I have a mysql 5.0.84-r1 running in Gentoo Linux. If I set "skip-innodb" option in my.cnf config file and issue the following query against INFORMATION_SCHEMA, mysql crashed: mysql> SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `information_schema`.`INNODB_BUFFER_POOL_CONTENT`; ERROR 2013 (HY000): Lost connection to MySQL server during query When innodb enabled in my.cnf all worked whithout crash. I reproduced this crash in all 5.0.x version after 5.0.76. This is my discussion with MySQL developers: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=48203 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: I reproduced this crash in all 5.0.x version after 5.0.76.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 289993 ***