[ansel] Help with Ansel Install
Michael J. Rubinsky
mrubinsk at horde.org
Thu Dec 31 18:17:48 UTC 2009
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 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.
--
Thanks,
mike
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