--- a/main.c	Thu Aug 10 13:30:39 2006 +0200
+++ b/main.c	Thu Aug 10 15:19:25 2006 +0200
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@
 	scan();
 
 	/* main event loop, also reads status text from stdin */
+	XSync(dpy, False);
 	while(running) {
 		FD_ZERO(&rd);
 		if(readin)