diff --git a/unix/gtkwin.c b/unix/gtkwin.c
index 03c161da..7822a922 100644
--- a/unix/gtkwin.c
+++ b/unix/gtkwin.c
@@ -987,6 +987,8 @@ gint key_event(GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventKey *event, gpointer data)
     bool generated_something = false;
     char num_keypad_key = '\0';
 
+    noise_ultralight(event->keyval);
+
 #ifdef OSX_META_KEY_CONFIG
     if (event->state & inst->system_mod_mask)
         return false;                  /* let GTK process OS X Command key */
@@ -2057,6 +2059,8 @@ static gboolean button_internal(GtkFrontend *inst, GdkEventButton *event)
     /* Remember the timestamp. */
     inst->input_event_time = event->time;
 
+    noise_ultralight(event->button);
+
     show_mouseptr(inst, true);
 
     shift = event->state & GDK_SHIFT_MASK;
@@ -2183,6 +2187,8 @@ gint motion_event(GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventMotion *event, gpointer data)
     /* Remember the timestamp. */
     inst->input_event_time = event->time;
 
+    noise_ultralight(((uint32_t)event->x << 16) | (uint32_t)event->y);
+
     show_mouseptr(inst, true);
 
     shift = event->state & GDK_SHIFT_MASK;
diff --git a/unix/uxfdsock.c b/unix/uxfdsock.c
index 2258e5bf..6b09e6db 100644
--- a/unix/uxfdsock.c
+++ b/unix/uxfdsock.c
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ static int fdsocket_try_send(FdSocket *fds)
 
 	bufchain_prefix(&fds->pending_output_data, &data, &len);
 	ret = write(fds->outfd, data, len);
+        noise_ultralight(ret);
 	if (ret < 0 && errno != EWOULDBLOCK) {
             if (!fds->pending_error) {
                 fds->pending_error = errno;
diff --git a/unix/uxplink.c b/unix/uxplink.c
index 601c2a45..385da47b 100644
--- a/unix/uxplink.c
+++ b/unix/uxplink.c
@@ -958,6 +958,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
             if (backend_connected(backend)) {
 		ret = read(STDIN_FILENO, buf, sizeof(buf));
+                noise_ultralight(ret);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 		    perror("stdin: read");
 		    exit(1);
diff --git a/unix/uxpterm.c b/unix/uxpterm.c
index 27738a3d..2352b971 100644
--- a/unix/uxpterm.c
+++ b/unix/uxpterm.c
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ const bool dup_check_launchable = false; /* no need to check host name
                                           * in conf */
 const bool use_pty_argv = true;
 
+/* gtkwin.c will call this, and in pterm it's not needed */
+void noise_ultralight(unsigned long data) { }
+
 const struct BackendVtable *select_backend(Conf *conf)
 {
     return &pty_backend;
diff --git a/unix/uxsel.c b/unix/uxsel.c
index 52f346a4..cca4017c 100644
--- a/unix/uxsel.c
+++ b/unix/uxsel.c
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ int first_fd(int *state, int *rwx)
 void select_result(int fd, int event)
 {
     struct fd *fdstruct = find234(fds, &fd, uxsel_fd_findcmp);
+
+    noise_ultralight(fd);
+
     /*
      * Apparently this can sometimes be NULL. Can't see how, but I
      * assume it means I need to ignore the event since it's on an
diff --git a/windows/winhandl.c b/windows/winhandl.c
index 2a59885b..f106da7f 100644
--- a/windows/winhandl.c
+++ b/windows/winhandl.c
@@ -689,6 +689,7 @@ void handle_got_event(HANDLE event)
 	    h->u.o.sentdata(h, -h->u.o.writeerr);
 	} else {
 	    bufchain_consume(&h->u.o.queued_data, h->u.o.lenwritten);
+            noise_ultralight(h->u.o.lenwritten);
 	    h->u.o.sentdata(h, bufchain_size(&h->u.o.queued_data));
 	    handle_try_output(&h->u.o);
 	}