diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4bfed8cbfd..2a6ef1ead7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1318,18 +1318,18 @@ then
   # -Wdeclaration-after-statement in order to preserve source code
   # compatibility to gcc 2.95 and other compilers.
   GCC_VERSION=`${CC} -dumpversion`
-  if test "`echo ${GCC_VERSION} | cut -d. -f1`" -ge 3; then
-    # This is gcc >= 3.x.x
+  if test "`echo ${GCC_VERSION} | cut -d. -f1`" -eq 3; then
+    # This is gcc 3.x.x
     if test "`echo ${GCC_VERSION} | cut -d. -f2`" -ge 4; then
       # This is gcc >= 3.4.x
       warnFLAGS="${warnFLAGS} -Wdeclaration-after-statement"
-    else if test "`echo ${GCC_VERSION} | cut -d. -f1`" -ge 4; then
-           # This is gcc == 4.x.x
-           warnFLAGS="${warnFLAGS} -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign"
-           # rpmbuild on FC4 forces this flag. Can't hurt to always compile with it.
-           warnFLAGS="${warnFLAGS} -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"
-         fi
     fi
+  else if test "`echo ${GCC_VERSION} | cut -d. -f1`" -ge 4; then
+         # This is gcc >= 4.x.x
+         warnFLAGS="${warnFLAGS} -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-pointer-sign"
+         # rpmbuild on FC4 forces this flag. Can't hurt to always compile with it.
+         warnFLAGS="${warnFLAGS} -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"
+       fi
   fi
   AM_CFLAGS="${warnFLAGS} ${AM_CFLAGS}"
   AM_CXXFLAGS="${warnXXFLAGS} ${AM_CXXFLAGS}"
diff --git a/src/python/init.py b/src/python/init.py
index 81807934c5..59a49c1ddc 100644
--- a/src/python/init.py
+++ b/src/python/init.py
@@ -8,8 +8,17 @@ sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(__file__))
 noisy = gnc_prefs_is_extra_enabled()
 if noisy:
     print "woop", os.path.dirname(__file__)
+# Importing the console class causes SIGTTOU to be thrown if GnuCash is
+# started in the background.  This causes a hang if it is not handled, 
+# so ignore it for the duration
+import signal
+old_sigttou = signal.signal(signal.SIGTTOU, signal.SIG_IGN)
+
 import pycons.console as cons
 
+# Restore the SIGTTOU handler
+signal.signal(signal.SIGTTOU, old_sigttou)
+
 if noisy:
     print "Hello from python!"
     print "test", sys.modules.keys()
diff --git a/src/report/standard-reports/transaction.scm b/src/report/standard-reports/transaction.scm
index 210722bd79..84345ebd85 100644
--- a/src/report/standard-reports/transaction.scm
+++ b/src/report/standard-reports/transaction.scm
@@ -355,7 +355,21 @@
   (do ((i 0 (+ i 1)) 
        (col-req 0 col-req)) 
       ((>= i columns-used-size) col-req)
-    (if (vector-ref columns-used i) (set! col-req (+ col-req 1)))))
+    ; If column toggle is true, increase column count. But attention:
+    ; some toggles only change the meaning of another toggle. Don't count these modifier toggles
+    (if (and (not (= i 12)) ; Skip Account Full Name toggle - modifies Account Name column
+             (not (= i 16)) ; Skip Other Account Full Name toggle - modifies Other Account Name column
+             (not (= i 17)) ; Skip Sort Account Code - modifies Account Name subheading
+             (not (= i 18)) ; Skip Sort Account Full Name - modifies Account Name subheading
+             (not (= i 19)) ; Skip Note toggle - modifies Memo column
+             (vector-ref columns-used i))
+      (set! col-req (+ col-req 1)))
+    ; Account Code and Account Name share one column so if both were ticked the
+    ; the check above would have set up one column too much. The check below
+    ; will compensate these again.
+    (if (or (and (= i 14) (vector-ref columns-used 14) (vector-ref columns-used 4)) ; Account Code and Name
+            (and (= i 15) (vector-ref columns-used 15) (vector-ref columns-used 5))) ; Other Account Code and Name
+      (set! col-req (- col-req 1)))))
 
 (define (build-column-used options)   
   (define (opt-val section name)
diff --git a/src/scm/price-quotes.scm b/src/scm/price-quotes.scm
index 354e3f1d1b..7daacd0cec 100644
--- a/src/scm/price-quotes.scm
+++ b/src/scm/price-quotes.scm
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 (use-modules (gnucash main)) ;; FIXME: delete after we finish modularizing.
 (use-modules (gnucash gnc-module))
 (use-modules (gnucash core-utils))
+(use-modules (srfi srfi-1))
 
 (gnc:module-load "gnucash/gnome-utils" 0) ;; for gnucash-ui-is-running
 (gnc:module-load "gnucash/app-utils" 0)