--- rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtd.C	2007/12/04 16:24:00	1.41
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtd.C	2008/02/19 18:58:05	1.45
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------*
  *
  * All portions of code are copyright by their respective author/s.
- * Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2007 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -198,11 +198,11 @@
             term->log_hook = &log_cb;
             term->getfd_hook = &getfd_cb;
 
-            bool success;
+            bool success = true;
 
             try
               {
-                success = term->init (argv, envv);
+                term->init (argv, envv);
               }
             catch (const class rxvt_failure_exception &e)
               {
@@ -248,14 +248,16 @@
         }
     }
 
-  chdir ("/");
-
+  // optionally open display and never release it.
   if (opt_opendisplay)
-    displays.get (getenv ("DISPLAY")); // open display and never release it
+    if (const char *dpy = getenv ("DISPLAY"))
+      displays.get (dpy ? dpy : ":0"); // move string logic into rxvt_display maybe?
 
   char *sockname = rxvt_connection::unix_sockname ();
   unix_listener l (sockname);
 
+  chdir ("/");
+
   if (!opt_quiet)
     {
       printf ("rxvt-unicode daemon listening on %s.\n", sockname);