Index: gnuplot-4.4.0/term/ggi.trm
===================================================================
--- gnuplot-4.4.0.orig/term/ggi.trm	2011-01-04 21:47:00.000000000 +0100
+++ gnuplot-4.4.0/term/ggi.trm	2011-01-04 21:47:45.000000000 +0100
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@
 	/* user specified mode */
 	if (!ggiParseMode(GGI_mode_spec, &mode)) {
 	    mode.frames = GGI_frames;
+	    ggiCheckMode(GGIvisual, &mode);
 	    if (!ggiSetMode(GGIvisual, &mode)) {
 		success = 1;
 	    }