diff --git a/src/common/dcgraph.cpp b/src/common/dcgraph.cpp
index 4490323dce..cea03f23ef 100644
--- a/src/common/dcgraph.cpp
+++ b/src/common/dcgraph.cpp
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ void wxGCDC::DoSetClippingRegionAsRegion( const wxRegion &region )
 
     if (region.Empty())
     {
-        DestroyClippingRegion();
+        //DestroyClippingRegion();
         return;
     }
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ void wxGCDC::DestroyClippingRegion()
     // so we must explicitely make sure it only covers the area we want it to draw
     int width, height ;
     GetSize( &width , &height ) ;
-    m_graphicContext->Clip( DeviceToLogicalX(0) , DeviceToLogicalY(0) , width, height );
+    m_graphicContext->Clip( DeviceToLogicalX(0) , DeviceToLogicalY(0) , DeviceToLogicalXRel(width), DeviceToLogicalYRel(height) );
     
     m_graphicContext->SetPen( m_pen );
     m_graphicContext->SetBrush( m_brush );
@@ -501,7 +501,6 @@ void wxGCDC::DoDrawEllipticArc( wxCoord x, wxCoord y, wxCoord w, wxCoord h,
     if ( !m_logicalFunctionSupported )
         return;
 
-    wxGraphicsPath path = m_graphicContext->CreatePath();
     m_graphicContext->PushState();
     m_graphicContext->Translate(x+w/2.0,y+h/2.0);
     wxDouble factor = ((wxDouble) w) / h;
@@ -509,8 +508,27 @@ void wxGCDC::DoDrawEllipticArc( wxCoord x, wxCoord y, wxCoord w, wxCoord h,
 
     // since these angles (ea,sa) are measured counter-clockwise, we invert them to
     // get clockwise angles
-    path.AddArc( 0, 0, h/2.0 , DegToRad(-sa) , DegToRad(-ea), sa > ea );
-    m_graphicContext->DrawPath( path );
+    if ( m_brush.GetStyle() != wxTRANSPARENT )
+    {
+        wxGraphicsPath path = m_graphicContext->CreatePath();
+        path.MoveToPoint( 0, 0 );
+        path.AddLineToPoint( h / 2.0 * cos(DegToRad(sa)) , h / 2.0 * sin(DegToRad(-sa)) );
+        path.AddLineToPoint( h / 2.0 * cos(DegToRad(ea)) , h / 2.0 * sin(DegToRad(-ea)) );
+        path.AddLineToPoint( 0, 0 );
+        m_graphicContext->FillPath( path );
+
+        path = m_graphicContext->CreatePath();
+        path.AddArc( 0, 0, h/2.0 , DegToRad(-sa) , DegToRad(-ea), sa > ea );
+        m_graphicContext->FillPath( path );
+        m_graphicContext->StrokePath( path );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        wxGraphicsPath path = m_graphicContext->CreatePath();
+        path.AddArc( 0, 0, h/2.0 , DegToRad(-sa) , DegToRad(-ea), sa > ea );
+        m_graphicContext->DrawPath( path );
+    }
+
     m_graphicContext->PopState();
 }
 
@@ -838,13 +856,13 @@ void wxGCDC::DoGetTextExtent( const wxString &str, wxCoord *width, wxCoord *heig
     m_graphicContext->GetTextExtent( str, &w, &h, &d, &e );
 
     if ( height )
-        *height = (wxCoord)h;
+        *height = (wxCoord)(h+0.5);
     if ( descent )
-        *descent = (wxCoord)d;
+        *descent = (wxCoord)(d+0.5);
     if ( externalLeading )
-        *externalLeading = (wxCoord)e;
+        *externalLeading = (wxCoord)(e+0.5);
     if ( width )
-        *width = (wxCoord)w;
+        *width = (wxCoord)(w+0.5);
 
     if ( theFont )
     {
@@ -899,8 +917,8 @@ void wxGCDC::Clear(void)
 
 void wxGCDC::DoGetSize(int *width, int *height) const
 {
-    *width = 1000;
-    *height = 1000;
+    *width = 10000;
+    *height = 10000;
 }
 
 void wxGCDC::DoGradientFillLinear(const wxRect& rect,