This seems to be broken in Jaunty too. If I run 'xset dpms force off' (or suspend or sleep) then it turns off correctly.
** Summary changed: - [Hardy] display doesn't go to sleep after today's gnome-power-manager update + display doesn't go to DPMS sleep -- display doesn't go to DPMS sleep https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/203513 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-power-manager in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs