diff -Nru --exclude='Makefile*' --exclude='config.*' xosview-1.8.3.vanilla/linux/MeterMaker.cc xosview-1.8.3/linux/MeterMaker.cc
--- xosview-1.8.3.vanilla/linux/MeterMaker.cc	2007-01-28 20:09:28.000000000 +0100
+++ xosview-1.8.3/linux/MeterMaker.cc	2007-01-28 20:19:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -76,10 +76,12 @@
 #if defined (__arm__) || defined(__mc68000__) || defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__sparc__) || defined(__s390__) || defined(__s390x__)
   /* these architectures have no ioperm() */
 #else
+  /*
   for (int i = 0 ; i < SerialMeter::numDevices() ; i++)
     if (_xos->isResourceTrue(SerialMeter::getResourceName(
       (SerialMeter::Device)i)))
         push(new SerialMeter(_xos, (SerialMeter::Device)i));
+  */
 #endif
 
   // check for the interrupt meter
diff -Nru --exclude='Makefile*' --exclude='config.*' xosview-1.8.3.vanilla/linux/serialmeter.cc xosview-1.8.3/linux/serialmeter.cc
--- xosview-1.8.3.vanilla/linux/serialmeter.cc	2007-01-28 20:09:28.000000000 +0100
+++ xosview-1.8.3/linux/serialmeter.cc	2007-01-28 20:18:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 //
 //  In order to use this new serial meter, xosview needs to be suid root.
 //
+/*
 #include "serialmeter.h"
 #include "xosview.h"
 #include <fcntl.h>
@@ -154,4 +155,4 @@
   }
 
   return 0;
-}
+}*/
diff -Nru --exclude='Makefile*' --exclude='config.*' xosview-1.8.3.vanilla/snprintf.cc xosview-1.8.3/snprintf.cc
--- xosview-1.8.3.vanilla/snprintf.cc	2007-01-28 20:09:28.000000000 +0100
+++ xosview-1.8.3/snprintf.cc	2007-01-28 20:18:47.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #ifndef HAVE_SNPRINTF
 
+/*
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 extern "C" int snprintf ( char *str, int n, const char *format, ...)
     {
-    /* punt the warning */
     n++;
     va_list ap;
     va_start(ap, format);
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@
     va_end(ap);
     return rval;
     }
+*/
 
 #endif
diff -Nru --exclude='Makefile*' --exclude='config.*' xosview-1.8.3.vanilla/snprintf.h xosview-1.8.3/snprintf.h
--- xosview-1.8.3.vanilla/snprintf.h	2007-01-28 20:09:28.000000000 +0100
+++ xosview-1.8.3/snprintf.h	2007-01-28 20:18:20.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 #ifndef snprintf_h
 #define snprintf_h
 
+/*
 #ifndef HAVE_SNPRINTF
 extern "C" int snprintf ( char *str, int n, const char *format, ...);
 #else
 #include <stdio.h>
 #endif
+*/
 
 #endif