Needing some help,
ive not long had my server so i'm a complete novice
at installing things, as ive never had to do it before.
Its just a case of showing me how
But as its a learning curve, i'm hoping someone
can guide me in the right direction please.

Image Magic Home Page

My Spec
Apache 1.3.37 Running
DirectAdmin 1.28.1 Running
MySQL 4.1.11
CentOS 4.3

I have root access.

So from ImageMagic Home page which way should i go,
what do i do.

Install from Source?
Binary Release?
And then what?

Thanks for any advice

Mark, if you don't know how to compile from source, just use the binary release; simply upload the files to a directory on your server and link to the paths in the control panel.

This one ? (i'm unsure, sys spec 1st post)

ImageMagick-6.3.2-0.i386.rpm - Fedora Core 6 i386 RPM

Binary Page Click Me

Where should i create the directory?
Path? (example, your leading the blind).

Thanks in advance

I will catch up in the morning, sorry soo tired...
(Not a good time to read instructions).

Well, assuming you can use the rpm command, yes those ones.

And in what directory? doens't matter to me, how bout a plugins directory under your forum lol.

I think your right about the *.rmp

Looks like it should be this version would you agree?

ImageMagick-i386-unknown-freebsd6.1.tar.gz
As im not sure at all.

Directory?
I was under the asumption that it was to hide
in the vars/etc/what ever ??

I would like this available to all domains / accounts
on my server, so does that mean the binary option??

Sorry there seems to be more questions than progress.

I'm familar with DOS its just the server enviorment
that un nerves me as i'm not used to it at all.
And the new command lines. ( I dont want to break it).

Thanks in advance Mark.

wherever you put the files are where they'd be, wiht a precompiled binary you can put them anywhere; /usr/bin mainly would make them availabel to everyone on the machine.

Okay i now have ImageMagick 6 installed and its still
a white screen with the test commands.

Version: ImageMagick 6.0.7 08/28/06 Q16 http://www.imagemagick.org
Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2004 ImageMagick Studio LLC

The forums recognise that its installed,
as the paths have been entred correctly.

How did i install it?
From Root access only

yum install ImageMagick

if you use yum to install imagemagick, you have to restart apache:
service httpd restart

should do it.

Done them mate,
I'm just looking up the test you can do from root,
that image logo thing, i read it somewhere.

Glad i'm moving forward anyway

"/usr/local/bin/convert logo: logo.gif"

I'm not sure what verson of IM is installed through the YumRepo of your os; you may want to validate its version.

Do you have safe mode turned on Mark, with any open_basedir restrictions? If PHP is locked down with some safe mode restrictions then that could be why it's resulting in a white screen. I'll need to add more debugging to the output, but it could be that you don't have access to the "exec" command as well.

yeh i've been on several machines that don't allow exec :/

Php isnt in safe mode,
open base DIR is ON

i can turnn it off

Is that whay yu mean gizmo ?

I should put a check in to make sure that the exec function is accessible as well. What you can do is make a quick and dirty php file, and then bring it up in your browser.

Yeh, that version of ImageMagick should work fine for what you're doing here.

Are convert and morgify in your /usr/bin properly?

If there is some sort of security issue blocking access to them you could try copying them to the web-root of each site wanting to use them and re-link to them in the control panel, just as a test to see if that is the case...

Checking the above posts,
Status Making a Dirty php file lol.

Are convert and morgify in your /usr/bin properly?

Paths entred in ImageMagick Settings cp
/usr/bin/convert
/usr/bin/mogrify

I'm not asking if those paths are entered, i'm asking if those files ACTUALLY EXIST in that directory...

Hmm, Mark. In a previous post, you had this:

"/usr/local/bin/convert logo: logo.gif"

You'll want to double check where convert and mogrify are installed just to check if it's /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin you should be using.

Dirty PHP result = Yes, exec() is availalbe.

lol thats what i noticed, and am trying to get him to check lol

what's the comand for ouputing the path of convet
and mogrify.

I think its just a typo on my part,
but i havnt got that to work the image thing

"/usr/local/bin/convert logo: logo.gif"

As i'm sure the path is diffrent,
that text was a copy and paste from the web site
under, Unix Binary Release

I was getting desprate,

commands to out put the path?
i'm checking....

mark try this (linux commands, execute them as root).
updatedb (updates your slocate database)
locate convert (locates the command "convert")

Or instead of "locate convert" try "which convert". Locate might return a big long list of stuff you aren't looking for

If you can't get either of those to work, try these 2 commands:

ls /usr/bin/convert

ls /usr/local/bin/convert

One of those should return a "No such file or directory", and one should return the actual file.

Sorry its going on and on,
but i did have a command i used and it out put the
path to convert and mogrify,

locate convert = a long list of paths

looks like "usr/bin/convert"

Not done yours yet rick doing it now

yeh it'll scroll quite a ways at times, based on how many scripts have the word "convert" in them.

/usr/bin/convert
Returns the comands for the file.

which convert = /usr/bin/convert

but i cant get that logo thing to work,
is there spaces ? space = *

"/usr/bin/convert*logo:*logo.gif"

I get no such file or directory,
but that's on the binary page that line,
which could be leading us astry ?
As i used the Yum ?

Ok, so we know it's /usr/bin/convert. So, just do this to make sure it's executable and functioning properly:

/usr/bin/convert -version

Version: ImageMagick 6.0.7 08/28/06 Q16 http://www.imagemagick.org
Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2004 ImageMagick Studio LLC

Rick there could be problems with my forum update,
and a file could be corrupt,
just letting you know incase you have over looked that posibility.

But wouldn't a SSH running of the program at the command line determine if it works or not? Or is this still relying on PHP and a Web page ?

ntdoc Where in the Root ssh

Loving the support and feed back,
i'm feeling special and stupid both at the same time

Ok, so as long as you have /usr/bin in the path to convert and mogrify then you should be good. What is your open_basedir restriction set to? It very well could be that's what restricting it, as that will not allow PHP to access any files outside of that directory.

Is set to open = ON
In Direct Admin control panel.

Its open, no restrictions.
I know this as i have Rss Feeds and if i turn it off
meaning Disable then the Rss Feeds fail.

Parsers they are.

thats how we roll ;)..

Ok, it's almost to the point that we may need a support ticket. One last thing to check, just to make sure you're calling your test mode correctly. Make sure you're logged in as an admin and bring this up in your browser, on your domain of course:

ubbthreads.php?ubb=captcha&test=1&t=im

I got an image back saying

"Rick is king of them all"

Kidding

i got Ubb TReads in images

Ok, then it's working as intended. Now, make sure that registration is set to use ImageMagick. There is a bit of a problem in b4 where the image might first come up as a red x, like it's not found, but it should change to the actual CAPTCHA image after a second.

Ok

just reading the above that's the only thing
i havnt added to all of this??

Adjusting any registration settings,
i'm saying that because i havent set any registration
options to CAPTCHA

i wasnt seeing any for a post,
but the option was there to enter the letters,
but couldnt see them,

okay i will update the registrations settings now.

There are 2 different areas you can use CAPTCHA. One is the registration area for new users, the other one is for guest posting.

Might have a bug for you rick ?

I dont have Quick reply enabled,
so i have to hit Full Reply to answer,
and there are no letters only the option to fill them in.

Ive got gizmo on msns wrecking the joint.

Hmm, it works on the full page reply here, and on my test site. Does the image come up on the registration page?

will check...

Couldnt tell you as i get this error,

forum/languages/english/adduser.php on line 33

i think you listed that bug, in the other thread.

Gizmo's violating me as we speak.

If you want Rick i can send yu a ticket with
all my login stuff as they have changed since the last
tickets.

Will send the details just now rick,
then a list of problems i have found.

give me 5 mins

Rick, he has IM's paths set to what *should* work; the setup for the forum does indicate he's trying to use imagemagick; the page shows for the post page on a topic however no image ever loads.

Checked both IE and FFox2 to see if it could have been a browser issue.

Ok, any javascript errors? The actual creation of the image is triggered via javascript, which allows for the new one to be requested as well.

yessir:

Ticket sent with details

Ive been violated and now you want to expose my scripts
what's the world coming too.

Top support, big thanks to Gizmo and Rick

And now my Post total has exceeded 500
it was well worth the violation lol

Thanks again guy's.

All this and trying to stop smoking too.

Ok, it looks like the image.js file hasn't been uploaded into the ubb_js/ directory. Will need to make sure that is specified in the upgrade process for those that only upload the changed files.

I will upload that image.js file just now rick,
i'm replying to the ticket in a mo
with the other issues you may want to browse at,
will do that file and get back to you.

Yehhhh guess what i can see


IMAGES

Good deal

Thanks again, it was actualy fun, once we got started lol

Rick if you reffer to my 7.0.2 -> 7.1.4b (7.1 Bugs forum) post
there may be some clues in there for what's
maybe missing on the list of uploads.

I didnt mention that the CAPTCHA folder wasnt listed
but i guesed as its a new feature it has to go up there.

Thanks again

A good violation then lol

The Best ever

Cheers Gizmo My 4th Emergency Service

Only becasue you uttely entertain me