From 9968888e45f1c7287034f86b9c4b902d36946a74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ThorstenB <brehmt@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:26:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] FGProps: improve error messages Lowlevel "simgear:NetChannel"
 only returns status infos, but doesn't output log messages itself.

---
 src/Network/props.cxx | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Network/props.cxx b/src/Network/props.cxx
index 8ea9596c5..436c2af73 100644
--- a/src/Network/props.cxx
+++ b/src/Network/props.cxx
@@ -552,7 +552,6 @@ FGProps::FGProps( const vector<string>& tokens )
     } else {
         throw FGProtocolConfigError( "FGProps: incorrect number of configuration arguments" );
     }
-    printf( "Property server started on port %d\n", port );
 }
 
 /**
@@ -575,9 +574,26 @@ FGProps::open()
         return false;
     }
 
-    simgear::NetChannel::open();
-    simgear::NetChannel::bind( "", port );
-    simgear::NetChannel::listen( 5 );
+    if (!simgear::NetChannel::open())
+    {
+        SG_LOG( SG_IO, SG_ALERT, "FGProps: Failed to open network socket.");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    int err = simgear::NetChannel::bind( "", port );
+    if (err)
+    {
+        SG_LOG( SG_IO, SG_ALERT, "FGProps: Failed to open port #" << port << " - the port is already used (error " << err << ").");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    err = simgear::NetChannel::listen( 5 );
+    if (err)
+    {
+        SG_LOG( SG_IO, SG_ALERT, "FGProps: Failed to listen on port #" << port << "(error " << err << ").");
+        return false;
+    }
+
     SG_LOG( SG_IO, SG_INFO, "Props server started on port " << port );
 
     set_enabled( true );
-- 
2.39.5