Error at booting OpenVMS 7.1

Hi,

I get the error message with version 1.0 patch 5 build 261 if I boot OpenVMS 7.1, after this I can log in.

CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string "-SYSTEM-F-HPARITH, high performance arithmetic trap, Imask=00000000, Fmask=003CE" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string "A48, summary=1B, PC=0000000000380E10, PS=7B0E93B0" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string "-SYSTEM-F-FLTINV, floating invalid operation, PC=0000000000380E10, PS=7B0E93B0" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string "-SYSTEM-F-FLTOVF, arithmetic trap, floating overflow at PC=0000000000380E10, PS=" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string "7B0E93B0" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string "-SYSTEM-F-FLTUND, arithmetic trap, floating underflow at PC=0000000000380E10, PS" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string "=7B0E93B0" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string "%SYSTEM-F-HPARITH, high performance arithmetic trap, Imask=00000000, Fmask=00000" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string "002, summary=40, PC=000000000007DE08, PS=0000001B" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string "-SYSTEM-F-INTOVF, arithmetic trap, integer overflow at PC=000000000007DE08, PS=0" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string "000001B" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string "%TRACE-E-TRACEBACK, symbolic stack dump follows" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string " image module routine line rel PC abs PC " on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string " ADARTL 0 0000000000054C14 00000000003CEC14" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string " 0 FFFFFFFF804A7D94 FFFFFFFF804A7D94" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string "

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above condition handler called with exception 00000504:" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string "%SYSTEM-F-HPARITH, high performance arithmetic trap, Imask=00000000, Fmask=00000" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string "002, summary=40, PC=000000000007DE08, PS=0000001B" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string "-SYSTEM-F-INTOVF, arithmetic trap, integer overflow at PC=000000000007DE08, PS=0" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string "000001B" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string "

---

end of exception message" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string " 0 FFFFFFFF81E7059C FFFFFFFF81E7059C" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string " SECURITY_SERVER 0 000000000006DE08 000000000007DE08" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string " SECURITY_SERVER ADA$ELAB_SECURITY_SERVER " on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string " 0 00000000000200C0 00000000000300C0" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string " ADARTL 0 0000000000054D98 00000000003CED98" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string " ADARTL 0 0000000000054514 00000000003CE514" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string " ADARTL 0 000000000003F430 00000000003B9430" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string " SECURITY_SERVER ADA$ELAB_SECURITY_SERVER " on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string " 0 000000000002005C 000000000003005C" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string " SECURITY_SERVER 0 000000000007827C 000000000008827C" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string " PTHREAD$RTL 0 000000000004C148 00000000004DA148" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string " PTHREAD$RTL 0 0000000000030664 00000000004BE664" on serial port 0
CSI-I-WRSTRING: Write string " 0 FFFFFFFF81F890D8 FFFFFFFF81F890D8" on serial port 0:|

Michael,

these look like floating point problems in SECURITY_SERVER. If you post the messages from the Putty console terminal, they would be more readable.

Is SECURITY_SERVER running after startup has finished ?

$ SHOW SYS/PROC=SECU*

If not, what happens, if you try to restart it with:

$ @SYS$SYSTARTUP:STARTUP SECURITY_SERVER

Did you try booting any other version of OpenVMS ?

Volker.

Michael,

the 'problem' seems to be a HPARITH trap caused by an integer overflow at PC=0007DE08 in SECURITY_SERVER.

See $ HELP/MESS HPARITH for more information about this kind of error.

If you can get SECURITY_SERVER running, you can look at the instruction stream around this PC with SDA:

$ ANAL/SYS
SDA> SET PROC SECURITY_SERVER
SDA> EXA/INS 7DE08
SDA> EXA/INS 7DE08-20;30
SDA> EXIT

A process dump would certainly be better for analysis of this problem. If you can reproduce the problem, try a SET PROC/DUMP command before starting SECURITY_SERVER and see if a *.DMP file will be created.

This could either be some software problem within SECURITY_SERVER in V7.1 - this becomes less likely, if you have exactly this version running on a real Alpha - or a floating point problem in FreeAXP.

Could you install PersonalAlpha and boot the same virtual disk using that emulator ?

Volker.

I believe we have this issue fixed in the next release of FreeAXP.

Michael,

FreeAXP™ Beta 1.0.6.269 has been released on 15-APR-2010. Could you please verify, that you can now boot OpenVMS Alpha V7.1 without exceptions or floating point traps in SECURITY_SERVER.

Regards,

Volker.

Volker,

I have installed the new release 1.0.6.269 and I can now boot OpenVMS Alpha V7.1 without exceptions or floating point traps in SECURITY_SERVER.

I can also logged in without the workaround for OpenVMS 7.1
to initiate the device TTA0.

It works fine.

Regards,

Michael.