here is an update. I am getting this error in the rror log

2012/06/11 14:46:37 [error] 3554#0: *70 open() "/home/httpd/sociology.org/wp-smooth/images/banner125.gif" failed (2: No such file or directory), client: 87.151.182.62, server: www.sociology.org, request: "GET /wp-content/themes/wp-smooth/images/banner125.gif HTTP/1.1", host: "www.sociology.org", referrer: "http://www.sociology.org/"


but the files that are in the path exist, and a readable. if i reload apache the webspace displays just fine