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Subj : Re: Laptop Linux Screensaver vs USB
To   : comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat
From : Tommy Reynolds
Date : Sat Nov 06 2004 11:46 pm

On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 09:33:44 -0500, Ross wrote:

> 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.

Not that surprising.  The xscreensaver relies on the "xidle"
functionality of the X11 window system and, it seems, that X11
doesn't know about your USB devices.

If you plug in the devices, and then, as root, run:

	# kudzu

do you get a window offering to configure your USB devices?  If so,
let them get configured and then restart X window.  This is more
than just a logout/login: I mean a full reboot.

Be sure to leave the USB stuff connected while you reboot.

HTH.

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