Install hangs on DB related steps. No error messages

Web Server:
CentOS 5
Apache 2.2.3
PHP 5.1.6 (mod_php)

Database:
MySQL 5.0.22

MODx:
0.9.6.1
Clean new install with all of the default plugins selected

Browser/Client:
Firefox 2.0.0.16
Windows XP Pro with all service packs and updates

Here’s the problem. I carefully followed the install instructions. Copied the files into the root of the virtual host, changed all the files to be accessible by the apache group, change the write permissions of the asset folders and the config.inc.php file. Created a new MySQL user (with no privileges) and a new database called modx. Associated the new user with the db with all privileges.

But when i try to run install the process hangs on "Test DB Connection" or on "Creating connection to the database:". All other checks pass.
There are no error messages, nothing. It just hangs there.

I’ve done some googling but there’s nothing.
At this point i’m stumped and in great need of some pointers as to how to troubleshoot this.

Thanks in advance

Here’s the screenshot of what i get after clicking on "Test DB Connection":

Assuming that you followed all the steps correctly, the best guess is a corrupt download/upload. There are so many files involved that the odds aren’t that bad that one didn’t make it intact.

Re-downloaded the files. Tried unzipping them on both a Windows and a CentOS boxes. The result is the same. Are there any installation logs that can show me what the problem really is?
Would it matter if i’m installing MODx on a virtual host side by side with 2 other SSL enabled virtual hosts?
I’m running subversion and bugzilla on the same box.

Is anybody else experiencing this problem?

After a couple of days of troubleshooting i finally figured out what the problem was. It was caused by the fact that my server did not have php-mysql package installed. PHP and MySQL were installed separately and that’s why MySQL was working fine for Bugzilla (using Perl and DBI). And since PHP 5 by default is not compiled with MySQL support but instead requires the use of an extension mysql.so, which was missing, the whole thing was just sitting there without making a db connection.

Hope this will be useful to others.

Glad you got it sorted. You’d think an error message would have made an appearance.