diff -ru a/tools/python/xen/xend/XendConfig.py b/tools/python/xen/xend/XendConfig.py
--- a/tools/python/xen/xend/XendConfig.py	2007-09-07 11:31:20.000000000 -0600
+++ b/tools/python/xen/xend/XendConfig.py	2007-09-07 14:07:50.000000000 -0600
@@ -726,6 +726,7 @@
 
             if not has_rfb:
                 dev_config = ['vfb']
+                dev_config.append(['type', 'vnc'])
                 # copy VNC related params from platform config to vfb dev conf
                 for key in ['vncpasswd', 'vncunused', 'vncdisplay',
                             'vnclisten']: