diff -r a5314d585db4 urwid/curses_display.py
--- a/urwid/curses_display.py	Sun Jan 18 21:30:05 2009 -0500
+++ b/urwid/curses_display.py	Mon Jan 19 21:08:18 2009 -0500
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@
 		except _curses.error:
 			pass # don't block original error with curses error
 		
+		self._started = False
+		
 		if self._old_signal_keys:
 			self.tty_signal_keys(*self._old_signal_keys)