diff -r 142d79732c66 tools/python/xen/xend/image.py
--- a/tools/python/xen/xend/image.py	Fri Sep 15 17:05:38 2006 +0800
+++ b/tools/python/xen/xend/image.py	Thu Feb 01 13:28:10 2007 +0800
@@ -451,6 +451,11 @@ class HVMImageHandler(ImageHandler):
         vnc_config = {}
         has_vfb = False
         has_vnc = int(vmConfig['image'].get('vnc', 0)) != 0
+        has_sdl = int(vmConfig['image'].get('sdl', 0)) != 0
+        if not has_vfb and not has_vnc and not has_sdl:
+            ret.append('-nographic')
+            return ret
+
         for dev_uuid in vmConfig['console_refs']:
             dev_type, dev_info = vmConfig['devices'][dev_uuid]
             if dev_type == 'vfb':
@@ -458,15 +463,13 @@ class HVMImageHandler(ImageHandler):
                 has_vfb = True
                 break
 
+        if not has_vnc:
+            return ret
+
         if not vnc_config:
             for key in ('vncunused', 'vnclisten', 'vncdisplay', 'vncpasswd'):
                 if key in vmConfig['image']:
                     vnc_config[key] = vmConfig['image'][key]
-
-        if not has_vfb and not has_vnc:
-            ret.append('-nographic')
-            return ret
-
                     
         if not vnc_config.get('vncunused', 0) and \
                vnc_config.get('vncdisplay', 0):