diff --git a/src/Input/FGEventInput.cxx b/src/Input/FGEventInput.cxx
index 3acf7b93c..5731bc463 100644
--- a/src/Input/FGEventInput.cxx
+++ b/src/Input/FGEventInput.cxx
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ void FGAxisEvent::fire( FGEventData & eventData )
 
 FGButtonEvent::FGButtonEvent( FGInputDevice * device, SGPropertyNode_ptr node ) :
   FGInputEvent( device, node ),
-  lastState(false),
-  repeatable(false)
+  repeatable(false),
+  lastState(false)
 {
   repeatable = node->getBoolValue("repeatable", repeatable);
 }
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ FGEventInput::~FGEventInput()
 void FGEventInput::init( )
 {
   SG_LOG(SG_INPUT, SG_DEBUG, "Initializing event bindings");
-  SGPropertyNode * base = fgGetNode("/input/event", true);
+//  SGPropertyNode * base = fgGetNode("/input/event", true);
 
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Input/FGEventInput.hxx b/src/Input/FGEventInput.hxx
index a3896e1d4..09806976b 100644
--- a/src/Input/FGEventInput.hxx
+++ b/src/Input/FGEventInput.hxx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  * To be extended for O/S specific implementation data
  */
 struct FGEventData {
-  FGEventData( double aValue, double aDt, int aModifiers ) : value(aValue), dt(aDt), modifiers(aModifiers) {}
+  FGEventData( double aValue, double aDt, int aModifiers ) : modifiers(aModifiers), value(aValue), dt(aDt) {}
   int modifiers;
   double value;
   double dt;
diff --git a/src/Input/FGJoystickInput.cxx b/src/Input/FGJoystickInput.cxx
index 75dc88700..5c3b82b2e 100644
--- a/src/Input/FGJoystickInput.cxx
+++ b/src/Input/FGJoystickInput.cxx
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ void FGJoystickInput::postinit()
           continue;
       }
 
-      sprintf(buf, "%d", n_but);
+      sprintf(buf, "%u", (unsigned)n_but);
       SG_LOG(SG_INPUT, SG_DEBUG, "Initializing button " << n_but);
       bindings[i].buttons[n_but].init(button_node, buf, module );
 
diff --git a/src/Input/FGLinuxEventInput.cxx b/src/Input/FGLinuxEventInput.cxx
index ec0f23da2..9d7b804ce 100644
--- a/src/Input/FGLinuxEventInput.cxx
+++ b/src/Input/FGLinuxEventInput.cxx
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ static struct EventTypes {
 class EventNameByType : public map<TypeCode,const char*> {
 public:
   EventNameByType() {
-    for( int i = 0; i < sizeof(EVENT_TYPES)/sizeof(EVENT_TYPES[0]); i++ )
+    for( unsigned i = 0; i < sizeof(EVENT_TYPES)/sizeof(EVENT_TYPES[0]); i++ )
       (*this)[EVENT_TYPES[i].typeCode] = EVENT_TYPES[i].name;
   }
 };
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ struct ltstr {
 class EventTypeByName : public map<const char *,TypeCode,ltstr> {
 public:
   EventTypeByName() {
-    for( int i = 0; i < sizeof(EVENT_TYPES)/sizeof(EVENT_TYPES[0]); i++ )
+    for( unsigned i = 0; i < sizeof(EVENT_TYPES)/sizeof(EVENT_TYPES[0]); i++ )
       (*this)[EVENT_TYPES[i].name] = EVENT_TYPES[i].typeCode;
   }
 };
@@ -226,9 +226,8 @@ static EventTypeByName EVENT_TYPE_BY_NAME;
 
 FGLinuxInputDevice::FGLinuxInputDevice( string aName, string aDevname ) :
   FGInputDevice(aName),
-  fd(-1),
-  devname( aDevname )
-
+  devname( aDevname ),
+  fd(-1)
 {
 }
 
@@ -415,7 +414,7 @@ void FGLinuxEventInput::update( double dt )
   // do no more than maxpolls in a single loop to prevent locking
   int maxpolls = 100;
   while( maxpolls-- > 0 && ::poll( fds, i, 0 ) > 0 ) {
-    for( int i = 0; i < sizeof(fds)/sizeof(fds[0]); i++ ) {
+    for( unsigned i = 0; i < sizeof(fds)/sizeof(fds[0]); i++ ) {
       if( fds[i].revents & POLLIN ) {
 
         // if this device reports data ready, it should be a input_event struct