I'm confused....
Do I replace that section or just comment it out? If it is just comment it out... I already tried that... Same error.  I saw that suggestion already in someone elses post.  I commented out that section of code.

Am I better of upgrading to 1.7? If so is there a guide that I can read?
I'm prepared to totally uninstall 1.6 and reload all my images to get this to work.  I just don't want to waste my time if I'm gonna get the same problem.

[newyorker23]

ps it's my iSP that has GD  loaded. I cannot touch that since I don't have root access to the server which GD requires.

[Streetwise]

WOOHOO!  

I am *SO CLOSE* now, I can taste it!

I made the change to image_utils.php and now when I click on auto_thumbnailer, I get a dialog "search for missing thumbnail". I do the search, come up with a list, but when I try to process the list, I get this error:

Create thumbnail for: 7412 (7412.jpg) ....  
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: imagecreate() in d:\www\imageshare\imagevault\includes\image_utils.php on line 65

Second issue is that when I upload an .jpg image, it doesn't automatically generate a thumbnail. I suppose the two issues are related?

Getting closer,

Dave Anderson

[newyorker23]

Which change did you make? The replace or the remove/comment out? I'm confused about that one point.

[Streetwise]

Opps. I'm confused now too!  

I went with your most recent suggestion. I went to the image_utils.php file, looked for the code below, and deleted it. That's all I did. Was that not what you meant?

 
if (!extension_loaded("gd")) {
  $convert_options['convert_error'] = "<b class=\"marktext\">".$lang['gd_error']."</b><br />\n".$lang['check_module_settings'];
}

My code now looks like:

case "gd":
        break;
case "netpbm":



Thanks

Dave

[Streetwise]

Here's a thought:

Does the default path need to be in a '4images' directory? I installed into 'imagevault'. Does that make a difference?

Thanks

Dave

[V@no]

Here's a thought:

Does the default path need to be in a '4images' directory? I installed into 'imagevault'. Does that make a difference?

Thanks

Dave

no

[newyorker23]

It seems when I ask one question at a time I get a better response. Will upgrading to 1.7 solve my problem?

[V@no]

It seems when I ask one question at a time I get a better response.

I get frustrating when see many questions at ones

Will upgrading to 1.7 solve my problem?

Just intall fresh 4images in different dir with using new database, and see what happend.

[Streetwise]

Jan/V@no:

Any more thoughts on this error:

Create thumbnail for: 7412 (7412.jpg) ....
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: imagecreate() in d:\www\imageshare\imagevault\includes\image_utils.php on line 65

Is gd still the best way to go for jpg images?

Thanks

Dave

[V@no]

did u try to change
Code:
define('CONVERT_IS_GD2', 0);

to
Code:
define('CONVERT_IS_GD2', 1);

in includes/constants.php :

Second issue is that when I upload an .jpg image, it doesn't automatically generate a thumbnail. I suppose the two issues are related?

when u are logged in as admin auto thumbnails dont work (as planned).