Here is my monitorcap entry which works on my Linux box:
x0:driver/XDRIVER:X-windows graphics display: \
/usr/local/grass/dev/fifo.1a /usr/local/grass/dev/fifo.1b \
::any terminal
Here is my termcap entry for xterm:
console|con80x25|dumb:\
:do=^J:co#80:li#25:cl=\E[H\E[J:sf=\ED:sb=\EM:\
:le=^H:bs:am:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:nd=\E[C:up=\E[A:\
:ce=\E[K:cd=\E[J:so=\E[7m:se=\E[27m:us=\E[4m:ue=\E[m:\
:md=\E[1m:mr=\E[7m:mb=\E[5m:me=\E[m:is=\E[1;25r\E[25;1H:\
:ll=\E[1;25r\E[25;1H:al=\E[L:dc=\E[P:dl=\E[M:\
:it#8:ku=\E[A:kd=\E[B:kr=\E[C:kl=\E[D:kb=^H:ti=\E[r\E[H:\
:ho=\E[H:kP=\E[5~:kN=\E[6~:kH=\E[4~:kh=\E[1~:kD=\E[3~:kI=\E[2~:\
:k1=\E[[A:k2=\E[[B:k3=\E[[C:k4=\E[[D:k5=\E[[E:k6=\E[17~:\
:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:k0=\E[21~:K1=\E[1~:K2=\E[5~:\
:K4=\E[4~:K5=\E[6~:\
:pt:sr=\EM:vt#3:xn:km:bl=^G:vi=\E[?25l:ve=\E[?25h:vs=\E[?25h:\
:sc=\E7:rc=\E8:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:\
vs|xterm|vs100|xterm terminal emulator (X Window System):\
:AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:UP=\E[%dA:\
:al=\E[L:am:\
:bs:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:co#80:\
:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3k:\
:dc=\E[P:dl=\E[M:\
:im=\E[4h:ei=\E[4l:mi:\
:ho=\E[H:\
:is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\
:rs=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l\E<:\
:k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:kb=^H:kd=\EOB:ke=\E[?1l\E>:\
:kl=\EOD:km:kn#10:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ku=\EOA:\
:li#24:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m:mr=\E[7m:ms:nd=\E[C:pt:\
:sc=\E7:rc=\E8:sf=\n:so=\E[7m:se=\E[m:sr=\EM:\
:te=\E[2J\E[?47l\E8:ti=\E7\E[?47h:\
:up=\E[A:us=\E[4m:ue=\E[m:xn:\
:k5=\E[15~:k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:k0=\E[21~:\
:kP=\E[5~:kN=\E[6~:kI=\E[2~:
v2|xterms|vs100s|xterm terminal emulator, small window (X Window System):\
:co#80:li#24:tc=xterm:
vb|xterm-bold|xterm with bold instead of underline:\
:us=\E[1m:tc=xterm:
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