[Mediawiki-l] Installation: Database connect error

[Matt Hampel]

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