From 1b7c017076ae578a89a18b5c7ffc61e9c8d59eee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zelig <viktor.tron@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2015 01:36:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] cli: fatal error if no etherbase for mining

---
 cmd/geth/main.go | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index 083d1c88a..70be2ed2e 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -359,7 +359,9 @@ func startEth(ctx *cli.Context, eth *eth.Ethereum) {
 		}
 	}
 	if ctx.GlobalBool(utils.MiningEnabledFlag.Name) {
-		eth.StartMining()
+		if err := eth.StartMining(); err != nil {
+			utils.Fatalf("%v", err)
+		}
 	}
 }