ES40 on XP

[PeterLj]

Hello,

I'm unable to start emulator on WinXP, es40_nn_ns.exe give me back:
"Can't instantiate the SDL GUI without SDL support: ..\Configurator.cpp, line 688"

The nonet and nogfx shouldn't complain about any SDL GUI problems or?

Regards:
/Peter

[Camiel Vanderhoeven]

If you run the no_gfx version (compiled without -DHAVE_SDL), you should comment out some lines in the configuration file; the gui section and the cirrus section. If you run the no_net version, you should also comment out the dec21143 section.

[PeterLj]

Ok, I did that, now it crashes instead, offset 0001c511.

Regards, Peter

[Camiel Vanderhoeven]

That is strange. Could you post the output you see?

Camiel.

[PeterLj]

I get this:

   **======================================================================**
   ||                             ES40  emulator                           ||
   ||                              Version 0.17                            ||
   ||                                                                     
.
.

sys0(tsunami): $Id: System.cpp,v 1.49 2008/01/02 08:53:41 iamcamiel Exp $
sys0(tsunami): $Id: DPR.cpp,v 1.15 2007/12/30 15:10:22 iamcamiel Exp $
sys0(tsunami): $Id: Flash.cpp,v 1.15 2007/12/30 15:10:22 iamcamiel Exp $
cpu0(ev68cb): $Id: AlphaCPU.cpp,v 1.50 2007/12/30 15:10:22 iamcamiel Exp $
pci0.7(ali): $Id: AliM1543C.cpp,v 1.49 2008/01/02 08:25:00 iamcamiel Exp $
pci0.15(ali_ide): $Id: AliM1543C_ide.cpp,v 1.16 2008/01/02 08:28:22 iamcamiel Exp $
pci0.15(ali_ide).disk0.0(file): Could not open file img\vms83_disk.img!
Freeing memory in use by system...

Regards, Peter

[PeterLj]

Ok, got it working now, the image-file was not right, now it continues.

Peter

[PeterLj]

But give me another error:

P00>>>sho dev
dqa0.0.0.15.0              DQA0                    OpenVMS8 .3
dqa1.1.0.15.0              DQA1          ALPHASYS 1_xxxxxx.DSK
dqb0.0.1.15.0              DQB0                eln-3600 .vdisk
dqb1.1.1.15.0              DQB1                   ES40RAMD ISK
dva0.0.0.1000.0            DVA0
P00>>>b dqa0
(boot dqa0.0.0.15.0 -flags 0)
block 0 of dqa0.0.0.15.0 is a valid boot block
reading 1226 blocks from dqa0.0.0.15.0
bootstrap code read in
base = 200000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 99400(627712)
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 1ff56000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code

    OpenVMS (TM) Alpha Operating System, Version V8.3
    © Copyright 1976-2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

%SYSINIT-E- error mounting system device, status = 007290B4

**** OpenVMS Alpha Operating System V8.3     - BUGCHECK ****

** Bugcheck code = 0000036C: PROCGONE, Process not in system
** Crash CPU: 00000000    Primary CPU: 00000000
** Supported CPU count:   00000004
** Active CPUs:           00000000.00000001
** Current Process:       SYSINIT
** Current PSB ID:        00000001
** Image Name:            SYSINIT.EXE

**** Canceled error log buffer dump, no dump file available

**** Canceled memory dump, no dump file available

        SYSTEM SHUTDOWN COMPLETE

halted CPU 0

halt code = 5
HALT instruction executed
PC = ffffffff8008fb24
resetting all I/O buses
P00>>>

And 007290B4 stands for:

SDA> eval /cond 007290b4
%MOUNT-F-INCONSTRUCT, inconsistent file structure level on !AS

Which means that vms083.dsk image file should be inconsistent, I have used the same
image with Personal Alpha as a CD mounted read-only.

Do you know what this could be?

[Fausto Saporito]

Hello,

please could you post your config file? The disk part.

thanks,
fausto

[PeterLj]

Yes, here it is:

disk0.0 = file
    {
      file =          "vms083.dsk";
      serial_number = "VMS";
      rev_number    = "8.3";
      model_number  = "OpenVMS8.3";
      read_only     = true;
      cdrom         = true;
    }

    disk0.1 = file
    {
      file =          "ALPHASYS1_KLAB02.DSK";
      read_only     = false;
      cdrom         = false;
    }
    disk1.0 = file
    {
      file        = "eln-3600.vdisk";
      read_only     = true;
      cdrom         = true;
    }
    disk1.1 = ramdisk
    {
      size = 10; // MB
    }

  }

[Fausto Saporito]

Hello,

according to the latest post of Camiel, with IDE configuration use always cdrom=false, otherwise strange things could happen, because the ATAPI emulation is not complete.

cdrom=true is usable only with SCSI.

regards,
fausto

[PeterLj]

Ok, I'm changing them all to false.

But it resulted in the same crash, PROCGONE.

I'll test that image a bit more.

Regards, Peter

[PeterLj]

I suspect that ES40 has corrupted an image-file, the VMS083.DSK that was used is not longer usable to another emulator (Personal Alpha).

A another 3.2 GB image renders 'bootstrap failure'.

Regards, Peter

[PeterLj]

Looks like we got a memory leak or something, emulator produced a machine check crash: MACHINECHK, Machine check while in kernel mode

And points to CRD errors:

Crashdump Summary Information:
------------------------------
Crash Time:         8-JAN-2008 09:54:14.63
Bugcheck Type:     MACHINECHK, Machine check while in kernel mode
Node:              PAXP1   (Standalone)
CPU Type:          AlphaServer ES40
VMS Version:       V8.2
Current Process:   STARTUP
Current Image:     PAXP1$DQA1:[SYS0.SYSCOMMON.][SYSEXE]SYSMAN.EXE
Failing PC:        FFFFFFFF.80018E88    EXE$SYSTEM_CORRECTED_ERROR_C+00798
Failing PS:        00000000.00001F04
Module:            SYS$CPU_ROUTINES_2208    (Link Date/Time: 19-NOV-2004 08:58:3
9.55)
Offset:            00008E88

Boot Time:          8-JAN-2008 10:51:55.77
System Uptime:               0 00:00:00.00
Crash/Primary CPU: 00/00
System/CPU Type:   2208
Saved Processes:   3
Pagesize:          8 KByte (8192 bytes)

Errorlog entry:

Dumpfile Errorlog Entry Information:
------------------------------------
Sequence  Date        Time            Error Message Type
--------  ----------- -----------     --------------------------------
       0   8-JAN-2008 10:40:18.10     CRD Throttle Event

[Camiel Vanderhoeven]

Hi Peter,

Could you mail the complete output from clue crash and clue errlog to me (camiel@camicom.com)?

Camiel.