dialogs not OK yet

latest cvs, configured with --with-xaw=3d, when i enter a dialog box sometimes i receive a (generalized) random char in the minibuffer, that looks like a prefix, e.g., "up -" i have debug-on-error raised, but no error was signalled i checked the "*Help: lossage*" buffer, too, to find that the spourios character were not transcribed there here it is my "Installation", ciao ------------------------------------------------------------------------ uname -a: Linux boffi95.stru.polimi.it 2.2.12-20 #1 Mon Sep 27 10:25:54 EDT 1999 i586 unknown ./configure '--with-athena=3d' '--error-checking=none' XEmacs 21.2-b26 "Millenium" configured for `i586-pc-linux'. Where should the build process find the source code? /home/jim/src/xemacs What installation prefix should install use? /usr/local What operating system and machine description files should XEmacs use? `s/linux.h' and `m/intel386.h' What compiler should XEmacs be built with? gcc -g -O3 -Wall -Wno-switch Should XEmacs use the GNU version of malloc? yes (Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library.) Should XEmacs use the relocating allocator for buffers? yes What window system should XEmacs use? x11 Where do we find X Windows header files? /usr/X11R6/include Where do we find X Windows libraries? /usr/X11R6/lib Athena library to link: Xaw3d Athena header include path: X11/Xaw3d Compiling in support for XAUTH. Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for PNG image handling. Compiling in support for (builtin) GIF image handling. Compiling in support for JPEG image handling. Compiling in support for TIFF image handling. Compiling in support for X-Face message headers. Compiling in native sound support. Compiling in support for Berkeley DB. Compiling in support for ncurses. Compiling in support for GPM (General Purpose Mouse). Compiling in support for proper WM_COMMAND handling. Using Lucid menubars. Using Lucid scrollbars. Using Athena native widgets. Using Athena dialog boxes. Compiling in dynamic shared object module support. movemail will use "dot-locking" for locking mail spool files. Compiling in extra code for debugging.