MySQL 3.23.54a crash when connect through TCP/IP, Help pls!

I installed MySQL 3.23.54a from source on a AIX 5.1 powerpc. It works fine when I tried to connect as localhost through unix sock. However, everytime I tried to connect using TCP/IP (./bin/mysql -u root -h myhost -p), the Mysql server crashed and restarted (running safe_mysqld). The system

Help on MySQL 4.0.9 source installation on AIX 5.1.0.0

. Any suggestion about how to work around this? Please reply to my email. Thanks! Yong Huang - Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list