Game will hang if xscreensaver detects the mouse hasn't moved / etc. after a while, and suddenly triggers the screensaver. (Minecraft / OpenJDK doesn't throw a proper capture reference to the Operating System, hence why screensaver fired its trigger.)
Disabling screensaver for now in the meantime.
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