# HG changeset patch
# User Edgar Simo <bobbens@gmail.com>
# Date 1235239402 0
# Node ID 4094b4f1c3a1c08a3ae59f5fc1e7ae2974a626ef
# Parent  cfc8b35ad6b1a86faa99cca37cb29dce98d42415
More verbosity and error checking.

diff -r cfc8b35ad6b1 -r 4094b4f1c3a1 src/haptic/SDL_haptic.c
--- a/src/haptic/SDL_haptic.c	Sat Feb 21 18:02:55 2009 +0000
+++ b/src/haptic/SDL_haptic.c	Sat Feb 21 18:03:22 2009 +0000
@@ -66,13 +66,20 @@
     int valid;
 
     valid = 0;
-    for (i = 0; i < SDL_numhaptics; i++) {
-        if (SDL_haptics[i] == haptic) {
-            valid = 1;
-            break;
+    if (haptic != NULL) {
+        for (i = 0; i < SDL_numhaptics; i++) {
+            if (SDL_haptics[i] == haptic) {
+                valid = 1;
+                break;
+            }
         }
     }
 
+    /* Create the error here. */
+    if (valid == 0) {
+        SDL_SetError("Haptic: Invalid haptic device identifier");
+    }
+
     return valid;
 }
 
diff -r cfc8b35ad6b1 -r 4094b4f1c3a1 src/haptic/linux/SDL_syshaptic.c
--- a/src/haptic/linux/SDL_syshaptic.c	Sat Feb 21 18:02:55 2009 +0000
+++ b/src/haptic/linux/SDL_syshaptic.c	Sat Feb 21 18:03:22 2009 +0000
@@ -395,17 +395,28 @@
     int fd;
     int ret;
 
+
     /* Find the joystick in the haptic list. */
     for (i = 0; i < MAX_HAPTICS; i++) {
         if (SDL_hapticlist[i].fname != NULL) {
             if (SDL_strcmp(SDL_hapticlist[i].fname, joystick->hwdata->fname)
                 == 0) {
                 haptic->index = i;
+                break;
             }
         }
     }
+    if (i >= MAX_HAPTICS) {
+        SDL_SetError("Haptic: Joystick doesn't have Haptic capabilities");
+        return -1;
+    }
 
     fd = open(joystick->hwdata->fname, O_RDWR, 0);
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        SDL_SetError("Haptic: Unable to open %s: %s",
+                     joystick->hwdata->fname, strerror(errno));
+        return -1;
+    }
     ret = SDL_SYS_HapticOpenFromFD(haptic, fd); /* Already closes on error. */
     if (ret < 0) {
         return -1;