From f726ad0206964e79bb54b2279477ea4e7b86b13c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thrust26 <tjentzsch@yahoo.de>
Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 14:31:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix #314

---
 src/emucore/FrameBuffer.cxx | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/emucore/FrameBuffer.cxx b/src/emucore/FrameBuffer.cxx
index f30c7297a..c27c8b206 100644
--- a/src/emucore/FrameBuffer.cxx
+++ b/src/emucore/FrameBuffer.cxx
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ void FrameBuffer::showMessage(const string& message, MessagePosition position,
                               bool force)
 {
   // Only show messages if they've been enabled
-  if(!(force || myOSystem.settings().getBool("uimessages")))
+  if(myMsg.surface == NULL || !(force || myOSystem.settings().getBool("uimessages")))
     return;
 
   // Precompute the message coordinates