Subj : Re: Laptop Linux Screensaver vs USB
To   : comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat
From : William Earl Haskell
Date : Fri Nov 05 2004 11:51 pm

Ross wrote:

> Hi there,
> When I am in Red Hat Linux on my laptop using the USB for keyboard and
> mouse the screensaver comes on in the middle of my typing or mousing.
> 
> Moving the mouse or typeing a key on the USB devices does not re-activeate
> the laptop.
> 
> Only typing a keyboard character on the laptop keyboard will reactivate
> the laptop.
> 
> It can be quite frustrating.
> 
> Is there a way to stop it from doing this?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Ross

Well, the most obvious thing to do would be to disable the screen saver. I
have never had much use for it myself; if I'm going to to be away from my
machine for an extended time I just turn the monitor off. Otherwise I don't
know what else you can do about this annoyance.

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