diff --git a/Source/CTest/cmCTestSubmitHandler.cxx b/Source/CTest/cmCTestSubmitHandler.cxx
index 0d808ca14..a536e4fb7 100644
--- a/Source/CTest/cmCTestSubmitHandler.cxx
+++ b/Source/CTest/cmCTestSubmitHandler.cxx
@@ -598,6 +598,7 @@ bool cmCTestSubmitHandler::SubmitUsingXMLRPC(const cmStdString& localprefix,
     struct stat st;
     if ( ::stat(local_file.c_str(), &st) )
       {
+      cmCTestLog(m_CTest, ERROR_MESSAGE, "  Cannot find file: " << local_file.c_str() << std::endl);
       return false;
       }
 
@@ -605,6 +606,7 @@ bool cmCTestSubmitHandler::SubmitUsingXMLRPC(const cmStdString& localprefix,
     FILE* fp = fopen(local_file.c_str(), "rb");
     if ( !fp )
       {
+      cmCTestLog(m_CTest, ERROR_MESSAGE, "  Cannot open file: " << local_file.c_str() << std::endl);
       return false;
       }
 
@@ -613,6 +615,7 @@ bool cmCTestSubmitHandler::SubmitUsingXMLRPC(const cmStdString& localprefix,
       {
       delete [] fileBuffer;
       fclose(fp);
+      cmCTestLog(m_CTest, ERROR_MESSAGE, "  Cannot read file: " << local_file.c_str() << std::endl);
       return false;
       }
     fclose(fp);
diff --git a/Source/cmCTest.cxx b/Source/cmCTest.cxx
index ac4426dbd..dc649a98f 100644
--- a/Source/cmCTest.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCTest.cxx
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ cmCTest::~cmCTest()
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 int cmCTest::Initialize(const char* binary_dir, bool new_tag, bool verbose_tag)
 {
+  cmCTestLog(this, DEBUG, "Here: " << __LINE__ << std::endl);
   if(!m_InteractiveDebugMode)
     {
     this->BlockTestErrorDiagnostics();
@@ -282,8 +283,10 @@ int cmCTest::Initialize(const char* binary_dir, bool new_tag, bool verbose_tag)
 
   this->UpdateCTestConfiguration();
 
+  cmCTestLog(this, DEBUG, "Here: " << __LINE__ << std::endl);
   if ( m_ProduceXML )
     {
+  cmCTestLog(this, DEBUG, "Here: " << __LINE__ << std::endl);
     cmCTestLog(this, OUTPUT,
       "   Site: " << this->GetCTestConfiguration("Site") << std::endl
       << "   Build name: " << this->GetCTestConfiguration("BuildName") << std::endl
@@ -292,6 +295,7 @@ int cmCTest::Initialize(const char* binary_dir, bool new_tag, bool verbose_tag)
     if ( this->GetCTestConfiguration("NightlyStartTime").empty() )
       {
       cmCTestLog(this, DEBUG, "No nightly start time" << std::endl);
+  cmCTestLog(this, DEBUG, "Here: " << __LINE__ << std::endl);
       return 0;
       }
     }
@@ -730,6 +734,8 @@ int cmCTest::ProcessTests()
   int cc;
   int update_count = 0;
 
+  cmCTestLog(this, OUTPUT, "Start processing tests" << std::endl);
+
   for ( cc = 0; cc < LAST_TEST; cc ++ )
     {
     if ( m_Tests[cc] )
@@ -832,6 +838,10 @@ int cmCTest::ProcessTests()
       res |= cmCTest::SUBMIT_ERRORS;
       }
     }
+  if ( res != 0 )
+    {
+    cmCTestLog(this, ERROR_MESSAGE, "Errors while running CTest" << std::endl);
+    }
   return res;
 }
 
@@ -1712,9 +1722,12 @@ int cmCTest::Run(std::vector<std::string>const& args, std::string* output)
         it->second->SetVerbose(this->m_Verbose);
         it->second->SetSubmitIndex(m_SubmitIndex);
         }
+  cmCTestLog(this, DEBUG, "Here: " << __LINE__ << std::endl);
       if ( !this->Initialize(cmSystemTools::GetCurrentWorkingDirectory().c_str()) )
         {
+  cmCTestLog(this, DEBUG, "Here: " << __LINE__ << std::endl);
         res = 12;
+        cmCTestLog(this, ERROR_MESSAGE, "Problem initializing the dashboard." << std::endl);
         }
       else
         {