diff --git a/alsactl/alsactl.h b/alsactl/alsactl.h
index 89ad295..be90efb 100644
--- a/alsactl/alsactl.h
+++ b/alsactl/alsactl.h
@@ -34,16 +34,16 @@ extern char *statefile;
 
 #if __GNUC__ > 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 95)
 #define cerror(cond, ...) do {\
-	if (cond) { \
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s:%d: ", command, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__); \
+	if (cond || debugflag) { \
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s%s: %s:%d: ", debugflag ? "WARNING: " : "", command, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__); \
 		fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__); \
 		putc('\n', stderr); \
 	} \
 } while (0)
 #else
 #define cerror(cond, args...) do {\
-	if (cond) { \
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s:%d: ", command, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__); \
+	if (cond || debugflag) { \
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s%s: %s:%d: ", debugflag ? "WARNING: " : "", command, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__); \
 		fprintf(stderr, ##args); \
 		putc('\n', stderr); \
 	} \
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ int generate_names(const char *cfgfile);
 int file_map(const char *filename, char **buf, size_t *bufsize);
 void file_unmap(void *buf, size_t bufsize);
 size_t line_width(const char *buf, size_t bufsize, size_t pos);
-void initfailed(int cardnumber, const char *reason);
+void initfailed(int cardnumber, const char *reason, int exitcode);
 
 static inline int hextodigit(int c)
 {
diff --git a/alsactl/state.c b/alsactl/state.c
index 01b1cd6..7eb107f 100644
--- a/alsactl/state.c
+++ b/alsactl/state.c
@@ -1131,7 +1131,6 @@ static int restore_config_value2(snd_ctl_t *handle, snd_ctl_elem_info_t *info,
 		}
 		snd_ctl_elem_value_set_byte(ctl, idx, val);
 		return 1;
-		break;
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -1418,6 +1417,7 @@ static int set_controls(int card, snd_config_t *top, int doit)
 	snd_ctl_card_info_alloca(&info);
 
 	sprintf(name, "hw:%d", card);
+	dbg("device='%s', doit=%i", name, doit);
 	err = snd_ctl_open(&handle, name, 0);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		error("snd_ctl_open error: %s", snd_strerror(err));
@@ -1429,6 +1429,7 @@ static int set_controls(int card, snd_config_t *top, int doit)
 		goto _close;
 	}
 	id = snd_ctl_card_info_get_id(info);
+	dbg("card-info-id: '%s'", id);
 	err = snd_config_searchv(top, &control, "state", id, "control", 0);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		if (force_restore) {
@@ -1454,24 +1455,25 @@ static int set_controls(int card, snd_config_t *top, int doit)
 			goto _close;
 	}
 
+	dbg("maxnumid=%i", maxnumid);
 	/* check if we have additional controls in driver */
 	/* in this case we should go through init procedure */
 	if (!doit && maxnumid >= 0) {
-		snd_ctl_elem_id_t *id;
 		snd_ctl_elem_info_t *info;
-		snd_ctl_elem_id_alloca(&id);
 		snd_ctl_elem_info_alloca(&info);
 		snd_ctl_elem_info_set_numid(info, maxnumid+1);
 		if (snd_ctl_elem_info(handle, info) == 0) {
 			/* not very informative */
 			/* but value is used for check only */
 			err = -EAGAIN;
+			dbg("more controls than maxnumid?");
 			goto _close;
 		}
 	}
 
  _close:
 	snd_ctl_close(handle);
+	dbg("result code: %i", err);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -1596,9 +1598,9 @@ int load_state(const char *file, const char *initfile, const char *cardname,
 			err = init(initfile, cardname1);
 			if (err < 0) {
 				finalerr = err;
-				initfailed(card, "init");
+				initfailed(card, "init", err);
 			}
-			initfailed(card, "restore");
+			initfailed(card, "restore", -ENOENT);
 		}
 		if (first)
 			finalerr = 0;	/* no cards, no error code */
@@ -1631,14 +1633,14 @@ int load_state(const char *file, const char *initfile, const char *cardname,
 				sprintf(cardname1, "%i", card);
 				err = init(initfile, cardname1);
 				if (err < 0) {
-					initfailed(card, "init");
+					initfailed(card, "init", err);
 					finalerr = err;
 				}
 			}
 			if ((err = set_controls(card, config, 1))) {
 				if (!force_restore)
 					finalerr = err;
-				initfailed(card, "restore");
+				initfailed(card, "restore", err);
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -1653,12 +1655,12 @@ int load_state(const char *file, const char *initfile, const char *cardname,
 		if (do_init && set_controls(cardno, config, 0)) {
 			err = init(initfile, cardname);
 			if (err < 0) {
-				initfailed(cardno, "init");
-				return err;
+				initfailed(cardno, "init", err);
+				finalerr = err;
 			}
 		}
 		if ((err = set_controls(cardno, config, 1))) {
-			initfailed(cardno, "restore");
+			initfailed(cardno, "restore", err);
 			if (!force_restore)
 				return err;
 		}
diff --git a/alsactl/utils.c b/alsactl/utils.c
index ab4dbd4..a27eb6e 100644
--- a/alsactl/utils.c
+++ b/alsactl/utils.c
@@ -79,19 +79,23 @@ size_t line_width(const char *buf, size_t bufsize, size_t pos)
 	return count - pos;
 }
 
-void initfailed(int cardnumber, const char *reason)
+void initfailed(int cardnumber, const char *reason, int exitcode)
 {
 	int fp;
 	char *str;
+	char sexitcode[16];
 
 	if (statefile == NULL)
 		return;
 	if (snd_card_get_name(cardnumber, &str) < 0)
 		return;
+	sprintf(sexitcode, "%i", exitcode);
 	fp = open(statefile, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_APPEND, 0644);
 	write(fp, str, strlen(str));
 	write(fp, ":", 1);
 	write(fp, reason, strlen(reason));
+	write(fp, ":", 1);
+	write(fp, sexitcode, strlen(sexitcode));
 	write(fp, "\n", 1);
 	close(fp);
 	free(str);
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 66b785f..8bae007 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
 AC_INIT(aplay/aplay.c)
 AC_PREFIX_DEFAULT(/usr)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(alsa-utils, 1.0.22)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(alsa-utils, 1.0.23)
 
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT([external])
 AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION([0.15])
diff --git a/seq/aconnect/aconnect.c b/seq/aconnect/aconnect.c
index 1a50666..8c66cfd 100644
--- a/seq/aconnect/aconnect.c
+++ b/seq/aconnect/aconnect.c
@@ -192,52 +192,33 @@ static void remove_connection(snd_seq_t *seq, snd_seq_client_info_t *cinfo,
 			      snd_seq_port_info_t *pinfo, int count)
 {
 	snd_seq_query_subscribe_t *query;
+	snd_seq_port_info_t *port;
+	snd_seq_port_subscribe_t *subs;
 
 	snd_seq_query_subscribe_alloca(&query);
 	snd_seq_query_subscribe_set_root(query, snd_seq_port_info_get_addr(pinfo));
-
 	snd_seq_query_subscribe_set_type(query, SND_SEQ_QUERY_SUBS_READ);
 	snd_seq_query_subscribe_set_index(query, 0);
-	for (; snd_seq_query_port_subscribers(seq, query) >= 0;
-	     snd_seq_query_subscribe_set_index(query, snd_seq_query_subscribe_get_index(query) + 1)) {
-		snd_seq_port_info_t *port;
-		snd_seq_port_subscribe_t *subs;
+
+	snd_seq_port_info_alloca(&port);
+	snd_seq_port_subscribe_alloca(&subs);
+
+	while (snd_seq_query_port_subscribers(seq, query) >= 0) {
 		const snd_seq_addr_t *sender = snd_seq_query_subscribe_get_root(query);
 		const snd_seq_addr_t *dest = snd_seq_query_subscribe_get_addr(query);
-		snd_seq_port_info_alloca(&port);
-		if (snd_seq_get_any_port_info(seq, dest->client, dest->port, port) < 0)
-			continue;
-		if (!(snd_seq_port_info_get_capability(port) & SND_SEQ_PORT_CAP_SUBS_WRITE))
-			continue;
-		if (snd_seq_port_info_get_capability(port) & SND_SEQ_PORT_CAP_NO_EXPORT)
-			continue;
-		snd_seq_port_subscribe_alloca(&subs);
-		snd_seq_port_subscribe_set_queue(subs, snd_seq_query_subscribe_get_queue(query));
-		snd_seq_port_subscribe_set_sender(subs, sender);
-		snd_seq_port_subscribe_set_dest(subs, dest);
-		snd_seq_unsubscribe_port(seq, subs);
-	}
 
-	snd_seq_query_subscribe_set_type(query, SND_SEQ_QUERY_SUBS_WRITE);
-	snd_seq_query_subscribe_set_index(query, 0);
-	for (; snd_seq_query_port_subscribers(seq, query) >= 0;
-	     snd_seq_query_subscribe_set_index(query, snd_seq_query_subscribe_get_index(query) + 1)) {
-		snd_seq_port_info_t *port;
-		snd_seq_port_subscribe_t *subs;
-		const snd_seq_addr_t *dest = snd_seq_query_subscribe_get_root(query);
-		const snd_seq_addr_t *sender = snd_seq_query_subscribe_get_addr(query);
-		snd_seq_port_info_alloca(&port);
-		if (snd_seq_get_any_port_info(seq, sender->client, sender->port, port) < 0)
+		if (snd_seq_get_any_port_info(seq, dest->client, dest->port, port) < 0 ||
+		    !(snd_seq_port_info_get_capability(port) & SND_SEQ_PORT_CAP_SUBS_WRITE) ||
+		    (snd_seq_port_info_get_capability(port) & SND_SEQ_PORT_CAP_NO_EXPORT)) {
+			snd_seq_query_subscribe_set_index(query, snd_seq_query_subscribe_get_index(query) + 1);
 			continue;
-		if (!(snd_seq_port_info_get_capability(port) & SND_SEQ_PORT_CAP_SUBS_READ))
-			continue;
-		if (snd_seq_port_info_get_capability(port) & SND_SEQ_PORT_CAP_NO_EXPORT)
-			continue;
-		snd_seq_port_subscribe_alloca(&subs);
+		}
 		snd_seq_port_subscribe_set_queue(subs, snd_seq_query_subscribe_get_queue(query));
 		snd_seq_port_subscribe_set_sender(subs, sender);
 		snd_seq_port_subscribe_set_dest(subs, dest);
-		snd_seq_unsubscribe_port(seq, subs);
+		if (snd_seq_unsubscribe_port(seq, subs) < 0) {
+			snd_seq_query_subscribe_set_index(query, snd_seq_query_subscribe_get_index(query) + 1);
+		}
 	}
 }