mysql installation fubar

[Cojafoji]

tried to install mysql 5.1 and i hit a bit of a snag. got through all the prelim setup steps, and went to install and all that. it installed all of the files and even started the services, but the installation progress stops at starting the service, saying that it failed (it didn't). and it doesn't even get to the security stuff. when i bump into phpbb installer, it only gives me the choice of choosing microsoft sql 2000 ocdb as the database, even though the mysql 5.1 service is running...

coja need help. coja is also tired and drunk. take pity and help me.

:ohdear:

[klange]

Call me when you're awake and sober.

[Cojafoji]

awake and sober. paging the admiral.

[klange]

awake and sober. paging the admiral.
Good morning.

There are a number of possibilities as to why this isn't working.

The first thing to do is fire up an editor and make sure MySQL really is running by attempting to connect to it it with the default username and password (you should have been asked to enter a password when installing).

<?php
mysql_connect("localhost","root","PASSWORD") or die ("Failed");
echo "Working.";
?>

Run that script, tell me what it says, and we'll move on to the next part.

[Cojafoji]

Found out what the problem was kind sir. There were remnants of Microsoft's MSSQL 2000 something server left over from a couple years ago.