> spooner@mtw:~$ w
> 4:25pm up 3 days, 16:27, 11 users, load average: 0.12, 0.05, 0.07
> User tty login@ idle JCPU PCPU what
> spooner tty1 Wed 2pm 3 w
> spooner ttyp2 Thu10pm 17:46 -
> spooner ttyp1 Thu11pm -
> spooner ttyp3 12:07am -
> spooner ttyp3 Wed11pm -
> spooner ttyp0 Thu11pm -
> spooner ttyp4 2:29am -
> spooner ttyp4 Thu 3am -
> spooner ttyp3 Thu10pm -
> spooner ttyp3 Thu 4am -
> spooner ttyp5 1:36pm -
Recompilation of xterm was a solution in my case.