diff -up glib-2.16.2/glib/gmain.c.timeout-wrap glib-2.16.2/glib/gmain.c
--- glib-2.16.2/glib/gmain.c.timeout-wrap	2008-04-03 01:39:46.000000000 -0400
+++ glib-2.16.2/glib/gmain.c	2008-04-03 01:40:08.000000000 -0400
@@ -3320,7 +3320,7 @@ g_timeout_set_expiration (GTimeoutSource
       if (!session_bus_address)
         session_bus_address = g_getenv ("HOSTNAME");
       if (session_bus_address)
-        timer_perturb = g_str_hash (session_bus_address);
+        timer_perturb = ABS (g_str_hash (session_bus_address));
       else
         timer_perturb = 0;
     }