after running "winswitch_applet" got the folowing failure feedback:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/winswitch_applet", line 3, in <module>
    from winswitch.client import applet_wrapper
ImportError: No module named winswitch.client

System:
lsb_release -a
LSB Version:    core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch
Distributor ID: Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux unstable (sid)
Release:        unstable
Codename:       sid

I'm using a manual "ssh -L 8022:host1:22" to get winswitch to tunnel to another host2. Now, when that times out, winswitch doesn't seem to correctly "get" it - in the menu is the application listed as "Re-connect", although the server menu shows "Connect" (so the application entry shouldn't even be there - right?)

I think that the menu shouldn't show the application if the server is not connected.

Furthermore, «are you saying that you should not be able to connect to an app if you have lost connection to the winsiwtch server it is on? if so, yes, that should not be possible» too ;)