Re: [GD-DEVEL] gd via the perl API can't read jpg or png

Hi,

On 3/16/07, Erin Spiceland <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, I'm new to the list.  I have a server on which I'm using GD and the
> Perl GD API to create images.  Currently, GD gives a "Problems reading
> filename.jpg at scriptname.pl line xx" error when I try to read in a jpg
> or png file, but there are no problems reading in gif files.  I would
> really prefer not to be limited to 256 colors, though!  I downloaded and
> configured a new copy of GD and it found the PNG and JPG libraries
> without any assistance, so I have to think that they are already linked
> in correctly to the current version.  How can I test this and what can I
> do to troubleshoot this problem?

Does it have png and jpeg and png support enable? Can you read the
jpeg and png files with another application or script (php gd or
whatever else)?

--Pierre