[Koha] Error creating MySQL database during installation.

[Krsnendu dasa]

Below is the error message I get. The seems to be a problem with user
kohaadmin. Any clues what I need to do to fix this?
I am using Fedora Core 6 and the mysql version is 5.0.27

Creating the MySQL database for Koha...

ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'kohaadmin'@'localhost'
(using password: YES)

DBI connect('Koha:localhost','kohaadmin',...) failed: Access denied
for user 'kohaadmin'@'localhost' (using password: YES) at
/usr/local/koha/intranet/modules/C4/Context.pm line 411
Can't call method "prepare" on an undefined value at
scripts/updater/updatedatabase line 1541.
Problem updating database...
[root at k12ltsp1 koha-2.2.7]#