Change the db port to default which is 3306, you are using 5999 which is the minilogin server port. So basically, change this:
<database>
<host>127.0.0.1</host>
<port>5999</port>
<username>MYUSERNAME</username>
<password>MYPASSWORD</password>
<db>eq</db>
</database>
To this:
<database>
<host>127.0.0.1</host>
<port>3306</port>
<username>MYUSERNAME</username>
<password>MYPASSWORD</password>
<db>eq</db>
</database>
That's your problem. However, if it still doesn't work, change 127.0.0.1 to 192.168.1.100 or whatever your local IP is.