I appreciate the input and it would be nice if it were as simple as that but I have checked the password, made new users with new passwords and edited the wp-config.php file accordingly and I still have the same problem. Even with root user, root password, i get the same error.
I wouldn’t go through the trouble of adding the debug function and starting a new thread if it were as stupid a mistake as that although i realise that are a lot of newbies that could make that mistake. I am not a newbie, I have made numerous wordpress sites but this has got me stumped. I have searched the internet for answers to no avail.
Also, with a fresh wordpress directory, i should get the wordpress installer without touching any of the files. I don’t get this, I get a white screen of doom/death/poop or whatever you want to call it.
