Correct collation in mariaDb config file

Bump again? Any help?

The problem occurred here ...

# create MySQL database
Log.info(self, "Setting up database\t\t", end='')
Log.debug(self, "Creating database {0}".format(ee_db_name))
try:
    if EEMysql.check_db_exists(self, ee_db_name):
        Log.debug(self, "Database already exists, Updating DB_NAME .. ")
        ee_db_name = (ee_db_name[0:6] + generate_random())
        ee_db_username = (ee_db_name[0:6] + generate_random())
except MySQLConnectionError as e:
    raise SiteError("MySQL Connectivity problem occured")

I tried to create the DB from mySql prompt and no problem there and with correct collation. Why can't EE don't connect to the sql when I change the collation on the server?

/Thanks