Hi all,
 
I have a problem during install.
At Step 1, everything's ok. The scripts populates the mysql database. I can see it at with phpmyadmin. It goes then to step 2 (admin setting) but now it says :
Can't connect to database. Please check your database parameters.
Connect failed: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)
 
It is definately NOT a user/pass login problem as it connected in step 1
 
And it's not a privileges problem since I checked with 2 accounts: a full right one and one granted as described in the install tutorial.
 
Can someone help me please ?

Looks like an issue with the MySQL configuration on the server...possibly the socket file is not in specified location or the configuration parameters are incorrect.
 
I don't have a solution for your particular situation but you may need do some investigation through your hosting tools or check with your hosting service.
 
Some links that provide background details.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/problems-with-mysql-sock.html
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/can-not-connect-to-server.html#nolinkhere
 
Doing a google search on the error message may lead to additional info.

same problem happened with me ..