I actually found the issue in Bugzilla. It's listed as Bug #921. Not sure why it didn't pick up on the search for the error but I finally found it via Google.
Since it is a current issue, I'll go ahead and fill in the rest of this email.
Quoting Brion Vibber brion@pobox.com:
drmike wrote:
I'm trying to install 1.4.4 locally here and I am having an issue. I'm in the setup page under mydomain.com/config/index.php and I have filled out all the necessary information under the site config and click the 'install' button. The problem is I then get the "Something's not quite right yet; make sure everything below is filled out correctly." with the additional error of "Check name/pass".
Please provide the diagnostic output from the installer up to that point.
I apoligize for not doing so the first time through:
Checking environment... PHP 4.3.9: ok PHP server API is apache; ok, using pretty URLs (index.php/Page_Title) Have XML / Latin1-UTF-8 conversion support. PHP's memory_limit is 32M. If this is too low, installation may fail! Have zlib support; enabling output compression. Turck MMCache not installed, can't use object caching functions Found ImageMagick: /usr/bin/convert; image thumbnailing will be enabled if you enable uploads. Found GD graphics library built-in. Installation directory: /home/fillme/public_html/w Script URI path: /w MySQL error 1045: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) Trying regular user... need password. Something's not quite right yet; make sure everything below is filled out correctly.
Only one problem. Database name, username, and password are correct. I've verified with under the command line and I can connect from that fine. It just won't do it under the install script.
Are you using MySQL 4.1 or later? Check the RELEASE-NOTES section about that.
4.1.11. Again, it works find from the command line, just not from the MediaWiki install page.
I searched the mediawiki site but found no mention. It appears that the mailing list is not searchable. (Wish it was)
Google search, site:mail.wikipedia.org.
Tried that as well. (Well, wikipedia.org instead of the mail) I will keep it in mind though for next time.
Thanks, -drmnike
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)