diff --git a/src/d_main.c b/src/d_main.c
index ef6502aec..1cf575303 100644
--- a/src/d_main.c
+++ b/src/d_main.c
@@ -562,9 +562,6 @@ void D_SRB2Loop(void)
 
 	// Pushing of + parameters is now done back in D_SRB2Main, not here.
 
-	CONS_Printf("I_StartupKeyboard()...\n");
-	I_StartupKeyboard();
-
 #ifdef _WINDOWS
 	CONS_Printf("I_StartupMouse()...\n");
 	I_DoStartupMouse();
diff --git a/src/doomdef.h b/src/doomdef.h
index 6c4f1fef3..0da1a1fed 100644
--- a/src/doomdef.h
+++ b/src/doomdef.h
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
 
 #ifdef LOGMESSAGES
 extern FILE *logstream;
+extern char  logfilename[1024];
 #endif
 
 //#define DEVELOP // Disable this for release builds to remove excessive cheat commands and enable MD5 checking and stuff, all in one go. :3
diff --git a/src/i_system.h b/src/i_system.h
index 831acda32..2532ba0ee 100644
--- a/src/i_system.h
+++ b/src/i_system.h
@@ -184,10 +184,6 @@ void I_StartupMouse(void);
 */
 void I_StartupMouse2(void);
 
-/**	\brief keyboard startup, shutdown, handler
-*/
-void I_StartupKeyboard(void);
-
 /**	\brief  setup timer irq and user timer routine.
 */
 void I_StartupTimer(void);
diff --git a/src/sdl/i_main.c b/src/sdl/i_main.c
index 029febc05..d0830396f 100644
--- a/src/sdl/i_main.c
+++ b/src/sdl/i_main.c
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ extern int SDL_main(int argc, char *argv[]);
 
 #ifdef LOGMESSAGES
 FILE *logstream = NULL;
+char  logfilename[1024];
 #endif
 
 #ifndef DOXYGEN
@@ -116,7 +117,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 #endif
 {
 	const char *logdir = NULL;
-	char logfile[MAX_WADPATH];
 	myargc = argc;
 	myargv = argv; /// \todo pull out path to exe from this string
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		timeinfo = localtime(&my_time);
 
 		strftime(buf, 26, "%Y-%m-%d %H-%M-%S", timeinfo);
-		strcpy(logfile, va("log-%s.txt", buf));
+		strcpy(logfilename, va("log-%s.txt", buf));
 
 #ifdef DEFAULTDIR
 		if (logdir)
@@ -149,14 +149,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			// Create dirs here because D_SRB2Main() is too late.
 			I_mkdir(va("%s%s"DEFAULTDIR, logdir, PATHSEP), 0755);
 			I_mkdir(va("%s%s"DEFAULTDIR"%slogs",logdir, PATHSEP, PATHSEP), 0755);
-			logstream = fopen(va("%s%s"DEFAULTDIR"%slogs%s%s",logdir, PATHSEP, PATHSEP, PATHSEP, logfile), "wt");
+			strcpy(logfilename, va("%s%s"DEFAULTDIR"%slogs%s%s",logdir, PATHSEP, PATHSEP, PATHSEP, logfilename));
 		}
 		else
 #endif
 		{
 			I_mkdir("."PATHSEP"logs"PATHSEP, 0755);
-			logstream = fopen(va("."PATHSEP"logs"PATHSEP"%s", logfile), "wt");
+			strcpy(logfilename, va("."PATHSEP"logs"PATHSEP"%s", logfilename));
 		}
+
+		logstream = fopen(logfilename, "wt");
 	}
 #endif
 
@@ -181,12 +183,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 #endif
 	MakeCodeWritable();
 #endif
+
 	// startup SRB2
 	CONS_Printf("Setting up SRB2...\n");
 	D_SRB2Main();
 #ifdef LOGMESSAGES
 	if (!M_CheckParm("-nolog"))
-		CONS_Printf("Logfile: %s\n", logfile);
+		CONS_Printf("Logfile: %s\n", logfilename);
 #endif
 	CONS_Printf("Entering main game loop...\n");
 	// never return
diff --git a/src/sdl/i_system.c b/src/sdl/i_system.c
index 13fb25bea..a5e536bf5 100644
--- a/src/sdl/i_system.c
+++ b/src/sdl/i_system.c
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ typedef LPVOID (WINAPI *p_MapViewOfFile) (HANDLE, DWORD, DWORD, DWORD, SIZE_T);
 #endif
 #endif
 
+#if (defined (__unix__) && !defined (_MSDOS)) || defined (UNIXCOMMON)
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#define NEWSIGNALHANDLER
+#endif
+
 #ifndef NOMUMBLE
 #ifdef __linux__ // need -lrt
 #include <sys/mman.h>
@@ -229,13 +235,11 @@ SDL_bool framebuffer = SDL_FALSE;
 
 UINT8 keyboard_started = false;
 
-FUNCNORETURN static ATTRNORETURN void signal_handler(INT32 num)
+static void I_ReportSignal(int num, int coredumped)
 {
 	//static char msg[] = "oh no! back to reality!\r\n";
 	const char *      sigmsg;
-	char        sigdef[32];
-
-	D_QuitNetGame(); // Fix server freezes
+	char msg[128];
 
 	switch (num)
 	{
@@ -261,20 +265,41 @@ FUNCNORETURN static ATTRNORETURN void signal_handler(INT32 num)
 		sigmsg = "SIGABRT - abnormal termination triggered by abort call";
 		break;
 	default:
-		sprintf(sigdef,"signal number %d", num);
-		sigmsg = sigdef;
+		sprintf(msg,"signal number %d", num);
+		if (coredumped)
+			sigmsg = 0;
+		else
+			sigmsg = msg;
 	}
 
-	I_OutputMsg("\nsignal_handler() error: %s\n", sigmsg);
+	if (coredumped)
+	{
+		if (sigmsg)
+			sprintf(msg, "%s (core dumped)", sigmsg);
+		else
+			strcat(msg, " (core dumped)");
+
+		sigmsg = msg;
+	}
+
+	I_OutputMsg("\nProcess killed by signal: %s\n\n", sigmsg);
 
 	SDL_ShowSimpleMessageBox(SDL_MESSAGEBOX_ERROR,
-		"Signal caught",
+		"Process killed by signal",
 		sigmsg, NULL);
+}
+
+#ifndef NEWSIGNALHANDLER
+FUNCNORETURN static ATTRNORETURN void signal_handler(INT32 num)
+{
+	D_QuitNetGame(); // Fix server freezes
+	I_ReportSignal(num, 0);
 	I_ShutdownSystem();
 	signal(num, SIG_DFL);               //default signal action
 	raise(num);
 	I_Quit();
 }
+#endif
 
 FUNCNORETURN static ATTRNORETURN void quit_handler(int num)
 {
@@ -650,7 +675,7 @@ static inline void I_ShutdownConsole(void){}
 //
 // StartupKeyboard
 //
-void I_StartupKeyboard (void)
+void I_RegisterSignals (void)
 {
 #ifdef SIGINT
 	signal(SIGINT , quit_handler);
@@ -664,10 +689,12 @@ void I_StartupKeyboard (void)
 
 	// If these defines don't exist,
 	// then compilation would have failed above us...
+#ifndef NEWSIGNALHANDLER
 	signal(SIGILL , signal_handler);
 	signal(SIGSEGV , signal_handler);
 	signal(SIGABRT , signal_handler);
 	signal(SIGFPE , signal_handler);
+#endif
 }
 
 //
@@ -2139,6 +2166,85 @@ void I_Sleep(void)
 		SDL_Delay(cv_sleep.value);
 }
 
+#ifdef NEWSIGNALHANDLER
+static void newsignalhandler_Warn(const char *pr)
+{
+	char text[128];
+
+	snprintf(text, sizeof text,
+			"Error while setting up signal reporting: %s: %s",
+			pr,
+			strerror(errno)
+	);
+
+	I_OutputMsg("%s\n", text);
+
+	SDL_ShowSimpleMessageBox(SDL_MESSAGEBOX_ERROR,
+		"Startup error",
+		text, NULL);
+
+	I_ShutdownConsole();
+	exit(-1);
+}
+
+static void I_Fork(void)
+{
+	int child;
+	int status;
+	int signum;
+	int c;
+
+	child = fork();
+
+	switch (child)
+	{
+		case -1:
+			newsignalhandler_Warn("fork()");
+			break;
+		case 0:
+			break;
+		default:
+			if (logstream)
+				fclose(logstream);/* the child has this */
+
+			c = wait(&status);
+
+#ifdef LOGMESSAGES
+			/* By the way, exit closes files. */
+			logstream = fopen(logfilename, "at");
+#else
+			logstream = 0;
+#endif
+
+			if (c == -1)
+			{
+				kill(child, SIGKILL);
+				newsignalhandler_Warn("wait()");
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				if (WIFSIGNALED (status))
+				{
+					signum = WTERMSIG (status);
+#ifdef WCOREDUMP
+					I_ReportSignal(signum, WCOREDUMP (status));
+#else
+					I_ReportSignal(signum, 0);
+#endif
+					status = 128 + signum;
+				}
+				else if (WIFEXITED (status))
+				{
+					status = WEXITSTATUS (status);
+				}
+
+				I_ShutdownConsole();
+				exit(status);
+			}
+	}
+}
+#endif/*NEWSIGNALHANDLER*/
+
 INT32 I_StartupSystem(void)
 {
 	SDL_version SDLcompiled;
@@ -2146,6 +2252,10 @@ INT32 I_StartupSystem(void)
 	SDL_VERSION(&SDLcompiled)
 	SDL_GetVersion(&SDLlinked);
 	I_StartupConsole();
+#ifdef NEWSIGNALHANDLER
+	I_Fork();
+#endif
+	I_RegisterSignals();
 	I_OutputMsg("Compiled for SDL version: %d.%d.%d\n",
 	 SDLcompiled.major, SDLcompiled.minor, SDLcompiled.patch);
 	I_OutputMsg("Linked with SDL version: %d.%d.%d\n",
@@ -2169,7 +2279,6 @@ void I_Quit(void)
 	if (quiting) goto death;
 	SDLforceUngrabMouse();
 	quiting = SDL_FALSE;
-	I_ShutdownConsole();
 	M_SaveConfig(NULL); //save game config, cvars..
 #ifndef NONET
 	D_SaveBan(); // save the ban list
@@ -2287,8 +2396,6 @@ void I_Error(const char *error, ...)
 	I_OutputMsg("\nI_Error(): %s\n", buffer);
 	// ---
 
-	I_ShutdownConsole();
-
 	M_SaveConfig(NULL); // save game config, cvars..
 #ifndef NONET
 	D_SaveBan(); // save the ban list
@@ -2388,6 +2495,10 @@ void I_ShutdownSystem(void)
 {
 	INT32 c;
 
+#ifndef NEWSIGNALHANDLER
+	I_ShutdownConsole();
+#endif
+
 	for (c = MAX_QUIT_FUNCS-1; c >= 0; c--)
 		if (quit_funcs[c])
 			(*quit_funcs[c])();