What’s the output from:
ls -l /opt/lampp/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php
and
ls -l /opt/lampp/etc/my.cnf
[EDIT]
Also, what happens if you run:
sudo opt/lampp/lampp stop
sudo service apache2 stop
sudo service mysql stop
sudo opt/lampp/lampp start
then try again ?
For reference:
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?35,23138,23138
XAMPP: Starting Apache with SSL (and PHP5)…
XAMPP: Starting MySQL…
Warning: World-writable config file ‘/opt/lampp/etc/my.cnf’ is ignored------ why am I seeing this?.. I’m not even seeing this before… you made
XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD… do this command
ls -l /opt/lampp/etc/my.cnf
XAMPP for Linux started
but I’ve managed to change it back so it’s ok… now my latest problem is I can’t access phpmyadmin using the specified username and password, it’s always telling me this(attached image)
ls -l /opt/lampp/etc/my.cnf
is just a listing for that file so I can check the permissions … it doesn’t change anything.
But I’d still like the output from those 2 commands.
;D
I tried configuring the password for MySQL user root, and yet I can’t access it because this is what it says “XAMPP: MySQL has to run before I can check the security.” in the terminal, and so I did this /opt/lampp/lampp startmysql and the output is this: “XAMPP: Starting MySQL…
XAMPP: Couldn’t start MySQL!” I was wondering why then I went ??? and so I remembered that it always say this —some thing like a Another MySQL Daemon is already running— when I run xampp(/opt/lampp/lampp start) but now when I start xampp again it gave me this : “Couldn’t start MySQL!”
hmp…
I’m getting a bit lost now. Did you solve the inital problem and then run into this one? Or is the initial problem sorted?
As Mark asks could you show the output for
ls -l /opt/lampp/etc/my.cnf
and
ls -l /opt/lampp/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php
and for my memory … these are supposed to be 705
http://rat32.com/rat32/?p=53
But I’m beginning to thinks this is as much about having multiple web daemons running:
Thanks, but I figured out that I should remove all … First I removed XAMPP, then I removed the LAMPP server files which was apaache2,mysql,phpmyadmin… because both of them are in conflict… so now I can access everything phpmyadmin,xampp…
Thanks for all the help Guyz… keep it up… 
And to those who have problems like this? that there is another “Daemon running already” just do what I did and
install XAMPP again like I did then vuala presto everything is fine and back to normal… 
Glad to hear you got it sorted … and cheers for taking the time to post the solution 
Always welcome…
I’m also one of those who need help you know… 