Index: trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.data/fit1d.c
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--- trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.data/fit1d.c	(revision 24080)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.data/fit1d.c	(revision 24081)
@@ -125,5 +125,8 @@
       }
     }
-    if (!dgaussjordan (c, b, nterm, 1)) goto escape;
+    if (!dgaussjordan (c, b, nterm, 1)) {
+	gprint (GP_ERR, "failed to fit data : ill-conditioned matrix\n");
+	goto escape;
+    }
 
     /* generate fitted values */