diff --git a/src/univ/statusbr.cpp b/src/univ/statusbr.cpp
index ab7c9374cf..143b6fcde8 100644
--- a/src/univ/statusbr.cpp
+++ b/src/univ/statusbr.cpp
@@ -186,9 +186,8 @@ wxString wxStatusBarUniv::GetStatusText(int number) const
 
 void wxStatusBarUniv::SetFieldsCount(int number, const int *widths)
 {
-    wxStatusBarBase::SetFieldsCount(number, widths);
-
     m_statusText.SetCount(number);
+    wxStatusBarBase::SetFieldsCount(number, widths);
     m_widthsAbs.Empty();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/x11/app.cpp b/src/x11/app.cpp
index d011651a88..b0cfa2c739 100644
--- a/src/x11/app.cpp
+++ b/src/x11/app.cpp
@@ -598,6 +598,10 @@ void wxApp::DeletePendingObjects()
 // Create an application context
 bool wxApp::OnInitGui()
 {
+    // Eventually this line will be removed, but for
+    // now we don't want to try popping up a dialog
+    // for error messages.
+    delete wxLog::SetActiveTarget(new wxLogStderr);
     if (!wxAppBase::OnInitGui())
 	return FALSE;
     
diff --git a/src/x11/toplevel.cpp b/src/x11/toplevel.cpp
index c8e8b8f4a8..e139ee21a4 100644
--- a/src/x11/toplevel.cpp
+++ b/src/x11/toplevel.cpp
@@ -156,9 +156,6 @@ wxTopLevelWindowX11::~wxTopLevelWindowX11()
 
 bool wxTopLevelWindowX11::Show(bool show)
 {
-    if ( !wxWindowBase::Show(show) )
-        return FALSE;
-
     return wxWindowX11::Show(show);
 }