diff --git a/v4l2/Makefile b/v4l2/Makefile
index 4cdfa280..b536a994 100644
--- a/v4l2/Makefile
+++ b/v4l2/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ video-infos: video-infos.c Makefile funcs.o v4l2_pr_structs.o
 	gcc -Wall -g $<  ${LOBJ} ../libfloatimg.a -o $@
 
 nc-camcontrol: nc-camcontrol.c Makefile funcs.o v4l2_pr_structs.o
-	gcc -Wall -g $<  ${LOBJ} ../libfloatimg.a -o $@
+	gcc -Wall -g $<  ${LOBJ} ../libfloatimg.a -lcurses -o $@
 
 #		---------------
 #		external things
diff --git a/v4l2/nc-camcontrol.c b/v4l2/nc-camcontrol.c
index fa2734dd..2a29af8d 100644
--- a/v4l2/nc-camcontrol.c
+++ b/v4l2/nc-camcontrol.c
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@
 #include  <stdlib.h>
 #include  <unistd.h>
 #include  <math.h>
-#include  <string.h>
+// #include  <string.h>
 #include  <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include  <errno.h>
 #include  <inttypes.h>
+#include  <curses.h>
 #include  <linux/videodev2.h>
 
 #include  "../floatimg.h"
@@ -33,15 +34,35 @@ exit(0);
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 int init_screen(char *title)
 {
+int			foo;
+
+#if DEBUG_LEVEL
 fprintf(stderr, ">>> %s ( '%s' )\n", __func__, title);
+#endif
+
+initscr();
+
+standout(); mvaddstr(1, 5, title); standend(); refresh();
+
+
 return -1;
 }
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-int preparation(char *devname, int param)
+int end_screen(void)
+{
+endwin();
+return 0;
+}
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+int preparation_v4l2(char *devname, int param)
 {
 int			fd, foo;
 struct v4l2_capability	cap;
 
+#if DEBUG_LEVEL
+fprintf(stderr, ">>> %s ( '%s' %d )\n", __func__, devname, param);
+#endif
+
 fd = open_device(devname);
 if (fd < 0) {
 	fprintf(stderr, "err %d on %s opening\n", errno, devname);
@@ -62,13 +83,18 @@ if (!(cap.capabilities & V4L2_CAP_VIDEO_CAPTURE)) {
 return fd;
 }
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-int interactive(int fd, int notused)
+int interactive(int fd, char *text, int notused)
 {
 
-init_screen("prototype");
-
 fprintf(stderr, "file descriptor = %d\n", fd);
 
+init_screen("prototype");
+
+sleep(2);
+
+end_screen();
+
+return 0;
 }
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -91,13 +117,13 @@ while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "d:e:hK:lT:v")) != -1) {
 		}
 	}
 
-devnum = preparation(device, K);
+devnum = preparation_v4l2(device, K);
 if (devnum < 0) {
 	fprintf(stderr, "%s : erreur init video device\n", argv[0]);
 	exit(1);
 	}
 
-foo = interactive(devnum, 0);
+foo = interactive(devnum, title, 0);
 
 return 0;
 }