Index: mythtv/bindings/python/MythTV/connections.py
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--- mythtv/bindings/python/MythTV/connections.py	(revision 25150)
+++ mythtv/bindings/python/MythTV/connections.py	(working copy)
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from urllib import urlopen
 from thread import start_new_thread, allocate_lock
 from time import sleep, time
+import traceback
 import socket
 import re
 import weakref
@@ -177,12 +178,16 @@
     def disconnect(self):
         if not self.connected:
             return
-        self.log(MythLog.SOCKET|MythLog.NETWORK,
+        try:
+            self.log(MythLog.SOCKET|MythLog.NETWORK,
                 "Terminating connection to %s:%d" % (self.host, self.port))
-        self.backendCommand('DONE',0)
-        self.connected = False
-        self.socket.shutdown(1)
-        self.socket.close()
+            self.backendCommand('DONE',0)
+            self.connected = False
+            self.socket.shutdown(1)
+            self.socket.close()
+        except:
+            traceback.print_exc()
+            raise
 
     def reconnect(self, force=False):
         # compute new connection options