From d1c098b038b6304945c57a31b1893202d60cba88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce MacDonald <brucewmacdonald@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:49:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] tell users to check the server error logs

---
 cmd/cmd.go | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
index 61658f87..909c0a29 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -278,6 +278,18 @@ func generate(cmd *cobra.Command, model, prompt string) error {
 		}
 
 		if err := client.Generate(context.Background(), &request, fn); err != nil {
+			if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "failed to load model") {
+				// tell the user to check the server log, if it exists locally
+				home, nestedErr := os.UserHomeDir()
+				if nestedErr != nil {
+					// return the original error
+					return err
+				}
+				logPath := filepath.Join(home, ".ollama", "logs", "server.log")
+				if _, nestedErr := os.Stat(logPath); nestedErr == nil {
+					err = fmt.Errorf("%w\nFor more details, check the error logs at %s", err, logPath)
+				}
+			}
 			return err
 		}
 
@@ -431,7 +443,6 @@ func generateInteractive(cmd *cobra.Command, model string) error {
 							usage()
 							continue
 						}
-
 					} else {
 						usage()
 						continue