Installing Drupal

So close to getting Drupal running - but I get a whole bunch of error messages like the following:

Warning: main(includes/conf.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/bbm/lowendmac.com/htdocs/drupal/includes/common.inc on line 1156

Warning: main(): Failed opening 'includes/conf.php' for inclusion (include_path='/usr/local/lib/php:/usr/local/share/pear') in /var/www/bbm/lowendmac.com/htdocs/drupal/includes/common.inc on line 1156

Apologies in advance if this query has already been answered. I have searched the posts, and have found similar questions, but no answers that seem to help me.

I've just installed drupal 4.4.0 on my ISP (running Apache 1.3.29 PHP 4.3.4 and MySQL 4.0.18)

The initial Drupal webpage is loaded, along with the following errors

Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cookie - headers already sent by (output started at /home/okayam2/public_html/includes/conf.php:70) in /home/okayam2/public_html/includes/session.inc on line 5

Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /home/okayam2/public_html/includes/conf.php:70) in /home/okayam2/public_html/includes/session.inc on line 5

warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/okayam2/public_html/includes/conf.php:70) in /home/okayam2/public_html/includes/common.inc on line 1233.

due to the nature of my ISP, my drupal database is called okayam2_drupal. (I can't login in and create databases through phpmyadmin, have to create through the isp's MySQL database Admin Panel)

can anyone point me in the right direction here to fix this. First CMS site.

I have edited conf.php like;
# $db_url = "mysql://user:password@hostname/database";
# $db_url = "pgsql://user:password@hostname/database";
$db_url = "mysql://user:password@localhost/okayam2_drupal";

Hi! I'm trying to install Drupal-4.4.0 and am getting the following error:
Warning: mysql_connect(): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2) in {server_directory}/drupal-4.4.0/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 12
Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2).

Environent:
WindowsXP Home version
Apache 2.0.47
Php 4.3.3
Mysql 4.0.18
Drupal 4.4.0

Hello everyone,
I have a question about the image.module-4.4.0. From all that I have read in the forums, this module is among the very few from Drupal that causes many headaches and lot's of frustration. I am among the confused. I have downloaded ImageMagick-6.0.0 and it works...without Jhead as I don't know whether I need it or not...the documentation says nothing of it. I have downloaded image.module-4.4.0 and it works up until I submit a picture and then...no thumbnail with the messages:

warning: rename(./tmpthumb_dc3adabb7efe88ae26a804e45cc8d245.jpg,C:/images/thumbs/thumb_dc3adabb7efe88ae26a804e45cc8d245-26.jpg): No such file or directory in C:\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\modules\image.module on line 719.
Cannot save image.

And

warning: unlink(): Permission denied in C:\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\modules\image.module on line 774.

Can somebody PLEASE tell me what I am doing wrong? I have fiddled with this particular module more than all the others I currently use combined. It's frustraing to download ImageMagick and a module only to constantly have problems. I am very grateful to those who create these modules...for their skill and time. But Drupal is no PHP Nuke...Drupal is all first class software with clean code and good logic. So I just want to know where I'm going wrong and maybe I can help after I get to the root of the problem. Perhaps I'm using the wrong module. All I want to do is display a thumbnail next to a published story. Do I even need the image.module? I believe so, but as I am new to Drupal I'm not sure. I appreciate all comments and suggestions.

Environent:
WindowsXP Home version
Apache 2.0.47
Php 4.3.3
Mysql 4.0.18
Drupal 4.4.0

Hi,
i have downloaded the new Drupal veriosn and all Modules.

But how can i use the Patch files?

Thx for Help !