On Mon, 2005-03-14 at 22:09 +0000, a a wrote: > > > Alex we need more information on how you got it working? > > > > > > Are you also looking at localhost? > > > > I did nothing special. I answered you privately after you mailed me > > personally. MySQL (the version shipping with FC3) was working, I did > > what is described in the phpMyAdmin documentation by creating the > > controluser, the database tables and editing the config.inc.php. And > > yes, the MySQL server is running on the same host as the Apache2. But > > that shouldn't count. > > > > May I guess you with the problem are using MySQL 4.x from anywhere else, > > maybe the mysql.com site? Then your problem is home made. > > > > Alexander > > > > P.S. Btw. I would prefer to talk to a person with a real name, rather > > than to "a a". > > my name is Henry > > now i understand i must hit the reply to ALL button ... i did not > intend to reply to you personally ... but i did not receive a mail > from you maybe i deleted it by accident > > the MySQL is the install that came with FC3 ... i have done nothing > more than use the update and attempt a phpMyAdmin installation and > everything stops there > > you say you set up the database tables according to the documentation > but my understanding is this is not a necessary step > > all that is necessary is to input a control user and pass, setup the > control user and pass and grants in mysql, select cookie, start mysql, > start apachectl, then open the index.php ... but it just wont work > > do i need to create databases to view index.php? > You must use mysqladmin and set up the 'god' user to be able to access mysql. Once that is done it works. And the steps are in the documentation.
