Mac OS System Error Codes: 0 to -261
Topic
The following list provides an explanation
of system errors 0 to -261.
Discussion
Note: Items listed in [brackets]
are old result code meanings.
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General System Errors (VBL Mgr, Queue, Etc.)
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
(bummers)
-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 Diskette
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 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 mac diskette (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
occured
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 did not 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 Could not 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 & 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
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