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unity-2d package

  1. Bug #830348
  2. Comment #27

Comment 27 for bug 830348

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Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) wrote :

This is likely what happens:

1- Something grabs mouse: ie: virtual machine window, or GTK menu in an application or an indicator
2- Screensaver attempts to start, but cannot get exclusive lock on mouse
3- DPMS turns monitor black
4- User moves mouse, which turns the screen back on
5- Mouse movement causes mouse to get ungrabbed by vm window or gtk menu
6- Screensaver can now grab mouse, and starts

This is all related to the fact that X does not have an API that will let the screensaver tell an application to release mouse and keyboard grabs.