--- configure.ac
+++ configure.ac
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@
 	dnl AM_WITH_NLS
 	dnl AM_LC_MESSAGES
         AM_ICONV
-	AM_GNU_GETTEXT
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT
+AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION(0.11.5)
 else
 	echo "Gnu gettext disabled"
 	dnl We probally need a AC_SUBST(@INTLLIBS@) here
--- src/start_screen.cxx
+++ src/start_screen.cxx
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
   if (description == "")
     return description;
 
-  unsigned int pos = 0;
+  std::string::size_type pos = 0;
   while ((pos = description.find('\t', pos)) != std::string::npos)
     description.replace(pos, 1, 1, ' ');
   
--- src/story_screen.cxx
+++ src/story_screen.cxx
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
   if (!page_displayed_completly)
     {
       unsigned int len = static_cast<unsigned int>(20.0f * time_passed);
-      display_text = current_page.text.substr(0, Math::min(current_page.text.length(), len));
+      display_text = current_page.text.substr(0, Math::min((unsigned int)(current_page.text.length()), len));
 
       if (current_page.text.length() < len)
         {