This is Oliver Andrich's cursesmodule-1.5b2, slightly patched by Arne Zellentin so that it includes "termresize". Note: I renamed it to jack_cursesmodule so that it doesn't conflict with the original cursesmodule. I think it's a valid replacement but I've given up trying to get it into the python distribution. Note 2: The precompiled versions RedHat-6.0 and Debian-Potato do not reflect this change (yet) because I do not have access to such a system anymore. The module precompiled/RedHat-6.0/cursesmodule.so has been compiled on a RedHat 6.0 alike system on an i686 (glibc2); precompiled/Debian-Potato/cursemodule.so was done on a (you guessed it) Debian Potato System. precompiled/Debian-Woody/jack_cursemodule.so was done on Woody. If you run something else that is at least Linux/ix86, check if one of them works. Do that by running Python and entering from curses import * or from jack_curses import * in interactive mode. If it fails, you will be confronted with an error message which may be of help. Have fun!