Clarify startup error message

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/backend.c b/backend.c
index 49f0b6d..3ed336d 100644
--- a/backend.c
+++ b/backend.c
@@ -247,10 +247,14 @@ int mm_backend_register(backend b){
 }
 
 int backends_start(){
-	int rv = 0;
+	int rv = 0, current;
 	size_t u;
 	for(u = 0; u < nbackends; u++){
-		rv |= backends[u].start();
+		current = backends[u].start();
+		if(current){
+			fprintf(stderr, "Failed to start backend %s\n", backends[u].name);
+		}
+		rv |= current;
 	}
 	return rv;
 }
diff --git a/midimonster.c b/midimonster.c
index 87abfb1..2ca4a92 100644
--- a/midimonster.c
+++ b/midimonster.c
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv){
 
 	//start backends
 	if(backends_start()){
-		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to start backends\n");
 		goto bail;
 	}