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diff -u --recursive --new-file v1.3.71/linux/scripts/README.Menuconfig linux/scripts/README.Menuconfig
@@ -99,13 +99,24 @@
 complete rebuild of lxdialog by changing to it's directory and doing
 'make clean all'
 
+If you use Menuconfig in an XTERM window make sure you have your 
+$TERM variable set to point to a xterm definition which supports color.
+Otherwise, Menuconfig will look rather bad.  Menuconfig will not 
+display correctly in a RXVT window because rxvt display's only one
+intensity of color, bright.
+
+
 NOTICE:  lxdialog requires the ncurses libraries to compile.  If you
          don't already have ncurses you really should get it.
 
          The makefile for lxdialog attempts to find your ncurses
          header file.  Although it should find the header for older
          versions of ncurses, it is probably a good idea to get the
-         latest ncurses anyway.
+         latest ncurses anyway. 
+
+         If you have upgraded your ncurses libraries, MAKE SURE you
+         remove the old ncurses header files.  If you don't you
+         will most certainly get a segmentation fault.
 
 WARNING: It is not recommended that you change any defines in
          lxdialog's header files.  If you have a grayscale display and

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