--- blogd.c
+++ blogd.c	2011-03-31 14:59:37.543926064 +0000
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	dup2(0, 2);
 
     secondtty(cons, st.st_rdev);
-exit(0);
+
     (void)ioctl(0, TIOCCONS, NULL);  /* Undo any current map if any */
     close(0);
 
@@ -351,22 +351,34 @@ exit(0);
 #endif
 	    c->max_canon = _POSIX_MAX_CANON;
 	c->tlock = 0;
-	if (tcgetattr(cons->fd, &cons->otio) < 0)
+	if (tcgetattr(c->fd, &c->otio) < 0)
 	    continue;
 	c->tlock = 1;
-#if 1
+
 	iflag = c->otio.c_iflag;
 	oflag = c->otio.c_oflag;
 
-	c->otio.c_iflag |= (ICRNL | IGNBRK);
-	c->otio.c_iflag &= ~(INLCR | IGNCR | BRKINT);
-	c->otio.c_oflag |= (ONLCR | OPOST);
-	c->otio.c_oflag &= ~(OCRNL | ONLRET);
-	(void)tcsetattr(cons->fd, TCSADRAIN, &cons->otio);
+	if (ioctl(c->fd, TIOCMGET, &flags) == 0) {
+		ispeed = cfgetispeed(&c->otio);
+		ospeed = cfgetospeed(&c->otio);
+
+		c->otio.c_iflag = c->otio.c_lflag = 0;
+		c->otio.c_oflag = (ONLCR | OPOST);
+		c->otio.c_cflag = CREAD | CS8 | HUPCL | (c->otio.c_cflag & CLOCAL);
+
+		cfsetispeed(&c->otio, ispeed);
+		cfsetospeed(&c->otio, ospeed);
+	} else {
+		c->otio.c_iflag |= (ICRNL | IGNBRK);
+		c->otio.c_iflag &= ~(INLCR | IGNCR | BRKINT);
+		c->otio.c_oflag |= (ONLCR | OPOST);
+		c->otio.c_oflag &= ~(OCRNL | ONLRET);
+	}
+	(void)tcsetattr(c->fd, TCSADRAIN, &c->otio);
 
 	c->otio.c_iflag = iflag;
 	c->otio.c_oflag = oflag;
-#endif
+
 	if ((c->otio.c_lflag & ICANON) == 0) {
 	    c->otio.c_lflag |= ICANON | IEXTEN | ISIG | ECHO|ECHOE|ECHOK|ECHOKE;
 	    c->otio.c_oflag |= OPOST;
--- libconsole.c
+++ libconsole.c	2011-03-31 14:44:34.988426227 +0000
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ out:
 /*
  * The stdio file pointer for our log file
  */
-struct console *restrict cons;
+struct console *cons;
 static FILE * flog = NULL;
 static int fdread  = -1;
 static int fdfifo  = -1;
@@ -1463,6 +1463,10 @@ static void consalloc(struct console *re
 	return;
     }
     tail->next = newc;
+    tail->tlock = 0;
+    tail->max_canon = _POSIX_MAX_CANON;
+    memset(&tail->ltio, 0, sizeof(tail->ltio));
+    memset(&tail->otio, 0, sizeof(tail->otio));
     tail = tail->next;
 
     if ((flags = fcntl(newc->fd, F_GETFL)) < 0)
--- libconsole.h
+++ libconsole.h	2011-03-31 14:47:22.755926508 +0000
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ struct console {
     int fd, tlock;
     ssize_t max_canon;
     struct termios ltio, otio;
-    struct console *restrict next;
+    struct console * next;
 };
 extern void error (const char *fmt, ...) attribute((__noreturn__, __format__(__printf__, 1, 2)));
 extern void warn  (const char *fmt, ...) attribute((__format__(__printf__, 1, 2)));
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ extern void secondtty(struct console *re
 extern void prepareIO(void (*rfunc)(int), void (*pfunc)(void), const pid_t, const int);
 extern void safeIO (void);
 extern void closeIO(void);
-extern struct console *restrict cons;
+extern struct console *cons;
 #define alignof(type)		((sizeof(type)+(sizeof(void*)-1)) & ~(sizeof(void*)-1))
 #define strsize(string)		((strlen(string)+1)*sizeof(char))