Re: [obs-dev]If the install-db.pl script dies...

[Dan Amarel]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is unhappy with your DBD::mysql driver. How did you install the perl packages? Did you use the pre-fab perl modules that is on the website? I would suggest that you download the latest DBD::msql module and install that by hand. Make sure to do a make test when you do this -- it will test your installation. Once that passes the install-db script should work as well. Ok, thanks! Yes, I did use the pre-fab modules. Now, I've installed by hand (Msql-Mysql-modules-1.2215 ), and was able to move on. Only these lines looked unhappy: /usr/bin/pod2man: Invalid man page - 1st pod line is not NAME in Defs.pm Couldn't install blib/man3/Obs::Defs.3 ... Not in MANIFEST: CVS/Entries Not in MANIFEST: CVS/Repository Not in MANIFEST: CVS/Root Not in MANIFEST: Defs.pm.in : Got as far as the Starting & Installing section of your instructions... I'm getting this error in the 4 panes: (Error: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (111)) You mention a certain /cgi-bin/obs/ObsDefs.pm in the Troubleshooting section, but I don't seem to have this file. (Is ObsDefs.pm related to the Not in MANIFEST: Defs.pm.in above?) (In case this might be relevant, I'm a database novice  :-o , only having set up MySQL last week for use with a message board servlet... haven't had any problems with the message board, though. Only aspect of the rpm setup that I altered is a symbolic link from the given database dir, /var/lib/mysql to /home/mysql/data, where I have more disk space available. You can ln -s to a socket, right?) Thanks for any advice! -DA PS- I have tried several times to re-run the install-db.pl and install-www.pl scripts, also with a different MySQL user, and after deleting the obs db.