diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
index e46091863cc..e0351adf869 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2003-04-23 Mikhail Khodjaiants
+	If error occurs when acquiring the signal information from gdb 
+	the error message should be displayed in the 'Signals' view.
+	* SignalsView.java
+	* SignalsViewer.java
+	* SignalsViewEventHandler.java
+
 2003-04-21 Mikhail Khodjaiants
 	Fix for bug 36682.
 	* CDTDebugModelPresentation.java
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/views/signals/SignalsView.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/views/signals/SignalsView.java
index 45b28246db2..182c6411ecd 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/views/signals/SignalsView.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/views/signals/SignalsView.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import org.eclipse.debug.ui.IDebugUIConstants;
 import org.eclipse.jface.action.IMenuManager;
 import org.eclipse.jface.action.IToolBarManager;
 import org.eclipse.jface.action.Separator;
-import org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.ErrorDialog;
 import org.eclipse.jface.util.IPropertyChangeListener;
 import org.eclipse.jface.util.PropertyChangeEvent;
 import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.IContentProvider;
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ public class SignalsView extends AbstractDebugEventHandlerView
 		
 		// add tree viewer
 		final SignalsViewer vv = new SignalsViewer( parent, SWT.MULTI | SWT.V_SCROLL | SWT.H_SCROLL );
-		vv.setContentProvider( new SignalsViewContentProvider() );
+		vv.setContentProvider( createContentProvider() );
 		vv.setLabelProvider( new SignalsViewLabelProvider() );
 		vv.setUseHashlookup( true );
 		vv.setExceptionHandler( this );
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ public class SignalsView extends AbstractDebugEventHandlerView
 	 */
 	public void handleException( DebugException e )
 	{
-		ErrorDialog.openError( getSite().getShell(), "Error", e.getMessage(), null );
+		showMessage( e.getMessage() );
 	}
 
 	protected void setViewerInput( IStructuredSelection ssel )
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/views/signals/SignalsViewEventHandler.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/views/signals/SignalsViewEventHandler.java
index 4edb068e3ee..bd8b092eea0 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/views/signals/SignalsViewEventHandler.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/views/signals/SignalsViewEventHandler.java
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ public class SignalsViewEventHandler extends AbstractDebugEventHandler
 						 event.getSource() instanceof ICSignal )
 						refresh();
 					break;
+				case DebugEvent.SUSPEND :
+					refresh();
+					break;
 				case DebugEvent.CHANGE :
 					if ( event.getSource() instanceof ICSignal )
 						refresh( event.getSource() );
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/views/signals/SignalsViewer.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/views/signals/SignalsViewer.java
index 11f5bc7ec29..530a43a5ffe 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/views/signals/SignalsViewer.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/views/signals/SignalsViewer.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.TableViewer;
 import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
 import org.eclipse.swt.layout.GridData;
 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Table;
 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TableColumn;
 
@@ -130,8 +131,7 @@ public class SignalsViewer extends TableViewer
 								}
 								catch( DebugException e )
 								{
-									if ( getExceptionHandler() != null )
-										getExceptionHandler().handleException( e );
+									Display.getCurrent().beep();
 								}
 							}
 						}