Obvious questions: The MySQL server, is it running? Do you have a user setup with localhost access privileges and enough privileges to create the database and tables?
Does it give any more detail in the error message?
Arthur Guy
arthur@astarsolutions.co.uk www.astarsolutions.co.uk
-----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Matt Hampel Sent: 03 July 2005 18:38 To: mediawiki-l@wikimedia.org Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Installation: Database connect error
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.
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