phpMyAdmin - Error

Cannot start session without errors, please check errors given in your PHP and/or webserver log file and configure your PHP installation properly.

So concentrating on this as a session problem, I have done all the things such as setting the sessions path, setting permissions, even changed the sessions directory to 777, etc.  I don't seem to be having any luck in getting phpMyAdmin to work.  Anyone else encountered this problem?  I even went from version 4.0.4 to 3.5.1.8 (or close to those numbers).  Checking the logs isn't turning up anything; it may be that I have some of the logging turned off somewhere so will check on that.

Occasionally it can be server side. Damage or permission problems with the session files. Normally in /var/lib/php/session

But most of the time it is client side. Clearing the browsers cache and cookies(multiple times) usually clears up the problem.

Thanks.  I forgot to mention this was a new install on a new server I am helping to set up.  The first time running phpMyAdmin got that message.  Have cleared caches and cookies and tried on opera, chrome, FireFox and IE; so it must be a server side issue.

Ok, new install. Then most likely session save path and it's permissions.

Fixed.  The problem was that the pool for the phpMyAdmin had its own session path set; and part of that path did not exist.  This is on an Nginx and PHP-FPM setup and the PHP-FPM uses pools which can be stored in an external config file.  So the pool was overriding the session path in php.ini.