Movable Type installation script can't find database

rtroxel posted this at 23:04 — 11th June 2004.

Joined: Mar 2003

First, I hope this is in the right forum.

I've been trying to install and configure MovableType 3.0 blog software, but keep getting this error message when I run the mt-load.cgi utility:

Bad ObjectDriver config: Connection error: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)

According to the instructions, I'm supposed to modify this part of the mt.cfg to allow the software to reach the database:

# The filesystem path to the 'db' directory, where your MT database
# files are stored. You will probably need to change this when you
# first install MT; instructions for doing so are in the Installation
# Instructions, in INSTALLING THE MOVABLE TYPE APPLICATION CODE, Step 8.
# Consider using the MySQL configuration, below.

DataSource db

## The following options are commented out: to uncomment an ##
## option, remove the '#' at the beginning of the line. ##
## First, however, make sure that you understand the purpose ##
## of the configuration setting. ##
#
# Configuration for MySQL databases. Add the name of your database
# and the username that you have for logging in to that database
# below. The password needs to go in the file mt-db-pass.cgi.
#
# ObjectDriver DBI::mysql
# Database
# DBUser
# DBHost localhost

But I've been doing this all afternoon, using different names for the database, etc., and I keep getting error messages.

The MovableType site has no FAQs for version 3.0.

Any suggestions?