*** liblow.old	Wed Sep 27 21:59:54 2006
--- liblow.c	Wed Sep 27 21:59:59 2006
***************
*** 258,263 ****
--- 258,265 ----
              goto err;
           }   
           /* do we really need this check ? */
+ 	 if(option.consolename==NULL) goto err;
+ 	 if(tty==NULL) goto err;
           if(strncmp(tty,option.consolename,strlen(option.consolename)-1)
              || !isdigit(tty[strlen(option.consolename)-1])) {
              gpm_report(GPM_PR_ERR,"strncmp/isdigit/option.consolename failed");