I got it fixed, thanks to post #4 on this thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1836919
Start your mysql client as shown below:
mysql -u debian-sys-maint -p
In another terminal, 'cat' the file /etc/mysql/debian.cnf (you'll have
to 'sudo cat' it). That file contains a password; paste that password in
the first terminal when prompted for it. Then execute the following
commands at the 'mysql>' prompt:
grant all privileges on *.* to 'root'@'localhost' identified by 't1g3r'
with grant option;
flush privileges;
That did it for me!
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