[Koha] Koha Web Installer MySQL error

[Patrick]

Hi all,

I'm having a bit of difficulty getting the koha web installer up and running.  
The error message I receive when trying to connect to it follows:

Koha error
The following fatal error has occurred:
Can't connect to MySQL server on 'bibserv' (111) 
at /usr/share/perl/5.8/CGI/Carp.pm line 314.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Circulation.pm line 
25.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Circulation.pm 
line 25.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Overdues.pm line 24.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Overdues.pm line 
24.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Members.pm line 27.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Members.pm line 
27.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Auth.pm line 31.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Auth.pm line 31.
Compilation failed in require 
at /usr/share/koha/opac/cgi-bin/opac/opac-main.pl line 22.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted 
at /usr/share/koha/opac/cgi-bin/opac/opac-main.pl line 22.

I've glanced over the files cited in the error message, but can't make head or 
tails of what the problem might be.

One note is that I'd installed the DBD::mysql perl module with a force install 
instead of creating the test db.   Could this have something to do with this 
error?  

I'm running Debian Etch, Koha 3.00.00, Perl 5.8.8-7etch5, and believe to have 
followd the INSTALL.Debian faithfully.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Best,
Patrick