I did compile (re-compile PIL) based on instructions on blogs  and now when 
i run the tests they all pass and this is what i see

PIL 1.1.7 TEST SUMMARY
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Python modules loaded from ./PIL
Binary modules loaded from ./PIL
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--- PIL CORE support ok
--- TKINTER support ok
--- JPEG support ok
--- ZLIB (PNG/ZIP) support ok
--- FREETYPE2 support ok
--- LITTLECMS support ok
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Running selftest:
--- 57 tests passed.


What should be the permission status on the static/images area? 
Thanks Olliver,Jesaja
Anurag

On Friday, September 14, 2012 7:22:54 PM UTC+5:30, Jesaja Everling wrote:
>
> Hi Olivier,
> Hi Anurag,
>
> in fact, PIL is also used to verify if the file that was uploaded is a 
> valid image when ImageField is used.
> So the problem may in fact be due to PIL.
>
> @Anurag: Make sure to have libjpeg-dev and libpng-dev installed, then try 
> to install PIL again using "pip install PIL --upgrade" (or removing and 
> re-installing it).
> Maybe PIL can't compile the code necessary to open these image formats (it 
> should print that somewhere when compiling the module).
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Jesaja Everling
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Olivier Lauret 
> <olivier...@googlemail.com<javascript:>
> > wrote:
>
>> Hi Anurag,
>>
>> The problem is probably not related to PIL as, if I'm not wrong, 
>> uploading the image just change its name (by default) and put it in the 
>> relevant folder. PIL is used when you use the thumbnail functionality. I'm 
>> using Linux as well and I don't have any issue. Have you check the 
>> permission on the static/images folder and the user used when running the 
>> django project?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Olivier
>>
>>
>> On 14 September 2012 04:04, Anurag <quie...@gmail.com <javascript:>>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>   Hi, 
>>>      I am trying to create categories and products on my satchmo site 
>>> and when i try to upload an image (jpg/png or whatever), i get the 
>>> following error.
>>>
>>>               "Upload a valid image. The file you uploaded was either 
>>> not an image or a corrupted image".
>>>
>>>     The images open fine on GIMP. I am running linux. 
>>>
>>>     I re-installed my PIL(after removing the PIL directory and the 
>>> PIL.pth file), but that did not change anything. 
>>>
>>>     I have seen some threads talking about this error, and the only 
>>> thing i could understand that i could try was to change the PIL 
>>> installation.
>>>
>>>    Any other ideas. thanks
>>> Anurag
>>>
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