Minimum requirements for Classic Captcha

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11 May 2011 01:31 - 16 Dec 2011 17:40 #1 by Demis [Fox-Labs]
Minimum requirements for Classic Captcha was created by Demis [Fox-Labs]
"Classic captcha function was disabled since your server lacks minimum requirements"
It means that your server isn't able to draw captcha images because GD or FreeType libraries are not installed.

Solution
Install php GD extension and FreeType library, or ask your administrator to do it for you.

Instructions for a debian/ubuntu server:
# sudo apt-get install php5-gd libfreetype6

See also recompiling apache posted by Paul.

Note that after you installed GD and FreeType libraries, Fox Contact can't detect it until you force another check by reinstalling or upgrading Fox Contact .

Further details
Check the installation log at yourserver-address/logs/foxcontact-install.txt.
In a standard environment it should apprear similar to this one:
2011-05-11 00:11:51 [installscript] --- Determining if this system is able to draw captcha images ---
2011-05-11 00:11:51 [installscript] GD Version... [bundled (2.0.34 compatible)]
2011-05-11 00:11:51 [installscript] FreeType Support... [1]
2011-05-11 00:11:51 [installscript] FreeType Linkage... [with freetype]
2011-05-11 00:11:51 [installscript] T1Lib Support... []
2011-05-11 00:11:51 [installscript] GIF Read Support... [1]
2011-05-11 00:11:51 [installscript] GIF Create Support... [1]
2011-05-11 00:11:51 [installscript] JPG Support... [1]
2011-05-11 00:11:51 [installscript] PNG Support... [1]
2011-05-11 00:11:51 [installscript] WBMP Support... [1]
2011-05-11 00:11:51 [installscript] XPM Support... []
2011-05-11 00:11:51 [installscript] XBM Support... [1]
2011-05-11 00:11:51 [installscript] JIS-mapped Japanese Font Support... []
2011-05-11 00:11:51 [installscript] gd extension found. Let's see if it works.
2011-05-11 00:11:51 [installscript] testing function [imagecreate]... [1]
2011-05-11 00:11:51 [installscript] testing function [imagecolorallocate]... [1]
2011-05-11 00:11:51 [installscript] testing function [imagefill]... [1]
2011-05-11 00:11:51 [installscript] testing function [imageline]... [1]
2011-05-11 00:11:51 [installscript] testing function [imagettftext]... [1]
2011-05-11 00:11:51 [installscript] testing function [imagejpeg]... [1]
2011-05-11 00:11:51 [installscript] testing function [imagedestroy]... [1]
2011-05-11 00:11:51 [installscript] --- Method choosen to draw captcha images is [use_gd] ---
while without GD extension it should appear similar to this one
2011-05-11 00:34:46 [installscript] --- Determining if this system is able to draw captcha images ---
2011-05-11 00:34:46 [installscript] gd extension not found
2011-05-11 00:34:46 [installscript] --- Method choosen to draw captcha images is [disabled] ---
and without FreeType library it should appear similar to this one
2011-05-11 00:34:46 [installscript] FreeType Support... []
[...]
2011-05-11 00:34:46 [installscript] testing function [imagettftext]... [0]
[...]
2011-05-11 00:34:46 [installscript] --- Method choosen to draw captcha images is [disabled] ---

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