Kernel (50), No DB Connection

Monday 10 November 2003 11:12:04 am

I'm getting the kernel (50) No database connection could be made... error after trying to log in to admin. I've checked the site.ini database, username, and password to make sure they are correct. I'm using Ver 3.2-3 on a shared host with cpanel, Apache 1.3.29 and PHP 4.3.4. Advice appreciated much. Thanks, Emory

Monday 10 November 2003 3:07:45 pm

Yes, it seems the same. The only thing you mentioned that I didn't check was the sock. I'm not sure about that.

Tuesday 11 November 2003 9:00:28 pm

You may want to check your sockets:

Create a file info.php in your document root (the directory where Exponential index.php is) and put in it:

<?php

phpinfo();

?>

Now load that up at http://localhost/info.php and scroll down to the mysql section.
What does the MYSQL_SOCKET parameter have in it?

It may have a value like /tmp/mysql.sock
Go to whatever directory it has (in this case /tmp/) and check to see there is a file there. If not, you need to find mysql.sock.

Its probably in /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock or similar.

Then:
cd /tmp
ln /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock mysql.sock or
ln -s /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock mysql.sock

to create a symbolic link to whereever your sock is. This is probably similar process with postgresql.

Let me know how you get on.