I have recently switched host and now when users try to upload pictures we are getting a blank page has any one else fixed this problem yet?

well i have gotten it to stop loading white pages and uploading the pictures but the only way i was able to do this was by turninng off resize, thumbnails and ,water mark functions. any ideas?

Fixed! GD was not installed properly

I am getting a error when someone trys to upload a avatar or uses a link for the avatar. The error is

Fatal error: Direct Instantiation of vB_Image_Abstract prohibited. in /includes/class_image.php on line 190

And line 190 is.
trigger_error('Direct Instantiation of vB_Image_Abstract prohibited.', E_USER_ERROR);

can i use external server??

I have the problem solved now. xcache was messing the script up once xcache was disabled everything went back as it was.

I found xCache to do the same issue.

From what I and others have found xCache seems to not like PHP 4.4x

Errors:
unable to delete images from inside admin panel.
no water marking

Is there any way to store images in the file system rather than the db?

I just did the install, made sure it was enabled, set my usergroup to have permission to use it... but nothing is different? I see no place to upload images... help!

ETA ~ Oops, I didn't do the template changes yet. Guess I ought to try that first...