Bug#337234: xorg-x11: x stops receiving keyboard events after xscreensaver started

[Paul Brossier <piem@debian.org>]

Package: xorg-x11
Severity: important

Hi.

i just installed the 6.8.99.901.dfsg.1-1 packages built by Sven Luther
for powerpc, that are now reaching experimental.

after xscreensaver starts, if i try to type in my password to unlock the
screen, no * is printed, and the timer gets reseted to the beginning.

if i go to console mode with alt+ctl+f1, and kill xscreensaver, the
mouse works fine, and alt+tab too. but no other key event seem to be
able to reach the screen. some other weird things happen, such as the
gnome menu not willing to open.

i tried killing just about all my processes from the console, but no
luck. restarting X does it.

the keyboard is an apple usb keyboard with an italian layout (but i
prefer the us one). the relevant section in my xorg.conf reads:

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"keyboard"
	Option		"CoreKeyboard"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc105"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"us"
	Option		"XkbOptions"	"lv3:lwin_switch"
EndSection

cheers, piem

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-powerpc64
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)