diff -Naur mingetty-0.9.4/mingetty.8 mingetty-0.9.4-p/mingetty.8
--- mingetty-0.9.4/mingetty.8	Fri Jun 14 15:54:01 1996
+++ mingetty-0.9.4-p/mingetty.8	Wed Jun 14 12:34:28 2000
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 .B \-\-long\-hostname
 By default the hostname is only printed until the first dot.
 With this option enabled, the full text from gethostname() is shown.
+.TP
+.B \-\-mono
+Set terminal type to "linux-m" instead of default "linux" (for mono consoles)
 .PP
 .SH "ISSUE ESCAPES"
 .B mingetty 
diff -Naur mingetty-0.9.4/mingetty.c mingetty-0.9.4-p/mingetty.c
--- mingetty-0.9.4/mingetty.c	Wed Jun 14 12:17:55 2000
+++ mingetty-0.9.4-p/mingetty.c	Wed Jun 14 12:36:22 2000
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@
 static int noclear = 0;
 /* Print the whole string of gethostname() instead of just until the next "." */
 static int longhostname = 0;
-
+/* Set mono terminal type */
+static int mono_term = 0;
 
 /*
  * output error messages
@@ -393,6 +394,7 @@
 static struct option const long_options[] = {
 	{ "noclear", no_argument, &noclear, 1},
 	{ "long-hostname", no_argument, &longhostname, 1},
+	{ "mono", no_argument, &mono_term, 1},
 	{ 0, 0, 0, 0 }
 };
 
@@ -409,9 +411,6 @@
 	gethostname (hn, MAXHOSTNAMELEN);
 	pid = getpid ();
 	time (&cur_time);
-#if 1
-	putenv ("TERM=linux");
-#endif
 
 	while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "", long_options, (int *) 0))
 			!= EOF) {
@@ -422,6 +421,12 @@
 				usage ();
 		}
 	}
+	
+	if (mono_term)
+		putenv ("TERM=linux-m");
+	else
+		putenv ("TERM=linux");
+	
 	if (!longhostname && (s = strchr(hn, '.')))
 		*s = '\0';
 	tty = argv[optind];