Index: vl.c
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RCS file: /sources/qemu/qemu/vl.c,v
retrieving revision 1.306
diff -u -b -B -r1.306 vl.c
--- vl.c	10 Jun 2007 19:21:04 -0000	1.306
+++ vl.c	11 Jun 2007 20:43:35 -0000
@@ -4481,6 +4481,16 @@
                     "Empty");
 }
 
+static void dumb_display_init(DisplayState *ds)
+{
+    ds->data = NULL;
+    ds->linesize = 0;
+    ds->depth = 0;
+    ds->dpy_update = dumb_update;
+    ds->dpy_resize = dumb_resize;
+    ds->dpy_refresh = dumb_refresh;
+}
+
 /***********************************************************/
 /* I/O handling */
 
@@ -7877,7 +7887,8 @@
     /* terminal init */
     memset(&display_state, 0, sizeof(display_state));
     if (nographic) {
-        /* nothing to do */
+        /* nearly nothing to do */
+        dumb_display_init(ds);
     } else if (vnc_display != NULL) {
         vnc_display_init(ds, vnc_display);
     } else {