Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:29:46 +0100 From: Roger Olofsson <raggen@passagen.se> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to display .png? Message-ID: <45D5BFDA.7060907@passagen.se> In-Reply-To: <45D5B6F9.6000402@passagen.se> References: <45D59DB1.3000802@passagen.se> <14989d6e0702160512l1f8a18cbp3fd60120ae98026c@mail.gmail.com> <45D5B6F9.6000402@passagen.se>
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Roger Olofsson skrev: > Christian Walther skrev: >> On 16/02/07, Roger Olofsson <raggen@passagen.se> wrote: >>> Dear Mailing List, >>> >>> As usual, thanks alot for all answers to my previous questions! I will >>> try and step up and answer the ones I can. >>> >>> I'm still fiddling around with a machine that's upgraded to 6.2 and have >>> encountered a small thing. Apache refuses to display .png pictures. This >>> is probably some setting somewhere and I have looked in the following: >>> >>> httpd.conf of course >>> php.ini >>> >>> I have reinstalled and checked options for php5, I have checked options >>> and reinstalled gd and I have compared httpd.conf and php.ini with a >>> FreeBSD 5.5, I have run phpinfo on both machines and compared the >>> results, they look very much alike. The 5.5 displays .pngs fine though. >>> >>> I have also checked file permissions for the pictures, they all look >>> fine. The output of httpd-error.log has no pointers. >>> >>> What could be the magic trick? Probably something really simple? >>> >> >> Apache doesn't display images, it just serves them. That is to say >> they are downloaded to the browser like any other file is, and the >> browser displays them. >> So, what configuration are you using? From what you've given so far >> you obviously have to different machines. >> What about the ./htdocs tree, is it the same on both machines, e.g. >> did you copy it from the 5.5 machine to the new one? Where is the >> browser running? Is it running locally on the 6.2 machine, or do you >> have a third machine from which you access both servers? >> How do you access the png-Images? Are they embedded in a web page, >> e.g. by a <img src="" alt="" /> tag, or do you follow a link? >> >> How does it look like in your web browser? Is the image missing >> entirely, or do you have a "broken image" icon where you expect the >> image to be? If there is such an icon, what are its properties? (If >> you're using firefox you can right click on the image icon and select >> properties.) >> If there is no icon, does anything strange happen, e.g. does your >> browser display weird lines of text, or does it open a save as-dialog? >> >> What I think is possible is that there is a difference in the >> mime-type definition of both servers. If a file is requested from a >> web server the server sends a header that hopefully contains the right >> mime type. Depending on the mime-type the browser decides what it can >> do with it. So if there is no definition for png on your server, it >> might either be sent as a text- or binary file, resulting in strange >> behaviour in your web browser. >> >> HTH >> Christian >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > Hello, and thank you for your reply, > > It appears as if this is an application thing. I put the old version of > b2evolution there and that one displays the .pngs fine, the new one > (0.9.2) does not. Thanks for your input! > > Greetings > /Roger > Hello, and thank you for your reply, It appears as if this is an application thing. I put the old version of b2evolution there and that one displays the .pngs fine, the new one (0.9.2) does not. Thanks for your input! Greetings /Roger
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