--- ncurses/base/lib_mouse.c
+++ ncurses/base/lib_mouse.c	2008-04-11 17:48:00.119274018 +0200
@@ -352,6 +352,11 @@ enable_xterm_mouse(int enable)
 static int
 allow_gpm_mouse(void)
 {
+#if defined(linux) && (defined(_REENTRANT) || defined(_THREAD_SAFE))
+    /* Danger Robinson: do not use dlopen for libgpm if already loaded */
+    if ((Gpm_Wgetch))
+	return FALSE;
+#endif
     /* GPM does printf's without checking if stdout is a terminal */
     if (isatty(fileno(stdout))) {
 	char *env = getenv("TERM");
@@ -359,7 +364,7 @@ allow_gpm_mouse(void)
 	 * it should pass xterm events through.  There is no real advantage
 	 * in allowing GPM to do this.
 	 */
-	if (env == 0 || strncmp(env, "xterm", 5))
+	if (env == 0 || strncmp(env, "linux", 5) == 0)
 	    return TRUE;
     }
     return FALSE;
--- ncurses/curses.priv.h
+++ ncurses/curses.priv.h	2008-04-11 17:33:58.695131162 +0200
@@ -397,6 +397,9 @@ typedef	struct {
 #if USE_GPM_SUPPORT
 #undef buttons			/* term.h defines this, and gpm uses it! */
 #include <gpm.h>
+#if defined(linux) && (defined(_REENTRANT) || defined(_THREAD_SAFE))
+weak_symbol(Gpm_Wgetch);
+#endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBDL
 /* link dynamically to GPM */