diff --git a/freeglut/freeglut/ChangeLog b/freeglut/freeglut/ChangeLog
index 12bcbf3..2cdb236 100644
--- a/freeglut/freeglut/ChangeLog
+++ b/freeglut/freeglut/ChangeLog
@@ -1207,3 +1207,7 @@ and "freeglut"
 (312)  Added multisampling support for *nix and Windows; some other pixel
 format changes for Windows
 
+(313)  Added Markus Henschel's change (e-mail to developers' list, June 28,
+2006) to have the "glutInitDisplayString" ignore numerical assignments to
+tokens as a temporary fix.
+
diff --git a/freeglut/freeglut/src/freeglut_init.c b/freeglut/freeglut/src/freeglut_init.c
index fbf9065..702f1e5 100644
--- a/freeglut/freeglut/src/freeglut_init.c
+++ b/freeglut/freeglut/src/freeglut_init.c
@@ -727,9 +727,16 @@ void FGAPIENTRY glutInitDisplayString( const char* displayMode )
     {
         /* Process this token */
         int i ;
+
+        /* Temporary fix:  Ignore any length specifications and at least
+         * process the basic token
+         * TODO:  Fix this permanently
+         */
+        size_t cleanlength = strcspn ( token, "=<>~!" );
+
         for ( i = 0; i < NUM_TOKENS; i++ )
         {
-            if ( strcmp ( token, Tokens[i] ) == 0 ) break ;
+            if ( strncmp ( token, Tokens[i], cleanlength ) == 0 ) break ;
         }
 
         switch ( i )