Got some Errors and cant stay in game for long Go LD

[Monkster]

WELL HERE GOSE NOTHING THIS IS WHAT I GET WHEN I PULL UP WORLD.EXE......Failed to connect to database: Error: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhos
t' (10061)
EqEmu 0.3.9 - Angriff der Corpses
Error in GetVariable query 'SELECT value FROM variables WHERE varname like 'hold
zones'' #2006: MySQL server has gone away
Loading zone names & items...Error in LoadZoneNames query 'SELECT MAX(zoneidnumb
er) FROM zone' #2006: MySQL server has gone away
done.
Incomplete LoginServer.INI file.
Loading guild ranks...Error in LoadGuilds query 'SELECT id, eqid, name, leader,
rank0title, rank1, rank1title, rank2, rank2title, rank3, rank3title, rank4, rank
4title, rank5, rank5title from guilds' #2006: MySQL server has gone away
done.
World server listening on: port 9000
........WHEN I DO GO TO ENTER THE GAME WHEN I CAN GET SERVERS TO SHOW UP I GET BOOTED OUT OF THE GAME WHEN I START FIGHTING IT MIGHT BE MY NET AOL BUT IM CHANGING OVER TO EARTHLINK IN 3 DAYS............I WAS READING TO USE TELNET HOW DO I SET THAT UP AND WHAT DO I PUT DOWN TO USE IT I HAVE TRIED BUT I HAVE NO CLUE WHERE TO START AT.....CAN THIS BE USED WITH YOUR NORMAL ACCT ON EVERQUEST IF SO THE ITEMS YOU GET WILL THEY BE SAVED AND YOU BE ABLE TO USE THEM WITH OUT BRING UP EQEMU.

[raptor8765]

Odd, same sort of thing happens to me when I try to host a server. After a day of scouring readme's and trying things I made a 60 Paladin on Image's server and have just been using that since .

[Drewfus]

Do you get errors when you first run World.exe or does the problem come later after you have already connected to mysql?

[Lurker_005]

Failed to connect to database: Error: Can't connect to mySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)

mysql isn't running, or db.ini has the wrong information.





Also from the readme:

4. Now is the moment of truth (time to run it and see if it works!)

In the EQEmu Directory run "world.exe"
A window should pop up saying :

LoginServer.ini read.
Using database 'eq' at localhost
Loading items...done.
Loading guild ranks...done.
World server listening on: YourIP:9000
Connected to LoginServer: eqlogin.eqemu.net:5999

If you receive a message saying Access Denied blahblah@localhost blah blah error. Try running Winmysqladmin.exe in the background.
If that does not work reboot your machine

And if that does not help. Open mysql.exe ( found in c:\mysql\bin )
Type in: GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* to '%'@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '%'; (press enter)
Close out of mysql.exe

IMPORTANT NOTE: CONTINUE ONLY IF THERE ARE NO ERROR MESSAGES
IMPORTANT NOTE: CONTINUE ONLY IF THERE ARE NO ERROR MESSAGES
IMPORTANT NOTE: CONTINUE ONLY IF THERE ARE NO ERROR MESSAGES

If you get an error, stop and figure it out. Trying to continue only confuses the issue. And make sure you looked back and find the FIRST error.