Triaging old bug tickets... QEMU 0.14 is completely outdated nowadays. Can you still reproduce this behavior with the latest version of QEMU?
** Changed in: qemu Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/775604 Title: Could not open SDL display when running XP as guest Status in QEMU: Incomplete Bug description: When running XP as guest on Linux 2.6.38 x86_64 (Arch Linux) in full screen qemu will crash. Dropping to 1400x900 or below does not have a problem nor does windowed mode. 1. Running: qemu-system-x86_64 -vga std -full-screen Virtual_Machines/Windows_XP/Windows_XP.img Produces error: Could not open SDL display (1920x1200x0): No video mode large enough for 1920x1200 qemu-kvm version 0.14.0-1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/775604/+subscriptions