Sorry, workrave was a red herring. The actual problem is unclutter. If unclutter is run with -noevents, it's okay, but if run in it's default mode, it triggers the DOS-style problems I described when gnome-screen-saver runs.
Sorry, workrave was a red herring. The actual problem is unclutter. If
unclutter is run with -noevents, it's okay, but if run in it's default mode, it
triggers the DOS-style problems I described when gnome-screen-saver runs.