Java Hibernate/C3P0 error: “Could not obtain connection metadata. An attempt by a client to checkout a Connection has timed out.”

Question

I\'m trying to get some code I was passed up and running. It appears to use the Hibernate framework. I\'ve gotten past most of the errors tweaking the configuration, but this on

Answer 1

Actually that's not even an authentication error. Is MySQL even running or bound to localhost?

does telnet 127.0.0.1 3306 work? if so, install the mysql client on the box and try

mysql --user=root --ip=127.0.0.1 and see what happens