Try connecting with the CLI MySQL client? Are you sure the server's even running at all?
-Jeremy On Dec 22, 2011 7:58 AM, "Klaus Becker" <[email protected]> wrote: > Le jeudi 22 décembre 2011 13:06:40, Tim Starling a écrit : > > On 22/12/11 21:17, Klaus Becker wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I try to install MediaWiki 1.18.0 on tuxfamily.org, but I can't > > > connect to db, although I use the same db name and password as on > > > http://phpmyadmin.tuxfamily.org where I can connect to db. > > > > > > I did not change the default db user name = root > > > > > > I get the message > > > > > > DB connection error: Can't connect to local MySQL server through > > > socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) (localhost). > > > > > > so what can I do ? > > > > Try 127.0.0.1 for the DB host instead of localhost. MySQL treats you > > as a different user depending on what host you come from, so > > connecting via TCP can require a different password to connecting via > > the UNIX socket. > > > > -- Tim Starling > > > Hallo Tim, > > I already tried it, it tells me > > DB connection error: Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial > communication packet', system error: 111 (127.0.0.1). > > Klaus > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
