diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9968d3e..c83b07c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dnl                 changes are made
 dnl ---
 JACK_MAJOR_VERSION=0
 JACK_MINOR_VERSION=99
-JACK_MICRO_VERSION=32
+JACK_MICRO_VERSION=33
 
 dnl ---
 dnl HOWTO: updating the jack protocol version
@@ -148,11 +148,15 @@ if test "x$TRY_POSIX_SHM" = "xyes"
 then
 	AC_MSG_RESULT([POSIX shm_open().])
 	AC_DEFINE(USE_POSIX_SHM,1,[Use POSIX shared memory interface])
+	JACK_SHM_TYPE='"POSIX"'
 	USE_POSIX_SHM="true"
 else
 	AC_MSG_RESULT([System V shmget().])
+	JACK_SHM_TYPE='"System V"'
 	USE_POSIX_SHM="false"
 fi
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(JACK_SHM_TYPE, [$JACK_SHM_TYPE],
+	[JACK shared memory type])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_POSIX_SHM, $USE_POSIX_SHM)
 
 JACK_CORE_CFLAGS="-I\$(top_builddir)/config -I\$(top_srcdir) \
@@ -576,5 +580,6 @@ echo \| Build with CoreAudio support.......................... : $HAVE_COREAUDIO
 echo \| Build with PortAudio support.......................... : $HAVE_PA
 echo \|
 echo \| Default driver backend................................ : $JACK_DEFAULT_DRIVER
+echo \| Shared memory interface............................... : $JACK_SHM_TYPE
 echo
 
diff --git a/libjack/client.c b/libjack/client.c
index 4ad0263..3799942 100644
--- a/libjack/client.c
+++ b/libjack/client.c
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ server_event_connect (jack_client_t *client, const char *server_name)
 
 /* Exec the JACK server in this process.  Does not return. */
 static void
-_start_server (void)
+_start_server (const char *server_name)
 {
 	FILE* fp = 0;
 	char filename[255];
@@ -473,12 +473,19 @@ _start_server (void)
 	argv = (char **) malloc (255);
   
 	while(1) {
-		/* insert -T into arguments */
+		/* insert -T and -nserver_name in front of arguments */
 		if (i == 1) {
-			argv[i] = (char*)malloc(3);
-			strncpy(argv[i], "-T", 2); 
-			argv[i][2] = '\0';
-			++i;
+			argv[i] = (char *) malloc(strlen ("-T") + 1);
+			strcpy (argv[i++], "-T"); 
+			if (server_name) {
+				size_t optlen = strlen ("-n");
+				char *buf =
+					malloc (optlen
+						+ strlen (server_name) + 1);
+				strcpy (buf, "-n");
+				strcpy (buf+optlen, server_name);
+				argv[i++] = buf;
+			}
 		}
 
 		result = strcspn(arguments+pos, " ");
@@ -503,7 +510,7 @@ _start_server (void)
 }
 
 int
-start_server (jack_options_t options)
+start_server (const char *server_name, jack_options_t options)
 {
 	if ((options & JackNoStartServer)
 	    || getenv("JACK_NO_START_SERVER")) {
@@ -523,7 +530,7 @@ start_server (jack_options_t options)
 	case 0:				/* child process */
 		switch (fork()) {
 		case 0:			/* grandchild process */
-			_start_server();
+			_start_server(server_name);
 			_exit (99);	/* exec failed */
 		case -1:
 			_exit (98);
@@ -578,7 +585,7 @@ jack_request_client (ClientType type,
 
 	if ((*req_fd = server_connect (va->server_name)) < 0) {
 		int trys;
-		if (start_server(options)) {
+		if (start_server(va->server_name, options)) {
 			*status |= (JackFailure|JackServerFailed);
 			goto fail;
 		}
diff --git a/libjack/shm.c b/libjack/shm.c
index aa1d98d..87b83cd 100644
--- a/libjack/shm.c
+++ b/libjack/shm.c
@@ -54,10 +54,8 @@
 
 #ifdef USE_POSIX_SHM
 static jack_shmtype_t jack_shmtype = shm_POSIX;
-static char *shmtype_name = "POSIX";
 #else
 static jack_shmtype_t jack_shmtype = shm_SYSV;
-static char *shmtype_name = "System V";
 #endif
 
 /* interface-dependent forward declarations */
@@ -320,7 +318,7 @@ jack_register_server (const char *server_name)
 	int i;
 	pid_t my_pid = getpid ();
 
-	fprintf (stderr, "JACK compiled with %s SHM support.\n", shmtype_name);
+	fprintf (stderr, "JACK compiled with %s SHM support.\n", JACK_SHM_TYPE);
 
 	jack_shm_lock_registry ();