2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/java/jogamp/common/os/UnixDynamicLinkerImpl.java b/src/java/jogamp/common/os/UnixDynamicLinkerImpl.java
index e4cdbda..7675977 100644
--- a/src/java/jogamp/common/os/UnixDynamicLinkerImpl.java
+++ b/src/java/jogamp/common/os/UnixDynamicLinkerImpl.java
@@ -71,5 +71,8 @@ public class UnixDynamicLinkerImpl implements DynamicLinker {
   public void closeLibrary(long libraryHandle) {
     dlclose(libraryHandle);
   }
-
+  
+  public String getLastError() {
+      return dlerror();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/java/jogamp/common/os/WindowsDynamicLinkerImpl.java b/src/java/jogamp/common/os/WindowsDynamicLinkerImpl.java
index 17d4adc..884ac39 100644
--- a/src/java/jogamp/common/os/WindowsDynamicLinkerImpl.java
+++ b/src/java/jogamp/common/os/WindowsDynamicLinkerImpl.java
@@ -66,4 +66,9 @@ public class WindowsDynamicLinkerImpl implements DynamicLinker {
     FreeLibrary(libraryHandle);
   }
 
+  public String getLastError() {
+      final int err = GetLastError();
+      return "Last error: 0x"+Integer.toHexString(err)+" ("+err+")";
+  }
+  
 }