diff -ur prboom-plus-2.5.1.4-orig/src/gl_main.c prboom-plus-2.5.1.4-nocrash/src/gl_main.c
--- prboom-plus-2.5.1.4-orig/src/gl_main.c	2015-10-27 07:40:14.000000000 -0400
+++ prboom-plus-2.5.1.4-nocrash/src/gl_main.c	2016-03-17 19:56:08.385125820 -0400
@@ -426,7 +426,8 @@
   gld_InitShadows();
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBSDL_IMAGE
-  gld_InitMapPics();
+  // DWF 2016-03-17:  this function segfaults in SDL_ConvertSurface.
+  // gld_InitMapPics();
   gld_InitHiRes();
 #endif