diff --git a/client/CClient.cpp b/client/CClient.cpp
index 811ac7ee..5af2031a 100644
--- a/client/CClient.cpp
+++ b/client/CClient.cpp
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ void					CClient::closeSecondaryScreen()
 
 void					CClient::onEnter()
 {
-	SInt32 x, y;
+	SInt16 x, y;
 	{
 		CLock lock(&m_mutex);
 		CProtocolUtil::readf(m_input, kMsgCEnter + 4, &x, &y);
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ void					CClient::onGrabClipboard()
 
 void					CClient::onScreenSaver()
 {
-	SInt32 on;
+	SInt8 on;
 	{
 		CLock lock(&m_mutex);
 		CProtocolUtil::readf(m_input, kMsgCScreenSaver + 4, &on);
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ void					CClient::onSetClipboard()
 
 void					CClient::onKeyDown()
 {
-	SInt32 id, mask;
+	SInt16 id, mask;
 	{
 		CLock lock(&m_mutex);
 		CProtocolUtil::readf(m_input, kMsgDKeyDown + 4, &id, &mask);
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ void					CClient::onKeyDown()
 
 void					CClient::onKeyRepeat()
 {
-	SInt32 id, mask, count;
+	SInt16 id, mask, count;
 	{
 		CLock lock(&m_mutex);
 		CProtocolUtil::readf(m_input, kMsgDKeyRepeat + 4, &id, &mask, &count);
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ void					CClient::onKeyRepeat()
 
 void					CClient::onKeyUp()
 {
-	SInt32 id, mask;
+	SInt16 id, mask;
 	{
 		CLock lock(&m_mutex);
 		CProtocolUtil::readf(m_input, kMsgDKeyUp + 4, &id, &mask);
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ void					CClient::onKeyUp()
 
 void					CClient::onMouseDown()
 {
-	SInt32 id;
+	SInt8 id;
 	{
 		CLock lock(&m_mutex);
 		CProtocolUtil::readf(m_input, kMsgDMouseDown + 4, &id);
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ void					CClient::onMouseDown()
 
 void					CClient::onMouseUp()
 {
-	SInt32 id;
+	SInt8 id;
 	{
 		CLock lock(&m_mutex);
 		CProtocolUtil::readf(m_input, kMsgDMouseUp + 4, &id);
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ void					CClient::onMouseUp()
 
 void					CClient::onMouseMove()
 {
-	SInt32 x, y;
+	SInt16 x, y;
 	{
 		CLock lock(&m_mutex);
 		CProtocolUtil::readf(m_input, kMsgDMouseMove + 4, &x, &y);
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ void					CClient::onMouseMove()
 
 void					CClient::onMouseWheel()
 {
-	SInt32 delta;
+	SInt16 delta;
 	{
 		CLock lock(&m_mutex);
 		CProtocolUtil::readf(m_input, kMsgDMouseWheel + 4, &delta);
diff --git a/client/CXWindowsSecondaryScreen.cpp b/client/CXWindowsSecondaryScreen.cpp
index f5fe3461..8e088c8e 100644
--- a/client/CXWindowsSecondaryScreen.cpp
+++ b/client/CXWindowsSecondaryScreen.cpp
@@ -127,18 +127,24 @@ void					CXWindowsSecondaryScreen::open(CClient* client)
 	// open the display
 	openDisplay();
 
-	// verify the availability of the XTest extension
-	CDisplayLock display(this);
-	int majorOpcode, firstEvent, firstError;
-	if (!XQueryExtension(display, XTestExtensionName,
+	{
+		// verify the availability of the XTest extension
+		CDisplayLock display(this);
+		int majorOpcode, firstEvent, firstError;
+		if (!XQueryExtension(display, XTestExtensionName,
 								&majorOpcode, &firstEvent, &firstError))
-		throw int(6);	// FIXME -- make exception for this
+			throw int(6);	// FIXME -- make exception for this
 
-	// update key state
-	updateKeys(display);
-	updateKeycodeMap(display);
-	updateModifierMap(display);
-	updateModifiers(display);
+		// update key state
+		updateKeys(display);
+		updateKeycodeMap(display);
+		updateModifierMap(display);
+		updateModifiers(display);
+	}
+
+	// assume primary has all clipboards
+	for (ClipboardID id = 0; id < kClipboardEnd; ++id)
+		grabClipboard(id);
 }
 
 void					CXWindowsSecondaryScreen::close()
diff --git a/server/CServer.cpp b/server/CServer.cpp
index 84617aa4..f5080edc 100644
--- a/server/CServer.cpp
+++ b/server/CServer.cpp
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ void					CServer::onMouseUp(ButtonID id)
 
 bool					CServer::onMouseMovePrimary(SInt32 x, SInt32 y)
 {
-	log((CLOG_DEBUG "onMouseMovePrimary %d,%d", x, y));
+//	log((CLOG_DEBUG "onMouseMovePrimary %d,%d", x, y));
 
 	// mouse move on primary (server's) screen
 	assert(m_active != NULL);
diff --git a/server/CServerProtocol1_0.cpp b/server/CServerProtocol1_0.cpp
index 5a97c3e5..c405063b 100644
--- a/server/CServerProtocol1_0.cpp
+++ b/server/CServerProtocol1_0.cpp
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ void					CServerProtocol1_0::sendMouseWheel(
 void					CServerProtocol1_0::recvInfo()
 {
 	// parse the message
-	SInt32 w, h, zoneInfo;
+	SInt16 w, h, zoneInfo;
 	CProtocolUtil::readf(getInputStream(), kMsgDInfo + 4, &w, &h, &zoneInfo);
 	log((CLOG_INFO "received client \"%s\" info size=%dx%d, zone=%d", getClient().c_str(), w, h, zoneInfo));
 
diff --git a/server/CXWindowsPrimaryScreen.cpp b/server/CXWindowsPrimaryScreen.cpp
index f1315116..3ee1d65f 100644
--- a/server/CXWindowsPrimaryScreen.cpp
+++ b/server/CXWindowsPrimaryScreen.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ void					CXWindowsPrimaryScreen::run()
 		  }
 
 		  case MotionNotify: {
-			log((CLOG_DEBUG "event: MotionNotify %d,%d", xevent.xmotion.x_root, xevent.xmotion.y_root));
+//			log((CLOG_DEBUG "event: MotionNotify %d,%d", xevent.xmotion.x_root, xevent.xmotion.y_root));
 			SInt32 x, y;
 			if (!m_active) {
 				x = xevent.xmotion.x_root;
diff --git a/synergy/CProtocolUtil.cpp b/synergy/CProtocolUtil.cpp
index c15cfb2a..5aca0e09 100644
--- a/synergy/CProtocolUtil.cpp
+++ b/synergy/CProtocolUtil.cpp
@@ -73,28 +73,32 @@ void					CProtocolUtil::readf(IInputStream* stream,
 				read(stream, buffer, len);
 
 				// convert it
-				UInt32* v = va_arg(args, UInt32*);
+				void* v = va_arg(args, void*);
 				switch (len) {
 				  case 1:
 					// 1 byte integer
-					*v = static_cast<UInt32>(buffer[0]);
+					*reinterpret_cast<UInt8*>(v) = buffer[0];
+					log((CLOG_DEBUG "readf: read %d byte integer: %d (0x%x)", len, *reinterpret_cast<UInt8*>(v), *reinterpret_cast<UInt8*>(v)));
 					break;
 
 				  case 2:
 					// 2 byte integer
-					*v = (static_cast<UInt32>(buffer[0]) << 8) |
-						  static_cast<UInt32>(buffer[1]);
+					*reinterpret_cast<UInt16*>(v) =
+						(static_cast<UInt16>(buffer[0]) << 8) |
+						 static_cast<UInt16>(buffer[1]);
+					log((CLOG_DEBUG "readf: read %d byte integer: %d (0x%x)", len, *reinterpret_cast<UInt16*>(v), *reinterpret_cast<UInt16*>(v)));
 					break;
 
 				  case 4:
 					// 4 byte integer
-					*v = (static_cast<UInt32>(buffer[0]) << 24) |
-						 (static_cast<UInt32>(buffer[1]) << 16) |
-						 (static_cast<UInt32>(buffer[2]) <<  8) |
-						  static_cast<UInt32>(buffer[3]);
+					*reinterpret_cast<UInt32*>(v) =
+						(static_cast<UInt32>(buffer[0]) << 24) |
+						(static_cast<UInt32>(buffer[1]) << 16) |
+						(static_cast<UInt32>(buffer[2]) <<  8) |
+						 static_cast<UInt32>(buffer[3]);
+					log((CLOG_DEBUG "readf: read %d byte integer: %d (0x%x)", len, *reinterpret_cast<UInt32*>(v), *reinterpret_cast<UInt32*>(v)));
 					break;
 				}
-				log((CLOG_DEBUG "readf: read %d byte integer: %d (0x%x)", len, *v, *v));
 				break;
 			  }
 
diff --git a/synergy/CXWindowsScreen.cpp b/synergy/CXWindowsScreen.cpp
index 4aa74a41..ee9f1492 100644
--- a/synergy/CXWindowsScreen.cpp
+++ b/synergy/CXWindowsScreen.cpp
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ bool					CXWindowsScreen::getDisplayClipboard(
 	// events because X stupidly doesn't provide a mask for selection
 	// events, so we use a predicate to find our event.
 	XEvent xevent;
+// FIXME -- must limit the time we wait for bad clients
 	while (XCheckIfEvent(m_display, &xevent,
 								&CXWindowsScreen::findSelectionNotify,
 								(XPointer)&requestor) != True) {
diff --git a/synergy/ProtocolTypes.h b/synergy/ProtocolTypes.h
index 0e70502c..ca54ff04 100644
--- a/synergy/ProtocolTypes.h
+++ b/synergy/ProtocolTypes.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static const char		kMsgDMouseWheel[]	= "DMWM%2i";
 // that message.  $1 = clipboard identifier.
 static const char		kMsgDClipboard[]	= "DCLP%1i%4i%s";
 
-// client data:  seconary -> primary
+// client data:  secondary -> primary
 // $1 = seconary screen width in pixels, $2 = screen height, $3 =
 // size of warp zone.
 static const char		kMsgDInfo[]			= "DINF%2i%2i%2i";