diff --git a/wp-admin/post.php b/wp-admin/post.php
index 5654763bb..89c75e0f5 100644
--- a/wp-admin/post.php
+++ b/wp-admin/post.php
@@ -376,6 +376,9 @@ $now_gmt = current_time('mysql', 1);
 	// are we going from draft/private to published?
 	if ($prev_status != 'publish' && $post_status == 'publish') {
 		generic_ping();
+		if ($post_pingback) {
+			pingback($content, $post_ID);
+		}
 	} // end if moving from draft/private to published
 	if ($post_status == 'publish') {
 		do_action('publish_post', $post_ID);
diff --git a/wp-blog-header.php b/wp-blog-header.php
index df9335c9e..ac7c6f3f6 100644
--- a/wp-blog-header.php
+++ b/wp-blog-header.php
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <?php
 
-$curpath = dirname(__FILE__).'/';
+require(dirname(__FILE__).'/' . 'wp-includes/wp-l10n.php');
 
-if (!file_exists($curpath . '/wp-config.php'))
+if (!file_exists(dirname(__FILE__).'/' . 'wp-config.php'))
     die(__("There doesn't seem to be a <code>wp-config.php</code> file. I need this before we can get started. Need more help? <a href='http://wordpress.org/docs/faq/#wp-config'>We got it</a>. You can <a href='wp-admin/install-config.php'>create a <code>wp-config.php</code> file through a web interface</a>, but this doesn't work for all server setups. The safest way is to manually create the file."));
 
-require_once($curpath . '/wp-config.php');
+require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/' . '/wp-config.php');
 
 // Process PATH_INFO, if set.
 $path_info = array();