I had that problem today. It was the way I start mysql.
If I type: service mysql start
The db starts but mediawiki still gave that error.
If I type: /usr/local/mysql/bin/safe_mysqld
Bingo. It works.
Why? Who knows. I don't have time to research further.
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[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Philip
Beach III
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 8:39 AM
To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] problem with mediawiki
wiki software wrote:
hi,
I had installed Mediawiki 1.7.1 and 1.9.1 locally on the system
using IIS
5, PHP5.1.6, and MYSQL server 5.0.24.
It was woking fine for almost week after installaton, but suddenly i
get
this particular error message when i try to access the
wiki site on my
system.
Wiki has a problem
*Sorry! This site is experiencing technical difficulties.*
Try waiting a few minutes and reloading.
(Can't contact the database server: Access denied for user
'wikiuser'@'localhost' (using password: YES) (localhost))
I have no clue why this is happening though, can someone kindly help
me.
Thanks.
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Something is up with your database/satabase user. Do you have
phpMyAdmin?
I would try logging in there and make sure none of your database
settings changed... or since your running it locally you could just
create a new database user and change the logon info in
LocalSettings.php.
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