diff -Naur vdr-1.5.8.org/plugin.c vdr-1.5.8/plugin.c
--- vdr-1.5.8.org/plugin.c	2007-08-05 08:48:50.000000000 -0400
+++ vdr-1.5.8/plugin.c	2007-10-01 11:08:07.399524483 -0400
@@ -319,7 +319,13 @@
      *p = 0;
   char *buffer = NULL;
   asprintf(&buffer, "%s/%s%s%s%s", directory, LIBVDR_PREFIX, s, SO_INDICATOR, APIVERSION);
-  dlls.Add(new cDll(buffer, Args));
+  struct stat st;
+  if (stat (buffer, &st) && errno == ENOENT) {
+     esyslog("WARN: missing plugin '%s'", s);
+     fprintf(stderr, "vdr: missing plugin '%s'\n", s);
+     }
+  else
+     dlls.Add(new cDll(buffer, Args));
   free(buffer);
   free(s);
 }