diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
index a9e531f6e41..971512d4ab6 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-07-30 Mikhail Khodjaiants
+	Display the error message in the variable's label if the value of variable can not be retrieved.
+	* CDebugUIMessages.properties
+	* CDTDebugModelPresentation.java
+
 2004-07-23 Mikhail Khodjaiants
 	More informative error messages.
 	* CDebugUIMessages.properties
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/CDTDebugModelPresentation.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/CDTDebugModelPresentation.java
index e3e3e774e6e..4136a2a8619 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/CDTDebugModelPresentation.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/CDTDebugModelPresentation.java
@@ -516,7 +516,10 @@ public class CDTDebugModelPresentation extends LabelProvider implements IDebugMo
 			if ( name != null )
 				label.append( name.trim() );
 			IValue value = var.getValue();
-			if ( value instanceof ICValue && value.getValueString() != null ) {
+			if ( value instanceof ICDebugElementStatus && !((ICDebugElementStatus)value).isOK() ) {
+				label.append(  getFormattedString( CDebugUIMessages.getString( "CDTDebugModelPresentation.4" ), ((ICDebugElementStatus)value).getMessage() ) ); //$NON-NLS-1$
+			}
+			else if ( value instanceof ICValue && value.getValueString() != null ) {
 				String valueString = value.getValueString().trim();
 				if ( type != null && type.isCharacter() ) {
 					if ( valueString.length() == 0 )
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/CDebugUIMessages.properties b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/CDebugUIMessages.properties
index f0aead3e162..4d76f7c4a3f 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/CDebugUIMessages.properties
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/CDebugUIMessages.properties
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ CDTDebugModelPresentation.6=Exit code = {0}.
 CDTDebugModelPresentation.7={0} (Suspended)
 CDTDebugModelPresentation.8=Thread [{0}]
 CDTDebugModelPresentation.9=Thread [{0}] (Terminated)
+CDTDebugModelPresentation.4== <Error. {0}>
 CDTDebugModelPresentation.10=Thread [{0}] (Stepping)
 CDTDebugModelPresentation.11=Thread [{0}] (Running)
 CDTDebugModelPresentation.13=: Signal ''{0}'' received. Description: {1}.