Hello,

I have a huge problem with MySQL. MySQL is started okay and I was getting for the clients a mysql cannot connect to the database.

ERROR 2006 (HY000): MySQL server has gone away
No connection. Trying to reconnect...
Connection id: 2769
Current database: *** NONE ***

To recreate this error, start mysqld, then log into mysql and paste the following.

SET PASSWORD FOR 'account'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('');

This fix it for a while but after that the connection is lost again.