Vbulletin oddity

[d8tabyte]

I have to believe it is something a plug-in caused, but I have since disabled the plug-ins and I am still getting this.

Users click on a link in my forum, be it post a new thread, a link to a thread, what ever and they are redirected to my front page ( normally this just happens when a link is not active) It is becoming more and more annoying for myself and my members. I think it has something to do with my SQL database, as I am getting errors sent to me saying:

Database error in vBulletin :

mysql_connect(): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) /home/digitale/public_html/forum/includes/class_core.php on line 273

MySQL Error :
Error Number :
Date : Wednesday, March 15th 2006 @ 10:12:52 AM
Script : http://digitalet.net/forum/pager.php...&do=readpager&
Referrer :
IP Address : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Username :
Classname : vb_database

and

Database error in vBulletin :

mysql_connect(): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) /home/digitale/public_html/forum/includes/class_core.php on line 273

MySQL Error :
Error Number :
Date : Wednesday, March 15th 2006 @ 10:12:51 AM
Script : http://digitalet.net/forum/vbshout.php
Referrer :
IP Address : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Username :
Classname : vb_database

This leads me to believe the pager and the shoutbox are causing the errors.

Would this be the case? I only have about 17 queries, its a relativly small board with 150 members and 26,000 posts, so it shouldn't be running out of connections with the SQL database.

What other info can I give to help you diagnose this problem?