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diff --git a/scripts/runqemu b/scripts/runqemu
index e843946e32..a9f513c7a9 100755
--- a/scripts/runqemu
+++ b/scripts/runqemu
@@ -283,8 +283,16 @@ setup_tmpdir() {
# We have bitbake in PATH, get OE_TMPDIR from bitbake
OE_TMPDIR=`MACHINE=$MACHINE bitbake -e | grep ^TMPDIR=\" | cut -d '=' -f2 | cut -d '"' -f2`
if [ -z "$OE_TMPDIR" ]; then
- echo "Error: this script needs to be run from your build directory,"
- echo "or you need to explicitly set OE_TMPDIR in your environment"
+ # Check for errors from bitbake that the user needs to know about
+ BITBAKE_OUTPUT=`bitbake -e | wc -l`
+ if [ "$BITBAKE_OUTPUT" -eq "0" ]; then
+ echo "Error: this script needs to be run from your build directory,"
+ echo "or you need to explicitly set OE_TMPDIR in your environment"
+ else
+ echo "There was an error running bitbake to determine TMPDIR"
+ echo "Here is the output from 'bitbake -e':"
+ bitbake -e
+ fi
exit 1
fi
fi