[Plex86-devel] Plex86 blocked when booting Windows 95

[Jérôme Bouat]

I was booting on a Windows 95 image file
previously used by Bochs
when the content of the windows
stayed black with the following error message on the console:
Xlib: unexpected async reply (sequence 0xe2d9)!

log:
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address@hidden user]$ ./plex86 -f jerome.config
Processing command-line options
Opening VM (/dev/plex86)
Processing config file jerome.config...
Allocating 32MB of physical memory in VM
Mapping virtualized physical memory into monitor
Zeroing virtualized physical memory
Mapping monitor print buffer into user mem.
[CMOS ] <INFO>  Setting initial clock to: Thu Nov  7 23:30:39 2002
[DMA  ] <INFO>  channel 4 used by cascade
[XGUI ] <INFO>  test_alloc_colors: 16 colors available out of 16 colors tried
[XGUI ] <INFO>  font 8 wide x 16 high, display depth = 16
[VGA  ] <INFO>  interval=90000
[VGA  ] <INFO>  VBE Bochs Display Extension Enabled
[KBD  ] <INFO>  Pasting not supported yet in Plex86
[HD   ] <INFO>  hd0: '/home/j/.windows95.plex86-img'
[HD   ] <INFO>  Boot device will be 'c'
[HD   ] <INFO>  Floppy boot signature check is enabled
ROM: loading image '../bios/BIOS-bochs-latest' @ 0xf0000 (65536 bytes)
ROM: loading image '../bios/VGABIOS-lgpl-0.3a' @ 0xc0000 (26106 bytes)
Setting prescan depth to 3
prescan on
Processed 74 lines of config file 'jerome.config'
Initializing plugins
Running VM
::init_monitor OK -----------------
nexus_size = 0x24E

[KBD  ] <INFO>  Pasting not supported yet in Plex86
[VGA  ] <INFO>  VBE known Display Interface b0c0
[VGA  ] <INFO>  VBE known Display Interface b0c0
[VGA  ] <INFO>  VBE known Display Interface b0c0
[VGA  ] <INFO>  VBE disabling
[VGA  ] <INFO>  char map select: #1=0 / #2=0 (unused)
[VGA  ] <INFO>  VBE known Display Interface b0c0
[HD   ] <ERROR> device set to 1 which does not exist
[HD   ] <ERROR> device set to 1 which does not exist
[HD   ] <ERROR> device set to 1 which does not exist
[HD   ] <ERROR> device set to 1 which does not exist
[HD   ] <ERROR> device set to 1 which does not exist
[HD   ] <ERROR> device set to 1 which does not exist
[HD   ] <ERROR> device set to 1 which does not exist
[HD   ] <ERROR> device set to 1 which does not exist
[HD   ] <ERROR> device set to 1 which does not exist
[HD   ] <INFO>  enabling LBA mode
[DEV  ] <INFO>  port92h read partially supported!!!
[DEV  ] <INFO>    returning 02
[DEV  ] <INFO>  devices: port92h write of 02 partially supported!!!
[DEV  ] <INFO>  devices: A20: set_enable_a20() called
[DEV  ] <INFO>  A20: now 1
[DEV  ] <INFO>  port92h read partially supported!!!
[DEV  ] <INFO>    returning 02
[DEV  ] <INFO>  devices: port92h write of 02 partially supported!!!
[DEV  ] <INFO>  devices: A20: set_enable_a20() called
[DEV  ] <INFO>  A20: now 1
[VGA  ] <INFO>  VBE known Display Interface b0c0
[VGA  ] <INFO>  VBE disabling
[VGA  ] <INFO>  char map select: #1=0 / #2=0 (unused)
::read_virtual_checks EXCEPTION: seg=3 0:7F450 + 4

[VGA  ] <INFO>  VBE known Display Interface b0c0
[VGA  ] <INFO>  VBE disabling
[VGA  ] <INFO>  char map select: #1=0 / #2=0 (unused)
[KBD  ] <INFO>  identify keyboard command received
[VGA  ] <INFO>  VBE known Display Interface b0c0
[VGA  ] <INFO>  VBE disabling
Xlib: unexpected async reply (sequence 0xe2d9)!
^C pressed. aborting execution
Shutting down plugins

address@hidden user]$ [XGUI ] <INFO>  Exit.
Unmapping guest physical memory.
Unmapping monitor print buffer.
Tearing down VM
Closing VM