diff -r b200d6198191 -r c0f13b16964f gmyth-dbus/src/gmyth-dbus-server.c
--- a/gmyth-dbus/src/gmyth-dbus-server.c	Thu Feb 07 19:36:22 2008 +0000
+++ b/gmyth-dbus/src/gmyth-dbus-server.c	Fri Feb 08 00:03:03 2008 +0000
@@ -92,7 +92,11 @@
                                                      const gchar *user,
                                                      const gchar *password,
                                                      GError **error);
-
+static gboolean
+gmyth_dbus_server_check_server_connection (GObject *obj,
+                                const gchar *host,
+                                gint port,
+                                GError **error);
 static gboolean gmyth_dbus_server_get_channel_list  (GObject *obj,
                                                      GPtrArray **channels,
                                                      GError **error);
@@ -1313,6 +1317,32 @@
 
     if (!ret) {
         g_set_error (error, GMYTH_DBUS_ERROR, GMYTH_DBUS_ERROR_CONNECTION,
+                     _("Fail to connect with backend database"));
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+gmyth_dbus_server_check_server_connection (GObject *obj,                             
+                                const gchar *host,
+                                gint port,
+                                GError **error) 
+{
+    GMythSocket *msocket = gmyth_socket_new ();
+    gboolean ret;
+
+    gmyth_debug ("");
+
+    g_debug ("Checking server connection");
+    ret = gmyth_socket_connect_with_timeout (msocket, host, port, 2);
+    g_debug ("Return %s", ret ? "ok" : "bad");
+    gmyth_socket_close_connection (msocket);
+
+    g_object_unref (msocket);
+
+    if (!ret) {
+        g_set_error (error, GMYTH_DBUS_ERROR, GMYTH_DBUS_ERROR_CONNECTION,
                      _("Fail to connect with backend"));
     }