--- ncurses/base/lib_mouse.c
+++ ncurses/base/lib_mouse.c	2010-01-12 10:24:16.223429669 +0000
@@ -380,6 +380,11 @@ allow_gpm_mouse(void)
 {
     bool result = FALSE;
 
+#ifdef weak_symbol
+    /* 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 *list = getenv("NCURSES_GPM_TERMS");
--- ncurses/curses.priv.h
+++ ncurses/curses.priv.h	2008-04-11 15:33:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -608,6 +608,9 @@ typedef	struct {
 #if USE_GPM_SUPPORT
 #undef buttons			/* term.h defines this, and gpm uses it! */
 #include <gpm.h>
+#ifdef weak_symbol
+weak_symbol(Gpm_Wgetch);
+#endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBDL
 /* link dynamically to GPM */