Problem creating microthumbs

[Peter Pan]

Mmm, it used to work so it's probably something that changed on my server but I thought I'd report it : when I upload a file to the database (after uploading the file to the FTP server as usual) it moves the file to the /normal directory, creates a thumb in the /thumbs directory and then display a blank page ( /input/ftp.php#messages ). The photo is not added to the database and I have to manually delete the normal file and the thumb file from the FTP.

The last FTP message is :

Working directory changed to '/www/photos/images/microthumbs'

and then I get that blank page.

All FTP tests work.

[Pekka]

Sounds to me that your PHP timeout has changed to something very fast. Default is 30s, and by .htaccess file you can usually set it anything you like. Perhaps htaccess files are no longer functioning in your server, or someone has changed php.ini?

On top of editor you should see

"PHP maxtime: XXX"

What do you have there?

If it is an ftp problem: I can troubleshoot and fix ftp problems much better with 1.5 RC (working on it) which now has also internal ftp system (means PHP ftp module is not needed) - I can then make changes to the foundations of the ftp system if there is a need to finetune it for certain servers.

[Peter Pan]

It's set via .htaccess to 360s and is displayed on top of the page. I don't know if it is actually used or if it defaults back to the server config which is very low (7s). It worked nicely though until, say, one week ago.