MySQL has gone away

[Boris Glawe]

> Is there anything of interest in the mysqld.log file?
>
> Kevin
>
>   

This could be interesting, though I don't know how to interprete these 
messages....

080916 21:28:02 [Warning] Aborted connection 2 to db: 'unconnected' 
user: 'UNKNOWN_MYSQL_US' host: 'localhost' (init_connect command failed)
080916 21:28:02 [Warning] You have an error in your SQL syntax; check 
the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right 
syntax to use near '‘SET NAMES utf8′' at line 1
080916 21:28:02 [Warning] Aborted connection 3 to db: 'unconnected' 
user: 'UNKNOWN_MYSQL_US' host: 'localhost' (init_connect command failed)
080916 21:28:02 [Warning] You have an error in your SQL syntax; check 
the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right 
syntax to use near '‘SET NAMES utf8′' at line 1