--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2001/01/09 23:05:22	1.93
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2001/01/10 22:55:52	1.94
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 # 05/01/01 Guy Albertelli
 # 05/01,06/01,09/01 Gerd Kortemeyer
 # 09/01 Guy Albertelli
-# 09/01 Gerd Kortemeyer
+# 09/01,10/01 Gerd Kortemeyer
 
 package Apache::lonnet;
 
@@ -1619,7 +1619,8 @@ sub EXT {
 # ----------------------------------------------------------- first, check user
       my %resourcedata=get('resourcedata',
                            ($courselevelr,$courselevelm,$courselevel));
-      if ($resourcedata{$courselevelr}!~/^error\:/) {
+      if (($resourcedata{$courselevelr}!~/^error\:/) &&
+          ($resourcedata{$courselevelr}!~/^con_lost/)) {
 
        if ($resourcedata{$courselevelr}) { 
           return $resourcedata{$courselevelr}; }
@@ -1627,6 +1628,13 @@ sub EXT {
           return $resourcedata{$courselevelm}; }
        if ($resourcedata{$courselevel}) { return $resourcedata{$courselevel}; }
 
+      } else {
+	  if ($resourcedata{$courselevelr}!~/No such file/) {
+	    &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING:".
+		   " Trying to get resource data for ".$ENV{'user.name'}." at "
+                   .$ENV{'user.domain'}.": ".$resourcedata{$courselevelr}.
+                 "</font>");
+	  }
       }
 # -------------------------------------------------------- second, check course
         my $section='';
@@ -1645,7 +1653,12 @@ sub EXT {
 	      if ($_) { return &unescape($_); }
           } split(/\&/,$reply);
       }
-
+      if (($reply=~/^con_lost/) || ($reply=~/^error\:/)) {
+	  &logthis("<font color=blue>WARNING:".
+                " Getting ".$reply." asking for ".$varname." from ".
+                 $ENV{'course.'.$ENV{'request.course.id'}.$section.'.home'}.
+                 "</font>");
+      }
 # ------------------------------------------------------ third, check map parms
        my %parmhash=();
        my $thisparm='';