diff -r 38f9bd7a4ce6 tools/ioemu/vl.c
--- a/tools/ioemu/vl.c	Tue Oct 03 11:39:22 2006 +0100
+++ b/tools/ioemu/vl.c	Tue Oct 03 16:46:22 2006 -0400
@@ -6310,7 +6310,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             case QEMU_OPTION_vncunused:
                 vncunused++;
                 if (vnc_display == -1)
-                    vnc_display = -2;
+                    vnc_display = 0;
                 break;
             }
         }
diff -r 38f9bd7a4ce6 tools/python/xen/xend/image.py
--- a/tools/python/xen/xend/image.py	Tue Oct 03 11:39:22 2006 +0100
+++ b/tools/python/xen/xend/image.py	Tue Oct 03 16:46:22 2006 -0400
@@ -355,10 +355,12 @@ class HVMImageHandler(ImageHandler):
         if vnc:
             vncdisplay = sxp.child_value(config, 'vncdisplay',
                                          int(self.vm.getDomid()))
-            ret = ret + ['-vnc', '%d' % vncdisplay, '-k', 'en-us']
             vncunused = sxp.child_value(config, 'vncunused')
             if vncunused:
                 ret += ['-vncunused']
+            else:
+                ret += ['-vnc', '%d' % vncdisplay]
+            ret += ['-k', 'en-us']
         return ret
 
     def createDeviceModel(self):