Brand new to CI - having trouble with local setup

[eluser]julie p[/eluser]
Hey all - not sure if this is appropriate for CI, but here's the issue.

I have CI installed, editing via Eclipse. I have a local version of Apache, php with mysql enabled. Basically, I can't get phpmyadmin installed without a crash. Is there a GUI I can use, or can anyone help me here? If not, can you point me to the right forum?

I sometimes can log in with my user/pass, but it always crashes. Here's the Apache error log:

[Tue Mar 31 21:15:33 2009] [notice] Parent: child process exited with status 3221225477 -- Restarting.
httpd.exe: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using [IP] for ServerName
[Tue Mar 31 21:15:33 2009] [notice] Apache/2.2.11 (Win32) PHP/5.2.8 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Tue Mar 31 21:15:33 2009] [notice] Server built: Dec 10 2008 00:10:06
[Tue Mar 31 21:15:33 2009] [notice] Parent: Created child process 3984
httpd.exe: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using [IP] for ServerName
httpd.exe: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using [IP] for ServerName
[Tue Mar 31 21:15:33 2009] [notice] Child 3984: Child process is running
[Tue Mar 31 21:15:33 2009] [notice] Child 3984: Acquired the start mutex.
[Tue Mar 31 21:15:33 2009] [notice] Child 3984: Starting 64 worker threads.
[Tue Mar 31 21:15:33 2009] [notice] Child 3984: Starting thread to listen on port 80.

Thanks! I just want to set up a DB to try CI out and can't get it running...

[eluser]jedd[/eluser]
You might want to check out [url="http://dev.mysql.com/workbench/"]MySQL Workbench[/url] - a GUI that is comparable (I think) to phpmyadmin.

Not guaranteeing that it's easier to install than phpmyadmin, mind .. I've had Fun getting it cranked up on my Debian box in the past.

[eluser]julie p[/eluser]
Great! Thanks for that link. It is so funny, I was on the MySQL site and was looking under the GUI nav item. Go figure... I'll give it a go. I'm just hoping I don't have a fundamental php/apache config error. This is my first attempt at a local server.

[eluser]jedd[/eluser]
Apache errors can sometimes be tricky things to nail down. It's not something simple like the PHP.ini memory setting? Not sure what phpmyadmin requires, but I do know that PHP usually(!) is quite modest with its default memory setting.

Also worth cranking up a phpinfo.php page, to make sure everything you think should be loaded, is loaded.

[eluser]julie p[/eluser]
I upgraded the memory limit to 256M - should be enough. I also have everything loading that my tutorial says... I think I'll try to use the GUI at this point! Too bad, too, b/c I think phpmyadmin is very easy!

[eluser]jedd[/eluser]
Nothing beats commandline mysql, IMO.

Like all command line interfaces, it's a bit daunting if you're not used to it at first, but once you do get comfy with it, so much more useful.