Problems with World.exe

[Lord_Zero]

When I run world.exe trying to start up my server, the window that pops up says the following....

Loading Variables, zone names & items...
Error in loadvariables query 'Select varname, value, unix_timestamp() From variables where unix_timestamp(ts) >=0' #2006: Mysql server has gone away.

It continues to repeat that for Items, guild names, etc.

My Loginserver.ini File:
### --- This file tells world.exe what loginserver to connect to.
### --- Leave the account and password field BLANK.

### --- Public Login is un-supported as is LAN playing. We reccomend using the EQEmu.net Loginserver ALWAYS.

### --- NOTE: Starting 6-1-2002, you can no longer use the word "Server" in worldname.
### --- NOTE2: the word "Server" is added to each server automaticly.

# READ README.TXT

[LoginServer]
loginserver=eqlogin1.eqemu.net
loginserver2=eqlogin2.eqemu.net
loginport=5999
loginport2=5999
worldname=Arc's World
locked=false
account=
password=
worldaddress=68.43.35.191

[WorldServer]
Defaultstatus=
Unavailzone=

[LoginConfig]
ServerMode=Standalone
ServerPort=5999
UplinkAddress=
UplinkPort=
UplinkAccount=
UplinkPassword=

My Boot5zones.bat file:
REM: ****Read this first!!!****

REM: This file requires your real IP in the place of "YourIP" when you are connecting
REM: To the EQEmu Loginserver.

REM: When you are using minilogin, Replace all IP Addresses to say 127.0.0.1

REM: If you still get errors try using localhost instead of 127.0.0.1

REM:--------------Start-----------------------
@echo off

if NOT exist spells_en.txt goto NOSPELL

start zone . 68.43.35.191 7995 68.43.35.191
start zone . 68.43.35.191 7996 68.43.35.191
start zone . 68.43.35.191 7997 68.43.35.191
start zone . 68.43.35.191 7998 68.43.35.191
start zone . 68.43.35.191 7999 68.43.35.191
exit
cls

:NOSPELL
echo You did not copy the spells_en.txt from your everquest directory to this one. Please do so or zones will crash on startup.
PAUSE

REM:---------------END------------------------

Here's everything else
OS: Windows ME
EQEMU: Version 0.4.2
Connecting: To publiclogin

My db.ini file:
# READ README.TXT!

[Database]
host=localhost
user=Lord_Zero
password=*******
database=eq
compression=off


### --- This file tells world.exe what computer mySQL is on. Host should
### --- be left "localhost" unless mysql is on a differant computer than world.exe.

Does anyone know how to fix my problem?