Index: vws
==================================================================
--- vws
+++ vws
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@
         if ex.errno == errno.ECONNREFUSED:
             # virtal machine is not running
             return None
         else:
             raise ex
-    readfd, dummy_w, dummy_x = select.select([sock], [], [], 0.001)
+    readfd, dummy_w, dummy_x = select.select([sock], [], [], 0.1)
     if sock in readfd:
         dummy_greeting = sock.recv(1024)
     return sock
 
 def send_command(sock, command):