Thanks very much as well for this post; after a weekend of frustration, I was able to use dumbusername’s wp-config file above to realize I had to modify my own wp-config file, which is not in any of the dozens of tutorials around the net on WordPress installations.
Apparently, when you install WordPress using Synaptic, the wordpress directory is put under /usr/share instead of /var/www where all the tutorials and WordPress instructions say it should go. On my Hardy install, this caused an error message when the scripts in the /etc/wordpress/wp-config.php file were run. The /etc/wordpress/wp-config.php file was looking for wp-settings.php in the wrong place, and so by changing the line in the /etc/wordpress/wp-config.php to (‘ABSPATH’, ‘/usr/share/wordpress/’);, I’m up and running.
Of course you all knew that; this comment to help out others who may have a similar problem.
Thanks again.
Rick Bryan
New York, NY
