# Made by Arnaud Fontaine <arnaud@andesi.org> on 20070831
diff -x '*.pyc' -uNr pympd-0.07.old/src/modules/pympdclient2.py pympd-0.07/src/modules/pympdclient2.py
--- pympd-0.07.old/src/modules/pympdclient2.py	2006-07-15 02:13:35.000000000 +0200
+++ pympd-0.07/src/modules/pympdclient2.py	2007-08-31 13:52:11.000000000 +0200
@@ -51,10 +51,9 @@
     def _connect(self, mpd_host, mpd_port, mpd_password=None):
         try:
             self.mpd = mpdlib2.connect(host=mpd_host, port=mpd_port, password=mpd_password)
-
-            return True
-        except:
-            return False
+            return ""
+        except Exception, msg:
+            return msg
 
     #updated
     # should work without adjustments.
diff -x '*.pyc' -uNr pympd-0.07.old/src/modules/pympdriver.py pympd-0.07/src/modules/pympdriver.py
--- pympd-0.07.old/src/modules/pympdriver.py	2006-07-15 02:13:35.000000000 +0200
+++ pympd-0.07/src/modules/pympdriver.py	2007-08-31 12:57:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -944,7 +944,8 @@
         else:
             password = None
 
-        if self.pympd._connect(get('host'), int(get('port')), password):
+        err_msg = self.pympd._connect(get('host'), int(get('port')), password)
+        if not err_msg:
             self.statusLabel.set_text("Connected")
             self.connected = True
             self.correctConnectionButtons()
@@ -956,7 +957,7 @@
             self.hdStoreBuilt = False
             gobject.timeout_add(500, self.statusUpdate)
         else:
-            self.statusLabel.set_text("Connection Failed")
+            self.statusLabel.set_text("Connection Failed: %s" % err_msg)
 
     def correctConnectionButtons(self):
         if self.connected == True: