socket closing problem

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Hi,

I have a gui (made in wxPython) that enables a user to connect to a server
and issue some commands. The problem occurs when i try to disconnect the
client. It exits but it doesn't return to the prompt. I have to push
Ctrl-C in order to have it exit completely. The GUI is closed though.

This is a piece of code from the main class that connects to the server
and starts a thread that handles the connection:
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Create a socket and start a thread to handle the connection:
         #create an INET, STREAMing socket
         self.s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

         #now connect to the CheckServer
         try:
             self.s.connect((host, int(data)))
         except socket.error, msg:
             sys.stderr.write('connect failed: ' + repr(msg) + '\n')
             sys.exit(1)

         self.connection = client_connection(self.s, self)
         self.connection.start()
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client_connection is the thread that handles the connection.
Next, the client_connection class

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BUF_SIZE = 1024

class client_connection(threading.Thread):
     def __init__(self,client_socket,parent):
         self.client_socket = client_socket
         self.parent = parent
         threading.Thread.__init__(self)

     def run(self):
         done = 0
         try:
             while not done:
                 print "ready to receive data"
                 try:
                     data = self.client_socket.recv(BUF_SIZE)
                 except socket.error, msg:
                     print "Error receiving data"
                     break
                 if not data:
                     print "all data received"
                     break

                 print "receiving data"
                 sys.stdout.write(data)
                 sys.stdout.flush()
                 self.parent.handleCommand(data)
         finally:
             self.client_socket.close()
             print "Closing client socket"

     def message(self,msg):
         print "from client_connection", msg
         self.client_socket.sendall(msg+"\n")

     def close(self):
         #self.message("bye")
         done = 1
         self.client_socket.settimeout(0)
         self.client_socket.close()
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So when the user pushes the exit button, i try to call the close 
function of the client_connection class:
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     def OnFileExit(self,e):
         self.connection.close()
         time.sleep(5)
         self.Close(true)  # Close the frame.
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I thought that this would trigger the 
"data=self.client_socket.recv(BUF_SIZE)"
from the client_connection class in such a way that it would produce an
exception or return empty data so i could close the thread gracefuly.
Apparently this doesn't happen.

When the server initiates the closing of the socket, then all happens fine.
How can i solve this & what am i doing wrong?

Thanks,
Benedict