Hi Eric, I was having similar issues. So, switched to VSBHDA. Afterwards, I was still experiencing lots of problems and submitted a bug report. But as it turned out, it was user error. I just needed to change the configuration settings and that fixed me right up.
:-) > On Aug 15, 2024, at 6:13 PM, Eric Auer via Freedos-devel > <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > > Hi! I have been watching > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6-AlpCEqpc > > where Phils Computer Lab tests SBEMU with the pre-installed > FreeDOS image which you can download from SBEMU's crazii. > > At one point, a game crashes with a loop of the following, > some leading 0s omitted by me: > > JemmEx: exception 06 occured at CS:EIP=9689:FF14, ERRC=0 > SS:ESP=D70A:C7D4 EBP=FFFF EFL=33093 CR0=80000013 CR4=200 > EAX=FFFF9002 EBX=FFFF0007 ECX=FFFFFF00 EDX=FFFFF1EC > ESI=40001A EDI=0EFF > DS=0040 ES=FFFF FS=FFFF GS=00D9 [CS:IP]=FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF > Press ESC to abort program > > JemmEx: exception 06 occured at CS:EIP=9689:FF14, ERRC=0 > SS:ESP=D70A:C7BE EBP=FFFF EFL=33093 CR0=80000013 CR4=200 > EAX=FFFF9002 EBX=FFFF0007 ECX=FFFFFF00 EDX=FFFFF1EC > ESI=40001A EDI=0EFF > DS=0040 ES=FFFF FS=FFFF GS=00D9 [CS:IP]=FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF > Press ESC to abort program > > and so on, all registers except ESP stay constant and the > video shows a loop of JemmEx messages scrolling through as > the stack pointer goes down while CS:EIP is frozen pointing > to an impossible FF FF opcode. Exc. 06 is undefined opcode. > > As the messages scroll so fast, I am not sure whether each > instance actually shows all lines. The may even be nested? > > Later in the same video, F-117A mgraphic crashes, with far > more readable JemmEx reactions: > >> JemmEx: exception 0C occured at CS:EIP=0360:2A01, ERRC=0 >> SS:ESP=0360:FFEA EBP=0 EFL=33202 CRO=80000013 CR4=00000200 >> EAX=0021 EBX=0 ECX=0 EDX=FFEC ESI=FFFF EDI=01FF >> DS=0350 ES=0350 FS=0350 GS=O2BA [C3:IP]=36 8B 28 36 8B 88 B8 01 >> Press ESC to abort progran >> JemmEx: exception 06 occured at CS:EIP=0000:0108, ERRC=0 >> SS:ESP=0914:10002 EBP=C600 EFL=00033246 CRO=80000013 CR4=200 >> EAX=0 EBX=0 ECX=0 EDX=0 ES1=0 EDI=0 >> DS=0 ES=0 FS=0 GS=0 [C3:IP]=65 F0 00 F0 36 03 00 C0 >> Press ESC to abort program >> JemmEx: exception 0D occured at CS:EIP=D79B:0984, ERRC=0 >> SS:ESP=00D9:08D0 EBP=0 EFL=33093 CRO=80000013 CR4=200 >> EAX=00FF EBX=0 ECX=FF54 EDX=0904 ESI=A8B1 EDI=0 >> DS=00D9 ES=D7A0 FS=0 GS=0 [CS:IP]=67 66 2E 83 3C 9D 4C 04 > ... > > This starts with a stack error first, "mov bp,[ss:bx+si]" > wrapping the end of the first 64 kB of the stack segment, > then an undefined opcode exception apparently caused by an > invalid locked combination saying GS: LOCK: ADD AL,DH etc. > and finally a general protection fault. > > Of course this does not tell much about whether it was > futile to try to abort the program after the first stack > exception, but note how there is no LOOP of exceptions > here, so it gets a lot easier to read the messages :-) > > Thanks to https://www.sandpile.org/ for their tables :-) > > Likewise, the F-19 game also crashes, even with loadfix: > > JemmEx: exception 0D occured at CS:EIP=1025:4142, ERRC=0 > SS:ESP:2025:DAC6 EBP=DAD0 EFL=33282 CR0=80000013 CR4=200 > EAX=0 EBX=FFFE ECX=9BCC EDX=4605 ESI=C88C EDI=0 > DS=2025 ES=46E8 FS=1015 GS=02BA [CS:IP]=89 47 01 89 7F 03 83 C6 > > which is mov [bx+1],ax and again wraps the end of some > 64 kB boundary, but you actually get to read the text > without a loop :-) > > *So now I wonder why JemmEx exception messages sometimes* > *end up in a loop, while usually they do not, luckily.* > > The video features kernel 2043 (2021-05-14) FAT32 Watcom 386, > JemmEx 5.84 02/11/23, QPIEMU, FreeCOM 0.85a 2021-07-10, > UDVD2 (not used, no drive in the shown thin client), > SBEMU (in VIA VT82XX AC97 mode), CuteMouse 2.1beta4, > originally based on the FreeDOS 1.3 distro, it seems. > > It also mentions Aladdin failing to start, with the > message "XMS allocation error.." (sic!) and Lotus 3 > crashing with "Interrupt divide by zero, stack: > D34C 0360 3002 518D ADE8 EB6F EB4A 314A > E8D2 B117 C689 C389 7C80" > > In Sam+Max, audio setup fails with "hdpmi: fatal exit 0007". > In Space Quest 5 adlib works, while emulated SB use hangs. > > Finally, some related GOOD news from this > video: TETRIS CLASSIC is working fine :-) > > It is one of the games mentioned in my > "game compatibility updates?" post as a > game which was NOT working in 2022 :-) > > Cheers, Eric > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
