STOP Message with SFMATALK.SYS

Last reviewed: November 7, 1997
Article ID: Q124853

3.50 WINDOWS kbnetwork kbbug3.50 kbfix3.50.sp2

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.5

SYMPTOMS

Servers running Services for Macintosh may stop running and a STOP message may appear. This appears to be most likely with MS-DOS and Windows clients printing to Macintosh printers.

MORE INFORMATION

This problem can be identified in the kernel debugger by the following (after obtaining the trap frame address):

kd> !trap fef97c84 eax=00000700 ebx=ffffff01 ecx=00000040 edx=00595b02 esi=206b7441 edi=00000001

eip=80124da9 esp=fef97cf8 ebp=fef97d34 iopl=0         nv up ei pl nz na pe
nc

cs=0008 ss=0010 ds=0023 es=0023 fs=0030 gs=0000 efl=00010202

ErrCode = 00000000

80124da9 393438           cmp     [eax+edi],esi

kd> !kb KD: Unable to load debug information for 0x00000524 KD: unloading "0x00000524" (deferred) ChildEBP RetAddr Args to Child fef97d00 801012d4 206b7441 00000060 ffffffff NT!_ExpRemovePoolTracker+0x49 fef97d34 fc997320 ffb49768 ffb4976c fc996631 NT!_ExFreePool+0x15a fef97d40 fc996631 ffb4976c fef97dd0 ffb49794 sfmatalk!_AtalkFreeMemory+0x21 fef97d60 fc99ad9e ffb4976c 00000000 ffac6470 sfmatalk!_AtalkDdpDeref+0xfa fef97d78 fc99cce7 ffb4976c 00000000 00000000

 sfmatalk!_AtalkDdpCloseAddress+0x5f

fef97d98 fc9a0100 ffac630c 00000000 00000000

 sfmatalk!_AtalkAtpCloseAddress+0x84

fef97db0 fc99140b ffaac14c fc99bf79 ff0981d8

 sfmatalk!_AtalkPapCloseAddress+0x4f

fef97dd0 fc990df3 ff0981d8 ff098248 feffc0f8

 sfmatalk!_AtalkTdiCloseAddress+0x1c3

fef97dec 80107aea feffc040 ff0981d8 ff0981d8 sfmatalk!_AtalkDispatchClose+0x5 1 fef97e00 80108b7f ff095f50 ffae0140 00000000 NT!IofCallDriver+0x38 fef97e34 80147049 ffae0140 ffae010c ffae0108 NT!_IopDeleteFile+0x149 fef97e54 8010560e ffae0140 ffae0140 ffae0108 NT!_ObpRemoveObjectRoutine+0xd7

fef97e68 8010b30d fef97e98 fef97e98 fef97f14 NT!ObfDereferenceObject+0x28 fef97e8c 801385c3 00000524 801042e4 ffacdd68 NT!_NtClose+0x120 fef97e8c 8012a6d3 00000524 801042e4 ffacdd68 NT!_KiSystemService+0x83 fef97f0c 00000524 80405a50 ff04a6a8 fcae8710 NT!_ZwClose+0xb

The key points of information are:

 eax=00000700
 edi=00000001
 Top of stack=NT!_ExpRemovePoolTracker+0x49

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT Server version 3.5. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT version 3.5. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

   S E R V P A C K

KBCategory: kbnetwork kbbug3.50 kbfix3.50.sp2
KBSubcategory: ntmac NTSrv
Additional reference words: prodnt sfm 3.50 ntstop blue screen trap
Keywords : ntmac NTSrv kbbug3.50 kbfix3.50.sp2 kbnetwork
Version : 3.50
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: November 7, 1997
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