diff --git a/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog b/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog
index 27750be16e..9ff458d913 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/frontends/qt2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-10-30  John Levon  <levon@movementarian.org>
+
+	* QGraphics.C:
+	* ui/QGraphicsDialog.ui: some fixes from Herbert
+ 
 2002-10-30  John Levon  <levon@movementarian.org>
 
 	* ui/QTabularDialog.ui: initial UI from Juergen Spitzmueller
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt2/QGraphics.C b/src/frontends/qt2/QGraphics.C
index 8ced02f2ae..57e1a93798 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt2/QGraphics.C
+++ b/src/frontends/qt2/QGraphics.C
@@ -121,12 +121,9 @@ void QGraphics::update_contents()
 
 	dialog_->filename->setText(igp.filename.c_str());
 
-	// set the bounding box values, if exists. First we need the whole
-	// path, because the controller knows nothing about the doc-dir
 	controller().bbChanged = false;
 	if (igp.bb.empty()) {
-		string const fileWithAbsPath(MakeAbsPath(igp.filename, OnlyPath(igp.filename)));
-		string const bb(controller().readBB(fileWithAbsPath));
+		string const bb(controller().readBB(igp.filename));
 		if (!bb.empty()) {
 			// get the values from the file
 			// in this case we always have the point-unit
@@ -274,8 +271,7 @@ void QGraphics::get()
 {
 	string const filename(dialog_->filename->text());
 	if (!filename.empty()) {
-		string const fileWithAbsPath(MakeAbsPath(filename, OnlyPath(filename)));
-		string const bb(controller().readBB(fileWithAbsPath));
+		string const bb(controller().readBB(filename));
 		if (!bb.empty()) {
 			dialog_->lbX->setText(token(bb, ' ', 0).c_str());
 			dialog_->lbY->setText(token(bb, ' ', 1).c_str());
@@ -290,5 +286,6 @@ void QGraphics::get()
 bool QGraphics::isValid()
 {
 	// FIXME: we need more here.
+	// why?? LaTeX needs a filename, the rest is user-specific  (Herbert)
 	return !string(dialog_->filename->text().latin1()).empty();
 }
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt2/ui/QGraphicsDialog.ui b/src/frontends/qt2/ui/QGraphicsDialog.ui
index a60bf19140..0559b5ec3b 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt2/ui/QGraphicsDialog.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt2/ui/QGraphicsDialog.ui
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <rect>
             <x>0</x>
             <y>0</y>
-            <width>430</width>
+            <width>426</width>
             <height>484</height>
         </rect>
     </property>
@@ -590,11 +590,15 @@
                                 <class>QLabel</class>
                                 <property stdset="1">
                                     <name>name</name>
-                                    <cstring>TextLabel4_2_2</cstring>
+                                    <cstring>displayscaleL</cstring>
                                 </property>
                                 <property stdset="1">
                                     <name>enabled</name>
-                                    <bool>false</bool>
+                                    <bool>true</bool>
+                                </property>
+                                <property stdset="1">
+                                    <name>focusPolicy</name>
+                                    <enum>NoFocus</enum>
                                 </property>
                                 <property stdset="1">
                                     <name>text</name>
@@ -1485,7 +1489,7 @@
     </connection>
     <connection>
         <sender>origin</sender>
-        <signal>textChanged(const QString&amp;)</signal>
+        <signal>activated(int)</signal>
         <receiver>QGraphicsDialogBase</receiver>
         <slot>change_adaptor()</slot>
     </connection>