diff --git a/src/misc/configuration.cxx b/src/misc/configuration.cxx
index cdf7fbd2..3781dbc6 100644
--- a/src/misc/configuration.cxx
+++ b/src/misc/configuration.cxx
@@ -904,8 +904,6 @@ static bool open_serial(const char* dev)
 
 void configuration::testCommPorts()
 {
-//	int retval;
-
 	inpTTYdev->clear();
 	inpRIGdev->clear();
 	inpXmlRigDevice->clear();
@@ -920,56 +918,12 @@ void configuration::testCommPorts()
 	char ttyname[PATH_MAX + 1];
 #endif
 
-/*
-#ifdef __linux__
-	bool ret = false;
-	DIR* sys = NULL;
-	char cwd[PATH_MAX] = { '.', '\0' };
-	if (getcwd(cwd, sizeof(cwd)) == NULL || chdir("/sys/class/tty") == -1 ||
-	    (sys = opendir(".")) == NULL)
-		goto out;
-
-	ssize_t len;
-	struct dirent* dp;
-	while ((dp = readdir(sys))) {
-#  ifdef _DIRENT_HAVE_D_TYPE
-		if (dp->d_type != DT_LNK)
-			continue;
-#  endif
-		if ((len = readlink(dp->d_name, ttyname, sizeof(ttyname)-1)) == -1)
-			continue;
-		ttyname[len] = '\0';
-		if (!strstr(ttyname, "/devices/virtual/")) {
-			snprintf(ttyname, sizeof(ttyname), "/dev/%s", dp->d_name);
-			if (stat(ttyname, &st) == -1 || !S_ISCHR(st.st_mode))
-				continue;
-			LOG_VERBOSE("Found serial port %s", ttyname);
-			inpTTYdev->add(ttyname);
-#if USE_HAMLIB
-			inpRIGdev->add(ttyname);
-#endif
-			inpXmlRigDevice->add(ttyname);
-		}
-	}
-	ret = true;
-
-out:
-	if (sys)
-		closedir(sys);
-	retval = chdir(cwd);
-	if (ret) // do we need to fall back to the probe code below?
-		return;
-#endif // __linux__
-
-*/
 	const char* tty_fmt[] = {
 #if defined(__linux__)
 		"/dev/ttyS%u",
 		"/dev/ttyUSB%u",
 		"/dev/usb/ttyUSB%u"
-#elif defined(__FreeBSD__)
-		"/dev/ttyd%u"
-#elif defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__)
+#elif defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__)
 		"/dev/tty%2.2u"
 #elif defined(__CYGWIN__)
 		"/dev/ttyS%u"
diff --git a/src/throb/throb.cxx b/src/throb/throb.cxx
index 2bc96049..b246d3d7 100644
--- a/src/throb/throb.cxx
+++ b/src/throb/throb.cxx
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 #include "fl_digi.h"
 #include "status.h"
 
+#define MAX_TONES	15
+
 #undef  CLAMP
 #define CLAMP(x,low,high)       (((x)>(high))?(high):(((x)<(low))?(low):(x)))
 
@@ -410,7 +412,7 @@ void throb::decodechar(int tone1, int tone2)
 
 void throb::rx(complex in)
 {
-	complex rxword[num_tones];
+	complex rxword[MAX_TONES];
 	int i, tone1, tone2, maxtone;
 
 	symbol[symptr] = in;
diff --git a/src/xmlrpcpp/XmlRpcDispatch.cpp b/src/xmlrpcpp/XmlRpcDispatch.cpp
index bf37fd58..53d19cdf 100644
--- a/src/xmlrpcpp/XmlRpcDispatch.cpp
+++ b/src/xmlrpcpp/XmlRpcDispatch.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,14 @@
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <math.h>
-#include <sys/timeb.h>
+
+#if defined(__FreeBSD__) 
+#	ifdef USE_FTIME
+#		include <sys/timeb.h>
+#	endif
+#else
+#	include <sys/timeb.h>
+#endif // __FreeBSD__
 
 #if defined(_WINDOWS)
 # include <winsock2.h>