diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/dm/AbstractDebugDMVMProviderWithCache.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/dm/AbstractDebugDMVMProviderWithCache.java
index 2b539869fba..c0557044656 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/dm/AbstractDebugDMVMProviderWithCache.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/dm/AbstractDebugDMVMProviderWithCache.java
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ import org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.viewers.model.provisional.IPresentationCont
  * is meant to solve this problem.
  */
 
+@SuppressWarnings("restriction")
 public class AbstractDebugDMVMProviderWithCache extends
 		AbstractDMVMProviderWithCache 
 {
-	@SuppressWarnings("restriction")
+
 	public AbstractDebugDMVMProviderWithCache(AbstractVMAdapter adapter,  IPresentationContext presentationContext, DsfSession session) {
 		super(adapter, presentationContext, session);
 		
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/launch/StandardLaunchRootLayoutNode.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/launch/StandardLaunchRootLayoutNode.java
index 2ea7489c2f8..7b3516ced4d 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/launch/StandardLaunchRootLayoutNode.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/launch/StandardLaunchRootLayoutNode.java
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ public class StandardLaunchRootLayoutNode extends VMRootLayoutNode
         }
     }
     
+    @Override
     public Object getRootObject() {
         return fLaunch;
     }
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/update/VMCacheRefreshAlways.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/update/VMCacheRefreshAlways.java
index bdb3557c6ff..676048a8fcd 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/update/VMCacheRefreshAlways.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/update/VMCacheRefreshAlways.java
@@ -15,14 +15,12 @@ import org.eclipse.dd.dsf.datamodel.IDMEvent;
 import org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.service.IRunControl;
 import org.eclipse.dd.dsf.ui.viewmodel.update.VMCache;
 
-
 public class VMCacheRefreshAlways extends VMCache  
 {
-
-	@Override
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    @Override
 	public void handleEvent(IDMEvent event) {
 		if(event instanceof IRunControl.ISuspendedDMEvent)
 			flush(true);
 	}
-
 }
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/update/VMCacheRefreshManual.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/update/VMCacheRefreshManual.java
index d02afb0976e..8d707b517d7 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/update/VMCacheRefreshManual.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/update/VMCacheRefreshManual.java
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ import org.eclipse.dd.dsf.ui.viewmodel.update.VMCache;
 
 public class VMCacheRefreshManual extends VMCache 
 {
-
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	@Override
-	public void handleEvent(IDMEvent event) {
-
-	}
-	
+	public void handleEvent(IDMEvent event) {}
 }
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/update/VMCacheRefreshOnBreak.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/update/VMCacheRefreshOnBreak.java
index 3e3f86783d9..a1cdc3b6160 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/update/VMCacheRefreshOnBreak.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/update/VMCacheRefreshOnBreak.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import org.eclipse.dd.dsf.ui.viewmodel.update.VMCache;
 
 public class VMCacheRefreshOnBreak extends VMCache 
 {
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	@Override
 	public void handleEvent(IDMEvent event) {
 		if(event instanceof IRunControl.ISuspendedDMEvent)
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/variable/VariableLayoutNode.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/variable/VariableLayoutNode.java
index 89440bdd65e..26857075ca1 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/variable/VariableLayoutNode.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/debug/ui/viewmodel/variable/VariableLayoutNode.java
@@ -237,7 +237,33 @@ public class VariableLayoutNode extends AbstractExpressionLayoutNode<IExpression
                             assert getStatus().isOK() || 
                                    getStatus().getCode() != IDsfService.INTERNAL_ERROR || 
                                    getStatus().getCode() != IDsfService.NOT_SUPPORTED;
-                            handleFailedUpdate(update);
+                            
+                            /*
+                             *  Instead of just failing this outright we are going to attempt to do more here.
+                             *  Failing it outright causes the view to display ... for all columns in the line
+                             *  and this is uninformative about what is happening. It will be very common that
+                             *  one or more variables at that given instance in time are not evaluatable. They
+                             *  may be out of scope and will come back into scope later.
+                             */
+                            String[] localColumns = update.getPresentationContext().getColumns();
+                            if (localColumns == null)
+                                localColumns = new String[] { IDebugVMConstants.COLUMN_ID__NAME };
+                            
+                            for (int idx = 0; idx < localColumns.length; idx++) {
+                                if (IDebugVMConstants.COLUMN_ID__NAME.equals(localColumns[idx])) {
+                                    update.setLabel(dmc.getExpression(), idx);
+                                } else if (IDebugVMConstants.COLUMN_ID__TYPE.equals(localColumns[idx])) {
+                                    update.setLabel("", idx);
+                                } else if (IDebugVMConstants.COLUMN_ID__VALUE.equals(localColumns[idx])) {
+                                    update.setLabel("Error : " + getStatus().getMessage(), idx);
+                                } else if (IDebugVMConstants.COLUMN_ID__DESCRIPTION.equals(localColumns[idx])) {
+                                    update.setLabel("", idx);
+                                } else if (IDebugVMConstants.COLUMN_ID__EXPRESSION.equals(localColumns[idx])) {
+                                    update.setLabel(dmc.getExpression(), idx);
+                                }
+                            }
+                            
+                            update.done();
                             return;
                         }