diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 3a49d39610..74c9f41df4 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -12604,3 +12604,13 @@ David  30 Dec 2007
             pm.php
     tools/
         make_project
+
+David  30 Dec 2007
+    - Partly fix keyboard detection on Linux.
+        With this change, we detect opening a terminal
+        or typing into a terminal;
+        we don't detect typing into other applications.
+        (from Frank Thomas).  Partly fixes #463
+
+    client/
+        hostinfo_unix.C
diff --git a/client/hostinfo_unix.C b/client/hostinfo_unix.C
index 664f5e796e..fb926c47d0 100644
--- a/client/hostinfo_unix.C
+++ b/client/hostinfo_unix.C
@@ -965,12 +965,15 @@ bool HOST_INFO::users_idle(bool check_all_logins, double idle_time_to_run) {
     time_t idle_time = time(0) - (long) (60 * idle_time_to_run);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_UTMP_H
-    if (check_all_logins) {
+    if (!check_all_logins) {
         if (!all_logins_idle(idle_time)) return false;
     }
 #endif
 
     if (!all_tty_idle(idle_time, "/dev/tty1", '1', 7)) return false;
+
+    // According to Frank Thomas (#463) the following may be pointless
+    //
     if (!device_idle(idle_time, "/dev/mouse")) return false;
         // solaris, linux
     if (!device_idle(idle_time, "/dev/kbd")) return false;