Cannot Connect? (no replies)

Installed Workbench 6.0 on ubuntu 14.04.
Created Model "Player_DB" with 6 Tables.
Attempted to create Connection with the following data:
flags
Standard(TCP/IP)
127.0.0.1
3306
glen
<my password>
Player_DB.
Test Connection result:
Failed to Connect to MySQL
at 127.0.0.1:3306 with user
glen
Can't connect to MySQL on '127.0.0.1'(111).

I have tried several connection combinations but without success.

Can you please help with this problem.

Glen