then i would try a new install off the gauge.
as for the local.config.php
this is what i have
# FSFK Settings
// Your FTP Server, and path to the lib/images folder (from where the FTP connects from), IE
// ftp://phpvms.net/phpvms/lib/fsfk
Config::Set('FSFK_FTP_SERVER', 'ftp://tnt-virtual.be/public_html/lib/fsfk');
Config::Set('FSFK_FTP_PORT', '21');
Config::Set('FSFK_FTP_USER', '******');
Config::Set('FSFK_FTP_PASS', '******');
Config::Set('FSFK_FTP_PASSIVE_MODE', 'TRUE');
hope this will help you a bid further or els pm he you msn or somethin like that and we will try znd get it working.
gr joeri