diff -Nru cmatrix-1.2a.orig/configure.in cmatrix-1.2a/configure.in
--- cmatrix-1.2a.orig/configure.in	Mon Apr  1 02:54:02 2002
+++ cmatrix-1.2a/configure.in	Mon Sep 23 10:28:39 2002
@@ -61,12 +61,38 @@
 fi
 
 dnl Stuff we want at the end so people can actually see it...
-AC_PATH_PROG(CONSOLECHARS, consolechars, "", $PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin/sbin:/usr/sbin)
-AC_PATH_PROG(SETFONT, setfont, "", $PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin/sbin:/usr/sbin)
+AC_ARG_WITH(consolechars,
+	    [  --with-consolechars	Compile program to use consolechars from console-utils],
+	[AC_PATH_PROG(CONSOLECHARS, consolechars, "", $PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin/sbin:/usr/sbin)
+	if test x$CONSOLECHARS = x; then
+		AC_MSG_WARN([
+			     
+*** You want to use consolechars, but none was found
+*** If you are using Linux, the package containing this program is 
+*** usually called console-utils
+			])
+	fi
+	AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(HAVE_CONSOLECHARS, $CONSOLECHARS)],
+	[AC_PATH_PROG(CONSOLECHARS, consolechars, "", $PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin/sbin:/usr/sbin)]
+)
+
+AC_ARG_WITH(setfont,
+	    [  --with-setfont	Compile program to use setfont from kbd],
+	[AC_PATH_PROG(SETFONT, setfont, "", $PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin/sbin:/usr/sbin)
+	if test x$SETFONT = x; then
+		AC_MSG_WARN([
+			     
+*** You want to use setfont, but none was found
+*** If you are using Linux, the package containing this program is
+*** usually called kbd or kbd-utils
+			     ])
+	fi],
+	[AC_PATH_PROG(SETFONT, setfont, "", $PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin/sbin:/usr/sbin)]
+)
 
 if test x$CONSOLECHARS = x; then
     if test x$SETFONT = x; then
-	AC_MSG_WARN([
+	    AC_MSG_WARN([
 
 *** neither the consolechars nor the setfont program was not found.  You
 *** will not be able to see the characters in the matrix font in the