Image counter won't show up in Opera NN 6.01

[Macguru]

One of my clients is using a free PERL counter on his homepage. It will not show up using Opera or NN6.01. There is no size attributes in the code, is there something to fix this?

<img src="cgi-bin/compteur3.pl" align=bottom>

[bobriggs]

Netscape is sometimes picky about the content type - Is the script outputting a content-type header (image/gif or image/jpeg?)

[Macguru]

Here is what I dug from the script:

print ("Content-type: image/x-xbitmap\n\n"); #x-xbitmap

I am no pro at PERL, can I change this?

[Brett_Tabke]

yes, switch "x-xbitmap" to "gif" if it's a gif, or "jpeg" if a jpeg file.

[bobriggs]

BUT, if it is an xbm (x-xbitmap) - (and you change to gif or jpeg) it will not display anywhere:

See [www-eng.llnl.gov ]

Try the test image on different browsers.

[Macguru]

I changed it and now it does not show up in any browser. :)

I gess it has to be a bitmap image since the script generates the image. I will get him another free counter, as long it does not rely on some other server.

Thanks guys!

<added> Thanks for the link bo!</added>

[Brett_Tabke]

Oh sorry. I thought you meant it WAS a gif and the content type was wrong?

I can't imagine someone putting a windows bitmap file in for a counter!? There are many browsers that won't show a windows bitmap.

[Macguru]

>I can't imagine someone putting a windows bitmap file in for a counter!?

I guess it is OK for a free script. The conceptor probably picked this one because everyting is written in French (his native language) and was easyer to install for him. I installed him a counter using prebuilt gifs and it works fine. The problem with this new one is that it tics on every reloads.