diff -urN multi-gnome-terminal-1.6.2/gnome-terminal/enhanced_gui.c multi-gnome-terminal-1.6.2-CVS/gnome-terminal/enhanced_gui.c
--- multi-gnome-terminal-1.6.2/gnome-terminal/enhanced_gui.c	2002-10-13 09:18:04.000000000 -0400
+++ multi-gnome-terminal-1.6.2-CVS/gnome-terminal/enhanced_gui.c	2004-04-01 06:20:18.000000000 -0500
@@ -5531,7 +5531,7 @@
     }
 }
 #define EVENT_STATE_MASK (GDK_SHIFT_MASK | GDK_MOD1_MASK | GDK_CONTROL_MASK)
-#define kkd(x) x
+#define kkd(x) 
 /* ========================================================== */
 /* Function to handle keybindings */
 gint snooper_func(GtkWidget* widget, GdkEventKey *event, gpointer data)
diff -urN multi-gnome-terminal-1.6.2/gnome-terminal/zvtterm.c multi-gnome-terminal-1.6.2-CVS/gnome-terminal/zvtterm.c
--- multi-gnome-terminal-1.6.2/gnome-terminal/zvtterm.c	2002-09-10 08:17:29.000000000 -0400
+++ multi-gnome-terminal-1.6.2-CVS/gnome-terminal/zvtterm.c	2004-04-01 06:20:18.000000000 -0500
@@ -4504,9 +4504,12 @@
 static void
 zvt_term_readdata (gpointer data, gint fd, GdkInputCondition condition)
 {
+  int select_retval;
+  struct timeval tv;
+  fd_set rfds;
   gboolean update;
-  gchar buffer[4096];
-  gint count, saveerrno;
+  gchar buffer[32768];
+  gint count, total_count, saveerrno;
   struct _vtx *vx;
   ZvtTerm *term;
   int screen;
@@ -4535,23 +4538,46 @@
   vt_cursor_state (term, 0);
   vt_match_highlight(term->vx, 0);
 #endif
-  while ( (saveerrno == EAGAIN) && (count = read (fd, buffer, 4096)) > 0)  {
-    
-#if 0
-    int i =0;
-    while(i<count)
-      {
-	if (buffer[i]==27)
-	  printf("<Esc> ");
-	else
-	  printf("(%d,%c) ", buffer[i], buffer[i]);
-	i++;
-      }
-    printf("\n count=%d\n", count);
-#endif
-    
+
+
+  select_retval=1;
+  total_count=0;
+  count=1;
+
+  while ( (count>0) && (select_retval==1) && (total_count<32768) )
+  {
+	  count=0;
+	  int maxread=32768-total_count;
+	  if (maxread>4096)
+		  maxread=4096;
+
+	  count = read (fd, &buffer[total_count], maxread);
+	  saveerrno=errno;
+	  if (count == -1)
+	  {
+		  perror("read()");
+		  break;
+	  }
+	  if (count>0)
+		  total_count+=count;
+
+	  FD_ZERO(&rfds);
+	  FD_SET(fd, &rfds);
+	  tv.tv_sec = 0;
+	  tv.tv_usec = 10000;
+	  select_retval = select(fd+1, &rfds, NULL, NULL, &tv);
+	  if (select_retval == -1)
+	  {
+	      perror("select()");
+	      break;
+	  }
+  }
+  
+  if (total_count) {
+   
+  count=total_count;
+
     update = TRUE;
-    saveerrno = errno;
 #ifdef MGT_NEW_DATA_PROCESSING 
     in_data = g_malloc0(sizeof (struct in_data_t));
     in_data->term = term;