World.exe Will Not Load

[billhugh]

I am trying to start a server using minilogin on my local machine.

I have MySql Running
MiniLogin works fine
I have checked db.ini and loginserver.ini several times.

Here's the problem - when I try to run WORLD.EXE I get this:


[Status] CURRENT_WORLD_VERSION:EQEMu 0.5.3-DR3
[Status] Loading variables..
Database Error: Lost connection, attempting to recover....
DB Query Error #2006: MySQL server has gone away
Error in LoadVariables query 'SELECT varname, value, unix_timestamp() FROM varia
bles where unix_timestamp(ts) >= 0' #2006: MySQL server has gone away
[Status] Loading zones..
Database Error: Lost connection, attempting to recover....
DB Query Error #2006: MySQL server has gone away
Error in LoadZoneNames query 'SELECT MAX(zoneidnumber) FROM zone' #2006: MySQL s
erver has gone away
[Status] Loading items..
[Status] EMuShareMem loaded
Database Error: Lost connection, attempting to recover....
DB Query Error #2006: MySQL server has gone away
Error in GetItemsCount query 'SELECT MAX(id),count(*) FROM items' #2006: MySQL s
erver has gone away
Error: Database::LoadItems() (sharemem): GetItemsCount() returned -1
[Error] Error: Could not load item data. But ignoring
Invalid worldname, please edit LoginServer.ini. Server name must be at least 10
characters.
[Status] LoginServer.ini read.
[Status] Loading guild ranks..
Database Error: Lost connection, attempting to recover....
DB Query Error #2006: MySQL server has gone away
Error in LoadGuilds query 'SELECT id, eqid, name, leader, minstatus, rank0title,
rank1, rank1title, rank2, rank2title, rank3, rank3title, rank4, rank4title, ran
k5, rank5title from guilds' #2006: MySQL server has gone away
[Status] Loading addon.ini..
[Status] Loading EQ time of day..
Database Error: Lost connection, attempting to recover....
DB Query Error #2006: MySQL server has gone away
[Status] Deleted -1 stale player corpses from database
Database Error: Lost connection, attempting to recover....
DB Query Error #2006: MySQL server has gone away
[Status] Deleted -1 stale player backups from database
You may already be a winner... of the darwin award.
TCP listening on: 127.0.0.1:9000
World server listening on: 127.0.0.1:9000
Database Error: Lost connection, attempting to recover....
DB Query Error #2006: MySQL server has gone away
Error: DBAsyncCB_LoadVariables failed: !GetAnswer: '#2006: MySQL server has gone
away'
Error: LoginServer::Connect: 'TCPConnection::Connect(): connect() failed. Error:
10061'


I have tried tons of stuff. Even the mysql username and password thing to allow anyone access. It just doesn't work.

Any help would be great, this is very frustrating.