mysql connection

Køre med følgende:
OS: winXP
Program: Eclipse
mysql 4.1.10a
mysql-connector-java-3.0.6-stable-bin.jar

Kode:
public static boolean test()
{
    String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost/jabase";
    try
    {
        /* Test loading driver */
       
        String driver = "org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver";
        System.out.println("test 1");
        Class.forName( driver );
       
        /* Test the connection */
        System.out.println("test 2");
        Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url,"root","******");
           
        String dummy = UI.input();

        return true;
    }
    catch( Exception x )
    {
        x.printStackTrace();
        return false;
    }
}

Fejl:
java.sql.SQLException: Communication link failure: java.io.IOException, underlying cause: Unexpected end of input stream

** BEGIN NESTED EXCEPTION **

java.io.IOException
MESSAGE: Unexpected end of input stream

STACKTRACE:

java.io.IOException: Unexpected end of input stream
    at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.readPacket(MysqlIO.java:1073)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.doHandshake(MysqlIO.java:619)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.createNewIO(Connection.java:1511)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.<init>(Connection.java:485)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.Driver.connect(Driver.java:341)
    at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
    at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
    at SQL.test(SQL.java:248)
    at test.main(test.java:21)


** END NESTED EXCEPTION **


    at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.doHandshake(MysqlIO.java:692)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.createNewIO(Connection.java:1511)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.<init>(Connection.java:485)
    at com.mysql.jdbc.Driver.connect(Driver.java:341)
    at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
    at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
    at SQL.test(SQL.java:248)
    at test.main(test.java:21)