Well you need to enable that in the monitor cap file in the
$(GISBASE)/etc/monitorcap file. You can do that by inserting
the following:
CELL:driver/CELL:Create GRASS Raster File: \
/home/grass4.1/dev/fifo.8a /home/grass4.1/dev/fifo.8b \
::any terminal
Hope this helps
Nalneesh Gaur