Yedidyah Bar-David wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Sorry for being off-topic.
> 
> I want the X screen saver to not respond to mouse events (in other words,
> to make the monitor stay off when I accidentally hit the table :-) )

Duh! Turn the mouse upside down. (Always prefer a hardware solution!)

> 
> I couldn't find any documented way to do that. I looked a bit at the
> source, and I think the main point to look at is in the function
> ProcessPointerEvent in xc/programs/Xserver/dix/events.c, maybe adding
> some condition before calling NoticeTime.
> 
> Am I far off? Is there a way to do that without changing source? I don't
> mind to do it not in the server, e.g. it might be possible that xlock
> (or xscreensaver or such) will force the monitor off and wait only to
> keyboard events before forcing on, without using the server's stuff for
> screen saver.
> 
> Thanks,
>       Didi
> 
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