diff -p -up python-xlib-0.14/Xlib/protocol/display.py.buffsize python-xlib-0.14/Xlib/protocol/display.py
--- python-xlib-0.14/Xlib/protocol/display.py.buffsize	2007-06-10 16:11:58.000000000 +0200
+++ python-xlib-0.14/Xlib/protocol/display.py	2008-03-02 16:33:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ class Display:
                 # We're the recieving thread, parse the data
                 if recieving:
                     try:
-                        bytes_recv = self.socket.recv(2048)
+                        bytes_recv = self.socket.recv(4096)
                     except socket.error, err:
                         self.close_internal('server: %s' % err[1])
                         raise self.socket_error