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I am running Slack 10.1.

I have gotten the XAMPP to install properly.

However when I try to install something else (phpwebsite and phpnuke)
I always get 'cannot connect to database server'

I have been able to make sure that everythign is pointing at local site.

Anyy suggestions ?

Dear Shaggz!

Maybe MySQL isn't running? What says the XAMPP status page?

Best regards
Oswald

It tells me everything is running.

Everthing from the package installs ok, and works. I can add tables and users, and all that. But when it comes to other stuff, I have no idea. Is there an SQL log that I can use that I am not aware of ?

Shag

To make sure SQL is running, do : "netstat -an" and see if port 3306 is being used. (unless you changed it)

Try making a connection with the mysql client: mysql -h localhost -u root

cheers

That all seems to be up and running.

I tried to run the mysql from the bin dir, however I had to do a ./mysql first. It didnt find it in the path. Is there a decent way to make that a path so that the system will find it ?

for slack.

maybe install phpmyadmin (or another mysql admin tool) first, because probably the default permissions don't allow you to connect..

Everything from the base package has worked fine.

I even tried adding a user and pw to it through phpmyadmin and it was ok.

But when I ran the other content managment website script, it alwys comes back with 'unable to connect to db server'

I guess then it all works.. You could try creating a temp user with all persmissions set and allowed to connect from all hosts (if the server is in a secure environment) to make sure that mysql is not blocking you.

if not, possibly the install scripts don't work or they contain a config error.