Just thought of something else, too. are you using an install of apache from ports, or the default version in OpenBSD? Because the default version is chrooted, so you may need to install a bunch of stuff in the chroot environment, or turn off the chroot and lose its security features.
On 11/3/07, nuffnough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. > > I am getting an error when I try to run the wordpress > wp-admin/install.php script: > > Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL which is > required for WordPress. > > > This is OpenBSD 4.2 with: > > mysql-client-5.0.45 multithreaded SQL database (client) > mysql-server-5.0.45 multithreaded SQL database (server) > p5-DBD-mysql-3.0008 MySQL drivers for the Perl DBI > p5-DBI-1.53 unified perl interface for database access > p5-Net-Daemon-0.39 extension for portable daemons > p5-PlRPC-0.2018p0 module for writing rpc servers and clients > php5-core-5.2.3 server-side HTML-embedded scripting language > php5-extensions-5.2.3 informational package about PHP5 extensions > php5-mysql-5.2.3 mysql database access extensions for php5 > php5-mysqli-5.2.3 mysql database access extensions for php5 > > > I have created a blank mysql database, and given it a password. > MySQL starts on boot fine, and I can use mysqladmin to my heart's > content. I used phpxs to load php5-mysqli (and php5-mysql, after I > got desperate). > > Loading a phptest.php file on the webserver demonstrates that php is > working just fine. > > I have configured the wp-config.php file to point to the database that > I have created. I even specified the mysql.default.port = 3306 in the > php.ini file after I found someone fixed their problem by doing this > on a fedora system. > > I am sure (well, I am hoping!) that there is something obvious and > dumb that I've overlooked. Or that I didn't find documented, but that > some of the genii in misc can help me with. > > TIA > > nuffi
