I'm trying to install MediaWiki 1.5beta1, but I cannot get past the installation page. I always get the error "Couldn't connect to database" associated with the "MySQL server" form.
At this point, you might say "a-ha, MySQL 4.1... authentication protocol ... pre-4.1-style password!". But here's the odd thing: I'm running MySQL 4.0.20-standard, not 4.1+.
The database I'm trying to connect to is on localhost (I have also tried the values "127.0.0.1" and ""). The settings I'm typing in worked for a test system.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Matt