xterm problem

[Heinrich Rebehn]

Julio Biason wrote:
> On 01/02/06, Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn at ant.uni-bremen.de> wrote:
>> A xterm with midnight commander running inside looks like this:
>>
>> http://www.ant.uni-bremen.de/~rebehn/xterm-breezy.jpg
>>
> [...]
>> i get this:
>>
>> http://www.ant.uni-bremen.de/~rebehn/xterm-sarge.jpg
> 
> Try doing the following in each machine:
> 
> echo $TERM
> 
> Maybe each machine is using a different terminal configuration and mc
> (libcurses, actually) is getting nuts.
> 

$TERM is "xterm" in both cases.
The problem also shows up when viewing manpages. Highlighted portions 
are close to unreadable, as is my colored bash prompt.

Am i the only one observing this??

--Heinrich