Index: trunk/Ohana/src/imregister/imreg/rconnect.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/Ohana/src/imregister/imreg/rconnect.c	(revision 76)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/imregister/imreg/rconnect.c	(revision 2823)
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@
   /* try to get evidence connection is alive - wait upto a few seconds */
   status = -1;
-  for (i = 0; (i < 100) && (status == -1); i++) {
+  for (i = 0; (i < 300) && (status == -1); i++) {
     fcntl (*rsock, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
     status = SockScan ("PTOLEMY STARTED", &fifo, *rsock);
+    if (!(i % 30)) fprintf (stderr, ".");
     if (status == 0) {
       fprintf (stderr, "socket closed unexpectedly\n");
@@ -73,5 +74,5 @@
     }
   }
-  if (i == 100) {
+  if (i == -1) {
     fprintf (stderr, "timeout while connecting\n");
     close (*wsock);