diff --git a/src/common/protocol.c b/src/common/protocol.c
--- a/src/common/protocol.c
+++ b/src/common/protocol.c
@@ -76,12 +76,27 @@ int distren_request_new_fromdata(struct 
 {
   struct distren_request *newreq;
 
+#if 0
+  size_t counter;
+  uint32_t debugtmp;
+#endif
+
   if(len < sizeof(struct distren_request))
     return 1;
 
   if( ((struct distren_request *)data)->magic != DISTREN_REQUEST_MAGIC )
     {
-      fprintf(stderr, "packet doesn't match magic stuffs\n");
+      fprintf(stderr, "packet doesn't match magic stuffs");
+#if 0
+      fputs("\n\tmagic=`", stderr);
+      debugtmp = DISTREN_REQUEST_MAGIC;
+      for(counter = 0; counter < sizeof(uint32_t); counter ++)
+	putc(((char *)&debugtmp)[counter], stderr);
+      fputs("'\n\t`", stderr);
+      for(counter = 0; counter < sizeof(struct distren_request); counter ++)
+	putc(((char *)data)[counter], stderr);
+      fputs("'\n", stderr);
+#endif
       return 1;
     }