To me, this message doesn't indicate that mysql isn't running, but rather that mysql support for php is not there. A prior reply to this suggested a sudo command for performing that install. You might want to give it a look. ________________________________ From: support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Victor Kane Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 2:28 AM To: support@drupal.org Subject: Re: [support] Drupal on a laptop You don't say how you installed MySql, but this message would appear to indicate that MySql is not running. On my Ubuntu laptop, from a terminal I did: $ ps -ef | grep mysql mysql 25011 1 1 07:21 ? 00:00:05 /usr/sbin/mysqld 1000 28598 28579 0 07:26 pts/1 00:00:00 grep mysql So, first off, is it running? On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 7:22 AM, Roger <arelem@bigpond.com> wrote: I've just installed ubuntu 10.04 and drupal 6.19 on an old compaq Presario 2700 laptop Ubuntu uses apache2 Installing Drupal I get an error, 'Web server does not appear to support database types. check with hosting provider.' I have mysql 5 installed and the database set up as is on my desktop. Why the message, what am I missing please? thanks Roger -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]