diff --git a/src/lib/platform/XWindowsEventQueueBuffer.cpp b/src/lib/platform/XWindowsEventQueueBuffer.cpp
index 0a5e4b46c..71e2cfba8 100644
--- a/src/lib/platform/XWindowsEventQueueBuffer.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/platform/XWindowsEventQueueBuffer.cpp
@@ -162,31 +162,31 @@ XWindowsEventQueueBuffer::waitForEvent(double dtimeout)
     // we want to give the cpu a chance s owe up this to 25ms
 #define TIMEOUT_DELAY 25
 
-//    while (((dtimeout < 0.0) || (remaining > 0)) && QLength(m_display)==0 && retval==0){
+    while (((dtimeout < 0.0) || (remaining > 0)) && QLength(m_display)==0 && retval==0){
 #if HAVE_POLL
-//    retval = poll(pfds, 2, TIMEOUT_DELAY); //16ms = 60hz, but we make it > to play nicely with the cpu
-//     if (pfds[1].revents & POLLIN) {
-//         ssize_t read_response = read(m_pipefd[0], buf, 15);
-//
-//        // with linux automake, warnings are treated as errors by default
-//        if (read_response < 0)
-//        {
-//            // todo: handle read response
-//        }
-//
-//     }
+    retval = poll(pfds, 2, TIMEOUT_DELAY); //16ms = 60hz, but we make it > to play nicely with the cpu
+     if (pfds[1].revents & POLLIN) {
+         ssize_t read_response = read(m_pipefd[0], buf, 15);
+        
+        // with linux automake, warnings are treated as errors by default
+        if (read_response < 0)
+        {
+            // todo: handle read response
+        }
+
+     }
 #else
-//    retval = select(nfds,
-//                        SELECT_TYPE_ARG234 &rfds,
-//                        SELECT_TYPE_ARG234 NULL,
-//                        SELECT_TYPE_ARG234 NULL,
-//                        SELECT_TYPE_ARG5   TIMEOUT_DELAY);
-//    if (FD_SET(m_pipefd[0], &rfds)) {
-//        read(m_pipefd[0], buf, 15);
-//    }
+    retval = select(nfds,
+                        SELECT_TYPE_ARG234 &rfds,
+                        SELECT_TYPE_ARG234 NULL,
+                        SELECT_TYPE_ARG234 NULL,
+                        SELECT_TYPE_ARG5   TIMEOUT_DELAY);
+    if (FD_SET(m_pipefd[0], &rfds)) {
+        read(m_pipefd[0], buf, 15);
+    }
 #endif
-//        remaining-=TIMEOUT_DELAY;
-//    }
+        remaining-=TIMEOUT_DELAY;
+    }
 
     {
         // we're no longer waiting for events