diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index 0a7cc4739..50ec5ab68 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -1105,6 +1105,16 @@ struct card *inp_readall(FILE *fp, const char *dir_name, const char* file_name,
         if (newcompat.ps && newcompat.a)
             pspice_compat_a(working);
 
+        /* another warning that codemodels or osdi libs have not been loaded successfully */
+        if (ft_osdierror) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Warning: OSDI libs have not been loaded successfully.\n");
+            fprintf(stderr, "    Any of the following steps may fail, if Verilog A models are involved!.\n\n");
+        }
+        if (ft_codemodelerror) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Warning: code models like analog.cm have not been loaded successfully.\n");
+            fprintf(stderr, "    Any of the following steps may fail, if code models are involved!.\n\n");
+        }
+
         struct nscope *root = inp_add_levels(working);
 
         inp_probe(working);
diff --git a/src/spicelib/devices/dev.c b/src/spicelib/devices/dev.c
index 3e07b1beb..b3514919e 100644
--- a/src/spicelib/devices/dev.c
+++ b/src/spicelib/devices/dev.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ static void free_dlerr_msg(char *msg);
 #define RTLD_NOW    2 /* immediate function call binding */
 #define RTLD_GLOBAL 4 /* symbols in this dlopen'ed obj are visible to other
                        * dlopen'ed objs */
+#define F_OK 0
 #endif /* ifndef HAS_WINGUI */
 
 #include "ngspice/dllitf.h" /* the coreInfo Structure*/
@@ -405,9 +406,14 @@ int load_opus(const char *name)
     lib = dlopen(name, RTLD_NOW);
 //    fprintf(stdout, "Lib %s has handle %p\n", name, lib);
     if (!lib) {
-        msg = dlerror();
-        fprintf(stderr, "Error opening code model \"%s\"\n: %s\n", name, msg);
-        FREE_DLERR_MSG(msg);
+        int acc = access(name, F_OK);
+        if (acc != 0) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Error opening code model \"%s\": No such file or directory!\n",
+                name);
+        }
+        else
+            fprintf(stderr, "Error opening code model \"%s\"\n", name);
+
         return 1;
     }