--- rxvt-unicode/src/main.C	2007/12/14 06:29:28	1.284
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/main.C	2007/12/18 01:26:42	1.287
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_BG_PIXMAP
   bgPixmap.destroy ();
 #endif
+  display->flush (); /* ideally .put should do this */
   displays.put (display);
 
   scr_release ();
@@ -1758,14 +1759,16 @@
     bgPixmap.render ();
   else
     {
+      ev_tstamp refresh;
       update_background_ev.stop ();
 
-      if (!bgPixmap.need_client_side_rendering())
-        update_background_ev.start (.05);
+      if (!bgPixmap.need_client_side_rendering ())
+        refresh = .05;
       else if (bgPixmap.flags & bgPixmap_t::blurNeeded)
-        update_background_ev.start (.20); /* very slow !!! */
+        refresh = .20; /* very slow !!! */
       else
-        update_background_ev.start (.07);
+        refresh = .07;
+        update_background_ev.start (refresh);
     }
 
   return 0;