just ignore the FD_ISSET check in main.c of xfd, just call XPending (which does the same afair)

main.c

@@ -325,7 +325,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 			}
 			drawstatus();
 		}
-		if(FD_ISSET(xfd, &rd))
 		while(XPending(dpy)) {
 			XNextEvent(dpy, &ev);
 			if(handler[ev.type])