diff -r 3ce6d719bfc0 monitor.c
--- a/monitor.c	Sat Dec 16 14:34:25 2006 -0600
+++ b/monitor.c	Sat Dec 16 14:57:03 2006 -0600
@@ -2388,6 +2388,16 @@ static void term_read(void *opaque, cons
         readline_handle_byte(buf[i]);
 }
 
+static void term_event(void *opaque, int event)
+{
+    if (event != CHR_EVENT_RESET)
+	return;
+
+    term_printf("QEMU %s monitor - type 'help' for more information\n",
+		QEMU_VERSION);
+    readline_reset();
+}
+
 static void monitor_start_input(void);
 
 static void monitor_handle_command1(void *opaque, const char *cmdline)
@@ -2410,6 +2420,7 @@ void monitor_init(CharDriverState *hd, i
     }
     qemu_chr_add_read_handler(hd, term_can_read, term_read, NULL);
     monitor_start_input();
+    qemu_chr_add_event_handler(hd, term_event);
 }
 
 /* XXX: use threads ? */
diff -r 3ce6d719bfc0 readline.c
--- a/readline.c	Sat Dec 16 14:34:25 2006 -0600
+++ b/readline.c	Sat Dec 16 14:37:52 2006 -0600
@@ -415,6 +415,11 @@ void readline_start(const char *prompt, 
     term_show_prompt();
 }
 
+void readline_reset(void)
+{
+    term_show_prompt();
+}
+
 const char *readline_get_history(unsigned int index)
 {
     if (index >= TERM_MAX_CMDS)
diff -r 3ce6d719bfc0 vl.c
--- a/vl.c	Sat Dec 16 14:34:25 2006 -0600
+++ b/vl.c	Sat Dec 16 14:57:20 2006 -0600
@@ -2399,6 +2399,8 @@ static void tcp_chr_connect(void *opaque
     s->connected = 1;
     qemu_set_fd_handler2(s->fd, tcp_chr_read_poll,
                          tcp_chr_read, NULL, chr);
+    if (chr->chr_event)
+	    chr->chr_event(chr, CHR_EVENT_RESET);
 }
 
 #define IACSET(x,a,b,c) x[0] = a; x[1] = b; x[2] = c;
diff -r 3ce6d719bfc0 vl.h
--- a/vl.h	Sat Dec 16 14:34:25 2006 -0600
+++ b/vl.h	Sat Dec 16 14:42:55 2006 -0600
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ void qemu_del_wait_object(HANDLE handle,
 
 #define CHR_EVENT_BREAK 0 /* serial break char */
 #define CHR_EVENT_FOCUS 1 /* focus to this terminal (modal input needed) */
-
+#define CHR_EVENT_RESET 2 /* new connection established */
 
 
 #define CHR_IOCTL_SERIAL_SET_PARAMS   1
@@ -1334,6 +1334,7 @@ const char *readline_get_history(unsigne
 const char *readline_get_history(unsigned int index);
 void readline_start(const char *prompt, int is_password,
                     ReadLineFunc *readline_func, void *opaque);
+void readline_reset(void);
 
 void kqemu_record_dump(void);