FlashApe

Was searching for hours yesterday trying to find a fix for an apparently old bug in phpMyAdmin, where after a new installation you’d recieve nothing but a blank page in the browser. In the phpMyAdmin documentation therer is something about changing some settings in the config.inc.php file, but that didnt work for me. Finally I came across a forum post that had the answer.
It looks like its just an issue concerning themes. You just need to visit yourserver.com/phpMyAdmin/main.php?lang=en-utf-8&server=1 (adjust the actual url to your phpMyAdmin installation directory), then change your theme. I had to click on teh “Theme/Style” link, because there was only one theme in the dropdown menu, then click on the “take it” link in the popup window.
After that everything was cool like a couple of little fonzies. hope that helps.
update
looks like you need to do this for each browser you want to use phpMyAdmin with.