diff --git a/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp b/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp
index 5d94bc71f..df327761e 100644
--- a/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp
@@ -221,7 +221,10 @@ int COPKGManager::exec(CMenuTarget* parent, const string &actionKey)
 		{
 			string pkg_name = fileBrowser.getSelectedFile()->Name;
 			if (!installPackage(pkg_name))
+				showError(g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_OPKG_FAILURE_INSTALL), "", pkg_name);
+				/* errno is never set properly, the string is totally useless.
 				showError(g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_OPKG_FAILURE_INSTALL), strerror(errno), pkg_name);
+				 */
 
 			*local_dir = fileBrowser.getCurrentDir();
 		refreshMenu();
@@ -233,7 +236,10 @@ int COPKGManager::exec(CMenuTarget* parent, const string &actionKey)
 			parent->hide();
 		int r = execCmd(actionKey, CShellWindow::VERBOSE | CShellWindow::ACKNOWLEDGE_EVENT);
 		if (r) {
+			/* errno is never set properly, the string is totally useless.
 			showError(g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_OPKG_FAILURE_UPGRADE), strerror(errno), actionKey);
+			 */
+			showError(g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_OPKG_FAILURE_UPGRADE), "", actionKey);
 		} else
 			installed = true;
 		refreshMenu();
@@ -1007,7 +1013,10 @@ bool COPKGManager::installPackage(const string& pkg_name, string options, bool f
 					break;
 				}
 				default:
+					showError(g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_OPKG_FAILURE_INSTALL), "", pkg_types[OM_INSTALL] + opts + pkg_name);
+					/* errno / strerror considered useless here
 					showError(g_Locale->getText(LOCALE_OPKG_FAILURE_INSTALL), strerror(errno), pkg_types[OM_INSTALL] + opts + pkg_name);
+					 */
 			}
 		}else{
 			if (force_configure)