diff -aruN a/src/spawn.c b/src/spawn.c
--- a/src/spawn.c	2012-05-06 02:40:45.000000000 -0700
+++ b/src/spawn.c	2013-03-16 16:31:41.808861381 -0700
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
         
         pid= fork();
         if(pid < 0) {
-                LogError("Cannot fork a new process\n");  
+                LogError("Cannot fork a new process: %s\n", strerror(errno));  
                 exit(1); 
         }