diff --git a/libbackground/ChangeLog b/libbackground/ChangeLog
index ab3ec5842..bedaeb605 100644
--- a/libbackground/ChangeLog
+++ b/libbackground/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-06-10  Kjartan Maraas  <kmaraas@gnome.org>
+
+	* applier.c: (render_wallpaper), (is_nautilus_running): GCC4
+	build issues.
+
 2005-05-08  Richard Hoelscher  <rah@rahga.com>
 
 	* applier.c (refresh_render): Remove egg_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_size,
diff --git a/libbackground/applier.c b/libbackground/applier.c
index 21e3de272..68da91b62 100644
--- a/libbackground/applier.c
+++ b/libbackground/applier.c
@@ -758,8 +758,8 @@ render_background (BGApplier *bg_applier, const BGPreferences *prefs)
 static void
 render_wallpaper (BGApplier *bg_applier, const BGPreferences *prefs) 
 {
-	GdkRectangle  src_geom;
-	GdkRectangle  dest_geom;
+	GdkRectangle  src_geom = { 0, };
+	GdkRectangle  dest_geom = { 0, };
 	GdkRectangle  virtual_geom;
 	GdkPixbuf    *prescaled_pixbuf = NULL;
 	guint         alpha;
@@ -1624,8 +1624,8 @@ is_nautilus_running (void)
 	    bytes_after == 0 &&
 	    actual_format == 8 &&
 	    data != NULL &&
-	    !strcmp (data, "desktop_window") &&
-	    !strcmp (data + strlen (data) + 1, "Nautilus"))
+	    !strcmp ((char *)data, "desktop_window") &&
+	    !strcmp ((char *)data + strlen ((char *)data) + 1, "Nautilus"))
 		running = TRUE;
 	else
 		running = FALSE;