drupal doesn't seem to see mysql

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Jesse Keating wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:59:52 -0400 (EDT)
> "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> >   setting up drupal 5.2 on my fedora test box and, once i got to the
> > config screen, i was presented with the message:
> >
> > "Database configuration
> >
> > Your web server does not appear to support any common database types.
> > Check with your hosting provider to see if they offer any databases
> > that Drupal supports."
>
>
> Got php-mysql?

ah, that's it -- installed it, restarted httpd, looking good.  perhaps
that little hint might be added to drupal's INSTALL.mysql.txt file.
:-)

rday
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