By Attila on

When I'm trying to install Drupal 6.15, it hangs on the database configuration step.

In fact, I could never install drupal the way it should be, I always had to change settings.php manually to enter the database settings. But when I do that with drupal 6.15, I get an error that drupal is already installed and that I should empty the database to restart the installation. But the database is completely empty.

It doesn't really matter which host I use, I've already tried with Hosting2Go, Mans Media and USB Webserver (kinda XAMPP-thing).

Does anybody know what I'm doing wrong?

⋅ Categories: Drupal 6.x

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heine’s picture

heine commented

Likely Installing Drupal (6.x) Database setup fails to proceed. No error. from the Troubleshooting FAQ.

Attila’s picture

Attila commented

That's not the problem. I get this error message:

Failed to connect to your MySQL database server. MySQL reports the following message: Access denied for user 'alengyel_admin'@'localhost' (using password: YES).

* Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
* Are you sure that you have typed the correct database hostname?
* Are you sure that the database server is running?

For more help, see the Installation and upgrading handbook. If you are unsure what these terms mean you should probably contact your hosting provider.

vinayakg’s picture

vinayakg commented

Have you created user named alengyel_admin in mysql database before trying to install drupal ?

Attila’s picture

Attila commented

Yes I did. :)

Brainwrap’s picture

Brainwrap commented

Yes, I made sure to duplicate the settings.php file, *not* change the name.

Yes, I enabled write permissions to it as well as the "files" directory.

Yes, I've installed Drupal many times without this issue, up to and including 6.14 (on the same server as this new install).

Yes, I have the MySQL database and username created already and typed in properly.

Am attempting to install 6.14 instead; if that works under the same circumstances, it definitely sounds like it's 6.15-specific.

Brainwrap’s picture

Brainwrap commented

OK, I'm an idiot; I installed the database on the wrong server!!!

Feeling foolish. Install of 6.15 just went through perfectly. Never mind...

kjv1611’s picture

kjv1611 commented

Thanks for the follow-up!

Sounds like a mistake I'd of made. ;0)

Microwaves’s picture

Microwaves commented

Problem solved.

Anonymous’s picture

Anonymous (not verified) commented

But one very weird solution did:

I got the same problem (DB Setup hanging without errors) and temporary switching from FCGID to SUPHP Apache modules helped me get past the "loop" while none of the other solutions helped (cPanel EasyApache). I also use mod_cache/mod_disk_cache and eAccelerator. It's possible that the combination of everything results in this behaviour, I'm not sure tho. Disabling mod_cache or eAccelerator didn't help tho, I had to switch modules.

If nothing works and you know what you're doing, try this. Good luck. :-)