phpMyAdmin a little trouble

[mtdew3q]

hi-

i followed the guide to setup phpMyAdmin in the forums.
i created the scripts directory in root of abyss web server.
i created the virtual and real paths.
i edited the uri setting in the config.inc.
the config.inc is located in phpMyAdmin dir.

when i run a test script with this address
http://localhost/phpMyAdmin/testing.php
i get the phpinfo() result.

but when i try http://localhost/phpMyAdmin/index.php
i get waiting to connect to local host 127.0.0.1... in the browser
status and then bam error 500 (internal server).

that is a dead end. i dont know where to go from there.

any help is greatly appreciated. i feel as if i am almost there
and it is one thing i am doing wrong. mysql 4.1 and php 5.0.5 are running fine.
i have the service started in win xp and a db created +
a user and pass for root.

[mtdew3q]

hi-
i had the broken pipe too.
php-cgi.exe was in php directory.

time to try out the aprelium prepackaged php 5 version.
thanks so much,
jim

[mtdew3q]

hi-

i found the source of my problems.
i just switched to an older version of phpmyadmin to solve it.
i should have tried that hours ago :oops:

the errors i kept getting in winxp with mysql 4.1 and php 5 and
phpMyAdmin 2.8.0.2 were:
cannont connect to mysql from localhost and another error:
Access denied for user: 'root@127.0.0.1' (Using password: NO)

so if you are getting these and just tried the new maintenance release by all means give up and go to the older version. it is not you nor abyss.

it was torture camp (the things i tried) to no avail.

now i am ready to write some php code (finally).
not tonight though. my poor fingers.