MySQL fails with error 'ERROR 2006 (HY000): MySQL server has gone away'

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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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