diff -r 68ad362920c1 indra/llimage/llimage.cpp
--- a/indra/llimage/llimage.cpp	Wed Jul 06 15:31:36 2011 -0400
+++ b/indra/llimage/llimage.cpp	Tue Jul 12 13:01:35 2011 -0700
@@ -167,10 +167,15 @@
 	{
 		deleteData(); // virtual
 		mBadBufferAllocation = false ;
-		mData = new U8[size];
-		if (!mData)
+		try
 		{
-			llwarns << "allocate image data: " << size << llendl;
+			llinfos << "about to allocate image data size [" << size << "]" << llendl;
+			mData = new U8[size];
+		}
+		catch (std::bad_alloc& ba)
+		{
+			llwarns << "failed to allocate image data size [" << size 
+					<< "] error: [" << ba.what() << "]" << llendl;
 			size = 0 ;
 			mWidth = mHeight = 0 ;
 			mBadBufferAllocation = true ;