diff --git a/scene_opengl.cpp b/scene_opengl.cpp
index f13c9f091e..f0400941c7 100644
--- a/scene_opengl.cpp
+++ b/scene_opengl.cpp
@@ -289,22 +289,12 @@ void SceneOpenGL::cleanupShm()
 #endif
     }
 
-// TODO replace with just KXErrorHandler::errorCode() for 4.1
-static int xerror = 0;
-static bool xerrorhandler( int, int error, unsigned long )
-    {
-    if( xerror == 0 )
-        xerror = error;
-    return true;
-    }
-
 bool SceneOpenGL::initRenderingContext()
     {
     bool direct_rendering = options->glDirect;
     if( !tfp_mode && !shm_mode )
         direct_rendering = false; // fallback doesn't seem to work with direct rendering
-    xerror = 0;
-    KXErrorHandler errs1( xerrorhandler );
+    KXErrorHandler errs1;
     ctxbuffer = glXCreateNewContext( display(), fbcbuffer, GLX_RGBA_TYPE, NULL,
         direct_rendering ? GL_TRUE : GL_FALSE );
     bool failed = ( ctxbuffer == NULL || !glXMakeCurrent( display(), glxbuffer, ctxbuffer ));
@@ -314,22 +304,23 @@ bool SceneOpenGL::initRenderingContext()
         {
         if( !direct_rendering )
             {
-            kDebug( 1212 ).nospace() << "Couldn't initialize rendering context (0x" << hex << xerror << ")";
+            kDebug( 1212 ).nospace() << "Couldn't initialize rendering context ("
+                << KXErrorHandler::errorMessage( errs1.errorEvent()) << ")";
             return false;
             }
 	glXMakeCurrent( display(), None, NULL );
         if( ctxbuffer != NULL )
             glXDestroyContext( display(), ctxbuffer );
         direct_rendering = false; // try again
-        xerror = 0;
-        KXErrorHandler errs2( xerrorhandler );
+        KXErrorHandler errs2;
         ctxbuffer = glXCreateNewContext( display(), fbcbuffer, GLX_RGBA_TYPE, NULL, GL_FALSE );
         bool failed = ( ctxbuffer == NULL || !glXMakeCurrent( display(), glxbuffer, ctxbuffer ));
         if( errs2.error( true ))
             failed = true;
         if( failed )
             {
-            kDebug( 1212 ).nospace() << "Couldn't initialize rendering context (0x" << hex << xerror << ")";
+            kDebug( 1212 ).nospace() << "Couldn't initialize rendering context ("
+                << KXErrorHandler::errorMessage( errs2.errorEvent()) << ")";
             return false;
             }
         }