Can't generate thumbnail

[bobob]

Hi there
I've just installed pixelpost with the pixelution theme but I can't figure out why thumbnails are not generated.
The site can be found here and is hosted on a arm9 NAS server runing Debian Lenny.
The paths are correctly set, the permissions too (777) but the /thumbnails/ directory remains empty. Also when i click on the "regenerate thumbnails" (or sthg like that) button, everything disappear except the top panel.

Any help would be very appreciated

EDIT:
I tried another template, but still no luck as you can see in the browse page. I also noticed that the guessed image and thumbnails paths are wrong (two slashes instead of one) :

Host Information
URL http://poupoule.no-ip.org/admin/index.php
PHP-version 5.2.6-1+lenny2 (Pixelpost's min requirement: PHP version: 4.3.0 )
Session save path /var/lib/php5
MySQL version 5.0.51a-24 (Pixelpost's min requirement: MySQL: 3.23.58 )
GD-lib 2.0 or higher with JPEG support
File Uploads to Pixelpost site are possible.
Server Software Apache/2.2.9 (Debian) PHP/5.2.6-1+lenny2 with Suhosin-Patch
EXIF Pixelpost is using exifer v1.5 for EXIF-information.

Paths
Guessed imagepath: /home/me/web//images/
Configured Imagepath: ../images/
Guessed thumbnailpath /home/me/web//thumbnails/
Configured Thumbnailpath ../thumbnails
Image Directory: OK - Can we write to the directory? YES. Current CHMOD: 0777
Thumbnails Directory: OK - Can we write to the directory? YES. Current CHMOD: 0777
Language Directory: OK
Addons Directory: OK
Includes Directory: OK
Templates Directory: OK

EDIT2:
I reinstalled pixelpost in order to check if I haven't screwed up something on the install, still the same problem. Now I notice that the regenerate thumbs thingy creates a *empty* file called "thumbs_index.html" and owned by www-data. Is that normal?

[Blog Master]

Pixelpost often has a hard time with large file sizes. If you are uploading an image over 5mb try resizing it to a smaller file size first.

[bobob]

huh! indeed, Blog Master, it worked with smaller images ! Can I modify this somewhere in php or pixelpost, I'd like to upload bigger images?

[Blog Master]

This is probably the one and only thing I dislike about pixelpost. I shoot with a Nikon D300 and it can't handle my images either. I'm hoping one of the developers will chime in. Even when you raise the limit to 65 it does not solve this problem.

Anyone?

[bobob]

Sad, it doesn't even work with optimized jpegs with max 1024pixels and less than 1Mb size
I guess I'll just have to wait, nice software anyways

[snafu]

It´s (mostly) not a problem of pixelpost, it´s usually a problem of shared servers.
if the picture ist to big to resize/generate a thumb, its a problem of how much (real existing) memory you have on your shared server. the fileSIZE is not the interessting part, the picturedimension are relevant.
to resize a picture of a 10MP camera you need more than 64mb, thats only enough for a 6-8mp camera, depending on the current server load and how much ram is actually left on your shared server.
in the night between 02-04am i can resize original pictures of my Sony R1 (10MP), between 2-10pm sometimes pictures of my 10D (6mp) are to big...
therefore i resize my pictures to (my) screen resolution (or smaller) , and than i had never problems with resizing :-)

[bobob]

Intresting.
My blog is hosted on my own server, clocked a 200MHz with 128Mb of RAM which, from what you say, should be enough for thumbnailing my 1024x1024(max) pictures (about than two thirds the RAM are available at idle time).
It would be nice to know how the "thumbs_index.html" is organised so I could use an external application to create the thumbs. Could someone post one, mine stays sadly empty?

[Dkozikowski+]

Even though you have all that processing power, PHP by default is configured to use 8MB of memory. Once that 8MB is exhausted, the script quits and the remaining processes fail. 8MB is not a whole lot when uploading large images. Sometime around PHP v5.2.x I believe the default was set to 16MB which is better but may still not be enough.

In light of your problem, I started working on a simple addon that will attempt to raise the allocated memory during a photo upload to something you can define...

It should be ready for you to test by the end of the day today.