[Help]error when starting

[drumm3r1991]

i keep getting this error when trying to start trinitycore.exe

2009-08-12 09:56:08 ERROR: Could not connect to MySQL database at localhost: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)

2009-08-12 09:56:08 ERROR: Cannot connect to world database localhost;3306;root;;trinity

i have XAMPP on

[MentaL]

[TrekPL]

Try to READ what log says.
It is wrong pass to mysql - you got typo in either mangos.conf or mysql. If I remember you could change mysql pass by the xampp web interface - have you done it?

[drumm3r1991]

is it messed up because i don't have a password for Mysql?
but then when i delete the localhost connection and make a new one with a password i get the same error

---------- Post added at 11:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:27 AM ----------

ok here's a pic of the mysql login screen and the config file
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/2766/wowerror1.jpg

[Monolith]

is it messed up because i don't have a password for Mysql?
but then when i delete the localhost connection and make a new one with a password i get the same error

---------- Post added at 11:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:27 AM ----------

ok here's a pic of the mysql login screen and the config file
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/2766/wowerror1.jpg

Try it with a password and see what happens.

[drumm3r1991]

it wont let me log in if i use a password. i tried deleting the localhost connection and redo with localhost, username:root and root for pass and gives me an error

---------- Post added at 03:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:21 PM ----------

it wont let me log in if i use a password. i tried deleting the localhost connection and redo with localhost, username:root and root for pass and gives me an error

[TrekPL]

First: don't make double post.
Second - did you set up pass FOR mysql correctly? I mean not in server config file but in MySQL itself? Because if you set pass in server config only, without setting it in xampp it will not work.

[drumm3r1991]

i don't have a password at all for mysql. and in my config file i left the password spot blank. I have no idea how to change the password in xampp

[ragingrhino]

id suggest installing MySQL software and assigning a password, 1 for the simple fact of security, and make sure u install it and all its components correctly, there is a guide on here somewhere, i suggest u try that.