diff -r 7105a4535fe6 -r c6a00c98bf46 finch/gntdebug.c
--- a/finch/gntdebug.c	Tue Jun 29 19:22:31 2010 +0000
+++ b/finch/gntdebug.c	Wed Jun 30 01:12:54 2010 +0000
@@ -77,7 +77,10 @@
 		}
 		return;
 	}
-	pipe(pipes);
+	if (pipe(pipes)) {
+		readhandle = -1;
+		return;
+	};
 	dup2(pipes[1], STDERR_FILENO);
 
 	stderrch = g_io_channel_unix_new(pipes[0]);