[Typo3-debian] Problems while trying to connect to MySQL after upgrade

[JoH]

Hi list.

After upgrading my PHP and MySQL Versions I am not able to establish any
MySQL connection via PHP anymore.
Current Versions are:
MySQL 4.0.24
Apache 1.3.33
PHP 4.3.10-9

PHP4-MYSQL is installed but seems to be not running.
MySQL Server is running and databases can be listed via webmin.

This is the error message from TYPO3:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mysql_pconnect() in
/var/www/cmsbox/typo3_src-3.7.0/t3lib/class.t3lib_db.php on line 813

And this the one from PHPmyAdmin:
Die Erweiterung "mysql" kann nicht geladen werden.
Bitte überprüfen Sie Ihre PHP-Konfiguration.
Dokumentation

The documentation simply states there might be no connection to the MySQL
server, which is obvious ...
I googled a few hours now, but there seems to be no real help outthere ...

I even tried to remove the upgrades and reinstall the stable packages but
there are some broken dependencies preventing me from doing so.

Any hints to get this machine running?

Joey

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