Yup, just hit this bug myself while typing on the keyboard. I'm on
Debian Wheezy.
$ apt-cache policy xscreensaver
xscreensaver:
Installed: 5.15-3
$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 045e:00db Microsoft Corp. Natural Ergonomic Keyboard
4000 V1.0
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 046d:c531 Logitech, Inc.
I've noticed this problem before while reading a lengthy web page and only
scrolling.
Both cases should inhibit the screensaver.
xinput detects scroll events (no need for moving the mouse) and of course,
keypresses on a keyboard.
$ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Logitech USB Receiver id=8 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Logitech USB Receiver id=9 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 id=11 [slave pointer
(2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Microsoft Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 id=10 [slave
keyboard (3)]
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/926064
Title:
xscreensaver doesn't reset blanking timer on input from some devices
Status in “xscreensaver” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
The xscreensaver daemon dosen't reset the screenblanking timer on
input from joysticks/game-controllers and on some USB hotplugged
devices.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: xscreensaver 5.14-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.26-generic 3.0.13
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Feb 3 08:53:21 2012
ProcEnviron:
LC_TIME=mul.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
LC_NUMERIC=mul.UTF-8
SourcePackage: xscreensaver
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-16 (109 days ago)
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