diff -Nru -x '*~' -x '*.o' -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' red-carpet-2.2.1.orig/src/red_appwindow.py red-carpet-2.2.1/src/red_appwindow.py
--- red-carpet-2.2.1.orig/src/red_appwindow.py	2003-12-11 15:42:41.000000000 -0800
+++ red-carpet-2.2.1/src/red_appwindow.py	2003-12-11 15:42:22.000000000 -0800
@@ -309,8 +309,8 @@
             self.set_default_size(w, h)
         else:
             w, h = self.size_request()
-            w *= 1.3
-            h = w * .667
+            w = int(w * 1.3)
+            h = int(w * .667)
             self.set_default_size(w, h)
 
         w = int(conf.get("Geometry/sidebar_width=0"))
diff -Nru -x '*~' -x '*.o' -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' red-carpet-2.2.1.orig/src/red_mount.py red-carpet-2.2.1/src/red_mount.py
--- red-carpet-2.2.1.orig/src/red_mount.py	2003-10-06 08:42:45.000000000 -0700
+++ red-carpet-2.2.1/src/red_mount.py	2003-12-11 15:42:22.000000000 -0800
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@
         name = path
 
     server = rcd_util.get_server_proxy()
-    mount_th = server.rcd.packsys.mount_directory(path, name, alias, recursive)
+    mount_th = server.rcd.packsys.mount_directory(path, name, alias,
+                                                  int(recursive))
 
     def mount_cb(th, path):
         try:
diff -Nru -x '*~' -x '*.o' -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' red-carpet-2.2.1.orig/src/red_pendingview.py red-carpet-2.2.1/src/red_pendingview.py
--- red-carpet-2.2.1.orig/src/red_pendingview.py	2003-10-06 08:42:45.000000000 -0700
+++ red-carpet-2.2.1/src/red_pendingview.py	2003-12-11 15:42:22.000000000 -0800
@@ -400,6 +400,9 @@
 
         self.max_threads = 5
 
+        self.running_threads = []
+        self.running_threads_lock = threading.Lock()
+
         self.pending_countdown = 0
         self.poll_queue = []
         self.poll_results = {}
@@ -415,6 +418,26 @@
             self.finished()
             self.destroy()
 
+    def thread_space(self):
+        self.running_threads_lock.acquire()
+        num_threads = len(self.running_threads)
+        self.running_threads_lock.release()
+
+        if num_threads < self.max_threads:
+            return 1
+        else:
+            return 0
+
+    def add_thread(self, thread):
+        self.running_threads_lock.acquire()
+        self.running_threads.append(thread)
+        self.running_threads_lock.release()
+
+    def remove_thread(self, thread):
+        self.running_threads_lock.acquire()
+        self.running_threads.remove(thread)
+        self.running_threads_lock.release()
+
     def launch_poll_threads(self, launch_max=0):
         server = rcd_util.get_server_proxy()
 
@@ -422,20 +445,23 @@
         if launch_max:
             launch = self.max_threads
 
-        while launch > 0:
+        while launch > 0 and self.thread_space():
             if not self.poll_queue:
                 self.poll_queue = self.pending_list
             tid = self.poll_queue[0]
             self.poll_queue = self.poll_queue[1:]
             th = server.rcd.system.poll_pending(tid)
-            th.connect("ready",
-                       lambda x: self.process_pending(x.get_result()))
+            th.connect("ready", lambda x: self.process_pending(x))
+            self.add_thread(th)
             launch -= 1
         
 
-    def process_pending(self, pending):
+    def process_pending(self, th):
         if self.finished_polling:
+            self.remove_thread(th)
             return
+
+        pending = th.get_result()
         
         self.poll_results[pending["id"]] = pending
 
@@ -453,6 +479,7 @@
         else:
             self.update_pulse()
                         
+        self.remove_thread(th)
 
     def poll_worker(self):
 
diff -Nru -x '*~' -x '*.o' -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' red-carpet-2.2.1.orig/src/ximian_xmlrpclib.py red-carpet-2.2.1/src/ximian_xmlrpclib.py
--- red-carpet-2.2.1.orig/src/ximian_xmlrpclib.py	2003-10-06 08:42:45.000000000 -0700
+++ red-carpet-2.2.1/src/ximian_xmlrpclib.py	2003-12-11 15:42:22.000000000 -0800
@@ -419,6 +419,15 @@
         else:
             f(self, value)
 
+    def dump_boolean(self, value):
+        self.write("<value><boolean>%d</boolean></value>\n" % value)
+
+    try:
+        dispatch[BooleanType] = dump_boolean
+    except NameError:
+        ## Boolean type is only present in 2.3+
+        pass
+
     def dump_int(self, value):
         # in case ints are > 32 bits
         if value > MAXINT or value < MININT: