One alternative for image processing is JIMI
(http://java.sun.com/products/jimi/) or JAI
(http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jai/index.html). Both are Java so
there is no native code to worry with (thus reducing the possibility of
crashes).
Randy
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> From: Dr. Evil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 10:42 PM
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> Subject: The (tom)cat with 9 lives...
>
>
>
> I was trying to get Tomcat to work with Jmagick, and I appear to be
> having some problems which cause Tomcat to stop working, but it leaves
> a bunch of threads going. For some reason I can't kill these threads
> using the ordinary 'kill -9' method. This is under Mandrake Linux,
> with a 2.4 kernel. Any sugestions on how to kill these threads which
> never die? I don't want to have to reboot this computer all the
> time. That's a Windows thing!
>
> Also, I am having a lot of problems with getting Jmagick to work. It
> can link in and do some things, but it seems to crash a lot, too.
> Basically, I am trying to set up Tomcat so that users can download
> images, which are then stored in a DB. To do this, the images need to
> be scaled down to a certain maximum size (ie, we don't want 1000x1000
> images) and I also need to convert formats, to go from JPEG/GIF/PNG to
> PNG and WBMP. Any alternatives to Jmagick?
>
> Thanks!
>
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