diff -ruN xkbd-0.8.15/src/xkbd.c xkbd-0.8.15-new/src/xkbd.c
--- xkbd-0.8.15/src/xkbd.c	2003-09-29 10:29:35.000000000 -0700
+++ xkbd-0.8.15-new/src/xkbd.c	2008-03-23 02:43:20.000000000 -0700
@@ -307,19 +307,20 @@
 				0, BlackPixel(display, screen_num),
 				WhitePixel(display, screen_num));
       
+      wret = DisplayWidth(display, screen_num);
+      hret = DisplayHeight(display, screen_num)/4;
+      xret = 0;
+      yret = DisplayHeight(display, screen_num) - hret;
+
       if (geometry != NULL)
 	{
-	  XParseGeometry(geometry, &xret, &yret, &wret, &hret );
-	}
-      else
-	{
-	  if (wm_type != WM_MATCHBOX)
-	    {
-	      wret = DisplayWidth(display, screen_num);
-	      hret = DisplayHeight(display, screen_num)/4;
-	      xret = 0;
-	      yret = DisplayHeight(display, screen_num) - hret;
-	    }
+	  int flags;
+
+	  flags = XParseGeometry(geometry, &xret, &yret, &wret, &hret );
+	  if( flags & XNegative )
+	      xret += DisplayWidth( display, screen_num ) - wret;
+	  if( flags & YNegative )
+	      yret += DisplayHeight( display, screen_num ) - hret;
 	}
       
       /* check for user selected keyboard conf file */