--- gpm-1.20.1/src/lib/liblow.c.orig	2002-12-24 23:57:16.000000000 +0100
+++ gpm-1.20.1/src/lib/liblow.c	2004-08-19 04:02:13.834170632 +0200
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@
    Gpm_Stst *new = NULL;
    char* sock_name = 0;
 
-   option.consolename = NULL;
+   if(!checked_con)
+      option.consolename = NULL;
 
    gpm_report(GPM_PR_DEBUG,"VC: %d",flag);