PHP5 & GD Graphics Extension Missing

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EDIT: As clarification, I am running Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS.

 

Hello everyone!
New to the forum.

I have been digging around the code to find a solution to this problem:

looking on Github link, I see the message is originally displayed based on the following condition: $extensionLoaded

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver/eb2a1703e538d157e7a1c2aeeb2a1ce8591795d5/lib/templates/admin/dashboard/graph.html

If we follow the use of this variable, it leads us to the file linked below, specifically where the following variable is declared: $gdAvailable

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver/eb2a1703e538d157e7a1c2aeeb2a1ce8591795d5/lib/OA/Dashboard/Graph.php

Inspecting the following leads me to believe that GD installation is being detected via the following line:
$gdAvailable = extension_loaded('gd');

I performed an echo test with the following snippet:
<?php
echo extension_loaded('gd');
?>

As expected, the result output is a simple: "1".

 

Having installed GD via the command line below, shows me that I have everything I need:

sudo apt-get install php5-gd

 

I have validated in many ways that I do indeed have GD functioning properly.
Example output for command: $ php -i | grep -i --color gd
/etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-gd.ini,
gd
GD Support => enabled
GD Version => 2.1.1-dev
gd.jpeg_ignore_warning => 0 => 0

 

Any thoughts?
 

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Problem solved.

Turns out that the widget is not functional when logged in as "Administrator Account".

Looks like you need to log in as a standard non-admin account in order for it to kick in.

Logged in with the "Default Manager" account, and the widget was working fine.

[Erik Geurts]

There is no reason why that widget wouldn't work for you as an administrator. However, in my personal opinion, that entire dashboard isn't all that useful anyway, and I always disable it right after installation.

To disable it, log in and switch to Working as Administrator.

Then go to "Configuration" and next "Global Settings - User interface setting".

Scroll to the bottom of that page and uncheck the "Enable Dashboard" checkbox:

Afterwards, don't forget to save the changes.