diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6a43f8341..956491749 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2003-08-10  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
+
+	* src/screen.c (meta_screen_new): don't select for button
+	press/release events, as that keeps other clients from doing so, 
+	and it doesn't seem that metacity has any reason to do it.
+	Patch from Andreas Volz.
+
 2003-08-08  Bastien Nocera  <hadess@hadess.net>
 
 	* src/metacity-dialog.c: (kill_window_question),
diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index 15f60f07b..7a287f171 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -496,7 +496,6 @@ meta_screen_new (MetaDisplay *display,
                 SubstructureRedirectMask | SubstructureNotifyMask |
                 ColormapChangeMask | PropertyChangeMask |
                 LeaveWindowMask | EnterWindowMask |
-                ButtonPressMask | ButtonReleaseMask |
                 KeyPressMask | KeyReleaseMask |
                 FocusChangeMask | StructureNotifyMask |
 		attr.your_event_mask);