wp-config.php help

Ok so far i think i have done most of the install correctly. I googled for LAMP server. i installed e verything it told me to along with phpmyadmin. I configured the apache2.conf file with the include syntax. I added the extension syntax to the php.ini file. FTP does not work for some reason but luckily im doing it all local right now. So here is what happens. i rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php. ALL my word press files are in a folder named wordpress in the /var/www on my ubuntu 7.04 box. I type https://127.0.1.1/phpmyadmin and add the database stuff. i then do the mysql -u root -p and make it in there as well. I then found out that apparently phpmyadmin is MAKING the mysql for me. BAre in mind this is my first time EVER doing a webserver. Now i edit the wp-config.php file and add my user name and pass for mysql stuff. I save it. Ok so now i go to https://127.0.1.1/wordpress. And i see the screen that says install. So thinking i am doing it right, i clik on install. It gives me a random password and user name that is not what i have in the wp-config.php file.

I imagine it is not supposed to be like this. So do i need to start all over or what should i do so i can use my user name and pass that i set up in phpmyadmin..

Thanx

Matt Thomas