diff --git a/src/kernel/qdesktopwidget_x11.cpp b/src/kernel/qdesktopwidget_x11.cpp
index 449af4ff..ecfa7e27 100644
--- a/src/kernel/qdesktopwidget_x11.cpp
+++ b/src/kernel/qdesktopwidget_x11.cpp
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ void TQDesktopWidgetPrivate::init()
     workareas = new TQRect[ newScreenCount ];
 
     // get the geometry of each screen
-    int i, j, x, y, w, h;
-    for ( i = 0, j = 0; i < newScreenCount; i++ ) {
+    int i, x, y, w, h;
+    for ( i = 0; i < newScreenCount; i++ ) {
 
 #ifndef TQT_NO_XINERAMA
 	if (use_xinerama) {
@@ -166,27 +166,17 @@ void TQDesktopWidgetPrivate::init()
 	    }
 
 	workareas[i] = TQRect();
-	rects[j].setRect(x, y, w, h);
-
-        // overlapping?
-        if (j > 0 && rects[j-1].intersects(rects[j])) {
-            // pick the bigger one, ignore the other
-            if ((rects[j].width()*rects[j].height()) >
-                (rects[j-1].width()*rects[j-1].height()))
-            rects[j-1] = rects[j];
-        }
-        else
-            j++;
+	rects[i].setRect(x, y, w, h);
     }
 
     if (screens) {
         // leaks TQWidget* pointers on purpose, can't delete them as pointer escapes
-        screens = (TQWidget**) realloc(screens, j * sizeof(TQWidget*));
-        if (j > screenCount)
-            memset(&screens[screenCount], 0, (j-screenCount) * sizeof(TQWidget*));
+        screens = (TQWidget**) realloc(screens, newScreenCount * sizeof(TQWidget*));
+        if (newScreenCount > screenCount)
+            memset(&screens[screenCount], 0, (newScreenCount-screenCount) * sizeof(TQWidget*));
     }
 
-    screenCount = j;
+    screenCount = newScreenCount;
 
 #ifndef TQT_NO_XINERAMA
     if (use_xinerama && screenCount == 1)
@@ -341,8 +331,12 @@ int TQDesktopWidget::screenNumber( TQWidget *widget ) const
 
 int TQDesktopWidget::screenNumber( const TQPoint &point ) const
 {
+    // check the default screen first
+    if ( d->rects[d->defaultScreen].contains( point ) )
+	return d->defaultScreen;
+
     for ( int i = 0; i < d->screenCount; ++i ) {
-	if ( d->rects[i].contains( point ) )
+	if ( i != d->defaultScreen && d->rects[i].contains( point ) )
 	    return i;
     }
     return -1;