diff --git a/xkb/ddxLoad.c b/xkb/ddxLoad.c
index d80ce62b8..1fb097987 100644
--- a/xkb/ddxLoad.c
+++ b/xkb/ddxLoad.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ char tmpname[PATH_MAX];
 	    return True;
 	}
 	else
-	    DebugF("Error compiling keymap (%s)\n",keymap);
+	    LogMessage(X_ERROR, "Error compiling keymap (%s)\n", keymap);
 #ifdef WIN32
         /* remove the temporary file */
         unlink(tmpname);
@@ -282,9 +282,9 @@ char tmpname[PATH_MAX];
     }
     else {
 #ifndef WIN32
-	DebugF("Could not invoke keymap compiler\n");
+	LogMessage(X_ERROR, "XKB: Could not invoke xkbcomp\n");
 #else
-	DebugF("Could not open file %s\n", tmpname);
+	LogMessage(X_ERROR, "Could not open file %s\n", tmpname);
 #endif
     }
     if (nameRtrn)
@@ -350,11 +350,13 @@ unsigned	missing;
     if ((names->keycodes==NULL)&&(names->types==NULL)&&
 	(names->compat==NULL)&&(names->symbols==NULL)&&
 	(names->geometry==NULL)) {
+        LogMessage(X_ERROR, "XKB: No components provided for device %s\n",
+                   keybd->name);
         return 0;
     }
     else if (!XkbDDXCompileKeymapByNames(xkb,names,want,need,
                                          nameRtrn,nameRtrnLen)){
-	DebugF("Couldn't compile keymap file\n");
+	LogMessage(X_ERROR, "XKB: Couldn't compile keymap\n");
 	return 0;
     }
     file= XkbDDXOpenConfigFile(nameRtrn,fileName,PATH_MAX);
@@ -369,7 +371,7 @@ unsigned	missing;
 	(void) unlink (fileName);
 	return 0;
     }
-    else if (xkbDebugFlags) {
+    else {
 	DebugF("Loaded XKB keymap %s, defined=0x%x\n",fileName,(*xkbRtrn)->defined);
     }
     fclose(file);
@@ -390,32 +392,40 @@ 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;
 }
-
-