Ah thanks. getblock in 0.3.19 is also coming up with an error.
the -printblock flag seems to work, but I don't have my gui turned on on my server so I can't see the output.
$ bitcoind getblock
error: {"code":-32601,"message":"Method not found"}
$ bitcoin -printblock
Error: Unable to initialize GTK+, is DISPLAY set properly?
$ bitcoin getblock
error: {"code":-32601,"message":"Method not found"}
is there another way to do it?