* when ubuntu mysql installs, it sets the sockets to something that Amahi won't recognize. Either the amahi settings need to be changed (preferable) or the mysql settings need to be changed (haven't made this work yet). UPDATE: I made the change to /etc/mysql/my.cnf and /etc/mysql/debian.cnf files and it still didn't work. Not sure what changes still have to be made. UPDATE: Ugly hack that makes it work: sudo ln -s /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock It's ugly but it works for now.