I think this should be fixed with the latest version of QEMU ... or can you still reproduce this issue with the latest version?
** 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/1606708 Title: QEMU crashes when switching consoles using SDL Status in QEMU: Incomplete Bug description: I've trying to use QEMU with SDL, and I noticed that it doesn't behave well, specially when switching from VGA to any console. Resuming, switching is erratic when using SDL, and its effects go from creating a new window, doing nothing, showing a window that disappears inmediately or even crash. Tested with: Arch Linux with all packages updated (2016/7/26) TWM as window manager QEMU (both stable 2.6.0-1 and latest git commit f49ee63) Command: qemu-system-x86_64 -display sdl sdl2 version 2.0.4-2 How to reproduce: 1. Open QEMU with the given command 2. Try to switch console (Ctrl-Alt-2 for example) Expected behaviour: As in GTK, the window should now show the desired console Actual behaviour: Here I have to say I can't explain it very well. Almost always it just creates a new window that shows the desired console, but it is closed inmediatley. If not, it opens a new window that keeps open, and it sometimes is responsive, but further attempts to switch consoles end causing a crash, and QEMU has to be SIGKILLed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1606708/+subscriptions