Connection to Mysql is down after short period

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Dear colleagues,

I am using mysql 4.1.20 installed on linux operating system, the problem is when i run my processes that have a connection to mysql, they works fine but if the process still idle for a short period (about 1-2 hours ) then tries to use the connection again it found that the connection to mysql became down.

Thanks.
Wissam

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The idle connection gets destroyed OR the MySQL process no longer exists (a crash or server stop ended the daemon)?