> 
> You're right, I did have the COMPAT options commented out.  I tried uncommenting
> them and built a new kernel but it doesn't seem to make a difference.  I continue
> to get the same error.  I'm not really sure what to do next.  I suppose my copy
> of xterm could be corrupted.  I might try downloading the xterm sources and and
> recompiling it.

You remembered to do a make clean after config'ing and before compiling?

Take care,

Bill