[mythtv-users] Mythbackend losing sql connection on the start of some recordings

[Sasha Z]

I seem to be losing the database connection before some recordings,
but not all. Mysql is *not* dying, and I am able to open and
manipulate the database via the mysql console without trouble.
Mythbackend itself isn't crashing either, it's just no longer able to
communicate with the database.

Mysql logs show no errors on that end, and I don't have to restart
mysqld to make things work. I _only_ have to restart mythbackend. I'm
running SVN from today. mysql is version 5.0.16. It happens rather
suspiciously on the first recording after a listings update... this is
common.

Here's a snippet of the log when it dies:

2005-11-28 13:15:26.270 New DB connection, total: 5
Data for source cleared...
Main temp tables populated.  Updating myth channels...
Updating icons for sourceid: 1
Channels updated..  Updating programs...
Adjusting program database end times...
0 replacements made.
Marking generic episodes... found 794
Marking repeats... found 2100
Unmarking new episode rebroadcast repeats... found 11

Attempting to contact the master backend for rescheduling.
If the master is not running, rescheduling will happen when
the master backend is restarted.
2005-11-28 13:15:30.079 Connecting to backend server: 192.168.1.8:6543
(try 1 of 5)
2005-11-28 13:15:30.097 Using protocol version 22
2005-11-28 13:15:30.108 adding: mythbe01 as a client (events: 0)
2005-11-28 13:15:30.150 Unknown socket closing
2005-11-28 14:29:41.783 TVRec(2): Changing from None to RecordingOnly
2005-11-28 14:29:41.784 Global TVFormat Setting 'NTSC'
2005-11-28 14:29:41.785 Channel(/dev/v4l/video1): SetFormat(Default)
fmt(NTSC) input(4)
2005-11-28 14:29:41.787 Channel(/dev/v4l/video1): SetFormat(Default)
fmt(NTSC) input(4)
2005-11-28 14:29:41.967 DB Error (KickDatabase):
Query was:
SELECT NULL;
Driver error was [2/2006]:
QMYSQL3: Unable to execute query
Database error was:
MySQL server has gone away