diff --git a/nvidia-settings/src/gtk+-2.x/ctkui.c b/nvidia-settings/src/gtk+-2.x/ctkui.c

index ce5ef08..85283c8 100644

--- a/nvidia-settings/src/gtk+-2.x/ctkui.c

+++ b/nvidia-settings/src/gtk+-2.x/ctkui.c

@@ -76,3 +76,16 @@ void ctk_main(ParsedAttribute *p,

     gtk_main();

 }

+

+void ctk_ext_display_message(const char *msg)

+{

+    GtkWidget *dlg =

+        gtk_message_dialog_new (NULL,

+                                GTK_DIALOG_MODAL,

+                                GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR,

+                                GTK_BUTTONS_OK,

+                                msg);

+

+    gtk_dialog_run(GTK_DIALOG(dlg));

+    gtk_widget_destroy (dlg);

+}

diff --git a/nvidia-settings/src/gtk+-2.x/ctkui.h b/nvidia-settings/src/gtk+-2.x/ctkui.h

index 872c48c..fc00f2e 100644

--- a/nvidia-settings/src/gtk+-2.x/ctkui.h

+++ b/nvidia-settings/src/gtk+-2.x/ctkui.h

@@ -33,5 +33,6 @@ void ctk_main(ParsedAttribute*,

               CtrlSystem*,

               const char *page);

+void ctk_ext_display_message(const char *msg);

 #endif /* __CTK_UI_H__ */

diff --git a/nvidia-settings/src/libXNVCtrlAttributes/NvCtrlAttributes.c b/nvidia-settings/src/libXNVCtrlAttributes/NvCtrlAttributes.c

index c3bf158..48dddfe 100644

--- a/nvidia-settings/src/libXNVCtrlAttributes/NvCtrlAttributes.c

+++ b/nvidia-settings/src/libXNVCtrlAttributes/NvCtrlAttributes.c

@@ -1959,3 +1959,8 @@ NvCtrlEventHandleNextEvent(NvCtrlEventHandle *handle, CtrlEvent *event)

     return NvCtrlSuccess;

 }

+NvCtrlErrorType last_error = NvCtrlNoError;

+

+NvCtrlErrorType NvCtrlGetLastError() {

+    return last_error;

+}

diff --git a/nvidia-settings/src/libXNVCtrlAttributes/NvCtrlAttributes.h b/nvidia-settings/src/libXNVCtrlAttributes/NvCtrlAttributes.h

index 636d7e2..1dc8a50 100644

--- a/nvidia-settings/src/libXNVCtrlAttributes/NvCtrlAttributes.h

+++ b/nvidia-settings/src/libXNVCtrlAttributes/NvCtrlAttributes.h

@@ -301,6 +301,10 @@ typedef enum {

     NvCtrlError

 } ReturnStatus;

+typedef enum {

+    NvCtrlNoError = 0,

+    NvCtrlUnableLoadInfo

+} NvCtrlErrorType;

 /* GLX FBConfig attribute structure */

@@ -865,6 +869,10 @@ NvCtrlEventHandlePending(NvCtrlEventHandle *handle, Bool *pending);

 ReturnStatus

 NvCtrlEventHandleNextEvent(NvCtrlEventHandle *handle, CtrlEvent *event);

-

+/*

+ * NvCtrlGetLastError() - Returns the last occurred error

+ */

+NvCtrlErrorType

+NvCtrlGetLastError();

 #endif /* __NVCTRL_ATTRIBUTES__ */

diff --git a/nvidia-settings/src/libXNVCtrlAttributes/NvCtrlAttributesUtils.c b/nvidia-settings/src/libXNVCtrlAttributes/NvCtrlAttributesUtils.c

--- a/nvidia-settings/src/libXNVCtrlAttributes/NvCtrlAttributesUtils.c

+++ b/nvidia-settings/src/libXNVCtrlAttributes/NvCtrlAttributesUtils.c

@@ -828,6 +828,7 @@ static const char *get_display_name(Ctrl

     }

 }

+extern NvCtrlErrorType last_error;

 static Bool load_system_info(CtrlSystem *system, const char *display)

 {

@@ -868,7 +869,7 @@ static Bool load_system_info(CtrlSystem

     system->has_nvml = (nvmlQueryTarget != NULL);

     if (system->has_nvml == FALSE) {

-        nv_error_msg("Unable to load info from any available system");

+        last_error = NvCtrlUnableLoadInfo;

         return FALSE;

     }

diff --git a/nvidia-settings/src/nvidia-settings.c b/nvidia-settings/src/nvidia-settings.c

--- a/nvidia-settings/src/nvidia-settings.c

+++ b/nvidia-settings/src/nvidia-settings.c

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ typedef struct {

     char *(*fn_ctk_get_display)(void);

     void (*fn_ctk_main)(ParsedAttribute *, ConfigProperties *,

                         CtrlSystem *, const char *);

+    void (*fn_ctk_ext_display_message)(const char *);

 } GtkLibraryData;

@@ -121,6 +122,10 @@ static void load_and_resolve_libdata(con

         libdata->fn_ctk_main = dlsym(libdata->gui_lib_handle, "ctk_main");

         symbol_error += check_and_save_dlerror(&libdata->error_msg);

+        libdata->fn_ctk_ext_display_message = dlsym(libdata->gui_lib_handle, "ctk_ext_display_message");

+        if (!libdata->fn_ctk_ext_display_message)

+            dlerror();

+

         if (symbol_error > 0 ||

             libdata->fn_ctk_init_check == NULL ||

             libdata->fn_ctk_get_display == NULL ||

@@ -326,6 +331,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)

         nv_parsed_attribute_clean(p);

         system = NvCtrlGetSystem(op->ctrl_display, &systems);

         if (!system || !system->dpy) {

+            NvCtrlErrorType ec = NvCtrlGetLastError();

+            if (ec) {

+                const char *msg = "Unknown error occurred.";

+

+                switch (ec) {

+                    case NvCtrlUnableLoadInfo:

+                        msg = "Unable to load info from any available system.";

+                }

+

+                nv_error_msg(msg);

+                if (libdata.fn_ctk_ext_display_message)

+                    libdata.fn_ctk_ext_display_message(msg);

+            }

             return 1;

         }

         ret = nv_write_config_file(op->config, system, p, &conf);