I can reproduce the behaviour here with recent packages on an etch system: "cannot load MySQL extension, please check PHP Configuration." Let me know what i can do to help further with the issue.
Subject: phpmyadmin: test Package: phpmyadmin Version: 4:2.9.0.3-1 Severity: important *** Please type your report below this line *** -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17-2-686 Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages phpmyadmin depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.8 Debian configuration management sy ii perl 5.8.8-6.1 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii php5 5.1.6-5 server-side, HTML-embedded scripti ii php5-cgi 5.1.6-5 server-side, HTML-embedded scripti ii php5-mysql 5.1.6-5 MySQL module for php5 ii php5-mysqli 5.1.6-5 MySQL Improved module for php5 ii ucf 2.0016 Update Configuration File: preserv Versions of packages phpmyadmin recommends: ii apache2 2.2.3-3.1 Next generation, scalable, extenda ii apache2-mpm-prefork [httpd] 2.2.3-3.1 Traditional model for Apache HTTPD pn php5-gd | php4-gd <none> (no description available) pn php5-mcrypt | php4-mcrypt <none> (no description available) -- debconf information: phpmyadmin/setup-username: admin phpmyadmin/reconfigure-webserver: phpmyadmin/restart-webserver: false -- Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! Ideal für Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]