[Python-es] Error al conectar a mysqo con xampp

[john loria ramirez]

Hola, estoy usando xampp que trae mysql incorporado cuando corro el
demonio de xampp luego a traves de un script trato de conectarme a la
BD me sale el siguiente error:

 Error cuando ejecuto: >>> db =
connect(host="localhost:/opt/lampp/var/mysql/mysql.sock",user="root",passwd="1234",db="kalkun")

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/MySQLdb/__init__.py", line 81, in Connect
    return Connection(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/MySQLdb/connections.py", line
170, in __init__
    super(Connection, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs2)
_mysql_exceptions.OperationalError: (2005, "Unknown MySQL server host
'localhost:/opt/lampp/var/mysql/mysql.sock' (1)")

Error cuando ejecuto: >>> db =
connect(host="localhost/opt/lampp/var/mysql/mysql.sock",user="root",passwd="1234",db="kalkun")

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/MySQLdb/__init__.py", line 81, in Connect
    return Connection(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/MySQLdb/connections.py", line
170, in __init__
    super(Connection, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs2)
_mysql_exceptions.OperationalError: (2005, "Unknown MySQL server host
'localhost/opt/lampp/var/mysql/mysql.sock' (1)")


He tratado de dos formas pero de ninguna se conecta.

Gracias