Gallery version: 2.3
PHP version: 5.2.6
PHPInfo Link: http://www.brewsession.com/info.php
Webserver: Apache 2.2.10 (Unix)
Database: MySQL 4.1.22-standard
Activated toolkits: GD
Operating system: Mac
Browser (e.g. Firefox 2.0): FF 3.5.1 & Safari 4.0.2
Hi all,
I've got gallery all set up and working, however I noticed my photo uploads were of pretty bad quality. Some research pointed to Gd bing not a very good graphics toolkit. So, my hosting service (Hostm.com) does support ImageMagick. When I asked where the binaries were located, they told me, "/usr/bin/".
So, I go to the plugins page in Gallery Admin and click to configure ImageMagick (1.1.5). I type in '/usr/bin/' as the path to the binaries and click save, but all I get is an error: "The path you entered doesn't contain valid ImageMagick binaries. Use the 'test' button to check where the error is."
So I click Test and get...
Binary Name Pass/Fail
identify
Failed
Error messages:
Problem executing binary:
identify
Failed
Error messages:
Problem executing binary:
convert
Failed
Error messages:
Problem executing binary:
composite
Failed
Error messages:
Problem executing binary
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is_dir(/usr/bin/)
Loading plugin imagemagick
imagemagick plugin successfully instantiated
Check the version of the imagemagick plugin
The version of the imagemagick plugin is ok
getcwd()
chdir(/home/brewsess/gallery_data/tmp/)
is_dir(/usr/bin/)
file_exists(/usr/bin/gm)
file_exists(/usr/bin/identify)
getParameter exec.beNice for core plugin
Executing: ( "/usr/bin/identify"
"/home/brewsess/public_html/gregandmiri.com/gallery2/modules/imagemagick/data/test.gif"
) 2>"/home/brewsess/gallery_data/tmp/g2dbgH8h4Yy"
getParameter exec.expectedStatus for core plugin
file_exists(/home/brewsess/gallery_data/tmp/g2dbgH8h4Yy)
filesize(/home/brewsess/gallery_data/tmp/g2dbgH8h4Yy)
unlink(/home/brewsess/gallery_data/tmp/g2dbgH8h4Yy)
Regular Output:
Error Output:
Status: (expected 0)
is_dir(/usr/bin/)
file_exists(/usr/bin/gm)
tempnam(/home/brewsess/gallery_data/tmp/, imgk_)
file_exists(/usr/bin/convert)
Executing: ( "/usr/bin/convert" "-size" "200x200" "-geometry" "200x200"
"/home/brewsess/public_html/mywebsite.com/gallery2/modules/imagemagick/data/test.gif"
"gif:/home/brewsess/gallery_data/tmp/imgk_rMUA1Q" )
2>"/home/brewsess/gallery_data/tmp/g2dbgLAP938"
file_exists(/home/brewsess/gallery_data/tmp/g2dbgLAP938)
filesize(/home/brewsess/gallery_data/tmp/g2dbgLAP938)
unlink(/home/brewsess/gallery_data/tmp/g2dbgLAP938)
Regular Output:
Error Output:
Status: (expected 0)
unlink(/home/brewsess/gallery_data/tmp/imgk_rMUA1Q)
is_dir(/usr/bin/)
file_exists(/usr/bin/gm)
file_exists(/usr/bin/combine)
file_exists(/usr/bin/composite)
is_executable(/usr/bin/composite)
is_dir(/usr/bin/)
file_exists(/usr/bin/gm)
tempnam(/home/brewsess/gallery_data/tmp/, imgk_)
Executing: ( "/usr/bin/composite" "-geometry" "+0+0"
"/home/brewsess/public_html/mywebsite.com/gallery2/modules/imagemagick/data/test.jpg"
"/home/brewsess/public_html/mywebsite.com/gallery2/modules/imagemagick/data/test.gif"
"gif:/home/brewsess/gallery_data/tmp/imgk_tbtR6q" )
2>"/home/brewsess/gallery_data/tmp/g2dbgT4BA9I"
file_exists(/home/brewsess/gallery_data/tmp/g2dbgT4BA9I)
filesize(/home/brewsess/gallery_data/tmp/g2dbgT4BA9I)
unlink(/home/brewsess/gallery_data/tmp/g2dbgT4BA9I)
Regular Output:
Error Output:
Status: (expected 0)
unlink(/home/brewsess/gallery_data/tmp/imgk_tbtR6q)
chdir(/home/brewsess/public_html/mywebsite.com)
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If I look in /usr/bin/ i only see a folder for X11. Looking around I found that in /usr/lib/ there are folders called "ImageMagick-6.0.7" and "ImageMagick-6.2.6". Looked promising, but I tried those and get similarly bad results.
I contacted Hostm.com and showed them the above. They say it shows that the binaries are there, so it's not a problem on their end.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
Posted: Wed, 2009-07-29 18:44
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Actually, the problem is on their end. They are disabling the exec function so PHP cannot execute binary files.
Get that restriction removed and you can use ImageMagick or NetPBM.
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Thanks, I'll see how that goes. ;-)
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So, I got a reply...
My question is, do you know where the folder containing these scripts is?
Thanks!
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My advice, upload it into the root of your Gallery. If that works, don't look back
If not, then I'll dig and figure out where it would need to be.
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Yeah, it's working with php.ini in the gallery root. Am I opening up potential security issues though?
Also, even though hostm.com advertises "ImageMagick 6.2.0 or newer", Gallery picked up version 6.0.7 and gave me this warning:
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So long as you're running G2.3 and that change is only in your Gallery directory and you don't have other software installed there like WordPress, then I can't think of any.
As for ImageMagick, as your host if they'll upgrade.
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Ah, I found another directory (/usr/local/bin/) that has ImageMagick 6.5.4-6. Much better. Strange tech support they have.
Well, I have Wordpress installed, but not in the gallery2 directory of course. So I guess I should be ok.
Thanks for the help!
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Well, the strangest thing happened. It worked yesterday, but today it's giving me the same error again when using /usr/local/bin/. My php.ini file is still there, in the same place.....
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Perhaps since yesterday, your host has decided to stop allowing php.ini overrides or perhaps they decided to reinstall / upgrade IM which these days installs to /usr/bin and get rid of the version you are pointing to.
IM has been made a PITA to use since G2.3 but you need to get back to your host to see if they can help you.
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I've tried using /usr/local/bin/ and /usr/bin/. Both have an install of ImageMagic, though it looks like the one in /usr/local/bin/ is newer. However, both of them are giving me the same errors again....
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THey just sent me this:
We installed a test copy of Gallery2 using the built-in Fantastico installer, and inserted the same php.ini file and the ImageMagick test seems to work fine.
You may wish to look for the differences between the 2 copies of Gallery2. Please note that we do not perform troubleshooting of manually installed scripts.
When I looked at their test intsall, I did notice that ImageMagick has been upgraded since I installed this a couple weeks ago. It's in the same directory though. I tried disabling, uninstalling, and reinstalling the ImageMagick plugin within gallery, but that didn't change anything.
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Post a link to a phpinfo file that's in the same directory as your Gallery install.
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I gave up. I reinstalled Gallery2 into a new directory, re-uploaded the (same) php.ini file and now it works again. Really strange!
(of course I have a new issue now, but that's for a different thread)
Thanks for the all the help!