diff --git a/xkb/ddxLoad.c b/xkb/ddxLoad.c
index d79ae7a7b..ea9c3ff2b 100644
--- a/xkb/ddxLoad.c
+++ b/xkb/ddxLoad.c
@@ -385,24 +385,20 @@ char tmpname[PATH_MAX];
                 xfree (buf);
 	    return True;
 	}
-#ifdef DEBUG
 	else
-	    ErrorF("Error compiling keymap (%s)\n",keymap);
-#endif
+	    LogMessage(X_ERROR, "Error compiling keymap (%s)\n", keymap);
 #ifdef WIN32
         /* remove the temporary file */
         unlink(tmpname);
 #endif
     }
-#ifdef DEBUG
     else {
 #ifndef WIN32
-	ErrorF("Could not invoke keymap compiler\n");
+	LogMessage(X_ERROR, "XKB: Could not invoke xkbcomp\n");
 #else
-	ErrorF("Could not open file %s\n", tmpname);
+	LogMessage(X_ERROR, "Could not open file %s\n", tmpname);
 #endif
     }
-#endif
     if (nameRtrn)
 	nameRtrn[0]= '\0';
     if (buf != NULL)
@@ -477,17 +473,14 @@ unsigned	missing;
 	    return 0;
 	}
 	else if (!XkbDDXCompileNamedKeymap(xkb,names,nameRtrn,nameRtrnLen)) {
-#ifdef NOISY
-	    ErrorF("Couldn't compile keymap file\n");
-#endif
+            LogMessage(X_ERROR, "Couldn't compile keymap file %s\n",
+                       names->keymap);
 	    return 0;
 	}
     }
     else if (!XkbDDXCompileKeymapByNames(xkb,names,want,need,
-						nameRtrn,nameRtrnLen)){
-#ifdef NOISY
-	ErrorF("Couldn't compile keymap file\n");
-#endif
+                                         nameRtrn,nameRtrnLen)){
+	LogMessage(X_ERROR, "XKB: Couldn't compile keymap\n");
 	return 0;
     }
     file= XkbDDXOpenConfigFile(nameRtrn,fileName,PATH_MAX);
@@ -502,11 +495,9 @@ unsigned	missing;
 	(void) unlink (fileName);
 	return 0;
     }
-#ifdef DEBUG
-    else if (xkbDebugFlags) {
-	ErrorF("Loaded %s, defined=0x%x\n",fileName,finfoRtrn->defined);
+    else {
+	DebugF("XKB: Loaded %s, defined=0x%x\n",fileName,finfoRtrn->defined);
     }
-#endif
     fclose(file);
     (void) unlink (fileName);
     return (need|want)&(~missing);
@@ -525,32 +516,40 @@ XkbRF_RulesPtr	rules;
 
     if (!rules_name)
 	return False;
-    if (XkbBaseDirectory==NULL) {
-	if (strlen(rules_name)+7 > PATH_MAX)
-	    return False;
-	sprintf(buf,"rules/%s",rules_name);
+
+    if (strlen(XkbBaseDirectory) + strlen(rules_name) + 8 > PATH_MAX) {
+        LogMessage(X_ERROR, "XKB: Rules name is too long\n");
+        return False;
     }
-    else {
-	if (strlen(XkbBaseDirectory)+strlen(rules_name)+8 > PATH_MAX)
-	    return False;
-        sprintf(buf,"%s/rules/%s",XkbBaseDirectory,rules_name);
-    }
-    if ((file= fopen(buf,"r"))==NULL)
+    sprintf(buf,"%s/rules/%s", XkbBaseDirectory, rules_name);
+
+    file = fopen(buf, "r");
+    if (!file) {
+        LogMessage(X_ERROR, "XKB: Couldn't open rules file %s\n", file);
 	return False;
-    if ((rules= XkbRF_Create(0,0))==NULL) {
+    }
+
+    rules = XkbRF_Create(0, 0);
+    if (!rules) {
+        LogMessage(X_ERROR, "XKB: Couldn't create rules struct\n");
 	fclose(file);
 	return False;
     }
-    if (!XkbRF_LoadRules(file,rules)) {
+
+    if (!XkbRF_LoadRules(file, rules)) {
+        LogMessage(X_ERROR, "XKB: Couldn't parse rules file %s\n", rules_name);
 	fclose(file);
 	XkbRF_Free(rules,True);
 	return False;
     }
-    bzero((char *)names,sizeof(XkbComponentNamesRec));
-    complete= XkbRF_GetComponents(rules,defs,names);
+
+    memset(names, 0, sizeof(*names));
+    complete = XkbRF_GetComponents(rules,defs,names);
     fclose(file);
-    XkbRF_Free(rules,True);
+    XkbRF_Free(rules, True);
+
+    if (!complete)
+        LogMessage(X_ERROR, "XKB: Rules returned no components\n");
+
     return complete;
 }
-
-