MySQL error 2013

Question

In MySQL, how can I solve the error below?

2013: Lost connection to MySQL server at \'reading authorization packet\', system error: 0

Answer 1

I was having this problem too. For me the solution was to comment out the line:

skip_networking

I simply added the comment #, like this:

#skip_networking

And then I restarted mysql and it was all good!

Beware, this will disable all ability to make network connections to MySQL. If you are only using as localhost, it should be fine, but otherwise, watch out! :)