Captcha image is not showing

[Jordon Bedwell]

On 06/08/11 12:05, Amrit Pal Pathak wrote:
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> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 8:15 PM, Steven Susbauer <steven at too1337.com 
> <mailto:steven at too1337.com>> wrote:
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>     On Aug 5, 2011, at 12:59 AM, Amrit Pal Pathak wrote:
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>      > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com
>     <mailto:clanlaw at googlemail.com>> wrote:
>      > On 4 August 2011 19:20, Amrit Pal Pathak <amritpalpathak1 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:amritpalpathak1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>      > > On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 2:15 PM, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com
>     <mailto:alan at popey.com>> wrote:
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>      > >> On 4 August 2011 18:45, Amrit Pal Pathak <amritpalpathak1 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:amritpalpathak1 at gmail.com>>
>      > >> wrote:
>      > >> > I have download a project from server to my local desktop.The captcha
>      > >> > image
>      > >> > is not showing.
>      > >> > Why?
>      > >>
>      > >> You're not giving us much to go on. Some more detail might help.
>      > >> Well you can see it is working on server but on my system  it is not
>      > >> visible.http://202.164.53.116/GNDEC-SMS-Service/
>      >
>      > The page is full of html errors, see
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>     http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2F202.164.53.116%2FGNDEC-SMS-Service%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0
>     <http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2F202.164.53.116%2FGNDEC-SMS-Service%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0>
>          Yes you are right Sir.But my question is something else.If captcha is
>     visible on server then why it is not visible on my local system(ubuntu
>     10.04).Is there any php package to install or something else went wrong.
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>     What do you mean it is visible on the server but not on your local system?
>     it mean it is working smoothly on server.I have downloaded this project and
>     installed(/var/www) it on my local system but captcha in browser is not visible.
>     Are you opening the HTML file directly on your local system, or loading it
>     in a web browser off of the server (from the link you gave us). If you are
>     just opening the HTML file, of course the captcha will not show, you would
>     have to use an HTTP server with PHP and load it in a browser.
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>      I am opening it through browser from /var/www

Probably php5-gd or php5-imagick, more than likely it's the former.