diff --git a/ext/toolchain/commands1.py b/ext/toolchain/commands1.py
index ef492f2b..0540bcb4 100644
--- a/ext/toolchain/commands1.py
+++ b/ext/toolchain/commands1.py
@@ -941,6 +941,24 @@ class InternalCommands:
 		print self.find_revision()
 
 	def find_revision(self):
+		return self.getGitRevision()
+
+	def getGitRevision(self):
+		if sys.version_info < (2, 4):
+			raise Exception("Python 2.4 or greater required.")
+		else:
+			p = subprocess.Popen(
+				["git", "log", "--pretty=format:%h", "-n", "1"],
+				stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+
+			stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
+
+			if p.returncode != 0:
+				raise Exception('Could not get revision - git info failed with code: ' + str(p.returncode))
+		
+			return stdout
+
+	def find_revision_svn(self):
 		if sys.version_info < (2, 4):
 			stdout = commands.getoutput('svn info')
 		else:
@@ -1174,7 +1192,8 @@ class InternalCommands:
 			shutil.rmtree(exportPath)
 
 		print 'Exporting repository to: ' + exportPath
-		err = os.system('svn export . ' + exportPath)
+		os.mkdir(exportPath)
+		err = os.system('git archive master | tar -x -C ' + exportPath)
 		if err != 0:
 			raise Exception('Repository export failed: ' + str(err))		
 
@@ -1403,7 +1422,7 @@ class InternalCommands:
 	def dist_name_rev(self, type):
 		# find the version number (we're puting the rev in after this)
 		pattern = '(.*\d+\.\d+\.\d+)(.*)'
-		replace = '\g<1>-r' + self.find_revision() + '\g<2>'
+		replace = '\g<1>-' + self.find_revision() + '\g<2>'
 		return re.sub(pattern, replace, self.dist_name(type))
 	
 	def dist_usage(self):
diff --git a/src/lib/platform/OSXScreen.cpp b/src/lib/platform/OSXScreen.cpp
index cf58aaa2..47e5af8e 100644
--- a/src/lib/platform/OSXScreen.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/platform/OSXScreen.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ enum {
 	kSynergyMouseScrollAxisY = 'saxy'
 };
 
+enum {
+	kCarbonLoopWaitTimeout = 10
+};
+
 // TODO: upgrade deprecated function usage in these functions.
 void setZeroSuppressionInterval();
 void avoidSupression();
@@ -1693,17 +1697,24 @@ COSXScreen::watchSystemPowerThread(void*)
 	// setting m_pmThreadReady to true otherwise the parent thread will
 	// block waiting for it.
 	if (m_pmRootPort == 0) {
+		LOG((CLOG_WARN "failed to init watchSystemPowerThread"));
 		return;
 	}
 
 	LOG((CLOG_DEBUG "started watchSystemPowerThread"));
-
+	
+	LOG((CLOG_DEBUG "waiting for event loop"));
 	m_events->waitForReady();
     
 #if defined(MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_7)
 	{
 		CLock lockCarbon(m_carbonLoopMutex);
 		if (*m_carbonLoopReady == false) {
+			
+			// we signalling carbon loop ready before starting
+			// unless we know how to do it within the loop
+			LOG((CLOG_DEBUG "signalling carbon loop ready"));
+
 			*m_carbonLoopReady = true;
 			m_carbonLoopReady->signal();
 		}
@@ -1713,6 +1724,7 @@ COSXScreen::watchSystemPowerThread(void*)
 	// start the run loop
 	LOG((CLOG_DEBUG "starting carbon loop"));
 	CFRunLoopRun();
+	LOG((CLOG_DEBUG "carbon loop has stopped"));
 	
 	// cleanup
 	if (notificationPortRef) {
@@ -2126,14 +2138,26 @@ void
 COSXScreen::waitForCarbonLoop() const
 {
 #if defined(MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_7)
-	double timeout = ARCH->time() + 10;
+	if (*m_carbonLoopReady) {
+		LOG((CLOG_DEBUG "carbon loop already ready"));
+		return;
+	}
+
 	CLock lock(m_carbonLoopMutex);
+
+	LOG((CLOG_DEBUG "waiting for carbon loop"));
+
+	double timeout = ARCH->time() + kCarbonLoopWaitTimeout;
 	while (!m_carbonLoopReady->wait()) {
 		if(ARCH->time() > timeout) {
-			throw std::runtime_error("carbon loop is not ready within 5 sec");
+			LOG((CLOG_DEBUG "carbon loop not ready, waiting again"));
+			timeout = ARCH->time() + kCarbonLoopWaitTimeout;
 		}
 	}
+
+	LOG((CLOG_DEBUG "carbon loop ready"));
 #endif
+
 }
 
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
diff --git a/test b/test
index d8263ee9..e440e5c8 100644
--- a/test
+++ b/test
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2
\ No newline at end of file
+3
\ No newline at end of file