diff -ru ami-1.2.2.orig/src/applet.c ami-1.2.2/src/applet.c
--- ami-1.2.2.orig/src/applet.c	2002-12-16 02:07:11.000000000 +0100
+++ ami-1.2.2/src/applet.c	2003-06-03 15:58:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@
     if (XGetWindowProperty(gdk_display, gdk_root_window, en, 0, 256, False, en,
     	&type, &format, &nitems, &after, &root_data) != Success) return FALSE;
     if (!root_data) return FALSE;
-    if (*root_data) {
+    if (*(GdkAtom *) root_data) {
 	XFree(root_data);
 	return TRUE;
     } else {
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@
     if (XGetWindowProperty(gdk_display, gdk_root_window, en, 0, 256, False, en,
     	&type, &format, &nitems, &after, &root_data) != Success) return FALSE;
     if (!root_data) return FALSE;
-    if (*root_data) {
+    if (*(GdkAtom *) root_data) {
 	XFree(root_data);
 	return TRUE;
     } else {