apache mysql - “packets out of order” on 3306

Question

I just did a fresh install of Apache server 2.2. Everything works. When I go to localhost I get: \"It Works!\"

I just installed mySQL5.5 and when I go to localhost:

Answer 1

I'm having exactly the same problem, so far I have : 1)Manually changed the Collation (it seemed to be defaulting to cp850)

2)altered the ini/cnf file (located under services.msc -> MySQL)

3)Changed the max_packet_size to 2G

3)rebooted the server.

As a start to this please run this script from MySQL 'SHOW VARIABLES WHERE Variable_name LIKE 'character_set_%' OR Variable_name LIKE 'collation%';'

It should bring up a table of your collations, they should all read utf8 Possible causes