Error code definitions
Explanation of system error codes.
General System Errors (VBL Mgr, Queue)
0 noErr 0 for success
"OR"
0 smNotTruncated No truncation necessary
-1 qErr queue element not found during deletion
"OR"
-1 smTruncErr Truncation indicator alone is wider
than the specified width
-2 vTypErr invalid queue element
-3 corErr core routine number out of range
-4 unimpErr unimplemented core routine
-5 SlpTypeErr invalid queue element
-8 seNoDB no debugger installed to
handle debugger command
Color Manager Errors
-9 iTabPurgErr from Color2Index/ITabMatch
-10 noColMatch from Color2Index/ITabMatch
-11 qAllocErr from MakeITable
-12 tblAllocErr from MakeITable
-13 overRun from MakeITable
-14 noRoomErr from MakeITable
-15 seOutOfRange from SetEntry
-16 seProtErr from SetEntry
-17 i2CRangeErr from SetEntry
-18 gdBadDev from SetEntry
-19 reRangeErr from SetEntry
-20 seInvRequest from SetEntry
-21 seNoMemErr from SetEntry
I/O System Errors
-17 controlErr Driver can't respond to Control call
-18 statusErr Driver can't respond to Status call
-19 readErr Driver can't respond to Read call
-20 writErr Driver can't respond to Write call
-21 badUnitErr Driver ref num doesn't match unit table
-22 unitEmptyErr Driver ref num specifies NIL handle
in unit table
-23 openErr Requested read/write permission doesn't
match driver's open permission, or Attempt
to open RAM serial Driver failed
-24 closErr Close failed; Permission to close .MPP driver
was denied
-25 dRemovErr tried to remove an open driver
-26 dInstErr DrvrInstall couldn't find driver in resources
-27 abortErr IO call aborted by KillIO; Publisher has
written a new edition
"OR"
-27 iIOAbortErr IO abort error (Printing Manager)
-28 notOpenErr Couldn't rd/wr/ctl/sts cause driver not opened
-29 unitTblFullErr Unit table has no more entries
-30 dceExtErr dce extension error
File System Errors
-33 dirFulErr Directory full
-34 dskFulErr Disk full
-35 nsvErr No such volume; volume not found
-36 ioErr I/O error
-37 bdNamErr Bad file name; there may be no bad names
in the final system!
-38 fnOpnErr File not open
-39 eofErr End of file; no additional data in the format
-40 posErr Tried to position to before start of
file (r/w)
-41 mFulErr Memory full (open) or file won't fit (load)
-42 tmfoErr Too many files open
-43 fnfErr File not found; Folder not found;Edition
container not found; Target not found
-44 wPrErr Disk is write-protected; Volume is locked
through hardware
-45 fLckdErr File is locked
-45 fLckedErr Publisher writing to an edition
-46 vLckdErr Volume is locked through software
-47 fBsyErr File is busy (delete); Section doing I/O
-48 dupFNErr Duplicate filename (rename); File found
instead of folder
-49 opWrErr File already open with write permission
-50 paramErr Error in user parameter list
-51 rfNumErr Reference number invalid
-52 gfpErr Get file position error
-53 volOffLinErr Volume is off line
-54 permErr Software lock on file; Not a subscriber
[permissions error on file open]
-55 volOnLinErr drive volume already on-line at MountVol
-56 nsDrvErr no such drive (tried to mount a bad drive num)
-57 noMacDskErr not a Macintosh disk (sig bytes are wrong)
-58 extFSErr External file system file system identifier
is nonzero
-59 fsRnErr file system internal error: during rename
the old entry was deleted but could not be restored.
-60 badMDBErr bad master directory block
-61 wrPermErr Write permissions error; Not a publisher
Font Manager Errors
-64 fontDecError error during font declaration
-65 fontNotDeclared font not declared
-66 fontSubErr font substitution occurred
Disk, Serial Ports, Clock Specific Errors
-64 lastDskErr
-64 noDriveErr drive not installed
-65 offLinErr r/w requested for an off-line drive
-66 noNybErr couldn't find 5 nybbles in 200 tries
-67 noAdrMkErr couldn't find valid addr mark
-68 dataVerErr read verify compare failed
-69 badCksmErr addr mark checksum didn't check
-70 badBtSlpErr bad addr mark bit slip nibbles
-71 noDtaMkErr couldn't find a data mark header
-72 badDCksum bad data mark checksum
-73 badDBtSlp bad data mark bit slip nibbles
-74 wrUnderrun write underrun occurred
-75 cantStepErr step handshake failed
-76 tk0BadErr track 0 detect doesn't change
-77 initIWMErr unable to initialize IWM
-78 twoSideErr tried to read 2nd side on a 1-sided drive
-79 spdAdjErr unable to correctly adjust disk speed
-80 seekErr track number wrong on address mark
-81 sectNFErr sector number never found on a track
-82 fmt1Err can't find sector 0 after track format
-83 fmt2Err can't get enough sync
-84 verErr track failed to verify
-84 firstDskErr
-85 clkRdErr unable to read same clock value twice
-86 clkWrErr time written did not verify
-87 prWrErr parameter RAM written didn't read-verify
-88 prInitErr InitUtil found the parameter RAM uninitialized
-89 rcvrErr SCC receiver error (framing, parity, OR)
-90 breakRecd Break received (SCC)
AppleTalk Errors
-91 ddpSktErr Error opening socket
"OR"
-91 eMultiErr Invalid address or table is full
-92 ddpLenErr Data length too big
"OR"
-92 eLenErr Packet too large or first entry of the write-data
structure didn't contain the full 14-byte header
-93 noBridgeErr No router available [for non-local send]
-94 lapProtErr error in attaching/detaching protocol
"OR"
-94 LAPProtErr Protocol handler is already attached,
node's protocol table is full, protocol
not attached, or protocol handler
pointer was not 0
-95 excessCollsns Hardware error [excessive collisions on write]
-97 portInUse driver Open error code (port is in use)
-98 portNotCf driver Open error code
(parameter RAM not configured for
this connection)
-99 memROZErr hard error in ROZ
-99 memROZError hard error in ROZ
-99 memROZWarn soft error in ROZ
Scrap Manager Errors
-100 noScrapErr No scrap exists error
-102 noTypeErr Format not available [no object
of that type in scrap]
Storage Allocator Errors
-108 memFullErr Ran out of memory [not enough room
in heap zone]
-109 nilHandleErr GetHandleSize fails on baseText or
substitutionText; NIL master pointer
[handle was NIL in HandleZone or other]
-110 memAdrErr Address was odd, or out of range
-111 memWZErr Attempted to operate on a free block;
GetHandleSize fails on baseText
or substitutionText
[WhichZone failed (applied to free block)]
-112 memPurErr Trying to purge a locked or non-purgeable block
-113 memAZErr Address in zone check failed
-114 memPCErr Pointer Check failed
-115 memBCErr Block Check failed
-116 memSCErr Size Check failed
-117 memLockedErr Trying to move a locked block (MoveHHi)
HFS Errors
-120 dirNFErr Directory not found
-121 tmwdoErr No free WDCB available
-122 badMovErr Move into offspring error
-123 wrgVolTypErr Not an HFS volume [wrong volume type error or
(obsolete) operation not supported for MFS]
-124 volGoneErr Server volume has been disconnected.
-125 updPixMemErr Insufficient memory to update a pixmap
-127 fsDSIntErr Internal file system error
Menu Manager Errors
-126 dsMBarNFnd System error code for MBDF not found
-127 dsHMenuFindErr Couldn't find HMenu's parent in MenuKey
-128 userCanceledErr User canceled an operation
HFS FileID Errors
-130 fidNotFound no file thread exists
-131 fidNotAFile directory specified
-132 fidExists file ID already exists
Color QuickDraw and Color Manager Errors
-147 regionTooBigError Region too big or complex
-148 pixMapTooBigErr Pixel map record is deeper than
1 bit per pixel
[passed pixelmap is too large]
-149 notEnoughStack Not enough stack space for the
necessary buffers
"OR"
-149 mfStackErr Insufficient stack
-150 cMatchErr Color2Index failed to find an index
-151 cTempMemErr Failed to allocate memory for
temporary structures
-152 cNoMemErr Failed to allocate memory for structure
-153 cRangeErr Range error on colorTable request
-154 cProtectErr ColorTable entry protection violation
-155 cDevErr Invalid type of graphics device
-156 cResErr Invalid resolution for MakeITable
-157 cDepthErr Invalid pixel depth
-158 cParmErr Invalid parameter
Resource Manager Errors (other than I/O)
-185 badExtResource Extended resource has a bad format.
-186 CantDecompress Resource bent ("the bends")
can't decompress a compressed resource
-188 resourceInMemory Resource already in memory
-189 writingPastEnd Writing past end of file
-190 inputOutOfBounds Offset or count out of bounds
-192 resNotFound Resource not found
-193 resFNotFound Resource file not found
-194 addResFailed AddResource failed
-195 addRefFailed AddReference failed
-196 rmvResFailed RmveResource failed
-197 rmvRefFailed RmveReference failed
-198 resAttrErr Attribute inconsistent with operation
-199 mapReadErr Map inconsistent with operation
Sound Manager Errors
-200 noHardware Required sound hardware not available
[no hardware support for the specified synthesizer]
-201 notEnoughHardware Insufficient hardware available
[no more channels for the
specified synthesizer]
-203 queueFull No room in the queue
-204 resProblem Problem loading the resource
-205 badChannel Channel is corrupt or unusable
[invalid channel queue length]
-206 badFormat Resource is corrupt or unusable
[handle to 'snd ' resource was invalid]
-207 notEnoughBufferSpace Insufficient memory available
-208 badFileFormat File is corrupt or unusable, or not
AIFF or AIFF-C
-209 channel Channel is busy
-210 buffersTooSmall Buffer is too small
-211 channelNotBusy Channel not currently used
-212 noMoreRealTime Not enough CPU time available
-213 badParam A parameter is incorrect
-220 siNoSoundInHardware No sound input hardware available
-221 siBadSoundInDevice Invalid sound input device
-222 siNoBufferSpecified No buffer specified
-223 siInvalidCompression Invalid compression type
-224 siHardDiskTooSlow Hard drive too slow to record
-225 siInvalidSampleRate Invalid sample rate
-226 siInvalidSampleSize Invalid sample size
-227 siDeviceBusyErr Sound input device is busy
-228 siBadDeviceName Invalid device name
-229 siBadRefNum Invalid reference number
-230 siInputDeviceErr Input device hardware failure
-231 siUnknownInfoType Unknown type of information
-232 siUnknownQuality Unknown quality
MIDI Manager Errors
-250 midiNoClientErr no client with that ID found
-251 midiNoPortErr no port with that ID found
-252 midiTooManyPortsErr too many ports already installed in the system
-253 midiTooManyConsErr too many connections made
-254 midiVConnectErr pending virtual connection created
-255 midiVConnectMade pending virtual connection resolved
-256 midiVConnectRmvd pending virtual connection removed
-257 midiNoConErr no connection exists between specified ports
-258 midiWriteErr couldn't write to all connected ports
-259 midiNameLenErr name supplied is longer than 31 characters
-260 midiDupIDErr duplicate client ID
-261 midiInvalidCmdErr command not supported for port type
