diff -u state.c state.c
--- state.c	2006-09-29 13:53:26.000000000 +0200
+++ state.c	2007-05-22 22:12:21.000000000 +0200
@@ -1312,7 +1312,10 @@
 			error("snd_config_load error: %s", snd_strerror(err));
 			return err;
 		}
-	}
+	} else {
+	  error("Cannot open %s for reading: %s", file, snd_strerror(err));
+          return err;
+        }
 
 	if (!cardname) {
 		int card, first = 1;