diff --git a/www/screem-devel/files/patch-src_screem-application.c b/www/screem-devel/files/patch-src_screem-application.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..497a28321df1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/screem-devel/files/patch-src_screem-application.c
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+--- src/screem-application.c.orig	Fri Apr  8 01:54:41 2005
++++ src/screem-application.c	Fri Apr  8 02:15:23 2005
+@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ void screem_application_startup( ScreemA
+ 	if( conn ) {
+ 		dbus_connection_setup_with_g_main( conn, NULL );
+ 
+-		if( dbus_bus_service_exists( conn, "org.screem", 
++		if( dbus_bus_name_has_owner( conn, "org.screem", 
+ 					&error ) ) {
+ 			message = dbus_message_new_method_call(
+ 					"org.screem",
+@@ -392,9 +392,10 @@ void screem_application_startup( ScreemA
+ 					"Open" );
+ 			if( start_files ) {
+ 				while( *start_files ) {
+-					dbus_message_append_iter_init( message,
++					dbus_message_iter_init_append( message,
+ 							&it );
+-					dbus_message_iter_append_string( &it,
++					dbus_message_iter_append_basic( &it,
++							DBUS_TYPE_STRING,
+ 							*start_files );
+ 					start_files ++;
+ 				}
+@@ -407,7 +408,7 @@ void screem_application_startup( ScreemA
+ 			return;
+ 
+ 		} else {
+-			if( dbus_bus_acquire_service( conn, "org.screem",
++			if( dbus_bus_request_name( conn, "org.screem",
+ 				0, &error ) != -1 ) {
+ 				/* acquired, listen in for 
+ 				 * org.screem stuff */
+@@ -1522,7 +1523,8 @@ static DBusHandlerResult screem_applicat
+ 		dbus_message_iter_init( message, &it );
+ 		
+ 		add = ( ! priv->start_files ); 
+-		while( ( uri = dbus_message_iter_get_string( &it ) ) ) {
++		while( dbus_message_iter_get_arg_type( &it ) == DBUS_TYPE_STRING ) {
++			dbus_message_iter_get_basic( &it, &uri );
+ 			priv->start_files = g_slist_prepend( priv->start_files, uri );	
+ 			if( ! dbus_message_iter_next( &it ) ) {
+ 				break;
diff --git a/www/screem/files/patch-src_screem-application.c b/www/screem/files/patch-src_screem-application.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..497a28321df1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/screem/files/patch-src_screem-application.c
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+--- src/screem-application.c.orig	Fri Apr  8 01:54:41 2005
++++ src/screem-application.c	Fri Apr  8 02:15:23 2005
+@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ void screem_application_startup( ScreemA
+ 	if( conn ) {
+ 		dbus_connection_setup_with_g_main( conn, NULL );
+ 
+-		if( dbus_bus_service_exists( conn, "org.screem", 
++		if( dbus_bus_name_has_owner( conn, "org.screem", 
+ 					&error ) ) {
+ 			message = dbus_message_new_method_call(
+ 					"org.screem",
+@@ -392,9 +392,10 @@ void screem_application_startup( ScreemA
+ 					"Open" );
+ 			if( start_files ) {
+ 				while( *start_files ) {
+-					dbus_message_append_iter_init( message,
++					dbus_message_iter_init_append( message,
+ 							&it );
+-					dbus_message_iter_append_string( &it,
++					dbus_message_iter_append_basic( &it,
++							DBUS_TYPE_STRING,
+ 							*start_files );
+ 					start_files ++;
+ 				}
+@@ -407,7 +408,7 @@ void screem_application_startup( ScreemA
+ 			return;
+ 
+ 		} else {
+-			if( dbus_bus_acquire_service( conn, "org.screem",
++			if( dbus_bus_request_name( conn, "org.screem",
+ 				0, &error ) != -1 ) {
+ 				/* acquired, listen in for 
+ 				 * org.screem stuff */
+@@ -1522,7 +1523,8 @@ static DBusHandlerResult screem_applicat
+ 		dbus_message_iter_init( message, &it );
+ 		
+ 		add = ( ! priv->start_files ); 
+-		while( ( uri = dbus_message_iter_get_string( &it ) ) ) {
++		while( dbus_message_iter_get_arg_type( &it ) == DBUS_TYPE_STRING ) {
++			dbus_message_iter_get_basic( &it, &uri );
+ 			priv->start_files = g_slist_prepend( priv->start_files, uri );	
+ 			if( ! dbus_message_iter_next( &it ) ) {
+ 				break;