Format of the alert error number
The 32 bit long error number consists of 4 segments. Amiga displays the number in hexadecimal and in a general format it looks like this:
0xDIGGSSSS
The letters have the following meaning:
| Letters in Code
|
Description
|
Bits
|
Length
|
| D
|
Alert type: DeadEnd (bit 31 is set) or RecoveryAlert (bit 31 is not set)
|
31
|
1 bit
|
| I
|
ROM subsystem number
|
30...24
|
7 bits
|
| GG
|
General error: roughly indicates what the error was
|
23...16
|
1 Byte
|
| SSSS
|
Specific error: indicates more detail
|
15...0
|
1 Word
|
Hardware and CPU specific alerts
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x00000002
|
Recoverable
|
Hardware bus fault or access error
|
| 0x00000003
|
Recoverable
|
Illegal address access i.e. odd address
|
| 0x00000004
|
Recoverable
|
Illegal instruction
|
| 0x00000005
|
Recoverable
|
Divide by zero
|
| 0x00000006
|
Recoverable
|
Check instruction error
|
| 0x00000007
|
Recoverable
|
TrapV instruction error
|
| 0x00000008
|
Recoverable
|
Privilege violation error
|
| 0x00000009
|
Recoverable
|
Trace error
|
| 0x0000000A
|
Recoverable
|
Line 1010 Emulator error
|
| 0x0000000B
|
Recoverable
|
Line 1111 Emulator error
|
| 0x0000000E
|
Recoverable
|
Stack frame format error
|
| 0x00000018
|
Recoverable
|
Spurious interrupt error
|
| 0x00000019
|
Recoverable
|
AutoVector Level 1 interrupt error
|
| 0x0000001A
|
Recoverable
|
AutoVector Level 2 interrupt error
|
| 0x0000001B
|
Recoverable
|
AutoVector Level 3 interrupt error
|
| 0x0000001C
|
Recoverable
|
AutoVector Level 4 interrupt error
|
| 0x0000001D
|
Recoverable
|
AutoVector Level 5 interrupt error
|
| 0x0000001E
|
Recoverable
|
AutoVector Level 6 interrupt error
|
| 0x0000001F
|
Recoverable
|
AutoVector Level 7 interrupt error
|
| 0x80000002
|
Dead end
|
Hardware bus fault or access error
|
| 0x80000003
|
Dead end
|
Illegal address access i.e. odd address
|
| 0x80000004
|
Dead end
|
Illegal instruction
|
| 0x80000005
|
Dead end
|
Divide by zero
|
| 0x80000006
|
Dead end
|
Check instruction error
|
| 0x80000007
|
Dead end
|
TrapV instruction error
|
| 0x80000008
|
Dead end
|
Privilege violation error
|
| 0x80000009
|
Dead end
|
Trace error
|
| 0x8000000A
|
Dead end
|
Line 1010 Emulator error
|
| 0x8000000B
|
Dead end
|
Line 1111 Emulator error
|
| 0x8000000E
|
Dead end
|
Stack frame format error
|
| 0x80000018
|
Dead end
|
Spurious interrupt error
|
| 0x80000019
|
Dead end
|
AutoVector Level 1 interrupt error
|
| 0x8000001A
|
Dead end
|
AutoVector Level 2 interrupt error
|
| 0x8000001B
|
Dead end
|
AutoVector Level 3 interrupt error
|
| 0x8000001C
|
Dead end
|
AutoVector Level 4 interrupt error
|
| 0x8000001D
|
Dead end
|
AutoVector Level 5 interrupt error
|
| 0x8000001E
|
Dead end
|
AutoVector Level 6 interrupt error
|
| 0x8000001F
|
Dead end
|
AutoVector Level 7 interrupt error
|
General alerts
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x00010000
|
Recoverable
|
No memory
|
| 0x00020000
|
Recoverable
|
Make library error
|
| 0x00030000
|
Recoverable
|
Open library error
|
| 0x00040000
|
Recoverable
|
Open device error
|
| 0x00050000
|
Recoverable
|
Open resource error
|
| 0x00060000
|
Recoverable
|
IO error
|
| 0x00070000
|
Recoverable
|
No signal
|
| 0x00080000
|
Recoverable
|
Bad parameter
|
| 0x00090000
|
Recoverable
|
Too many library closes
|
| 0x000A0000
|
Recoverable
|
Too many device closes
|
| 0x000B0000
|
Recoverable
|
Process creation failed
|
| 0x000C0000
|
Recoverable
|
Obsolete feature used
|
| 0x00008001
|
Recoverable
|
Exec library error
|
| 0x00008002
|
Recoverable
|
Graphics library error
|
| 0x00008003
|
Recoverable
|
Layers library error
|
| 0x00008004
|
Recoverable
|
Intuition library error
|
| 0x00008005
|
Recoverable
|
Math library error
|
| 0x00008007
|
Recoverable
|
DOS library error
|
| 0x00008008
|
Recoverable
|
RAMLib library error
|
| 0x00008009
|
Recoverable
|
Icon library error
|
| 0x0000800A
|
Recoverable
|
Expansion library error
|
| 0x0000800B
|
Recoverable
|
Diskfont library error
|
| 0x0000800C
|
Recoverable
|
Utility library error
|
| 0x0000800D
|
Recoverable
|
KeyMap library error
|
| 0x0000800E
|
Recoverable
|
Newlib library error
|
| 0x00008010
|
Recoverable
|
Audio device error
|
| 0x00008011
|
Recoverable
|
Console device error
|
| 0x00008012
|
Recoverable
|
GamePort device error
|
| 0x00008013
|
Recoverable
|
Keyboard device error
|
| 0x00008014
|
Recoverable
|
TrackDisk device error
|
| 0x00008015
|
Recoverable
|
Timer device error
|
| 0x00008020
|
Recoverable
|
CIA resource error
|
| 0x00008021
|
Recoverable
|
Disk resource error
|
| 0x00008022
|
Recoverable
|
Misc resource error
|
| 0x00008030
|
Recoverable
|
BootStrap error
|
| 0x00008031
|
Recoverable
|
Workbench error
|
| 0x00008032
|
Recoverable
|
DiskCopy error
|
| 0x00008033
|
Recoverable
|
GadTools error
|
| 0x00008035
|
Recoverable
|
Unknown error
|
Specific alerts
Exec library
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x01000000
|
Recoverable
|
Exec library error
|
| 0x01000001
|
Recoverable
|
68000 exception vector checksum OBSOLETE
|
| 0x01000002
|
Recoverable
|
Execbase checksum error OBSOLETE
|
| 0x01000003
|
Recoverable
|
Library checksum failure
|
| 0x01000004
|
Recoverable
|
Interface checksum failure
|
| 0x81000005
|
Dead end
|
Corrupt memory list detected in FreeMem
|
| 0x81000006
|
Dead end
|
No memory for interrupt servers
|
| 0x01000007
|
Recoverable
|
InitStruct() of an APTR source OBSOLETE
|
| 0x01000008
|
Recoverable
|
A semaphore is in an illegal state at ReleaseSemaphore()
|
| 0x01000009
|
Recoverable
|
Freeing memory already freed
|
| 0x8100000A
|
Dead end
|
Illegal 68k exception taken OBSOLETE
|
| 0x0100000B
|
Recoverable
|
Attempt to reuse active IORequest
|
| 0x0100000C
|
Recoverable
|
Sanity check on memory list failed during AvailMem(MEMF_LARGEST)
|
| 0x0100000D
|
Recoverable
|
IO attempted on closed IORequest
|
| 0x0100000E
|
Recoverable
|
Stack appears to extend out of range
|
| 0x0100000F
|
Recoverable
|
Memory header not allocated. Usually an invalid address passed to FreeMem()
|
| 0x01000010
|
Recoverable
|
An attempt was made to use the old message semaphores
|
| 0x01000011
|
Recoverable
|
A bad memory request was made - Realloc on non-allocated memory
|
| 0x01000012
|
Recoverable
|
An uninitialized hook was called
|
Graphics library
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x02000000
|
Recoverable
|
Graphics library error
|
| 0x82010000
|
Dead end
|
Graphics out of memory
|
| 0x82010001
|
Dead end
|
MonitorSpec alloc, no memory
|
| 0x82010006
|
Dead end
|
Long frame, no memory
|
| 0x82010007
|
Dead end
|
Short frame, no memory
|
| 0x02010009
|
Recoverable
|
Text, no memory for TmpRas
|
| 0x8201000A
|
Dead end
|
BltBitMap, no memory
|
| 0x8201000B
|
Dead end
|
Regions, memory not available
|
| 0x82010030
|
Dead end
|
MakeVPort, no memory
|
| 0x0200000C
|
Recoverable
|
New error
|
| 0x0200000D
|
Recoverable
|
Free error
|
| 0x82011234
|
Dead end
|
Emergency memory not available
|
| 0x02000401
|
Recoverable
|
Unsupported font description used
|
Layers library
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x03000000
|
Recoverable
|
Layers library error
|
| 0x83010000
|
Dead end
|
Layers out of memory
|
Intuition library
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x04000000
|
Recoverable
|
Intuition library error
|
| 0x84000001
|
Dead end
|
Unknown gadget type
|
| 0x04000001
|
Recoverable
|
Recovery form of AN_GadgetType
|
| 0x84010002
|
Dead end
|
Create port, no memory
|
| 0x04010003
|
Recoverable
|
Item plane alloc, no memory
|
| 0x04010004
|
Recoverable
|
Sub alloc, no memory
|
| 0x84010005
|
Dead end
|
Plane alloc, no memory
|
| 0x84000006
|
Dead end
|
Item box top < RelZero
|
| 0x84010007
|
Dead end
|
Open screen, no memory
|
| 0x84010008
|
Dead end
|
Open screen, raster alloc, no memory
|
| 0x84000009
|
Dead end
|
Open sys screen, unknown type
|
| 0x8401000A
|
Dead end
|
Add SW gadgets, no memory
|
| 0x8401000B
|
Dead end
|
Open window, no memory
|
| 0x8400000C
|
Dead end
|
Bad State Return entering Intuition
|
| 0x8400000D
|
Dead end
|
Bad Message received by IDCMP
|
| 0x8400000E
|
Dead end
|
Weird echo causing incomprehension
|
| 0x8400000F
|
Dead end
|
Couldn't open the Console Device
|
| 0x04000010
|
Recoverable
|
Intuition skipped obtaining a sem
|
| 0x04000011
|
Recoverable
|
Intuition obtained a sem in bad order
|
Math library
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x05000000
|
Recoverable
|
Math library error
|
DOS library
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x07000000
|
Recoverable
|
DOS library error
|
| 0x07010001
|
Recoverable
|
No memory at startup
|
| 0x07000002
|
Recoverable
|
EndTask didn't
|
| 0x07000003
|
Recoverable
|
Qpkt failure
|
| 0x07000004
|
Recoverable
|
Unexpected packet received
|
| 0x07000005
|
Recoverable
|
Freevec failed
|
| 0x07000006
|
Recoverable
|
Disk block sequence error
|
| 0x07000007
|
Recoverable
|
Bitmap corrupt
|
| 0x07000008
|
Recoverable
|
Key already free
|
| 0x07000009
|
Recoverable
|
Invalid checksum
|
| 0x0700000A
|
Recoverable
|
Disk error
|
| 0x0700000B
|
Recoverable
|
Key out of range
|
| 0x0700000C
|
Recoverable
|
Bad overlay
|
| 0x0700000D
|
Recoverable
|
Invalid init packet for CLI/Shell
|
| 0x0700000E
|
Recoverable
|
A filehandle was closed more than once
|
| 0x0700000F
|
Recoverable
|
No bootnode found in eb_MountList
|
RAMLib library
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x08000000
|
Recoverable
|
RAMLib library error
|
| 0x08000001
|
Recoverable
|
No overlays in library seglists
|
Icon library
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x09000000
|
Recoverable
|
Icon library error
|
Expansion library
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x0A000000
|
Recoverable
|
Expansion library error
|
| 0x0A000001
|
Recoverable
|
Freed free region
|
Diskfont library
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x0B000000
|
Recoverable
|
Diskfont library error
|
NewLib library
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x0E000000
|
Recoverable
|
NewLib library error
|
Audio device
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x10000000
|
Recoverable
|
Audio device error
|
Console device
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x11000000
|
Recoverable
|
Console device error
|
| 0x11000001
|
Recoverable
|
Console can't open initial window
|
GamePort device
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x12000000
|
Recoverable
|
GamePort device error
|
Keyboard device
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x13000000
|
Recoverable
|
Keyboard device error
|
TrackDisk device
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x14000000
|
Recoverable
|
TrackDisk device error
|
| 0x14000001
|
Recoverable
|
Calibrate: seek error
|
| 0x14000002
|
Recoverable
|
Delay: error on timer wait
|
Timer device
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x15000000
|
Recoverable
|
Timer device error
|
| 0x15000001
|
Recoverable
|
Bad request
|
| 0x15000002
|
Recoverable
|
Power supply - no 50/60 Hz ticks
|
Cybppc device
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x16000000
|
Recoverable
|
Cybppc device error
|
| 0x16000001
|
Recoverable
|
No termination
|
| 0x16000002
|
Recoverable
|
No wide termination
|
CIA resource
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x20000000
|
Recoverable
|
CIA resource error
|
Disk resource
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x21000000
|
Recoverable
|
Disk resource error
|
| 0x21000001
|
Recoverable
|
Get unit: already has disk
|
| 0x21000002
|
Recoverable
|
Interrupt: no active unit
|
Misc resource
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x22000000
|
Recoverable
|
Misc resource error
|
BootStrap
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x30000000
|
Recoverable
|
BootStrap error
|
| 0x30000001
|
Recoverable
|
Boot code returned an error
|
Workbench
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x31000000
|
Recoverable
|
Workbench error
|
| 0xB1000001
|
Dead end
|
No fonts
|
| 0x31000001
|
Recoverable
|
Bad WB startup message 1
|
| 0x31000002
|
Recoverable
|
Bad WB startup message 2
|
| 0x31000003
|
Recoverable
|
Hacker code?
|
| 0xB1010009
|
Dead end
|
GadTools broke?
|
DiskCopy
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x32000000
|
Recoverable
|
DiskCopy error
|
Toolkit for Intuition
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x33000000
|
Recoverable
|
GadTools error
|
System utility library
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x34000000
|
Recoverable
|
Utility library error
|
Third party software
For use by any application that needs it.
| Alert
|
Type
|
Description
|
| 0x35000000
|
Recoverable
|
Unknown error
|
