Bug? General Settings does not keep GD Version

[StephenKay]

I'm running 3.7 Gold. According to my phpinfo:

GD Support enabled
GD Version bundled (2.0.34 compatible)
FreeType Support enabled
FreeType Linkage with freetype
FreeType Version 2.1.9
GIF Read Support enabled
GIF Create Support enabled
JPG Support enabled
PNG Support enabled
WBMP Support enabled
XPM Support enabled
XBM Support enabled

In the General Settings, I set it to GD 2+, and press save. The page refreshes and again it is set to "none".

[Jake Bunce]

Which setting are you talking about? I don't see any GD settings on this page:

Admin CP -> vBulletin Options -> General Settings

[StephenKay]

Right there:

vBulletin Options > General Settings > GD Version

It comes right after "enable access masks."

And it refuses to keep the setting that I give it.

[Steve Machol]

Which version are you running? That option is not in 3.7.0.

[StephenKay]

Very strange, because absolutely I am running 3.7.0. You can see my site here (this is a non-live copy of the real forum that has been upgraded from 2.3 last week and is being worked on right now with a new skin etc.):

http://67.210.107.253/forum

Check the version at the bottom.

Here are two screen shots of the CP.

[Steve Machol]

To troubleshoot this, first reupload all the original vB non-image files (except install.php). Make sure you upload these in ASCII format and overwrite the ones on the server. Also be sure to upload the admincp files to whichever directory you have set in your config.php file. Then run 'Suspect File Versions' in Diagnostics to make sure you have all the original files for your version and that none show 'File does not contain expected contents':

Admin CP -> Maintenance -> Diagnostics -> Suspect File Versions

[Note: In some cases you may also need to remove any of the listed .xml files in the includes/xml directory.]

Next, disable all plugins.

Note: To temporarily disable the plugin system, edit config.php and add this line right under <?php

define('DISABLE_HOOKS', true);

[StephenKay]

Can't I just run this diagnostic on the files that I have installed now? Which I've done, and which lists this:

./
database_conflicts.php	File not recognized as part of vBulletin

Scanned 56 files./admincp
Scanned 3 files./archive
Scanned 45 files./clientscript
Scanned 4 files./clientscript/yui
Scanned 2 files./clientscript/yui/connection
Scanned 2 files./clientscript/yui/yahoo-dom-event
Scanned 2 files./images/regimage/fonts
Scanned 125 files./includes
Scanned 18 files./includes/cron
Scanned 8 files./includes/paymentapi
Scanned 7 files./includes/xml
Scanned 80 files./install
Scanned 10 files./modcp

And, btw, plug-ins are already disabled. At least, that's what it says in the Plug-ins page of the Admin CP.

[StephenKay]

In addition, let me provide some other information.

As I said, this was a 2.3.0 forum. I hired an associate to perform the upgrade to 3.7.0, which we have done on a copy of the forum in order to test and implement any necessary changes (such as a new skin, since the old one is too old to be able to even think about updating the templates to work with 3.7).

During the upgrade process, he had trouble with the installation procedure continually failing, due to database issues. I'm not sure if you have actually tested the installer with a database as old as 2.3.0, but he had to figure out how to patch the mySQL database in order to allow the installer to proceed through each update. Here is the info on this he provided to me:

-----------------
In any case, here are the instructions for going through the entire
upgrade process. You'll see the SQL I had to run so that the upgrade
wouldn't bomb. Perhaps you want to get their feedback on why we
might have had to do that? If they are curious, the upgrade script
'upgrade_300b3.php' failed with SQL errors in Step 5 and Step 21.
From the SQL errors, I could tell those tables / fields were
missing. So I just installed a brand new copy of 3.7.0 on my local
machine and used the table / field definitions from there.

Also, not sure why it started the upgrade process at
'upgrade_300b3.php' instead of 'upgrade_300.php' (check the install
directory to see what I'm talking about).

=======================================================

1. Make backup dump of latest live forum database.
mysqldump [details removed ] > forum-vb2.sql

2. Transfered it by FTP'ing it local then FTP'ing to new server.

3. Created forumtest database on new server and imported using this:

mysql -p -h localhost mydomain_forumtest < forum-vb2.sql

Before doing this again, be sure to first DROP all the tables in the
database. You can do this easily using phpMyAdmin.

4. Run the following SQL on the new database. You can just copy/paste
into SQL tab in phpMyAdmin.

CREATE TABLE `tachyforumcounter` (
`userid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`forumid` smallint(5) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`threadcount` mediumint(8) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`replycount` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`userid`,`forumid`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

CREATE TABLE `tachythreadcounter` (
`userid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`threadid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
`replycount` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
PRIMARY KEY (`userid`,`threadid`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

ALTER TABLE `forum` ADD `lastprefixid` VARCHAR( 25 ) NOT NULL ;
ALTER TABLE `usergroup` ADD `genericpermissions2` INT( 10 ) UNSIGNED
NOT NULL default '0';
ALTER TABLE `usergroup` ADD `albumpermissions` INT( 10 ) UNSIGNED NOT
NULL default '0';
ALTER TABLE `usergroup` ADD `usercsspermissions` INT( 10 ) UNSIGNED
NOT NULL default '0';
ALTER TABLE `usergroup` ADD `visitormessagepermissions` INT( 10 )
UNSIGNED NOT NULL default '0';
ALTER TABLE `usergroup` ADD `socialgrouppermissions` INT( 10 )
UNSIGNED NOT NULL default '0';

5. Run /forum/install/upgrade.php as described
in the vb3_readme.html file (when you download VB3.7).

6. Press the "Continue" button about 5,000 times.

[Steve Machol]

If you are not running any add-ons, fill out a support ticket at:

http://members.vbulletin.com/membersupport_contactform.php

Please include a complete description of the problem and be sure to include the login info to your Admin CP, phpMyAdmin and FTP in the 'Sensitive Data' field.

[StephenKay]

OK, I have done so. Thanks.