diff -Nur gnome-desktop-2.25.4.orig/libgnome-desktop/gnome-rr.c gnome-desktop-2.25.4/libgnome-desktop/gnome-rr.c
--- gnome-desktop-2.25.4.orig/libgnome-desktop/gnome-rr.c	2009-01-05 23:59:28.000000000 +0100
+++ gnome-desktop-2.25.4/libgnome-desktop/gnome-rr.c	2009-01-15 11:54:29.000000000 +0100
@@ -559,18 +559,18 @@
 	    return NULL;
 	}
 	
-	XRRSelectInput (screen->xdisplay,
-			screen->xroot,
-			RRScreenChangeNotifyMask	|
-			RRCrtcChangeNotifyMask		|
-			RROutputPropertyNotifyMask);
+/*	XRRSelectInput (screen->xdisplay,*/
+/*			screen->xroot,*/
+/*			RRScreenChangeNotifyMask	|*/
+/*			RRCrtcChangeNotifyMask		|*/
+/*			RROutputPropertyNotifyMask);*/
+/*	*/
+/*	gdk_x11_register_standard_event_type (*/
+/*	    gdk_screen_get_display (gdk_screen),*/
+/*	    event_base,*/
+/*	    RRNotify + 1);*/
 	
-	gdk_x11_register_standard_event_type (
-	    gdk_screen_get_display (gdk_screen),
-	    event_base,
-	    RRNotify + 1);
-	
-	gdk_window_add_filter (screen->gdk_root, screen_on_event, screen);
+/*	gdk_window_add_filter (screen->gdk_root, screen_on_event, screen);*/
 	return screen;
     }
     else
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@
 {
 	g_return_if_fail (screen != NULL);
 
-	gdk_window_remove_filter (screen->gdk_root, screen_on_event, screen);
+/*	gdk_window_remove_filter (screen->gdk_root, screen_on_event, screen);*/
 
 	screen_info_free (screen->info);
 	screen->info = NULL;