X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2FLyX.cpp;h=fc2f87110176850254fcc9e6791e051d39821cfd;hb=e4b80698be91708ce1b9fd86d6032245ef4f3dc7;hp=44361baa0fc13a35fd19e98aedb922fecc9d9da6;hpb=43b16548b473d93b26489d8c4bbd9bf1e903a35f;p=lyx.git

diff --git a/src/LyX.cpp b/src/LyX.cpp
index 44361baa0f..fc2f871101 100644
--- a/src/LyX.cpp
+++ b/src/LyX.cpp
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ bool LyX::queryUserLyXDir(bool explicit_userdir)
 
 	if (!sup.createDirectory(0755)) {
 		// Failed, so let's exit.
-		lyxerr << to_utf8(_("Failed to create directory. Exiting."))
+		lyxerr << to_utf8(_("Failed to create directory. Perhaps wrong -userdir option?\nExiting."))
 		       << endl;
 		earlyExit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
@@ -1180,10 +1180,15 @@ int parse_dbg(string const & arg, string const &, string &)
 		Debug::showTags(cout);
 		exit(0);
 	}
-	lyxerr << to_utf8(bformat(_("Setting debug level to %1$s"), from_utf8(arg))) << endl;
-
-	lyxerr.setLevel(Debug::value(arg));
-	Debug::showLevel(lyxerr, lyxerr.level());
+	string bad = Debug::badValue(arg);
+	if (bad.empty()) {
+		lyxerr.setLevel(Debug::value(arg));
+		Debug::showLevel(lyxerr, lyxerr.level());
+	} else {
+		cout << to_utf8(bformat(_("Bad debug value `%1$s'. Exiting."),
+		                        from_utf8(bad))) << endl;
+		exit(1);
+	}
 	return 1;
 }