I am having a weird issues... i have installed Wordpress locally (I'm on Ubuntu) and I'm now having troubles accessign an image file... in css I have:

```
.sprites{ background:url("sprites.png") top left no-repeat; }
._r3_c5{ width:210px; height:204px; background-position:-10px -10px; }

```

When I try to do:

```
<div class="sprites _r3_c5">
</div>

```

I don't see anything.
If I then check my source, and try yo open the (broken) image in a new tab, I get this message:

```
Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /current/alex/wp-content/themes/starkers/sprites.png on this server.

```

Would anybody know the reason for this?