[GRASSLIST:1251] Still having problems selecting monitors

I just compiled and installed Grass 5 beta 10 and it is still giving me
problems in selecting monitors. A rundown:

First I tried opening a monitor from the windowing system. That opened
a window for the monitor but then locked up and I could do no more from
the windowing system.

Next I tried
     d.mon start=x0
from the command prompt, which had the same problems, but I could get a
prompt back by pressing Ctrl-C

Next I tried
     d.mon -s start=x0
which was successful
     d.mon select=x0
which wasn't.

I am running Suse 6.3 Linux with kernel 2.3.41, glibc-2.1 and
XFree86-3.3.5 .

Any explanation appreciated.

Scott Smith