The first thing I would check is to see if MySQL is actually running. The next step is trying to accessing the database on a command line using the same details that Scoop is using to login. Based on what you sent here, it looks like a database problem to me, outside of Scoop's area. On 6/26/07, Chris Schults <cschults at grist.org> wrote: > Our new IT guy is trying to install a development version of Scoop and > is getting the following error. Any ideas? > > DBI connect('dbname=scoopdb;host=localhost','scoop',...) failed: Can't > connect to local MySQL server through socket > '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) at /wwwroot/scoop/lib/Scoop.pm line > 957 > > (Scoop::_set_dbh) Can't connect to database! > > 0 at /wwwroot/scoop/lib/Scoop.pm line 957. > > [Tue Jun 26 15:54:18 2007] [error] Can't call method "fetchrow" on an > undefined value at /wwwroot/scoop/lib/Scoop/Cache.pm line 72.\n > > ---------------------------- > > Chris Schults > Web Production Manager > Grist > 710 Second Avenue, Suite 860 > Seattle, WA 98104 > Phone: 206-876-2020, ext. 204 > Fax: 253-423-6487 > <http://www.grist.org> > > _______________________________________________ > Scoop-help mailing list > Scoop-help at lists.kuro5hin.org > http://lists.kuro5hin.org/mailman/listinfo/scoop-help >