diff --git a/test/cmdtest_d/ct_opts.py b/test/cmdtest_d/ct_opts.py
index 27dc267e..bffcdfe7 100755
--- a/test/cmdtest_d/ct_opts.py
+++ b/test/cmdtest_d/ct_opts.py
@@ -172,9 +172,13 @@ class CmdTestOpts(CmdTestBase):
 		return self.check_vals(['--minc=7'], (('cfg.minconf', '7'),))
 
 	def opt_good6(self):
+		if cfg.no_altcoin:
+			return 'skip'
 		return self.check_vals(['--coin=xmr'], (('cfg.coin', 'XMR'),))
 
 	def opt_good7(self):
+		if cfg.no_altcoin:
+			return 'skip'
 		return self.check_vals(['--coin', 'xmr'], (('cfg.coin', 'XMR'),))
 
 	def opt_good8(self):
diff --git a/test/colortest.py b/test/colortest.py
index 0c5d7e20..fbf8ca56 100755
--- a/test/colortest.py
+++ b/test/colortest.py
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ def test_color():
 
 	from mmgen.color import orange
 	for t, c in (
-			('rxvt', 8),
 			('xterm', 8),
-			('rxvt-unicode', 88),
+			('rxvt', 8),
+			('rxvt-88color', 88),
+			('rxvt-256color', 256),
 			('screen-256color', 256),
 			('xterm-256color', 256)):
 		ret = get_terminfo_colors(t)
diff --git a/test/daemontest_d/ut_exec.py b/test/daemontest_d/ut_exec.py
index 85acac1c..68c59eb9 100755
--- a/test/daemontest_d/ut_exec.py
+++ b/test/daemontest_d/ut_exec.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ from mmgen.daemon import CoinDaemon
 
 from ..include.common import cfg, qmsg, qmsg_r, vmsg, msg
 
-def test_flags():
-	d = CoinDaemon(cfg, 'eth')
+def test_flags(coin):
+	d = CoinDaemon(cfg, coin)
 	vmsg(f'Available opts:  {fmt_list(d.avail_opts, fmt="bare")}')
 	vmsg(f'Available flags: {fmt_list(d.avail_flags, fmt="bare")}')
 	vals = namedtuple('vals', ['online', 'no_daemonize', 'keep_cfg_file'])
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def test_flags():
 				(['online'],                 ['keep_cfg_file'], vals(True, False, True)),
 				(['online', 'no_daemonize'], ['keep_cfg_file'], vals(True, True, True)),
 			):
-			d = CoinDaemon(cfg, 'eth', opts=opts, flags=flags)
+			d = CoinDaemon(cfg, coin, opts=opts, flags=flags)
 			assert d.flag.keep_cfg_file == val.keep_cfg_file
 			assert d.opt.online == val.online
 			assert d.opt.no_daemonize == val.no_daemonize
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ def test_flags_err(ut, d):
 class unit_tests:
 
 	win_skip = ('start', 'status', 'stop')
+	altcoin_deps = ('flags_eth',)
 
 	def _pre(self):
 		self.daemon_ctrl_args = ['btc', 'btc_tn', 'btc_rt'] if cfg.no_altcoin_deps else ['all']
@@ -78,17 +79,25 @@ class unit_tests:
 		return True
 
 	def flags(self, name, ut):
-
-		qmsg_r('Testing flags and opts...')
+		qmsg_r('Testing flags and opts (BTC)...')
 		vmsg('')
-		daemons = test_flags()
+		daemons = test_flags(coin='btc')
 		qmsg('OK')
-
 		qmsg_r('Testing error handling for flags and opts...')
 		vmsg('')
 		test_flags_err(ut, daemons)
 		qmsg('OK')
+		return True
 
+	def flags_eth(self, name, ut):
+		qmsg_r('Testing flags and opts (ETH)...')
+		vmsg('')
+		daemons = test_flags(coin='eth')
+		qmsg('OK')
+		qmsg_r('Testing error handling for flags and opts...')
+		vmsg('')
+		test_flags_err(ut, daemons)
+		qmsg('OK')
 		return True
 
 	def avail(self, name, ut):
diff --git a/test/include/unit_test.py b/test/include/unit_test.py
index 0d9162bd..8acb65fc 100755
--- a/test/include/unit_test.py
+++ b/test/include/unit_test.py
@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@ class UnitTestHelpers:
 		self.subtest_name = subtest_name
 
 	def skip_msg(self, desc):
-		cfg._util.qmsg(gray(f'Skipping subtest {self.subtest_name.replace("_", "-")!r} for {desc}'))
+		cfg._util.qmsg(gray(
+			f'Skipping {test_type} subtest {self.subtest_name.replace("_", "-")!r} for {desc}'
+		))
 
 	def process_bad_data(self, data, pfx='bad '):
 		if os.getenv('PYTHONOPTIMIZE'):
@@ -213,19 +215,24 @@ def run_test(test, subtest=None):
 		)
 		if hasattr(t, '_pre'):
 			t._pre()
+
+		def subtest_skip_msg(name, add_msg):
+			cfg._util.qmsg(gray(
+				'Skipping {} subtest {!r} {}'.format(test_type, name.replace('_', '-'), add_msg)
+			))
+
 		for _subtest in subtests:
-			subtest_disp = _subtest.replace('_', '-')
 			if cfg.no_altcoin_deps and _subtest in altcoin_deps:
-				cfg._util.qmsg(gray(f'Skipping {test_type} subtest {subtest_disp!r} [--no-altcoin-deps]'))
+				subtest_skip_msg(_subtest, '[--no-altcoin-deps]')
 				continue
 			if sys.platform == 'win32' and _subtest in win_skip:
-				cfg._util.qmsg(gray(f'Skipping {test_type} subtest {subtest_disp!r} for Windows platform'))
+				subtest_skip_msg(_subtest, 'for Windows platform')
 				continue
 			if sys.platform == 'darwin' and _subtest in mac_skip:
-				cfg._util.qmsg(gray(f'Skipping {test_type} subtest {subtest_disp!r} for macOS platform'))
+				subtest_skip_msg(_subtest, 'for macOS platform')
 				continue
 			if platform.machine() == 'aarch64' and _subtest in arm_skip:
-				cfg._util.qmsg(gray(f'Skipping {test_type} subtest {subtest_disp!r} for ARM platform'))
+				subtest_skip_msg(_subtest, 'for ARM platform')
 				continue
 			run_subtest(t, _subtest)
 		if hasattr(t, '_post'):
diff --git a/test/modtest_d/ut_dep.py b/test/modtest_d/ut_dep.py
index 88383a08..01a09be9 100755
--- a/test/modtest_d/ut_dep.py
+++ b/test/modtest_d/ut_dep.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ test.modtest_d.ut_dep: dependency unit tests for the MMGen suite
   No data verification is performed.
 """
 
+import time
+
 from subprocess import run, PIPE
 
 from mmgen.util import msg, rmsg, ymsg, gmsg
@@ -61,6 +63,10 @@ class unit_tests:
 		return False
 
 	def secp256k1(self, name, ut):
+		cp = run(['python3', './setup.py', 'build_ext', '--inplace'], stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
+		if cp.stderr:
+			vmsg(cp.stderr.decode())
+		time.sleep(0.5)
 		from mmgen.proto.secp256k1.secp256k1 import pubkey_gen
 		pubkey_gen(bytes.fromhex('deadbeef'*8), 1)
 		return True
diff --git a/test/test-release.d/cfg.sh b/test/test-release.d/cfg.sh
index 21c1386d..9b23d780 100755
--- a/test/test-release.d/cfg.sh
+++ b/test/test-release.d/cfg.sh
@@ -163,15 +163,16 @@ init_tests() {
 
 	d_autosign="transaction autosigning with automount"
 	t_autosign="
-		- $cmdtest_py autosign_clean autosign_automount autosign
-		b $cmdtest_py autosign_clean autosign_automount autosign_btc
-		- $cmdtest_py --coin=bch autosign_automount
-		s $cmdtest_py --coin=ltc autosign_automount
-		- $cmdtest_py --coin=eth autosign_eth
-		s $cmdtest_py --coin=etc autosign_eth
+		-   $cmdtest_py autosign_clean autosign_automount autosign
+		btc $cmdtest_py autosign_clean autosign_automount autosign_btc
+		-   $cmdtest_py --coin=bch autosign_automount
+		ltc $cmdtest_py --coin=ltc autosign_automount
+		-   $cmdtest_py --coin=eth autosign_eth
+		etc $cmdtest_py --coin=etc autosign_eth
 	"
-	if [ "$SKIP_ALT_DEP" ]; then t_autosign_skip='- s'; else t_autosign_skip='b'; fi
-	[ "$FAST" ] && t_autosign_skip+=' s'
+	if [ "$SKIP_ALT_DEP" ]; then t_autosign_skip='- ltc etc'; else t_autosign_skip='btc'; fi
+	[ "$FAST" ] && t_autosign_skip+=' ltc etc'
+	[ "$SKIP_PARITY" ] && t_autosign_skip+=' etc'
 
 	d_autosign_live="transaction and message autosigning (interactive)"
 	t_autosign_live="- $cmdtest_py autosign_live"