Could not initialize main XWiki context

Ok I have setup my MySQL db using the supplied sql dump and Ive got the xwiki.war deployed on my server. When I go to my sites addy I get the index.html provided in the .war file, however when I go to the addy /xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome I get this error: javax.servlet.ServletException: Error number 3 in 0: Could not initialize main XWiki context Wrapped Exception: Error number 3201 in 3: Exception while saving document XWiki.XWikiPreferences Wrapped Exception: Could not create a DBCP pool org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processException(RequestProcessor. java:516) org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProces sor.java:423) org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:226) org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1164) org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doGet(ActionServlet.java:397) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:689) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) com.xpn.xwiki.web.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFi lter.java:127) root cause com.xpn.xwiki.XWikiException: Error number 3 in 0: Could not initialize main XWiki context Wrapped Exception: Error number 3201 in 3: Exception while saving document XWiki.XWikiPreferences Wrapped Exception: Could not create a DBCP pool com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.getMainXWiki(XWiki.java:142) com.xpn.xwiki.XWiki.getXWiki(XWiki.java:202) com.xpn.xwiki.web.ViewEditAction.execute(ViewEditAction.java:117) org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProces sor.java:421) org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:226) org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1164) org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doGet(ActionServlet.java:397) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:689) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) com.xpn.xwiki.web.SetCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetCharacterEncodingFi lter.java:127) its an HTTP status 500 error. Anyone have any idea? I have also set the max_allowed_packet size to 32 megs