RPM Install #6 still doesn't work

Ok. I've been in this industry for 32 years. I've loved O/S2, hated windoz and been intrigued with *nix. So, I have a successful web site and server under windoz/php/mysql and I decide to venture into RedHat Linux because I have heard some great things about it. I get 7.0 and install it, virgin. Apache and PHP work, but I was never able to get MySQL working, except from a command line. So, after abut 17 hours of frustration, I get 7.1 . Apache is the only thing that works. I was able to get PHP working when I did an install from scratch (tarball). But, it seems as if the RPM should work. I still could not get MySQL working working. It consistently gives an error 2002 / socket problem. Right now I have a virgin Apache and PHP4 and MySwl install from the RPM (7.1) and php will not work. As far as I can tell, I have modified my httpd.config in all the right places. Please, could someone who has a working install from the 7.1 RPM package, please post their httpd.conf lines that pertain to getting php to work? Also, if their is a library that I need to move around, please advise that too. Thanks. The MySQL problem would be a nice caveat if someone knows how to fix that too :) Regards, -- Gaylen gfraley5@earthlink.net