#!/usr/bin/python2.4
from Xlib.display import Display
from Xlib import X
import select

def handle_event(Event):
	print "event ", Event.detail. Event.type


disp = Display()
print "1"
root = disp.screen().root
root.change_attributes(event_mask = X.KeyPressMask)
print "2"
while 1:
            event = root.display.next_event()
	    print "event"	
            handle_event(event)