After further testing, I was able to determine that this is not architecture/package-specific either. Creating a blank account account on this computer, I can see that only my main account is affected, so it must be the usual "broken/corrupt configuration" problem.
The problem is that I have no idea where to look. I have tried resetting gnome-power-manager's gconf values, removing various folders in ~/.config, ~/.gnome2/, ~/.local/share/, etc. Advice on what to look at/attempt would be welcome! -- idle/screensaver inhibition feature doesn't work reliably in karmic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/448438 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs