applied somwhat similiar patch like Alex Elide proposed

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/slock.c b/slock.c
index 72afd1e..164a464 100644
--- a/slock.c
+++ b/slock.c
@@ -77,9 +77,12 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) {
         XDefineCursor(dpy, w, invisible);
         running = XGrabPointer(dpy, RootWindow(dpy, screen), False,
                         ButtonPressMask | ButtonReleaseMask | PointerMotionMask,
-                        GrabModeAsync, GrabModeSync, None, invisible, CurrentTime) == GrabSuccess
-                && XGrabKeyboard(dpy, RootWindow(dpy, screen), True, GrabModeAsync,
-                         GrabModeAsync, CurrentTime) == GrabSuccess;
+                        GrabModeAsync, GrabModeSync, None, invisible, CurrentTime) == GrabSuccess;
+        len = 10;
+        for(len = 10; len && (XGrabKeyboard(dpy, RootWindow(dpy, screen), True, GrabModeAsync,
+                GrabModeAsync, CurrentTime) != GrabSuccess); len--)
+                usleep(1000);
+        running = running && (len > 0);
         XMapRaised(dpy, w);
         XSync(dpy, False);