Installing Drupal

I know this isn't a Drupal error, but has anyone run into this problem while trying to get Drupal running for the first time?

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_connect() in /home/webmaster/webpage/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 12

Hi There,

Just getting my head round Drupal and am really enjoying the learning experience. I cant work out if (or how) it is possible to have an icon for each taxonomy node type on the homepage? So for example I have a simple 1 level deep taxonomy which I categorise the front page stories with. What would be the best way of adding an image to each node type on the homepage (in the same way slashdot do)?

Thanks,
Ben

L.S.

My old Drupal installation (4.1.0) worked perfectly. I had no problems loggin in.
I updated this installation to version 4.2.0. I now i have problems loggin in.
When i enter a valid username and password and click on the login button, the same
page is loaded and i am not logged in. Drupal doesn't give any additional information like 'access denied' or other error messages.

What's wrong?

Hi,

I'd like my drupal's (4.2) site front page to be something like : http://mysite/?q=taxonomy/view/or/11.
In the admin panel, I set the default front page to taxonomy/view/or/11, but this doesn't seem to work. (Clean URLs disabled)
What am I doing something wrong ?

Thanks in advance for your answers.
Samuel.

Hi:

Can anybody tell me how I can a file to a blog or a static page? I am deploying drupal for our intranet. So far, it satisfies all our needs.

I checked out filestore also, but it is not what we need. I think something like image module, but for files is what we need. Can anybody tell me if there is such a module?

Thanks,
Rama

I'm investigating the use of drupal as the bulletin board for our school, and I would like a better understanding of the role/use of forums in such a site. As far as I can tell, the main (only?) effect of forums is to create an extra level of hierarchy in the site. ie, within a given forum, i can create a new forum topic within which users can post stories. But it seems I can do the same thing by creating an extra level of the taxonomy. Why are these treated/presented differently? And what criteria should I use to decide which of these options to select?