Hi Christian, Fairly easy to reproduce. I just tried with current qemu (version 4.2.1 (Debian 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.6)).
You need to download the Android 9.0r2 ISO image from the Android-x86 project. Here's a link for the 64-bit image (I chose the non k49 one) : https://www.fosshub.com/Android-x86.html?dwl=android-x86_64-9.0-r2.iso Then boot the image in Qemu : qemu-system-x86_64 -machine q35,vmport=off -cpu host -accel kvm -smp 2 -m 4G -audiodev pa,id=pasound,timer-period=5000 -device ES1370,audiodev=pasound -device virtio-vga,virgl=on -device virtio-mouse -device virtio-keyboard -drive file=android-x86_64-9.0-r2.iso,if=virtio,media=cdrom,format=raw,readonly=on -display gtk,gl=on -usb -nodefaults -monitor vc -nic user,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:5555-:5555 It shouldn't take long before the screen freezes. Here's the associated log entry : ----- LOG START ----- 10-05 01:00:18.548 1147 1259 F libc : Fatal signal 11 (SIGSEGV), code 1 (SEGV_MAPERR), fault addr 0xe8 in tid 1259 (frame-worker), pid 1147 (surfaceflinger) 10-05 01:00:18.565 4406 4406 F DEBUG : *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 10-05 01:00:18.565 4406 4406 F DEBUG : Build fingerprint: 'Android-x86/android_x86_64/x86_64:9/PI/lh03251128:userdebug/test-keys' 10-05 01:00:18.565 4406 4406 F DEBUG : Revision: '0' 10-05 01:00:18.565 4406 4406 F DEBUG : ABI: 'x86_64' 10-05 01:00:18.565 4406 4406 F DEBUG : pid: 1147, tid: 1259, name: frame-worker >>> /system/bin/surfaceflinger <<< 10-05 01:00:18.565 4406 4406 F DEBUG : signal 11 (SIGSEGV), code 1 (SEGV_MAPERR), fault addr 0xe8 10-05 01:00:18.565 4406 4406 F DEBUG : Cause: null pointer dereference 10-05 01:00:18.565 4406 4406 F DEBUG : rax 0000000000000000 rbx 00007eb0cc0585b0 rcx 0000000000000000 rdx 00007eb0d2a9cc08 10-05 01:00:18.565 4406 4406 F DEBUG : r8 0000000000000000 r9 00000000ffffffff r10 0000000000000000 r11 0000000000000246 10-05 01:00:18.565 4406 4406 F DEBUG : r12 0000000000000001 r13 00007eb0d30d7050 r14 000000000000001e r15 00007eb0d30d7100 10-05 01:00:18.565 4406 4406 F DEBUG : rdi 0000000000000000 rsi fffffffffffffff0 10-05 01:00:18.565 4406 4406 F DEBUG : rbp 00007eb0ccf01400 rsp 00007eb0ccf01310 rip 00007eb0cd2892ac 10-05 01:00:18.566 4406 4406 F DEBUG : 10-05 01:00:18.566 4406 4406 F DEBUG : backtrace: 10-05 01:00:18.566 4406 4406 F DEBUG : #00 pc 00000000000202ac /system/vendor/lib64/hw/hwcomposer.drm.so (android::DrmDisplayCompositor::CommitFrame(android::DrmDisplayComposition*, bool)+668) 10-05 01:00:18.566 4406 4406 F DEBUG : #01 pc 000000000001e72b /system/vendor/lib64/hw/hwcomposer.drm.so (android::DrmDisplayCompositor::ApplyFrame(std::__1::unique_ptr<android::DrmDisplayComposition, std::__1::default_delete<android::DrmDisplayComposition>>, int)+27) 10-05 01:00:18.566 4406 4406 F DEBUG : #02 pc 000000000001e68e /system/vendor/lib64/hw/hwcomposer.drm.so (android::DrmDisplayCompositor::FrameWorker::Routine()+318) 10-05 01:00:18.566 4406 4406 F DEBUG : #03 pc 00000000000372e8 /system/vendor/lib64/hw/hwcomposer.drm.so (android::Worker::InternalRoutine()+72) 10-05 01:00:18.566 4406 4406 F DEBUG : #04 pc 0000000000037466 /system/vendor/lib64/hw/hwcomposer.drm.so (_ZNSt3__114__thread_proxyINS_5tupleIJNS_10unique_ptrINS_15__thread_structENS_14default_deleteIS3_EEEEMN7android6WorkerEFvvEPS8_EEEEEPvSD_+54) 10-05 01:00:18.566 4406 4406 F DEBUG : #05 pc 0000000000092bfb /system/lib64/libc.so (__pthread_start(void*)+27) 10-05 01:00:18.566 4406 4406 F DEBUG : #06 pc 000000000002af0d /system/lib64/libc.so (__start_thread+61) ----- LOG END ----- It seems the problem doesn't happen when using the Android 8.1-r3 image, or I didn't try long enough. As I said, using SDL "solves" the problem. One could argue the problem is with Android itself, but then why would it react differently depending on which frontend, GTK or SDL, is used ? Shouldn't it be transparent to the emulated system ? I saw other people reporting the problem on a russian forum (don't remember which one), not anywhere else (I searched only for Android problems with virglrenderer). I had to translate since I'm not russian myself (I'm french). Interestingly, shortly after reporting the bug here, I was contacted by a Russian who confirmed he had the same problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1896250 Title: SDL support is missing while virglrenderer has problems with GTK To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/+bug/1896250/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs