From f202ea6815ec8b9181c92a7e5b2c3b806b791d40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ciro Santilli Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 09:38:50 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Ctrl + Shift + U workaround --- README.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5ad9574..5050cf3 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -111,6 +111,18 @@ or in QEMU: cat /proc/version +## QEMU GUI is unresponsive + +Sometimes in Ubuntu 14.04, after the QEMU SDL GUI starts, it does not get updated after keyboard strokes, and there are artifacts like disappearing text. + +We have not managed to track this problem down yet, but the following workaround always works: + + Ctrl + Shift + U + Ctrl + C + root + +This started happening when we switched to building QEMU through Buildroot, and has not been observed on later Ubuntu. + ## Text mode Show serial output of QEMU directly on the current terminal, without opening a QEMU window: