diff -r fd10729d891f tools/ioemu/vl.c
--- a/tools/ioemu/vl.c	Fri Aug 11 17:39:33 2006 +0100
+++ b/tools/ioemu/vl.c	Mon Aug 14 11:06:01 2006 +0100
@@ -6036,7 +6036,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                 }
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_nographic:
-                pstrcpy(monitor_device, sizeof(monitor_device), "stdio");
+                pstrcpy(monitor_device, sizeof(monitor_device), "null");
                 if(!strcmp(serial_devices[0], "vc"))
                     pstrcpy(serial_devices[0], sizeof(serial_devices[0]),
                             "stdio");