diff --git a/docs/gtk/changes.txt b/docs/gtk/changes.txt
index b16b05a11c..1271169a23 100644
--- a/docs/gtk/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/gtk/changes.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-1st November '99: wxWindows 2.1.11 released
+7st November '99: wxWindows 2.1.11 released
 
 There is still an unresolved problem with bitmap to image
 conversion on big-endian architectures (such as Solaris),
diff --git a/src/gtk/frame.cpp b/src/gtk/frame.cpp
index f4cdea22db..1cc37b1a92 100644
--- a/src/gtk/frame.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/frame.cpp
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ bool wxFrame::Create( wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id, const wxString &title,
 
     m_insertCallback = (wxInsertChildFunction) wxInsertChildInFrame;
 
-    GtkWindowType win_type = GTK_WINDOW_DIALOG;  // this makes window placement work
+    GtkWindowType win_type = GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL;
     if (style & wxSIMPLE_BORDER) win_type = GTK_WINDOW_POPUP;
 
     m_widget = gtk_window_new( win_type );
@@ -646,8 +646,6 @@ void wxFrame::DoSetClientSize( int width, int height )
 {
     wxASSERT_MSG( (m_widget != NULL), wxT("invalid frame") );
 
-    printf( "set size %d %d\n", width, height );
-
         /* menu bar */
         if (m_frameMenuBar)
         {
diff --git a/src/gtk1/frame.cpp b/src/gtk1/frame.cpp
index f4cdea22db..1cc37b1a92 100644
--- a/src/gtk1/frame.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk1/frame.cpp
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ bool wxFrame::Create( wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id, const wxString &title,
 
     m_insertCallback = (wxInsertChildFunction) wxInsertChildInFrame;
 
-    GtkWindowType win_type = GTK_WINDOW_DIALOG;  // this makes window placement work
+    GtkWindowType win_type = GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL;
     if (style & wxSIMPLE_BORDER) win_type = GTK_WINDOW_POPUP;
 
     m_widget = gtk_window_new( win_type );
@@ -646,8 +646,6 @@ void wxFrame::DoSetClientSize( int width, int height )
 {
     wxASSERT_MSG( (m_widget != NULL), wxT("invalid frame") );
 
-    printf( "set size %d %d\n", width, height );
-
         /* menu bar */
         if (m_frameMenuBar)
         {