bah, sorry for the noise, but g-s 2.16 is in edgy, of course. I'll mark this fixed for now, please reopen if the issue still persists after upgrading to Ubuntu 6.10.
** Changed in: gnome-screensaver (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- Screensaver breaks mouse and keyboard input https://launchpad.net/bugs/48108 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs