--- ray/src/util/rmatrix.c	2023/12/12 18:45:53	2.76
+++ ray/src/util/rmatrix.c	2024/02/29 03:11:13	2.78
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #ifndef lint
-static const char RCSid[] = "$Id: rmatrix.c,v 2.76 2023/12/12 18:45:53 greg Exp $";
+static const char RCSid[] = "$Id: rmatrix.c,v 2.78 2024/02/29 03:11:13 greg Exp $";
 #endif
 /*
  * General matrix operations.
@@ -393,8 +393,10 @@ rmx_load(const char *inspec, RMPref rmp)
 		}				/* else open it ourselves */
 		fp = fopen(inspec, "r");
 	}
-	if (!fp)
+	if (!fp) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Cannot open for reading: %s\n", inspec);
 		return(NULL);
+	}
 #ifdef getc_unlocked
 	flockfile(fp);
 #endif
@@ -499,7 +501,7 @@ rmx_write_spec(const double *dp, int nc, int len, FILE
 	if (nc < 3) return(0);
 	scan = (uby8 *)tempbuffer((nc+1)*len);
 	if (!scan) return(0);
-	for (j = len; j--; dp += nc) {
+	for (j = 0; j < len; j++, dp += nc) {
 	    	for (k = nc; k--; )
 	    		scol[k] = dp[k];
 		scolor2scolr(scan+j*(nc+1), scol, nc);