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WordPress, the OpenID plugin and “Fatal error: Call to a member function needsSigning() … in Server.php on line 1495″

For many moons I’ve been attempting to get the server functionlity of the OpenID plugin working with my wordpress install and been stumped on the following two errors: First, any hit on the OpenID /openid/server url (I am using non-default permalinks) generated the following : Fatal error: Call to undefined function add_options_page() in /path/to/wp-content/plugins/wp-contact-form/wp-contactform.php on [...]

Ubuntu Netbook Remix on Asus eeepc / eee pc

Following my previous post on restoring the default xandros install to the eeepc, it didn’t take me long to move to (and ultimately settle on) Ubuntu. Its not perfect but a hell of a lot better than stock Xandros. I had a play with the stock ASUS install for a while, but it was less [...]

Restore an Eee PC 701 back to factory Xandros from a USB stick with no ASUS Support DVD

My recently aquired (used) asus eee pc 701 came with XP installed and no support CD/DVD. I wanted to get rid of XP and have a play with the stock linux O/S instead: I expected this to be an easy gimmie, but it was not, and ate up an evenings worth of my time googling [...]

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