--- Xlib.h~	Thu Oct 17 05:14:38 2002
+++ Xlib.h	Tue Jun 17 01:06:01 2003
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@
 typedef struct {		/* normal 16 bit characters are two bytes */
     unsigned char byte1;
     unsigned char byte2;
-} XChar2b;
+}  __attribute__ ((packed)) XChar2b;
 
 typedef struct {
     XChar2b *chars;		/* two byte characters */