diff -Nurp patched/src/NextEvent.c working/src/NextEvent.c
--- patched/src/NextEvent.c	2009-04-08 23:13:48.000000000 -0700
+++ working/src/NextEvent.c	2009-04-08 23:14:51.000000000 -0700
@@ -46,8 +46,10 @@ XNextEvent (
 
 	LockDisplay(dpy);
 
-	if (dpy->head == NULL)
+	while (dpy->head == NULL) {
 	    _XReadEvents(dpy);
+	    usleep(400);
+        }
 	qelt = dpy->head;
 	*event = qelt->event;
 	_XDeq(dpy, NULL, qelt);