diff -ru gnome-vfs-2.2.1-DenyOfService/modules/file-method.c gnome-vfs-2.2.1/modules/file-method.c
--- gnome-vfs-2.2.1-DenyOfService/modules/file-method.c	2003-03-11 02:16:10.000000000 +0100
+++ gnome-vfs-2.2.1/modules/file-method.c	2003-03-11 02:27:17.000000000 +0100
@@ -2165,7 +2165,29 @@
 	if (fam_connection == NULL) {
 		fam_connection = g_malloc0(sizeof(FAMConnection));
 		if (FAMOpen2(fam_connection, "test-monitor") != 0) {
-			g_print ("FAMOpen failed, FAMErrno=%d\n", FAMErrno);
+		/* Throttle error message propagation. Without this step
+		 * logfiles would bomb each machine within short time.
+		 * Code is kind of bloaty. Users hate it getting bombed out 
+		 * of their machines.
+		 */
+			static time_t last_message = 0;
+			static int last_error = 0;
+			int current_error = FAMErrno;
+
+			if (time() - last_message > 180 || 
+			    current_error != last_error)
+			{
+				last_message = time();
+				last_error = current_error;
+
+				g_print ("FAMOpen failed, FAMErrno=%d\n"
+				         "This indicates a problem with the "
+				         "File Alteration Monitor (FAM).\n"
+				         "Make sure that FAM is installed "
+				         "properly and lauched on startup.\n",
+				         current_error);
+			}
+
 			g_free(fam_connection);
 			fam_connection = NULL;
 			G_UNLOCK (fam_connection);