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I am new to Geoserver 2.8.0. I just installed it and passed some layers from PostGIS.

I used the existing, default cite workspace, then added a myProject Store, with type PostGIS. I loaded the layers and set the Bounding Boxes, I enabled Response Cache Headers, set some default styles and set the min/max zoom levels from 0 to6.

In this new Geoserver interface, how can I set or at least check what type of layer is this? Is it a WMS, a WFS? My PostGIS layers are some OSM data, that I converted and saved on PostGIS

My main question is that I can preview the planet_osm_line, planet_osm_road and planet_osm_point but not the planet_osm_polygon. When I hit OpenLayers to preview it in Geoserver, instead of opening a new tab with OpenLayers it automatically downloads a wms file.

How do I fix this? Is there something wrong with my settings?

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    Save the "wms" file on disk and open it with a text editor. I bet it contains an error message that hopefully explains what is wrong with your planet_osm_polygon layer. When it comes to services, you can access your data both via WMS as rendered maps and via WFS as vector data.
    – user30184
    Commented Oct 3, 2015 at 15:08
  • @user30184 Thanks. Check my answer. Also, turn your comment to an ansewer, so I can upvote you
    – slevin
    Commented Oct 3, 2015 at 17:31
  • Your answer is just fine. Just add this piece of information into it: according to WMS 1.x standard the MIME-type of the service exception report is application/vnd.ogc.se_xml. Browsers typically do not recognize that MIME type and they suggest to save the response on disk instead of showing it directly. Here is an URL to test with (format=image/foo will lead to an error) demo.opengeo.org/geoserver/…
    – user30184
    Commented Oct 3, 2015 at 17:46

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Yes, user30184 is right. I just opened the wms file and says

     java.io.IOException: No such resource: generic.sld

No such resource: generic.sld

So I went back to Geoserver and I changed the default style of the layer from "generic" to "giant_polygon", or whatever works for you

login to geoserver, click layers, choose the problematic layer, select the "Publishing" card and then change the style from the drop down Default Style menu

Thanks

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