graphic: 0.888 device: 0.862 instruction: 0.842 vnc: 0.695 semantic: 0.691 mistranslation: 0.659 socket: 0.484 network: 0.408 other: 0.361 boot: 0.361 KVM: 0.329 assembly: 0.146 Could not open SDL display when running XP as guest 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 Triaging old bug tickets... QEMU 0.14 is completely outdated nowadays. Can you still reproduce this behavior with the latest version of QEMU? Thanks for following up. I am no longer using QEMU.