Merge pull request #6509 from nouiz/err_msg

theano/gpuarray/dnn.py

@@ -97,12 +97,18 @@ def _dnn_lib():
                     if lib_name:
                         break
             if lib_name is None:
-                raise RuntimeError('Could not find cudnn library (looked for v5* to v7*)')
+                raise RuntimeError(
+                    'Could not find cudnn library (looked for v5* to v7*).'
+                    ' Check your cudnn installation. Maybe using the Theano'
+                    ' flag dnn.base_path can help you. Current value "%s"' %
+                    config.dnn.base_path)
             else:
                 dnn_handle = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary(lib_name)
-
         if dnn_handle is None:
-            raise RuntimeError('Could not load cudnn library')
+            raise RuntimeError('Could not load cudnn library. Check your cudnn'
+                               ' installation. Maybe using the Theano'
+                               ' flag dnn.base_path can help you. Current value "%s"' %
+                               config.dnn.base_path)
         _dnn_lib.handle = dnn_handle
         cudnn = _dnn_lib.handle
         cudnn.cudnnCreate.argtypes = [ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_void_p)]