+ * Try to find a free (unused but established) connection
+ * KES: Note, I think there is a problem here because for
+ * some reason, the notifier is often turned off on file
+ * descriptors that seem to me to be available. That means
+ * that we do not use a free descriptor and thus we will create
+ * a new connection that is maybe not necessary. Someone needs
+ * to look into whether or not notify() is correctly turned on
+ * when we are back at the command prompt and idle.
+ *