This is from the gnome-blog-poster (0.8) to WordPress 1.2.2-mingus.
For preferences, don't use 'Self-run Wordpress' -- it seems to generate a bogus URL that includes wordpress in it. Instead pick 'Self-run Other' and use the MetaWeblog protocol. The URL should be point to your xmlrpc.php in our web space, typically it is in the top level of the blog's directory.
