[ansel] Help with Ansel Install
Jan Schneider
jan at horde.org
Fri Jan 1 16:18:20 UTC 2010
Zitat von "John H. Bennett III" <bennettj at thebennetthome.com>:
> Quoting "Michael J. Rubinsky" <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
>
>>
>> Quoting "John H. Bennett III" <bennettj at thebennetthome.com>:
>>
>>> Quoting Michael Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
>>>
>>>> Quoting "John H. Bennett III" <bennettj at thebennetthome.com>:
>>>>
>>>>> Quoting "Michael J. Rubinsky" <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Quoting "John H. Bennett III" <bennettj at thebennetthome.com>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I tried installing Ansel today and have run into some issues
>>>>>>> trying to get it to work. I'm using horde 3.3.6 with ansel
>>>>>>> 1.1, and other current stable horde components. I have php
>>>>>>> 4.3.9. This is running under SME Server which runs on CentOS.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I can get it installed, create a gallery, and upload photos.
>>>>>>> When looking at the gallery, I have an image placeholder
>>>>>>> with a red X. Looking at my logs, I see a lot of this:
>>>>>>> Dec 30 21:31:32 www HORDE[10553]: [ansel] Unable to open VFS
>>>>>>> file. [pid 10553 on line 2257 of
>>>>>>> "/home/httpd/html/horde/ansel/lib/Ansel.php"]
>>>>>>> Dec 30 21:31:32 www HORDE[10553]: [ansel] Unable to open VFS
>>>>>>> file. [pid 10553 on line 2736 of
>>>>>>> "/home/httpd/html/horde/ansel/lib/Ansel.php"]
>>>>>>> Dec 30 21:31:32 www HORDE[10553]: [ansel] Unable to open VFS
>>>>>>> file. [pid 10553 on line 45 of
>>>>>>> "/home/httpd/html/horde/ansel/img/prettythumb.php"]
>>>>>>> Dec 30 21:31:33 www HORDE[10618]: [ansel] Unable to open VFS
>>>>>>> file. [pid 10618 on line 2257 of
>>>>>>> "/home/httpd/html/horde/ansel/lib/Ansel.php"]
>>>>>>> Dec 30 21:31:33 www HORDE[10618]: [ansel] Unable to open VFS
>>>>>>> file. [pid 10618 on line 2736 of
>>>>>>> "/home/httpd/html/horde/ansel/lib/Ansel.php"]
>>>>>>> Dec 30 21:31:33 www HORDE[10618]: [ansel] Unable to open VFS
>>>>>>> file. [pid 10618 on line 45 of
>>>>>>> "/home/httpd/html/horde/ansel/img/prettythumb.php"]
>>>>>>> Dec 30 21:31:33 www HORDE[10538]: [ansel] Unable to open VFS
>>>>>>> file. [pid 10538 on line 2257 of
>>>>>>> "/home/httpd/html/horde/ansel/lib/Ansel.php"]
>>>>>>> Dec 30 21:31:33 www HORDE[10538]: [ansel] Unable to open VFS
>>>>>>> file. [pid 10538 on line 2736 of
>>>>>>> "/home/httpd/html/horde/ansel/lib/Ansel.php"]
>>>>>>> Dec 30 21:31:33 www HORDE[10538]: [ansel] Unable to open VFS
>>>>>>> file. [pid 10538 on line 44 of
>>>>>>> "/home/httpd/html/horde/ansel/img/mini.php"]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So I have missed a step or messed something up. I used this
>>>>>>> linke as my reference,
>>>>>>> http://www.horde.org/ansel/docs/?f=INSTALL.html. My
>>>>>>> test.php info show:
>>>>>>> Ansel Version
>>>>>>> Ansel: H3 (1.1)
>>>>>>> Other Horde Applications
>>>>>>> horde: Yes (Version: 3.3.6)
>>>>>>> agora: No
>>>>>>> Agora provides the ability for users to comment on images.
>>>>>>> PHP Version
>>>>>>> PHP Version: 4.3.9
>>>>>>> PHP Major Version: 4.3
>>>>>>> PHP Minor Version: 9
>>>>>>> PHP Version Classification: release
>>>>>>> You are running a supported version of PHP.
>>>>>>> PHP Module Capabilities
>>>>>>> GD Support: Yes
>>>>>>> Imagick Library: No
>>>>>>> Ansel can make use of the Imagick Library, if it is installed
>>>>>>> on your system. It is highly recommended to use either
>>>>>>> ImageMagick's convert utility or the Imagick php library for
>>>>>>> faster results.
>>>>>>> Zip Support: No
>>>>>>> Ansel can make use of PHP's Zip extension for more efficiently
>>>>>>> processing uploaded ZIP files..
>>>>>>> OpenCV Library: No
>>>>>>> Ansel can make use of the OpenCV PHP extension for
>>>>>>> automatically detecting human faces in images. You need
>>>>>>> either this library or the one immediately below to detect
>>>>>>> human faces.
>>>>>>> Facedetect Face Detection Library: No
>>>>>>> Ansel can make use of the Facedetect PHP extension for
>>>>>>> automatically detecting human faces in images. You need either
>>>>>>> OpenCV (above) or Facedetect to detect human faces.
>>>>>>> Puzzle Library: No
>>>>>>> Ansel can make use of the libpuzzle PHP extension for finding
>>>>>>> similar images based on image content.
>>>>>>> Ansel Configuration Files
>>>>>>> config/conf.php: Yes
>>>>>>> config/prefs.php: Yes
>>>>>>> PEAR Modules
>>>>>>> PEAR Search Path (PHP's include_path):
>>>>>>> /home/httpd/html/horde/lib:/usr/share/pear-addons:/usr/share/pear
>>>>>>> PEAR: Yes
>>>>>>> Recent PEAR: Yes
>>>>>>> MDB2: Yes
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My conf.php:
>>>>>>> <?php
>>>>>>> /* CONFIG START. DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING IN OR AFTER THIS LINE. */
>>>>>>> // $Horde: ansel/config/conf.xml,v 1.49.2.11 2009-06-15
>>>>>>> 17:13:38 mrubinsk Exp $
>>>>>>> $conf['gallery']['downloadzip'] = false;
>>>>>>> $conf['gallery']['customlabel'] = true;
>>>>>>> $conf['menu']['print'] = true;
>>>>>>> $conf['menu']['apps'] = array();
>>>>>>> $conf['images']['type'] = 'horde';
>>>>>>> $conf['vfs']['src'] = 'php';
>>>>>>> $conf['image']['type'] = 'jpeg';
>>>>>>> $conf['image']['autogen'] = '1';
>>>>>>> $conf['image']['prettythumbs'] = true;
>>>>>>> $conf['image']['num_uploads'] = '5';
>>>>>>> $conf['thumbnail']['perpage'] = '30';
>>>>>>> $conf['thumbnail']['width'] = '150';
>>>>>>> $conf['thumbnail']['height'] = '150';
>>>>>>> $conf['screen']['width'] = '800';
>>>>>>> $conf['screen']['height'] = '600';
>>>>>>> $conf['ecard']['enable'] = true;
>>>>>>> $conf['comments']['allow'] = 'never';
>>>>>>> $conf['ansel_cache']['usecache'] = false;
>>>>>>> $conf['tags']['relatedtags'] = false;
>>>>>>> $conf['report_content']['driver'] = false;
>>>>>>> $conf['ages']['limits'] = array();
>>>>>>> $conf['ages']['hook'] = false;
>>>>>>> $conf['faces']['driver'] = 'user';
>>>>>>> $conf['faces']['search'] = '7';
>>>>>>> /* CONFIG END. DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING IN OR BEFORE THIS LINE. */
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> According to your settings, you've told Ansel to use the same
>>>>>> VFS settings that you have setup for Horde overall. What
>>>>>> driver did you choose to use for VFS in Horde's config?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> mike
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> The Horde Project (www.horde.org)
>>>>>> mrubinsk at horde.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have it set to /tmp.
>>>>>
>>>>> horde's conf.php
>>>>> $conf['vfs']['params']['vfsroot'] = '/tmp';
>>>>> $conf['vfs']['type'] = 'file';
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> John
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Check to be sure that /tmp is readable and writable by the
>>>> webserver user. Also, check inside the /tmp directory and see if
>>>> you can find /tmp/.horde/ansel/, this should contain lots of
>>>> numbered directories, which in turn contain the images. If that
>>>> fails, watch the webserver and/or horde log while you are
>>>> *uploading* the images to be sure they are saved correctly.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> mike
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> The Horde Project (www.horde.org)
>>>> mrubinsk at horde.org
>>>>
>>>> "Time just hates me. That's why it made me an adult." - Josh Joplin
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, /tmp is writeabe by the webserver user. I see other files
>>> there with the webserver users name. Would /tmp be the place
>>> where all of my photos would be stored?
>>
>> Yes. The VFS (Virtual File System) is what ansel uses to store the
>> uploaded, original images, as well as all the server-generated
>> images used for thumbnails, previews, etc... If you don't want
>> those to be stored under /tmp then you should change that setting
>> to a more appropriate place.
>>
>> If so, I don't think I want that. I also
>>> don't have a /tmp/.horde/ansel directory. I only a directory
>>> called scheduler.
>>
>> If you don't have .horde under the /tmp directory, then there *is*
>> a problem with the webserver creating a directory and/or file
>> under /tmp. Possibly a permissions error, or maybe safe_mode or
>> open_basedir or similar restriction?
>>
>>>
>>> My webserver logs show:
>>> [Thu Dec 31 09:25:52 2009] [error] [client 10.10.10.125] File does
>>> not exist: /.../horde/ansel/themes/graphics/arrow_switch.png,
>>> referer:
>>> https://www.thebennetthome2.com/horde/ansel/view.php?gallery=3&view=Gallery&havesearch=0&slug=
>>> [Thu Dec 31 09:25:52 2009] [error] [client 10.10.10.125] File does
>>> not exist: /.../horde/ansel/themes/graphics/loading.gif, referer:
>>>
>>> https://www.thebennetthome2.com/horde/ansel/view.php?gallery=3&view=Gallery&havesearch=0&slug=
>>>
>>> Those two files really don't exist
>>
>> Those paths don't look right to me. Those files exist in CVS, not
>> sure why you have those extra /../ in front of your path. If you
>> look at /horde/ansel/themes/graphics you should see those images.
>> If not, you can obtain them from cvs.horde.org or from the tarball.
>>
>
> I put in the extra ... to hide my true path, thinking that it wasn't
> really needed. Sorry for the confustion.
>
>>> I just changed the Ansel VFS to SQL and my file upload was
>>> successfull and I can see my photos, so that will give me the
>>> ability to play around with this.
>>>
>>> The only other thing I see is when I click on my gallery, the sort
>>> photos button has a red X instead of the icon.
>>
>> The 'sort' image is the arrow_switch.png file listed above as not
>> found, yes, it isn't being displayed since the webserver cannot
>> find it. You can try changing Horde themes to Silver Surfer or
>> Tango, as those themes also have separate graphics as well.
>>
>>> Mike, thanks for taking the time to help me. I'll have to work
>>> out the VFS file setting and see if I can get that to work and if
>>> that is a better solution than using SQL. Anyother tips, tricks,
>>> hints, for taking advantage and using Ansel?
>>
>> Well, since you asked.... I noticed that you are using GD for image
>> generation. You will get *much* better looking results by using
>> either convert (from ImageMagick) or by using the Imagick PHP
>> extension (which is actually built against the Imagemagick
>> libraries). Most of the fancy thumbnail effects like drop-shadows,
>> polaroid looking images and image "stacks" etc... will either not
>> work at all under GD or not look as good. Just make sure you have
>> the Imagemagick package installed on your server, then put the path
>> to the "convert" utility in Horde's "Image Handling" config tab.
>
> I will do that and start a new thread if I run into other issues or
> neeed more assistance.
>
> I did change my VFS back to a file location and am now at least
> getting the .horde/ansel directories created, so there appears to be
> some permission problems with my /tmp directory. From the things I
> run on the server, the current permissions only seem to mess up
> Ansel.
Rather than a permission problem, you probably have a crontab cleaning
up /tmp.
Jan.
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