# Image files (jpg,png) could not be opened **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [February 4, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-files-jpg-png-could-not-be-opened/202743 "2011-02-04T20:09:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-files-jpg-png-could-not-be-opened/202743/1 "2011-02-04T20:09:42Z")
Hi all, Image files like .png and .jpg could not be opened when click on it. It works fine for others like .txt or .xls. I got a prompt window where I can select a program to open the file but for image files I got 404 error page. mime.types file is in place and has image types. Any help would be great, Thanks a lot, Irina Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Image files (jpg,png) could not be opened.](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,172228,172228#msg-172228)** > > Hi all, Image files like .png and .jpg could not be opened when click on it. It works fine for others like .txt or .xls. I got a prompt window where I can select a program to open the file but for image files I got 404 error page. mime.types file is... ---
**Author:** ![Irina](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/77aa72/32.png) [@Irina](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Irina)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-files-jpg-png-could-not-be-opened/202743/2 "2011-02-04T23:37:24Z")
The problem is solved. nginx does not send any request to thr server if the file extension is .png or .jpg. The solution is to sedn this request if file name is matched up with image file extension. Add this line to nginx.conf: location ~ .png$ { proxy\_pass [http://mongrel](http://mongrel); } The more general solution is to match an url, something like that: location ^~/insight/show\_file/ { proxy\_pass [http://mongrel](http://mongrel); } Both wok fine for me. Maybe it will be helpful for somebody, Thanks, Irina Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: Image files (jpg,png) could not be opened.](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,172228,172268#msg-172268)** > > Hi all, Image files like .png and .jpg could not be opened when click on it. It works fine for others like .txt or .xls. I got a prompt window where I can select a program to open the file but for image files I got 404 error page. mime.types file is... ---
**Author:** ![Irina](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/77aa72/32.png) [@Irina](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Irina)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2011, 7:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-files-jpg-png-could-not-be-opened/202743/3 "2011-02-05T07:22:08Z")
On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 17:35 -0500, Irina wrote: > The problem is solved. nginx does not send any request to thr server if > the file extension is .png or .jpg. This isn’t true, unless you’ve configured it this way. > ``` > } > > ``` What I would suggest, if you want help with your configuration, is to post your config here so that people can see what you are trying to do. Cliff ---
**Author:** ![Irina](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/77aa72/32.png) [@Irina](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Irina)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-files-jpg-png-could-not-be-opened/202743/4 "2011-02-07T17:00:00Z")
Yes, you are right, I have this line in my config that conflicts when I would like to open any image files. location ~\* .(ico|css|gif|js|jpe?g|png)(?[0-9]+)?$ { add\_header Cache-Control “must-revalidate”; expires max; break; } But I need it otherwise pages will be loading extremely slow. So this line along with my previous updates give me the correct behavior. Thanks, Irina Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: Image files (jpg,png) could not be opened.](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,172228,172890#msg-172890)** > > Hi all, Image files like .png and .jpg could not be opened when click on it. It works fine for others like .txt or .xls. I got a prompt window where I can select a program to open the file but for image files I got 404 error page. mime.types file is... ---
**Author:** ![Irina](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/77aa72/32.png) [@Irina](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Irina)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/image-files-jpg-png-could-not-be-opened/202743/5 "2011-02-15T05:55:51Z")
I like to re-arrange my images within a file, placing related images next to each other, regardless of the order that I photographed them in (e.g. a macro shot of a building and a detail shot of the same building photographed on a different day). Or, when doing a slide show I might put comparable images next to each other. I have always been able to do this while I had Windows XP and older programmes. Now I have Windows 7 and it wont let me move my images around - they just jump straight back to the slot the computer has ‘chosen’ when I try to drag and drop one. This is ridiculous! What do I have to do to bypass the alph-numerical system - PLEASE can someone help me! Thanks! Helen