--- latencytop-0.4.orig/latencytop.c
+++ latencytop-0.4/latencytop.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 int firsttime = 1;
 int noui; 
 int dump_unknown;
+static void disable_sysctl(void);
 
 static void add_to_global(struct latency_line *line)
 {
@@ -95,10 +96,14 @@
 	size_t dummy;
 	file = fopen("/proc/latency_stats","r+");
 	if (!file) {
-		cleanup_curses() ;
-		fprintf(stderr, "Please enable the CONFIG_LATENCYTOP configuration in your kernel.\n");
-		fprintf(stderr, "Exiting...\n");
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		cleanup_curses();
+		disable_sysctl();
+		fputs(	"Are you root?\n"
+			"Please enable the CONFIG_LATENCYTOP configuration in your kernel.\n"
+			"Exiting...\n", stderr);
+		/*exit(EXIT_FAILURE); would call atexit function:
+		 * cleanup_curses, so deleting above message.*/
+		_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 	/* wipe first line */
 	ln = NULL;
@@ -474,9 +479,14 @@
 {
 	FILE *file;
 	file = fopen("/proc/sys/kernel/latencytop", "w");
-	if (!file)
+	if (!file) {
+	    	perror("Error writing to /proc/sys/kernel/latencytop");
+		return;
+	}
+	if (putc('1', file) == EOF) {
+	    	perror("Error writing to /proc/sys/kernel/latencytop");
 		return;
-	fprintf(file, "1");
+	}
 	fclose(file);
 }
 
@@ -484,9 +494,14 @@
 {
 	FILE *file;
 	file = fopen("/proc/sys/kernel/latencytop", "w");
-	if (!file)
+	if (!file) {
+	    	perror("Error writing to /proc/sys/kernel/latencytop");
 		return;
-	fprintf(file, "0");
+	}
+	if (putc('0', file) == EOF) {
+		perror("Error writing to /proc/sys/kernel/latencytop");
+		return;
+	}
 	fclose(file);
 }
 
@@ -494,8 +509,9 @@
 {
 	int ret = 1;
 	enable_sysctl();
+	atexit(disable_sysctl);
 	if (argc>1 && strcmp(argv[1],"-d")==0) {
-		init_translations("latencytop.trans");
+		init_translations("/usr/share/latencytop/latencytop.trans");
 		parse_global_list();
 		sort_list();
 		dump_global_to_console();
@@ -508,7 +524,7 @@
 
 	if (argc>1 && strcmp(argv[1],"--block")==0) {
 		printf("Doing block tracing\n");
-		init_translations("latencytop.block");
+		init_translations("/usr/share/latencytop/latencytop.block");
 		noui = 1;
 		dump_unknown = 1;
 	}
@@ -531,7 +547,5 @@
 	}
 	prune_unused_procs();
 	delete_list();
-	cleanup_curses();
-	disable_sysctl();
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
--- latencytop-0.4.orig/translate.c
+++ latencytop-0.4/translate.c
@@ -97,8 +97,10 @@
 	FILE *file;
 	
 	file = fopen(filename, "r");
-	if (!file)
+	if (!file) {
+	    	perror("Could not read translation file");
 		return;
+	}
 	while (!feof(file)) {
 		struct translate_line *trans;
 		size_t dummy;