i disabled the creation of thumbnails for the time being, by setting the maximum image values to (400/400/300). that is of course far from perfect and i would really like to be able to activate the thumbnail generation again.

any help on this matter would be appreciated.

Ok I take that back It works indeed, but it always displays the icon of the last message in a thread - which was not the behaviour i expected. I thought it would always display the icon of the first post.

So the resolution is indeed to put more gif images in the images/subject directory.

I would like to know that too. Adding another gif file in the images/subject directory also adds a new "Message Icon" selection box in the "New Post" or "Edit Post" page. But selecting it doesn't brand it with the new icon, it uses the default square icon instead.

Hi,

I have a problem with my xoops/newbb2 installation. When attaching an image in a new newbb2 post or reply, the thumbnail image is not created.

Here are the details of my site:
Address:http://www.tropictech.de
PHP Version: 4.3.9
GD: Version 2.0.28 compatible
According to phpinfo(), gif read/write support, jpeg, png, wbmp and xbm are all enabled.
The directories (uploads/newbb and uploads/newbb/thumbs) are available and writable. The newbb2 settings for images are set to 400/1600/1600 (Maximum Image Width/Maximum Image Width for creating thumbnail/Maximum Image Height for creating thumbnail).

Trying to create a thread with an attached image (for example 1024x768 so it is within the above limits) works fine and doesn't generate an error or a warning. The redirect to the thread doesn't work however and generates a "500 Server Error" instead. The rest of the site still works and the forum, too, but clicking that thread always generates the same error. I found out that the image indeed gets uploaded to the uploads/newbb directory but no thumbnail file is generated. Making such a thumbnail by hand and uploading it to the thumbs dir (with the correct name of course) resolves the problem and the thread can be viewed.

I also tried the same setup on my desktop pc using the xsas package which interestingly works as it should. So I guess this means something is wrong with my server?
Any ideas? If I can't resolve this i will have to disable the thumbnail feature which would be a pity.