diff -r ea19ac6f452e -r b200d6198191 gmyth-dbus/src/gmyth-dbus-server.c
--- a/gmyth-dbus/src/gmyth-dbus-server.c	Fri Feb 01 13:38:20 2008 +0000
+++ b/gmyth-dbus/src/gmyth-dbus-server.c	Thu Feb 07 19:36:22 2008 +0000
@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@
                                                      const gchar *user,
                                                      const gchar *password,
                                                      GError **error);
+static gboolean gmyth_dbus_server_check_db_connection (GObject *self,
+                                                     const gchar *host,
+                                                     gint port,
+                                                     const gchar *user,
+                                                     const gchar *password,
+                                                     GError **error);
+
 static gboolean gmyth_dbus_server_get_channel_list  (GObject *obj,
                                                      GPtrArray **channels,
                                                      GError **error);
@@ -1282,3 +1289,33 @@
     return FALSE;
 }
 
+static gboolean
+gmyth_dbus_server_check_db_connection (GObject *obj,                             
+                                const gchar *host,
+                                gint port,
+                                const gchar *user,
+                                const gchar *password,
+                                GError **error) 
+{
+    GMythQuery *query = gmyth_query_new ();
+    GMythBackendInfo *binfo;
+    gboolean ret;
+
+    gmyth_debug ("");
+
+    binfo = gmyth_backend_info_new_full (host, user, password, MYTH_DEFAULT_DB, port);
+
+    ret = gmyth_query_connect_with_timeout (query, binfo, 2 /*seconds*/);
+    gmyth_query_disconnect (query);
+
+    g_object_unref (query);
+    g_object_unref (binfo);
+
+    if (!ret) {
+        g_set_error (error, GMYTH_DBUS_ERROR, GMYTH_DBUS_ERROR_CONNECTION,
+                     _("Fail to connect with backend"));
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+