Gaim at least uses the MIT-SCREEN-SAVER extension to do these idle use queries. In theory, this should disable that extension; unfortunately, I'm at work and not in a position to test this. SubSection "extmod" Option "omit MIT-SCREEN-SAVER" EndSubSection But give it a try; verify it disabled the extension by using xdpyinfo. Of course, the downside is that you lose any screensaver applications. :-( -- {michael}