From d2c95b3ffb9c3fd36dbeb6fb7c6bebead7ca1768 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carl Hetherington <carl@carlh.net>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 01:06:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Give a slightly friendlier error if no powermate device is
 found on startup.

git-svn-id: svn://localhost/ardour2/branches/3.0@5626 d708f5d6-7413-0410-9779-e7cbd77b26cf
---
 libs/surfaces/powermate/powermate.cc | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/libs/surfaces/powermate/powermate.cc b/libs/surfaces/powermate/powermate.cc
index 98dfcebae7..209127f8d3 100644
--- a/libs/surfaces/powermate/powermate.cc
+++ b/libs/surfaces/powermate/powermate.cc
@@ -101,7 +101,11 @@ PowermateControlProtocol::probe ()
 	int port = find_powermate( O_RDONLY ); 
 
 	if (port < 0) {
- 		printf ("powermate: Opening of powermate failed - %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		if (errno == ENOENT) {
+			printf ("ardour: [INFO]: Powermate device not found; perhaps you have no powermate connected.\n");
+		} else {
+			printf ("powermate: Opening of powermate failed - %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		}
 		return false;
 	}