MySQL fails with error 'ERROR 2006 (HY000): MySQL server has gone away'
Issue
- MySQL installed on RHEL fails to start with the following error :
ERROR 2006 (HY000): MySQL server has gone away
No connection. Trying to reconnect...
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- MySQL
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