Index: org.hibernate.eclipse.console/src/org/hibernate/eclipse/console/utils/OpenMappingUtils.java
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--- org.hibernate.eclipse.console/src/org/hibernate/eclipse/console/utils/OpenMappingUtils.java	(revision 37117)
+++ org.hibernate.eclipse.console/src/org/hibernate/eclipse/console/utils/OpenMappingUtils.java	(working copy)
@@ -396,9 +396,10 @@
 			List<Throwable> errors = new ArrayList<Throwable>();
 			XMLHelper helper = new XMLHelper();
 			SAXReader saxReader = helper.createSAXReader(configXMLFile.getPath(), errors, entityResolver);
+			saxReader.setValidation(false);
 			doc = saxReader.read(new InputSource( stream));
 			if (errors.size() != 0) {
-    			HibernateConsolePlugin.getDefault().logErrorMessage("invalid configuration", (Throwable)null);	//$NON-NLS-1$
+    			HibernateConsolePlugin.getDefault().logErrorMessage("invalid configuration", (Throwable[])errors.toArray(new Throwable[0]));	//$NON-NLS-1$
 			}
 		}
 		catch (DocumentException e) {
Index: org.hibernate.eclipse/src/org/hibernate/console/ConsoleConfiguration.java
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--- org.hibernate.eclipse/src/org/hibernate/console/ConsoleConfiguration.java	(revision 37117)
+++ org.hibernate.eclipse/src/org/hibernate/console/ConsoleConfiguration.java	(working copy)
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
 		}
 		if (configXMLFile == null) {
 			URL url = null;
-			reinitClassLoader();
+			//reinitClassLoader();
 			if (classLoader != null) {
 				url = classLoader.findResource("hibernate.cfg.xml"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 			}