modx installation problem

Ran install again and accessed index.php. Get same error.
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: startcmssession() in /home/admin/domains/thisismydomainname.com/public_html/index.php on line 85

Did you do anything with the ht.access files?

Does the manager load?

No and no. When install runs, everything checks ok. It then goes to create the modx database, which is the last message shown on the screen.

Ah! You need to create the database first; the installation is not completing successfully, because it cannot successfully create your database.

You must be using MySQL 4.x which does not for some reason like the mysql_create_db() command but doesn’t present a PHP notice; has something to do with the MySQL libraries used to compile PHP against. Anyway, this is resolved in SVN and will be available in 0.9.1, to be released very soon.

Ok. So when is that available? In the meantime what would you suggest? Do I setup a modx database in phpmyadmin?

Yes. Set up the database first. It’ll be available when it’s thoroughly tested (going on now)!