looks like have it solved.
running Centos 5 and SeLinux so add some extra permissions that needed to be enabled. Also restarted my server and GD now active
I am having the same issue.
I get No GD support!
when looking at my system settings in NextGen
Server Settings
Operating System : Linux
Server : Apache
Memory usage : 9.58 MByte
MYSQL Version : 5.0.45
SQL Mode : Not set
PHP Version : 5.1.6
PHP Safe Mode : Off
PHP Allow URL fopen : On
PHP Memory Limit : 32M
PHP Max Upload Size : 2M
PHP Max Post Size : 8M
PHP Max Script Execute Time : 30s
PHP Exif support : Yes ( V1.4 )
PHP IPTC support : Yes
PHP XML support : Yes
No GD support!
I added “extension = gd.so” to php.ini
What else do I need 2 do ?