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-rw-r--r--gatchat/ppp_net.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gatchat/ppp_net.c b/gatchat/ppp_net.c
index 1609b99e..813ed9b5 100644
--- a/gatchat/ppp_net.c
+++ b/gatchat/ppp_net.c
@@ -155,8 +155,12 @@ struct ppp_net *ppp_net_new(GAtPPP *ppp, int fd)
if (fd < 0) {
/* open a tun interface */
fd = open("/dev/net/tun", O_RDWR);
- if (fd < 0)
+ if (fd < 0) {
+ ppp_debug(ppp, "Couldn't open tun device. "
+ "Do you run oFono as root and do you "
+ "have the TUN module loaded?");
goto error;
+ }
ifr.ifr_flags = IFF_TUN | IFF_NO_PI;
strcpy(ifr.ifr_name, "ppp%d");