Commodore Amiga Retro
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Amiga Error Codes
The following information is from an old issue of CU Magazine (back in the early '90s): The number is made up of the following parts AA BB CCCC DDDDDDDD A=subsystem ID codes B=General Error codes C=Specific Alert codes D=Address Now... A:Subsystem ID codes (if the number begins with 8 it is a non-recoverablecode, hence the system goes down - as I'm sure you're all aware). These tell you where the error occurred: 00-CPU Exception 01-Exec library 02-Graphics library 03-Layers Library 04-Intuition Library 05-Maths Library 07-Dos Library 08-RAMLIB library 09-Icon Library 0A-Expansion Library 0B-Diskfont library 10-Audio device 11-Console device 12-Gameport device 13-Keyboard device 14-Trackdisk device 15-Timer device 20-CIA resource 21-Disk resource 22-Misc resource 30-Bootstrap 31-Workbench 32-Diskcopy 33-Gadtools 34-Utility library 35-Unknown B:General Error Codes: 01-Not enough memory 02-couldn't make library 03-can't open library 04-can't open device 05-can't open resource 06-I/O error 07-No signal 08-Bad parameters 09-close library failed; usually too many closes 0A-close device failed; or a mismatched close 0B-Process creation failed C:Specific Alert Codes -Exec Library: 0001-68000 exception vector checksum (obs) 0002-exec checksum bad (obs) 0003-library checksum failure 0005-corrupt memory list detected in FreeMem 0006-No memory for interrupt servers 0007-InitStruct() of an APTR source (obs) 0008-A semaphore is in an illegal state at Rem Semaphore() 0009-Freeing memory that is already free 000A-Illegal 68k exception taken (obs) 000B-attempt to reuse active OIRequest 000C-Sanity check on memory list failed during AvailMem (MEMF_LARGEST) 000D-IO attempted on closed IORequest 000E-Stack appears to extend out of range 000F-Memory header not located. Usually an invalid address passed to FreeMem 0010-An attempt was made to use the old message sephamores 00FF-A quick interrupt has happened to an uninitialised vector -CPU Exceptions: 0002-Bus Error 0003-Addressing error 0004-Illegal instruction 0005-divide by zero 0006-CHK instruction 0007-TRAPV instruction 0008-Privilege violation 0009-Trace 000A-OpCode 1010 000B-OpCode 1111 000E-Stack frame format error 0018-spurious interrupt error 0019 to 001F-Autovector Level 1 to 7 int error -Intuition Library: 0001-unknown gadget type 0002-create port, no memory 0003-item plane alloc, no memory 0004-Sub alloc, no memory 0005-Plane alloc, no memory 0006-Item box top0007-Open screen, no memory 0008-open screen, raster alloc, no memory 0009-Open sys screen, unknown type 000A-Add SW gadgets, no memory 000B-Open window, no memory 000C-Bad Stare Return entering intuition 000D-Bad message recieved by IDCMP 000E-Weird echo causing incomprehension 000F-Couldn't open the Console Device 0010-Intuition skipped obtaineding a sem 0011-Intuition obtained a sem in bad order -Graphics Library: 0000-graphics out of memory 0001-MonitorSpec alloc, no memory 0006-Long frame, no memory 0007-short frame, no memory 0009-text, no memory for TmpRas 000A-BltBitMap, no memory 000B-regions, memory not available 0030-Make V Por, no memory 000C-(GFX New Error) 000D-(GFX Free Error) 1234-Emergency memory not available 0401-Unsupported font description used -Workbench: 0000-no fonts 0001-Workbench (WB) bad startup Msg1 0002-WB bad startup Msg2 0003-WB bad IO Msg 0004-WB Init Potion Alloc Drawer 0005-WB Create WB Menus Create Menus1 0006-WB Create WB Menus Create Menus2 0007-WB layout WB Menus layout Menus2 0008-WB Add Tool Menu Item 000A-WB InitTimer 000B-WB Init Layer Demon 000C-WB Init WB Gels 000D-WB Init Screen and Windows1 000E-WB Init Screen and Windows2 000F-WB Init Screen and Windows3 0010-WBMAlloc -Layers Library: 0000-Layers out of memory -Expansion Library: 0001-Freed free memory -Trackdisk Device: 0001-Calibrate: seek error 0002-Delay: error on timer wait -Disk Resource: 0001-Get unit: already has a disk 0002-Interrupt: no active unit -RamLib Library: 0001-Overlays are Illegal for library segments -Console Device: 0001-Console can't open initial window -Timer Device: 0001-Bad request 0002-Power supply: no 50/60 Hz ticks -Bootstrap: 0001-Boot code returned an error -Dos Library: 0001-No memory at startup 0002-EndTask didn't 0003-Qpkt failure 0004-Unexpected packet recieved 0005-Freevec failed 0006-Disk block sequence error 0007-Bitmap corrupt 0008-Key already free 0009-Invalid checksum 000A-Disk error 000B-Key out of range 000C-Bad overlay 000D-Invalid init packet for CLI/Shell 000E-A filehandle was closed more than once -Alert Objects: 8001-ExecLib 8002-GraphicsLib 8003-LayersLib 8004-Intuition 8005-mathLib 8006-DOSLib 8008-RAMLib 8009-IconLib 800A-ExpansionLib 800B-DiskfontLib 800C-UtilityLib 800D-KeyMapLib 8010-AudioDev 8011-ConsoleDev 8012-GameportDev 8013-KeyboardDev 8014-TrackDiskDev 8015-TimerDev 8020-CIARsrc 8021-DiskRsrc 8022-Miscrsrc 8030-Bootstrap 8031-Workbench 8032-Diskcopy 8033-GadTools 8035-Unknown Well, I hope that helps everyone. Back to Top Amiga 1200 / 4000 Startup Colors? The A1200 and 4000 perform several hardware checks as they start up. If the screen remains on any of the following colors on bootup, here is what they mean: -Black Opening screen Initial Hardware tests passed Initial system software tests passed Final initialisation test passed -Red ROM error, reseat or replace Kickstart ROMS (this can also be caused by worn insulation covering the back end of the pins that connect an IDE cable to a hard drive, aka short). -Green Chip RAM error -Blue Custom Chip(s) error -Yellow 68000 detected error before software trapped it (software or hardware error I hope this helps the A1200 and A4000(T) users in our community. Back to Top AmigaDOS error codes Several of you have also asked about error codes reported by AmigaDOS. The following codes are relavant to WB1.3 to WB3.1 (I'm not sure yet if they are compatable with OS3.5 and OS3.9): 103-No free store 105-Task table full 114-Bad template 115-Bad number 116-Required arg[ument] missing 117-Key needs arg 118-Too many args 119-Unmatched quotes 120-Line too long 121-File not found 122-Invalid resident library 201-No default dir[ectory] 202-Object in use 203-Object exists 204-Dir not found 205-Object not found 206-Bad stream name 207-Object too large 209-Action not known 210-Invalid component name 211-Invalid dock 212-Object wrong type 213-Disk not validated 214-Disk write protected 215-Rename accross devices 216-Directory not empty 217-Too many levels 218-Device not mounted 219-Seek error 220-Comment too big 221-Disk full 222-Delete protected 223-Write protected 224-Read protected 225-Not a DOS disk 226-No disk 232-No more entries The following error codes apply to WB2.0 and higher ONLY: 233-Is soft link 234-object linked 235-Bad hunk 236-Not implemented 240-Record not locked 241-Lock collision 242-Lock timeout 243-Unlock error 303-Buffer overflow 304-***Break 305-File not executable
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