--- gpm-1.20.1/src/gpm.c.deadsocket	2007-01-22 12:53:19.000000000 +0100
+++ gpm-1.20.1/src/gpm.c	2007-01-22 12:49:54.000000000 +0100
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@
           * we can safely use micelist
           */
          close(micelist->dev.fd);
-         wait_text_console();
+         wait_text_console(ctlfd);
          /* reopen, reinit (the function is only used if we have one mouse device) */
          if ((micelist->dev.fd = open(micelist->device, O_RDWR)) < 0)
             gpm_report(GPM_PR_OOPS, GPM_MESS_OPEN, micelist->device);
--- gpm-1.20.1/src/console.c.deadsocket	2007-01-22 00:50:25.000000000 +0100
+++ gpm-1.20.1/src/console.c	2007-01-22 13:08:18.000000000 +0100
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 }
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-void wait_text_console(void)
+void wait_text_console(int ctlfd)
 {
    struct timeval now;
    int usecs;
@@ -113,7 +113,21 @@
           usecs -= 1000000;
       usecs += 1000000 - now.tv_usec;
 
-      usleep(usecs);
+      now.tv_sec = 0;
+      now.tv_usec = usecs;
+
+      /* check for pending connections and reject them */
+      fd_set fds;
+      FD_ZERO(&fds);
+      FD_SET(ctlfd, &fds);
+
+      select(ctlfd + 1, &fds, 0, 0, &now);
+
+      if (FD_ISSET(ctlfd, &fds) && !is_text_console()) {
+	 int fd = accept(ctlfd, 0, 0);
+	 if (fd >= 0)
+	    close(fd);
+      }
    } while (!is_text_console());
 }
 
--- gpm-1.20.1/src/headers/console.h.deadsocket	2007-01-22 12:53:27.000000000 +0100
+++ gpm-1.20.1/src/headers/console.h	2007-01-22 12:51:49.000000000 +0100
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 char  *get_console_name();
 char  *compose_vc_name(int vc);
 int   is_text_console(void);
-void  wait_text_console(void);
+void  wait_text_console(int ctlfd);
 void  refresh_console_size(void);
 int   is_console_owner(int vc, uid_t uid);
 int   get_console_state(unsigned char *shift_state);