--- gpm-1.20.1/configure.in.vns	2007-09-11 11:09:08 +0400
+++ gpm-1.20.1/configure.in	2007-09-11 11:09:08 +0400
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ else
         lispdir='${datadir}/emacs/site-lisp'
 fi
 
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(syslog.h linux/input.h linux/joystick.h ncurses.h ncurses/curses.h curses.h)
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(syslog.h linux/input.h linux/joystick.h ncurses.h ncurses/curses.h curses.h term.h)
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(curses,
 [  --without-curses        disable curses support even if curses found])
--- gpm-1.20.1/src/lib/liblow.c.vns	2007-09-11 11:09:08 +0400
+++ gpm-1.20.1/src/lib/liblow.c	2007-09-11 11:37:21 +0400
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@
 #include <sys/kd.h>        /* KDGETMODE */
 #include <termios.h>       /* winsize */
 
+#ifdef HAVE_TERM_H
+#include <curses.h>
+#include <term.h>
+#undef buttons
+#endif /* HAVE_TERM_H */
+
 #include "headers/gpmInt.h"
 #include "headers/message.h"
 
@@ -203,14 +209,40 @@ int Gpm_Open(Gpm_Connect *conn, int flag
 
    gpm_report(GPM_PR_DEBUG,"VC: %d",flag);
 
+   if ((term=(char*)getenv("TERM")) && strncmp(term,"linux",5)) {
    /*....................................... First of all, check xterm */
+#ifdef HAVE_TERM_H
+      TERMINAL *old_term = cur_term;
+      char *mousecap;
+
+      if (setupterm((char *) 0, 1, 0) == OK)
+      {
+        if ((mousecap=tigetstr("kmous")) && mousecap != (char *)-1 && mousecap && mousecap[0])
+	{
+#else /* ! HAVE_TERM_H */
+      if (!strncmp(term,"xterm",5))
+      {
+#endif /* HAVE_TERM_H */
 
-   if ((term=(char *)getenv("TERM")) && !strncmp(term,"xterm",5)) {
-      if(gpm_tried) return gpm_fd; /* no stack */
-      gpm_fd=-2;
-      GPM_XTERM_ON;
-      gpm_flag=1;
-      return gpm_fd;
+         if(gpm_tried) return gpm_fd; /* no stack */
+         gpm_fd=-2;
+         GPM_XTERM_ON;
+         gpm_flag=1;
+         return gpm_fd;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_TERM_H
+	}
+        if (cur_term != old_term) /* in 5.4 release curses made optimization */
+        {
+         del_curterm(cur_term);
+         set_curterm(old_term);
+        }
+     }
+#else
+     }
+#endif /* HAVE_TERM_H */
+      gpm_flag=0;
+      return -1;
    }
    /*....................................... No xterm, go on */