grugnir

FWIW:
Been fiddling some more and found that if I go to >Link Library >Library Settings and hit the “Generate Thumbnails and Store locally” button there, it works…

??

EDIT: only change is update to LL 5.7.9.4

Chmods were the first things I checked, all good. During my fiddling around with this, however, I found some stuff:

(Note that, at the start, Upload path and download URL base was ‘downloads’ and thumbnail path was ‘downloads/thumbs’. Also, I’m not exactly one to leave things alone … o.O)

1. If I tried to create a category (let’s call it ‘cat’) with no thumb, it worked fine, as far as I could see.
2. If I tried to add a thumb, I got the same error BUT the path would be changed from “cat” to “cat2” for some reason.
3. If I created and then modified it (see #1, above) I would have “cat” and “cat2” folders in the /thumbs/ directory.
4. If I tried to make a category with a thumb and failed, a look in the /downloads/thumbs/ directory showed no new ‘cat’ folder; only the folders from previously created categories, all of which were created with no trouble.
5. Neither method resulted in a “caticon” file being made.
6. So, I tried manually uploading an image to the folder (why not?), naming it “caticon” and then modifying the category… worked fine.
7. Everything in /downloads/ was 777, /downloads/thumbs/ was all 777 EXCEPT for the directories created without icons (#1, above), those were 755 (huh?).
8. Decided “f*** it, what have I got to lose?” and deleted the thumbnail path from >settings>misc … everything’s jolly now. Works like a charm.

Beats the hell outta me…

Bear in mind that everything worked fine and dandy in the beginning. I was totally in the middle of getting some serious “holy s***, this thing’s f***ing great!” wood when it up and barfed on me. The ONLY thing that had changed, was that I disabled download permalinks in >settings>download because I was getting a buttload of 404s. Re-enabling it didn’t fix anything, though.

So, in other words, I have NO idea what the hell happened. But it works now, so I’m not gonna go pickin’ at it…

I think you should be able to do that using the “Thumbnail” field that is in the “Extended Form” version of the upload screen.