phpMyAdmin: #2003 - The server is not responding

[Ahmed Muratovic]

I am a newbie in MySQL, so please be patient with me;)
I use Trustix. MySQL deamon is started, apache & php is started.

Command > mysqlshow shows me that I have 2 tables "mysql" and "test",

phpinfo.php return me this info:
"MySQL Support enabled
Active Persistent Links 0
Active Links 0
Client API version 4.0.18
MYSQL_MODULE_TYPE external
MYSQL_SOCKET /var/run/mysql/mysql.sock
MYSQL_INCLUDE -I/usr/include/mysql
MYSQL_LIBS -L/usr/lib -lmysqlclient

Directive Local Value Master Value
mysql.allow_persistent On On
mysql.connect_timeout -1 -1
mysql.default_host no value no value
mysql.default_password no value no value
mysql.default_port no value no value
mysql.default_socket no value no value
mysql.default_user no value no value
mysql.max_links Unlimited Unlimited
mysql.max_persistent Unlimited Unlimited
mysql.trace_mode Off Off"

I installed phpMyAdmin, and when I try to connect it returns me
this errror "#2003 - The server is not responding"

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Where should I start fixing the problem ?
Do I have to aditionlay configure mysql on server to start listening ? what
I have to do more than just > service httpd start :) ?