Connection closed by remote server

[Resin_]

Hey, any help would be great.

So i have apache, mysql, php all installed and working bla bla bla.
I put smf 2.0RC in a folder called smf in my htdocs
i go to localhost/smf and the installer launches fine

However, when i get to step 3 (where you input your database info), i type it all in and click next and Opera
gives me this "Connection closed by remote server", basically a 404 page. Im clueless lol. I tried get around it by
using IE but for some reason IE doesnt understand localhost/smf lol.

Any ideas why its giving me that error and not letting me move foward in the installation?

[Kindred]

you should not be installing using localhost...   you should be installing using the actual web access point.

[Resin_]

So your saying i cant install from the server itself. i need to be on a different ip? ive installed smf 1.1 this way with no problems before... and simply switched the forum to public (meaning it can be accessed from external ips)

[Kindred]

no... you CAN install on the server.... but the settings should be the website address, and that may be what is causing the problem...

[Resin_]

I gave it a shot and no luck. ive tried everything including my ip (not my lan ip) with no luck. i know for sure all the other information is correct, so that leaves server name.

[Kindred]

is the db on the same server (and using the server's localhost) as the forum?

[Resin_]

yes, everything is local.

I really appreiciate the help, im still stumped. ive attempted installing phpbb just to see if i would get the same problem and i did (failed at setting up the database). So this isnt an smf related problem anymore, and obviously not relavant to this forum. The problem is, i dont know where else to go!

[Kindred]

hmmm.... is this machine hosted by someone that has a technical department?  It sounds like there is a bad configuration somewhere between your mySQL installation and the server access point.

[Resin_]

the server is hosted by me. i feel like an idiot cause ive never had this problem before, and considering my last server was set up the same exact way, i dont know what could have gone wrong. I set mysql up the same way i always have, so i cant see why there'd be a problem "connecting". maybe i made a tiny mistake linking php and mysql together, and for some reason, php doesnt have the "access" to create a database. im still poking around with no success

EDIT: i was poking through phpinfo and found this.

directive                            local value        master value

mysql.allow_persistent   On   On
mysql.connect_timeout   60   60
mysql.default_host            no value   no value
mysql.default_password       no value   no value
mysql.default_port            no value   no value
mysql.default_socket            no value   no value
mysql.default_user            no value   no value
mysql.max_links           Unlimited   Unlimited
mysql.max_persistent     Unlimited   Unlimited
mysql.trace_mode               Off     Off

im gonna look through my php config and see if somehow it doesnt know my mysql settings

EDIT 2: No luck.

EDIT 3: GOT IT! It was a stupid little error! i either missed or mixed up uncommenting "extension=php_mysqli.dll" in my php.ini, happy i went back n looked for a third time! thanks for the help, mark as solved lol