--- icecream.orig/services/comm.cpp  2008-05-12 19:57:14.000000000 +0200
+++ icecream/services/comm.cpp       2008-10-20 15:43:23.000000000 +0200
@@ -1160,14 +1160,21 @@

   if (ask_fd >= 0)
     {
+      fcntl(ask_fd, F_SETFL, 0);
       int status = connect (ask_fd, (struct sockaddr*) &remote_addr, sizeof(remote_addr) );
-      if (status == 0 || (status < 0 && errno == EISCONN))
+      int connect_errno = errno;
+      fcntl(ask_fd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
+      if (status == 0 || (status < 0 && connect_errno == EISCONN))
         {
           int fd = ask_fd;
           ask_fd = -1;
           return Service::createChannel(fd,
                   (struct sockaddr*) &remote_addr, sizeof(remote_addr));
         }
+      else
+        {
+          log_error() << "connect failed : " << strerror(connect_errno) << endl;
+        }
     }
   return 0;
 }