elgg stability problems

Hello everyone,

We have been having problems with the stability of our elgg site for a few weeks now. We have no idea where the issue(s) are coming from. The latest crash produced the following error:

[Fri Feb 12 12:15:25 2010] [error] [client 142.22.38.2] *** FATAL EXCEPTION *** : Object id #3

[Fri Feb 12 12:22:24 2010] [error] [client 142.36.25.24] WARNING: 2010-02-12 12:22:20 (PST): "mysql_connect() [<a href='function.mysql-connect'>function.mysql-connect</a>]: Lost connection to MySQL server at 'sending authentication information', system error: 32" in file /var/www/html/engine/lib/database.php (line 54), referer: http://elgg.openschool.bc.ca/pg/groups/world

Any ideas on what the Object id #3 means?

Thanks

Sean

  • As the PHP source code never changes, stability problems (beyond plugin issues) are almost always associated with problems with the database (typical) or corruption in the data directory (much less common).

    The second message suggests that you may be having problems with MySQL rather than Elgg.

  • Thanks for the reply Kevin. If you have a minute, would you be able to post your my.cnf file?

    Thanks

    Sean