On 03/29/2012 07:04 PM, Serghei Amelian wrote: >> What gives?? > > Your mysql is not listening on tcp port. Open /etc/my.conf and > comment "skip-networking". Also, check if you have "bind-address = 127.0.0.1" > Done, I can log in with mysql -h 127.0.0.1 -uuser -p with no problem at all, but kbarcode 'Test Connection' still does nothing and will not talk to the database :( -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.