Index: src/server.c
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--- src/server.c	(revision 957)
+++ src/server.c	(working copy)
@@ -854,6 +854,8 @@
 	/* setup FAM */
 	if (srv->srvconf.stat_cache_engine == STAT_CACHE_ENGINE_FAM) {
 		if (0 != FAMOpen2(srv->stat_cache->fam, "lighttpd")) {
+			log_error_write(srv, __FILE__, __LINE__, "s",
+				"could not open a fam connection, dieing.");
 			return -1;
 		}
 #ifdef HAVE_FAMNOEXISTS