Index: trunk/psLib/src/fits/psFits.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/psLib/src/fits/psFits.c	(revision 14868)
+++ trunk/psLib/src/fits/psFits.c	(revision 14871)
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
  *  @author Robert DeSonia, MHPCC
  *
- *  @version $Revision: 1.66 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
- *  @date $Date: 2007-09-17 21:35:35 $
+ *  @version $Revision: 1.67 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
+ *  @date $Date: 2007-09-17 22:48:36 $
  *
  *  Copyright 2004-2005 Maui High Performance Computing Center, University of Hawaii
@@ -621,5 +621,8 @@
 ERROR:
     fits_set_compression_type(fits->fd, 0x0, &status);
-    psError(PS_ERR_UNKNOWN, true, "failed to configure compression - disabling");
+    char fitsErr[MAX_STRING_LENGTH];
+    fits_get_errstatus(status, fitsErr);
+    psError(PS_ERR_BAD_FITS, true,
+        "Error while configuring compression. CFITSIO error: %s", fitsErr);
     return false;
 }