Merge #9073: Trivial: Add common failure cases for rpc server connection failure

8f329f9 Add common failure cases for rpc server connection failure (instagibbs)

src/bitcoin-cli.cpp

@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ UniValue CallRPC(const string& strMethod, const UniValue& params)
     event_base_free(base);
 
     if (response.status == 0)
-        throw CConnectionFailed(strprintf("couldn't connect to server (%d %s)", response.error, http_errorstring(response.error)));
+        throw CConnectionFailed(strprintf("couldn't connect to server\n(make sure server is running and you are connecting to the correct RPC port: %d %s)", response.error, http_errorstring(response.error)));
     else if (response.status == HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED)
         throw runtime_error("incorrect rpcuser or rpcpassword (authorization failed)");
     else if (response.status >= 400 && response.status != HTTP_BAD_REQUEST && response.status != HTTP_NOT_FOUND && response.status != HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)