diff -Nuar virt-manager-0.5.3.orig/src/virtManager/console.py virt-manager-0.5.3/src/virtManager/console.py
--- virt-manager-0.5.3.orig/src/virtManager/console.py	2008-01-10 18:17:51.000000000 -0700
+++ virt-manager-0.5.3/src/virtManager/console.py	2008-04-09 11:02:33.000000000 -0600
@@ -78,13 +78,13 @@
         self.window.get_widget("console-vnc-align").add(self.vncViewer)
         self.vncViewer.realize()
         self.vncTunnel = None
-        if self.config.get_console_keygrab() == 2:
-            self.vncViewer.set_keyboard_grab(True)
-            self.vncViewer.set_pointer_grab(True)
-        else:
-            self.vncViewer.set_keyboard_grab(False)
-            self.vncViewer.set_pointer_grab(False)
-        self.vncViewer.set_pointer_local(True)
+        # change to always set grab flags as False
+        # setting them to true raises the error of Dom0 screen-saver losing the pointer
+        # if the pointer is over DomU when screen saver activates
+        self.vncViewer.set_keyboard_grab(False)
+        self.vncViewer.set_pointer_grab(False)
+        # comment set_pointer_local to prevent 2 pointers in vnc viewer
+        # self.vncViewer.set_pointer_local(True)
 
         self.vncViewer.connect("vnc-pointer-grab", self.notify_grabbed)
         self.vncViewer.connect("vnc-pointer-ungrab", self.notify_ungrabbed)