Hi, I am running a PIII 733 with 256 MB Ram and the mysql server keeps locking up. I go into the "top" program and the mysql process is taking up 95-98% of the processor and continually has to be killed and restarted. We are running on an BSDI4.2 / Apache server using PHP pages, I am not using persistent connections, should I be. is there a way to have mysql restart when it hangs? These are the errors I am getting: 010212 4:24:29 /usr/local/libexec/mysqld: Out of memory (Needed 16384 bytes) 010212 04:25:53 mysqld restarted /usr/local/libexec/mysqld: ready for connections 010208 3:42:57 Aborted connection 9634 to db: 'pp_beta1' user: 'root' host: `localhost' (Got an error reading communication packets) 010208 3:43:57 Aborted connection 9505 to db: 'pp_beta1' user: 'root' host: `localhost' (Got an error writing communication packets) 010208 03:54:55 mysqld restarted Alan --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php