--- Curses-UI-0.95/lib/Curses/UI.pm.pix	2006-11-02 13:03:09.000000000 +0100
+++ Curses-UI-0.95/lib/Curses/UI.pm	2006-11-02 13:03:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
 	print STDERR "DEBUG: ncurses mouse events are enabled\n"
 	    if $Curses::UI::debug;
         # In case of gpm, mousemask fails. (MT: Not for me, maybe GPM changed?)
-	eval { $mmreturn = mousemask( ALL_MOUSE_EVENTS(), $old ) };
+	eval { $mmreturn = mousemask( ALL_MOUSE_EVENTS(), $old ) } if $Curses::UI::gpm_mouse;
 	if ($Curses::UI::debug) {
 	    print STDERR "DEBUG: mousemak returned $mmreturn\n";
 	    print STDERR "DEBUG: Old is now $old\n";