diff --git a/src/bin/e_alert.c b/src/bin/e_alert.c
index fbaa08465..eceb06e15 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_alert.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_alert.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static Font         font = 0;
 static XFontStruct *fs = NULL;
 static GC           gc = 0;
 static Window       win = 0, b1 = 0, b2 = 0;
-static int          ww = 600, hh = 440;   
+static int          ww = 320, hh = 240;
 
 /* externally accessible functions */
 EAPI int
diff --git a/src/bin/e_main.c b/src/bin/e_main.c
index 3ac8cf371..52190a798 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_main.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_main.c
@@ -377,10 +377,12 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
    /* good reason we want to have been launched this way, thus check */
    if (!getenv("E_START"))
      {
-	e_alert_show("You are executing enlightenment directly. This is bad. Please do not execute the\n"
-		     "\"enlightenment\" binary. Use the \"enlightenment_start\" launcher. It will\n"
-		     "handle setting up environment variables, paths, and launching any other required\n"
-		     "services etc. before enlightenment itself begins running.\n");
+	e_alert_show("You are executing enlightenment directly. This is\n"
+		     "bad. Please do not execute the \"enlightenment\"\n"
+		     "binary. Use the \"enlightenment_start\" launcher. It\n"
+		     "will handle setting up environment variables, paths,\n"
+		     "and launching any other required services etc.\n"
+		     "before enlightenment itself begins running.\n");
 	exit(-1);
      }
    
diff --git a/src/bin/e_signals.c b/src/bin/e_signals.c
index f9f5e03e3..52650ceac 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_signals.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_signals.c
@@ -25,20 +25,15 @@ e_sigseg_act(int x, siginfo_t *info, void *data)
    ecore_x_keyboard_ungrab();
    ecore_x_ungrab();
    ecore_x_sync();
-   e_alert_show("This is very bad. Enlightenment has segfaulted.\n"
-		"This is not meant to happen and is likely a sign of a\n"
-		"bug in Enlightenment or the libraries it relies on.\n"
+   e_alert_show("This is very bad. Enlightenment SEGV'd.\n"
 		"\n"
-		"You can gdb attach to this process now to try debug it\n"
-		"or you could exit, or just hit restart to try and get\n"
-		"your desktop back the way it was. This may not always\n"
-		"work perfectly, but it is the best we can do for now.\n"
+		"This is not meant to happen and is likely a sign of\n"
+		"a bug in Enlightenment or the libraries it relies\n"
+		"on. You can gdb attach to this process now to try\n"
+		"debug it or you could exit, or just hit restart to\n"
+		"try and get your desktop back the way it was.\n"
 		"\n"
-		"Please help us debug this by compiling Enlightenment and\n"
-		"all its dependency libraries with gdb debugging enabled\n"
-		"and gdb attach to E when this happens and try figure out\n"
-		"what's going on and send us gdb backtraces, variable dumps\n"
-		"etc.");
+		"Please compile everything with -g in your CFLAGS\n");
    exit(-11); 
 }
 #else
@@ -50,20 +45,15 @@ e_sigseg_act(int x, siginfo_t *info, void *data)
    ecore_x_keyboard_ungrab();
    ecore_x_ungrab();
    ecore_x_sync();
-   e_alert_show("This is very bad. Enlightenment has segfaulted.\n"
-		"This is not meant to happen and is likely a sign of a\n"
-		"bug in Enlightenment or the libraries it relies on.\n"
+   e_alert_show("This is very bad. Enlightenment SEGV'd.\n"
 		"\n"
-		"You can gdb attach to this process now to try debug it\n"
-		"or you could exit, or just hit restart to try and get\n"
-		"your desktop back the way it was. This may not always\n"
-		"work perfectly, but it is the best we can do for now.\n"
+		"This is not meant to happen and is likely a sign of\n"
+		"a bug in Enlightenment or the libraries it relies\n"
+		"on. You can gdb attach to this process now to try\n"
+		"debug it or you could exit, or just hit restart to\n"
+		"try and get your desktop back the way it was.\n"
 		"\n"
-		"Please help us debug this by compiling Enlightenment and\n"
-		"all its dependency libraries with gdb debugging enabled\n"
-		"and gdb attach to E when this happens and try figure out\n"
-		"what's going on and send us gdb backtraces, variable dumps\n"
-		"etc.");
+		"Please compile everything with -g in your CFLAGS\n");
    exit(-11);
 }
 #endif
@@ -76,21 +66,15 @@ e_sigill_act(int x, siginfo_t *info, void *data)
    ecore_x_keyboard_ungrab();
    ecore_x_ungrab();
    ecore_x_sync();
-   e_alert_show("This is very bad. Enlightenment has executed and illegal\n"
-		"instruction. This is most likely because Enlightenment or\n"
-		"a library it depends on has been compiled for a CPU type\n"
-		"that you don't have.\n"
+   e_alert_show("This is very bad. Enlightenment SIGILL'd.\n"
 		"\n"
-		"You can gdb attach to this process now to try debug it\n"
-		"or you could exit, or just hit restart to try and get\n"
-		"your desktop back the way it was. This may not always\n"
-		"work perfectly, but it is the best we can do for now.\n"
+		"This is not meant to happen and is likely a sign of\n"
+		"a bug in Enlightenment or the libraries it relies\n"
+		"on. You can gdb attach to this process now to try\n"
+		"debug it or you could exit, or just hit restart to\n"
+		"try and get your desktop back the way it was.\n"
 		"\n"
-		"Please help us debug this by compiling Enlightenment and\n"
-		"all its dependency libraries with gdb debugging enabled\n"
-		"and gdb attach to E when this happens and try figure out\n"
-		"what's going on and send us gdb backtraces, variable dumps\n"
-		"etc.");
+		"Please compile everything with -g in your CFLAGS\n");
    exit(-11);
 }
 
@@ -102,20 +86,15 @@ e_sigfpe_act(int x, siginfo_t *info, void *data)
    ecore_x_keyboard_ungrab();
    ecore_x_ungrab();
    ecore_x_sync();
-   e_alert_show("This is very bad. Enlightenment has recieved a floating\n"
-		"point exception. This is probably due to a divide by 0\n"
-		"in Enlightenment or a library it depends on.\n"
+   e_alert_show("This is very bad. Enlightenment SIGFPE'd.\n"
 		"\n"
-		"You can gdb attach to this process now to try debug it\n"
-		"or you could exit, or just hit restart to try and get\n"
-		"your desktop back the way it was. This may not always\n"
-		"work perfectly, but it is the best we can do for now.\n"
+		"This is not meant to happen and is likely a sign of\n"
+		"a bug in Enlightenment or the libraries it relies\n"
+		"on. You can gdb attach to this process now to try\n"
+		"debug it or you could exit, or just hit restart to\n"
+		"try and get your desktop back the way it was.\n"
 		"\n"
-		"Please help us debug this by compiling Enlightenment and\n"
-		"all its dependency libraries with gdb debugging enabled\n"
-		"and gdb attach to E when this happens and try figure out\n"
-		"what's going on and send us gdb backtraces, variable dumps\n"
-		"etc.");
+		"Please compile everything with -g in your CFLAGS\n");
    exit(-11);
 }
 
@@ -127,20 +106,15 @@ e_sigbus_act(int x, siginfo_t *info, void *data)
    ecore_x_keyboard_ungrab();
    ecore_x_ungrab();
    ecore_x_sync();
-   e_alert_show("This is very bad. Enlightenment has recieved a bus error.\n"
-		"This could be for many reasons - accessing memory not in\n"
-		"its available address space or unable to be paged in.\n"
+   e_alert_show("This is very bad. Enlightenment SIGILL'd.\n"
 		"\n"
-		"You can gdb attach to this process now to try debug it\n"
-		"or you could exit, or just hit restart to try and get\n"
-		"your desktop back the way it was. This may not always\n"
-		"work perfectly, but it is the best we can do for now.\n"
+		"This is not meant to happen and is likely a sign of\n"
+		"a bug in Enlightenment or the libraries it relies\n"
+		"on. You can gdb attach to this process now to try\n"
+		"debug it or you could exit, or just hit restart to\n"
+		"try and get your desktop back the way it was.\n"
 		"\n"
-		"Please help us debug this by compiling Enlightenment and\n"
-		"all its dependency libraries with gdb debugging enabled\n"
-		"and gdb attach to E when this happens and try figure out\n"
-		"what's going on and send us gdb backtraces, variable dumps\n"
-		"etc.");
+		"Please compile everything with -g in your CFLAGS\n");
    exit(-11);
 }
 
@@ -152,19 +126,14 @@ e_sigabrt_act(int x, siginfo_t *info, void *data)
    ecore_x_keyboard_ungrab();
    ecore_x_ungrab();
    ecore_x_sync();
-   e_alert_show("This is very bad. Enlightenment has recieved an abort.\n"
-		"This could be for many reasons - accessing memory not in\n"
-		"its available address space or unable to be paged in.\n"
+   e_alert_show("This is very bad. Enlightenment SIGABRT'd.\n"
 		"\n"
-		"You can gdb attach to this process now to try debug it\n"
-		"or you could exit, or just hit restart to try and get\n"
-		"your desktop back the way it was. This may not always\n"
-		"work perfectly, but it is the best we can do for now.\n"
+		"This is not meant to happen and is likely a sign of\n"
+		"a bug in Enlightenment or the libraries it relies\n"
+		"on. You can gdb attach to this process now to try\n"
+		"debug it or you could exit, or just hit restart to\n"
+		"try and get your desktop back the way it was.\n"
 		"\n"
-		"Please help us debug this by compiling Enlightenment and\n"
-		"all its dependency libraries with gdb debugging enabled\n"
-		"and gdb attach to E when this happens and try figure out\n"
-		"what's going on and send us gdb backtraces, variable dumps\n"
-		"etc.");
+		"Please compile everything with -g in your CFLAGS\n");
    exit(-11);
 }