On Mon, 8 Mar 2010, Jan wrote: > Unable to connect to the database: Could not connect to MySQL > 1) Create a simple phpinfo() page & check to see that your MySQL is configured properly. Did you install php-mysql?
2)
> I'm also able open the DB using "mysql -u root -p".
>
The only valid test is with the UID & PW that you created for Joomla - you
did create it, didn't you?
Lee

