Hey Gthang,
I noticed you are setting up EQEMu 0.5.2 if you would like to try setting up a newer one could I suggest using
http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=HomePage
to setup the newest version
also suggest downloading the newest opcoads.conf from CVS, there is a link on the page I linked at the bottom of my post here.
one thing about this version is you need to go here once your server is up and running to get the mobs to spawn
http://www.projecteq.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=308
only insert the top chunk of code, it fixxed it for me.
I also had trouble with the IO-Stringy causing my cpu to freeze at login, so I didnt actually do the IO::scalar step, doesnt seem to effect my server yet. /shrug
oh yea.. forgot to add, I used 127.0.0.1 where ever I was supposed to put localhost, not sure if it made a dfference but there was alot of people saying to do it.
If you dont wanna try new server ensure your DB.ini looks like thisish
[Database]
host=127.0.0.1
user=sqlusername (the username you entered whilest setting up mysql)
password=sqlpassword (the password you entered whilest setting up mysql)
database=databasename (should be eq if you followed the guide)